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PPPro: Adding a Hobby to a Pal

Your friends have interests and hobbies. Sometimes you share them, sometimes you don't.

Penpal Pro lets you keep a record of your pal's interests and hobbies, so that you can remember them, even years later.

Use the Hobbies and Interests screen to keep track of this information. Launch it by clicking the "Hobbies" button on the Penpal information screen. You should see your pal's name already filled into the "Name" field. (You can also get here from the Main screen, but the Name field will not be automatically filled in).
To add a new Hobby for this Pal, click the "Add Hobby" button at the top of the screen.

Select the hobby or interest from the drop-down list. If their hobby is not in the list, refer to the "Adding Hobbies to the List" post.

You can also set a Level of Interest. Maybe it's a hobby for this pal, or a mild interest, or maybe an all-consuming passion.

There is also space to leave any notes, to make the information even more specific and tailored to the pal.

When you are done, click the Save button at the top of the form.

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