The memo mode looks very much like MemoPad in that it consists mostly of a list of the memos in the database. There is a standard category selection box in the upper right and a New button on the lower left. There are two tabs at the top left - Memo and Doc. These tabs let you toggle between the two modes. There is also a filter box at the bottom that lets you jump to a specific memo by typing the first letter or two of its title. The amount of free space on the device is listed next to the filter box.
The filtering is very slow (again with my very large MemoDB). I found myself thinking that WordSmith didn't respond to my grafitti strokes. I found the filtering almost useless because of this lag time. I would also have liked to have been able to remove all of the filter at once. When I tried to remove a filter, I had to wait for WordSmith to re-sort after removing each letter. It truly was painful.
Rather than this filtering, I would have greatly preferred a search, even one only of titles. It would have eliminated the lag, and left one (probably) longer wait. It also has the additional benefit of finding a memo even if I only know a word somewhere in the middle.
To move to a specific memo, select it from the list. Alternately you can tap on the number and select Edit (you can also beam, delete, duplicate, or change the category from this menu - very nice). You can also start a new memo by tapping the New button. Here the resemblance to MemoPad goes completely out the window.
The Edit Memo screen is essentially a large box (for the text) with a toolbar at the bottom. There are no lines and (as far as I can tell) no way to turn them on. The toolbar lets you change font size, apply bold, italics, underline, and strikethru formatting, and justification. To the right is a little preview box that shows what the current text settings look like. You can also tap on that box to get to most of the font settings. At the very right is a right-facing arrow that minimizes the toolbar, leaving a left-facing arrow. To me, the minimize arrow seems like a scrolling arrow that should lead to more toolbar icons. I hit it every time expecting it to scroll even now that I know it doesn't. That visual symbol is so rooted in my brain that I react automatically to it.
