Patch makes it easy to share your thoughts with your neighbors with a note post.  To post a note, please follow these steps:

1. Click on the green "Post" button on the top left of the page.
   
2. Select "Note" from the pop-up menu that appears.
   
3. On the next page, click "Choose a group" to choose the group that will show your note in its feed.
   
4. After you have selected the group, enter your thoughts in the "Compose Note" field.
   
5. When you are finished, you can click the "Post Now" button to submit your note.
   

Advanced Options

If you wish to post your note at a later time or attach files, note posts offer you several options:

1. To attach photos or video to your post, click the "Add photos or videos" link below the text field to locate files from your computer to attach to the post. Files can be up to 20MB in size in any of the following formats: .jpg, .png, .pdf, .avi, .mov. (Read more about "Uploading Media" by clicking here.)
   
2. To finish your note later, click the down arrow on the "Post Now" button to save your note as a Draft. (Read more about "Managing Your Drafts" by clicking here.)
   
3. To publish a finished note at a later time, click the "Advanced Options" link on the page and select your desired date and time of publication in the fields that appear.
   

Post To Multiple Groups

You may also share the post with several groups at once as long as you have contributor or manager access in the other groups.  To post to multiple groups, just follow these steps:

1. After you have already selected one group to post in, click the "Add another group" that appears below the first group's name.
   
2. Choose the next group in which to post from the list that appears.
3. Repeat this process for each additional group you wish to post in.