The Guide

The Guide is an accessible and user-friendly application designed to provide an efficient way to write and manage notes, while it can be handy in creating books with multiple chapters. It only comes packed with standard options for a swift acquaintance and composition.

The setup is over before you realize and uncomplicated. The interface is intuitive and self-explanatory divided into a file tree on the left side of the panel, and a basic word processor on the right. The provided menu is accessible even for those with little experience.

To get started, you can either start typing and design your structure, or open an existing one from the computer in GDE format. Top-level pages act as the primary node in the tree, under which, you can enter as many children as you wish, and may be moved up or down for a faster arrangement. This style helps in organizing book chapters much faster.

The editor section provides a broad range of formatting elements, such as bold, italic, strikethrough, content alignment (center, left, right), as well as set the line spacing, increase and decrease the indent. Plus, the font type, size, and color can also be changed to the desired one.  It's possible to add hyperlinks, date and time, however, images, TXT or RTF file formats, are not supported.

Undo and redo functions help you to go back to the previous content if you're not happy with the result, while text can be copied, cut and pasted from another source. The app lets you save the database in GDE type to a specific location on the computer.

Taking everything into consideration, The Guide is a useful and clear-cut program, which comes in handy to anyone who wants a small yet practical utility, to compose notations with different purposes or create books in a tree style.