Note Taking Software

[Shane]

Does anyone know of any software that is good at taking notes?
Something like Microsoft Office OneNote but it has to be freeware and it
okay if it does not have as many features as OneNote but needs the basic
type of functionality.

Thanks for your help in advance.

 

[Mike Andrade]

Does anyone know of any software that is good at taking notes?
Something like Microsoft Office OneNote but it has to be freeware
and it okay if it does not have as many features as OneNote but
needs the basic type of functionality.

Thanks for your help in advance.

Keynote? I say that with a question because I've never used OneNote
and have no idea what features you require. You can find info and dl
link for keynote here http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html

 

[Cory Panshin]

Does anyone know of any software that is good at taking notes? Something
like Microsoft Office OneNote but it has to be freeware and it okay if
it does not have as many features as OneNote but needs the basic type of
functionality.

I just looked at a few descriptions of OneNote, because it sounded
interesting, and there's nothing equivalent out there as freeware.
KeyNote is good for storing information, but I haven't found it flexible
enough for freeform note-taking.

Pepys, tkoutline, and WhizNote are the three programs I keep around for
note-taking. They all have some useful features, like the ability to
link between notes, but none of them will allow you to throw every kind
of information into a single program and set up tabbed notebooks and
then move things from notebook to notebook the way OneNote promises.

http://www.innovateer.com/products/pepys/
http://tkoutline.sourceforge.net/wiki/
http://yestersoft.com/

 

[Seneca_kw]

Ecco Pro. Even though it hasn't been developed since 1997 it's still
a powerful, flexible outliner. It's folder system is outstanding for
organizing information. Two years ago I got nervous about using
abandoned software so I made a search for better a outliner/organizer.
After trying dozens of other programs, I returned to Ecco. It looked
better than ever.

You can embed spreadsheets and photos in your outlines but it gets a
little dicey because of file size limitations. But linking to your
graphics from inside Ecco works very well.

Oh, and it makes a great bookmark manager.

Wayne

 

[Chrissy Cruiser]

Ecco Pro

http://www.compusol.org/ecco/index.html

 

[Jeff Chapman]

I've been working on recreating some PIM software similar to that from
the middle 1980s by Lotus, that categorized items into groups. It
might be a bit high-powered for your needs, but I welcome those of you
who are interested to give it some initial User Interface testing. At
the moment it store items, notes, and categories, performs searches,
and incorporates various date recognition routines. (It requires the
Microsoft .Net framework runtime) . . .

You may obtain the software from

<http://home.earthlink.net/~jdc24/orGenta/TestingWelcome.htm>

Best regards,
Jeff

 

[Chrissy Cruiser]

You may obtain the software from

<http://home.earthlink.net/~jdc24/orGenta/TestingWelcome.htm>

Nice start, thanks and good luck.

 

[Shane]

I just looked at a few descriptions of OneNote, because it sounded
interesting, and there's nothing equivalent out there as freeware.
KeyNote is good for storing information, but I haven't found it flexible
enough for freeform note-taking.

Pepys, tkoutline, and WhizNote are the three programs I keep around for
note-taking. They all have some useful features, like the ability to
link between notes, but none of them will allow you to throw every kind
of information into a single program and set up tabbed notebooks and
then move things from notebook to notebook the way OneNote promises.

http://www.innovateer.com/products/pepys/
http://tkoutline.sourceforge.net/wiki/
http://yestersoft.com/

What I really do need is freeform note taking I probably should have
made that more clear in my original post.

 

[Shane]

Ecco Pro. Even though it hasn't been developed since 1997 it's still
a powerful, flexible outliner. It's folder system is outstanding for
organizing information. Two years ago I got nervous about using
abandoned software so I made a search for better a outliner/organizer.
After trying dozens of other programs, I returned to Ecco. It looked
better than ever.

You can embed spreadsheets and photos in your outlines but it gets a
little dicey because of file size limitations. But linking to your
graphics from inside Ecco works very well.

Oh, and it makes a great bookmark manager.

Wayne

Where can I get it?

 

[Ron May]

What I really do need is freeform note taking I probably should have
made that more clear in my original post.

How about this, then? Very few bells and whistles but a good way to
store searchable text scraps.

Eric Nitzsche's ScrapBook

http://home.pacbell.net/nitzsche/scrapbook.html

 

[arasu]

How about this, then? Very few bells and whistles but a good way to
store searchable text scraps.

Eric Nitzsche's ScrapBook

http://home.pacbell.net/nitzsche/scrapbook.html

I like ndxCards - it is like a cross between an index card and a
Post-it. It is easy to take notes and organize them, but just as easy
to use what is in the notes later. http://www.ndxcards.com

 

[C.Groth]

arasu wrote:

I like ndxCards - it is like a cross between an index card and a
Post-it. It is easy to take notes and organize them, but just as easy
to use what is in the notes later. http://www.ndxcards.com

Looks neat, except that it is TRIALWARE.

 

[A man]

I use Keynote. http://www.tranglos.com/
A great program, which supports regular text or RTF text, where you can insert
pictures. You can also export to html files. Each note file can have tabs
(called a note) with its own options. Each "note" tab can have a tree-like
structure, with treenodes on the left, and text for each node on the right.
Very handy.

I used to use Notez. http://www.holtschneider.com/notez/
It is like a post-it note. The main window has a list of note names. Double
click on one and the note window appears. You can change font name, font color,
background color, font format, etc.

Look below in one of my sites, in the "Info mgmt" category for more note-like
software (all freeware).

--
Freezone Freeware: 1200+ applications
http://chuckr.freeshell.org (zip file of file list only)
http://freezone.darksoft.co.nz
http://home.att.net/~chuckr30/index.html (zip file of file list only)
http://chuckr.bravepages.com

 

[Susan Bugher]

I use Keynote. http://www.tranglos.com/
A great program, which supports regular text or RTF text, where you can insert
pictures. You can also export to html files. Each note file can have tabs
(called a note) with its own options. Each "note" tab can have a tree-like
structure, with treenodes on the left, and text for each node on the right.
Very handy.

I agree. IMO Treepad and Keynote make a great pair - each has some
unique capabilities - and they work well together.

For those who haven't "been there, done that" I suggest trying Treepad
first - it's *very* easy to learn. Then add Keynote. . .

Both can be found on PL2004.

Susan

 

[jo]

For those who haven't "been there, done that" I suggest trying Treepad
first - it's *very* easy to learn. Then add Keynote. . .

Where is GSNotes in all this?

 

[mike555]

Does anyone know of any software that is good at taking notes?

=== have you tried "treepad" from... www.treepad.com ?
the free version is text only , but very nice =====

 

[mike555]

Does anyone know of any software that is good at taking notes?

=== a very nice , small , no-install , auto saving , all notes in one
program
is " snippet " from... http://www.aldensoft.com/index.html ... it
even has a search . =============

 

[omega]

Where is GSNotes in all this?

No import.

No export.

I've got data locked in there from a few years ago. Like a fool, I'd
bought the payware version when the company stated that export was
"coming soon."

Treepad imports text, imports csv. Treepad exports as text, as html.
Or as itself (.hjt, which is textual). And a couple+ programs import
its native form. Keynote being the significant one. (MyInfo being
the insignificant one. They have a payware. And a free viewer, which
reads some five formats of tree-like editors.)

 

[omega]

Where is GSNotes in all this?

The next question is, where is Shadow Notes in all this? The poor beast
seems to be about extinct. Google gave me a link to SOS's site, but that
dead-ended. I didn't spend any time pursuing after that, but maybe someone
up for a hunt wants to give it a try.

Shadow Notes, 1998, Mark Reddick, filename ? shdnt.zip

I uploaded a zip of ShNote's program files. (Note: For those who don't
have their dao / jet libraries all keyed up, they might need the installer.)
As well, I put up a pair of pics -- one with the tree and document panes
split horizontally, and one vertically.

http://www.redshift.com/~omega/clips/shadownotes/shadown.htm

Regarding the issue of export, which I was griping about on GSNotes.
Well, this doesn't have a lot there (no html for example). But at least
it has something. It has individual notes (not tree), exportable to RTF.
It imports RTF as well.

 

[jan]

No import.

No export.

I've got data locked in there from a few years ago. Like a fool, I'd
bought the payware version when the company stated that export was
"coming soon."

Working solution for transfer of GS Notes files.
IF you are using Keynote,
1 - create a new file in Keynote or go to the note you want your GS
Notes transfered to.
2 - turn on clipboard copy F11
3 - on each and every page of GS Notes that you want to transfer,
highlight and copy. No need to paste.

If you have tons of notes, this is a little time consuming. However, it
does work.

To tweak where nodes are placed, you will have to turn off clipboard
copy, reposition your cursor and turn copy back on.

Jan