APost-it note (also known as Sticky

Note) is a piece of paper stationery with a

re-adherable strip of adhesive on the
back that was coined 3M. Post its were
designed for temporarily attaching notes
to documents and other surfaces but
nowadays this concept has been spread
among many different sectors, topics and
interest. In computers and IT, post its
can be represented as images and using
shapes in PowerPoint is a good way to
represent post it in a slide and then save
them as picture.
 “Who invented sticky notes? Did you know
the post it was invented by an employee of
3M in 1968 , Dr. Spencer Silver was chemist
at 3M Company who invented unique, low
tack adhesive that would stick things but
also could repositioned multiple times. He
was trying to invent a super-strong adhesive,
but he came up with super-weak one
instead.”
I will show here how to design a sticky
note in Power Point and then use the
save as picture feature to save it as
JPG or PNG image with transparency.
This can be really helpful for many
different purposes, especially if you
need to share the picture in board
,print it or use it any other purpose.
 First you can insert as many different
post it or sticky notes into the Power
Point slide by inserting a shape. Look for
the shape folder a corner, that will best
fit for a post it. The Folder corner shape
can be found under Basic shapes.
Then, you can duplicate the shapes
to make as many post it you need
into the slide. Moreover, you can use
the green dot in PowerPoint to rotate
the post it and make it look like
realistic. Change the background or
use some gradients to fill the
background of the PowerPoint.
 “Didyou know? The original color of a post
it was canary-yellow, but nowadays post it
of many different colors are printed or used
online, even white post it notes ”
 Finally if you want to save the shapes as
a picture, you can select the shapes and
right click to choose save as picture
option.
 Although sticky notes are now available in a
wide range of colors, shapes and sizes , Post
it notes are most commonly a 3 inch square,
canary yellow in color. A unique low tack
adhesive allows the notes to be easily
attached and removed without leaving marks
or residue.

 You can also use post it for project

managements task, indeed Agile Development
and Learn Methodologies uses post it and
sticky notes in boards t represent tasks
 Another great idea to use post it is to
combine different groups of tasks that
you can identify with the different
categories for your task (analysis,
development, design etc.)You can edit the
text inside the shape to add the task
name or group description and here is
sample.
 You can create custom post it shapes
using PowerPoint and then export it to
any other editing software or MS office
program, for example if you need to use
post it Word or Excel. You can also use
the same approach to design your own
PowerPoint templates with custom post
it.
This way, you can create nice looking
sticky notes inside your PowerPoint
presentations.