1. A computer-implemented method for customizing note flags comprising: receiving notes from an input device; selecting a note; receiving an ink gesture; wherein the ink gesture received is inked in a shape of a note flag on a display; automatically processing the received ink gesture to determine the shape of the note flag that was inked on the display; wherein processing the received ink gesture comprises comparing the shape of the received ink gesture to a shape for each of the note flags until a match is found; automatically selecting a note flag whose shape matches the shape of the note flag that was inked on the display; wherein each note flag is associated with a different shape; displaying formatting options for the selected note flag; displaying a preview of changes made to the selected note flag; saving changes made to the selected note flag on storage medium; and displaying a note flag summary; wherein displaying the note flag summary comprises extracting each note that has an associated note flag; and displaying the extracted notes with each associated note flag separately from a display of the notes and initiating action in another application program in response to determining that the note flag is selected within the note flag summary.