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title: "Using private notes"
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description: "Keep private notes with a resume in Reactive Resume, such as where you sent it and what you changed. Notes never appear on the resume or its public page."
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---
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Every resume has a private notes area for anything you want to remember about it: where you sent it, who the recruiter
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was, what you tailored, or links to job postings. Notes stay out of the resume itself.
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## Write notes for a resume
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<Steps>
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<Step title="Open the document menu">
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In the editor, select the resume's name at the top left. The document menu opens.
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</Step>
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<Step title="Select Notes">Select **Notes**. The Notes dialog opens with the editor ready for typing.</Step>
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<Step title="Write your notes">
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Type your notes. The toolbar under the text offers bold, italic, links, bulleted and numbered lists, and clear
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formatting, and Markdown shortcuts such as `- ` for a list work too.
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</Step>
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<Step title="Close the dialog">Notes save automatically as you type. Close the dialog when you're done.</Step>
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</Steps>
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<Frame caption="The Notes dialog, opened from the document menu">
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<img
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src="/images/guides/using-private-notes/notes-dialog.webp"
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alt="The Notes dialog with two paragraphs about sending the resume to Lumen Games and a follow-up date, above a formatting toolbar and a character count"
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/>
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</Frame>
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## Who can see your notes
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Notes are for you. They aren't printed on the resume, and they're left out of:
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- the page preview and the downloaded PDF
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- DOCX and Markdown exports
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- your public resume page, for anyone who isn't you
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Two places do keep your notes, because they hold the whole resume:
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- **JSON export.** The JSON file is a full copy of the resume's data, notes included. Remove them before you share
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that file.
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- **History.** Every saved version includes the notes as they were, and restoring a version restores its notes too.
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## Notes for applications
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If you're tracking where you applied, each application in **Applications** has its own notes, next to its stage,
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contacts and interviews. Use application notes for things about one job, and resume notes for things about this
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version of your resume, such as which roles it's tailored for. Cover letters don't have a notes area.
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## Related guides
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- [Managing an application](/guides/managing-an-application): notes, contacts and next steps for one job.
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- [Undoing changes and version history](/guides/undoing-changes-and-version-history): name a version when you send the resume.
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- [Formatting text](/guides/formatting-text): the text toolbar and Markdown shortcuts.
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