One Note is a software program from Microsoft that I use at conferences and meetings to take notes. It's as easy to use as most word processing programs, but has added benefits:
- You can add labels such as
- To Do
- Important
- Books to order
- Websites to visit
- Blog about this
You can sort by those labels so that your action items are all at the front.
URLs are live links, saving you time later
Everything is searchable, so you can find it.
I keep all of my notes together on my laptop and on a flash drive, so if I'm looking for something for myself or for someone else, it's easy to find. It also saves file space and saves trees.
Cost to buy is $99.99 but you can download a free trial to see if you like it.
Sharon, your title caught my attention because I'm considering using OneNote to consolidate all of my notes. I'm trying to go paperless, and this seems like one of the best ways to do that. Thanks for the review.
have never heard of it, or thought of this before. Paperless is a great idea in the comment above. Could get something like and put it on another machine beside this one, which might work out just fine for us.
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Leon - One Note is a great start for going paperless, and I'm glad my post was timely. You'll want to back up these files as there's a lot of value in them.
Gary and Richard - I use the program primarily on my laptop, since I'm generally away from my desk when taking notes. You can always copy files to another machine or back them up.
Larry - do you love paper so much that you have to go through stacks of it to find a particular note?