1. A method for manipulating notes on a screen of a computer display comprising: generating an initial note area on the screen of the computer display; dividing said initial note area into a plurality of note areas in response to at least one division gesture implemented by moving a pointer across the width of the screen such that a left edge of the division gesture is within a first defined distance of a left side of said computer display and a right edge of the division gesture is within a second defined distance of a right side of said computer display, wherein the division gesture is made in a horizontal motion having a slope of less than a predefined slope value, and wherein each division gesture creates divider indicia in the form of a header bar on said screen which visually separates two adjacent note areas; and scrolling in response to one or more scrolling commands such that for note areas having heights of less than the screen's length, scrolling to a new note area for each new scroll command, and, for note areas having heights of greater than the screen's length, scrolling to the next successive portion of the note area for each new scroll command until the end of the note area is reached.