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Questions tagged [note-taking]

Refers to the process of recording or collecting information. For questions pertaining to a specific note-taking application that has a dedicated tag, use that tag, instead.

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Should I use Evernote or Org-mode for taking notes?

I am looking for an app that will help me manage my notes, and after coming across Org-mode, I was wondering whether Org-mode's functionality is strong enough that it can remove the need for me to use another note taking app (because org is more of…
tobeannounced
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Mac OSX - looking for software for notes, snippets, ideas, etc

I have the following requirements: Mobile accessibility: Either a complimentary iphone app to sync with, or DropBox or Google Docs syncing or equivalent so I can use other mobile note applications to edit notes remotely. Minimally some form of…
eatloaf
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Hosting my own note-taking application

I have a server. I'd really like to be able to log into a website that I host and do something like take notes for a class, record some thought, etc. Is there any software that would allow me to do this? I'm thinking something sort of like google…
devin
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Outlook Notes replacement or alternatives?

I save my notes in Outlook notes. However it's just a list of notes without any kind of categorization. I am looking for a replacement software where I can define my categories and I can place a note in one the categories. Plus the ability to search…
Tony_Henrich
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How to delete note in terminal velocity

I just found a command line note taking tool: terminal_velocity. But I don't find a way to quickly remove a note, is there anyone knows how to do that?
Aaron Shen
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Software for taking handwritten notes

I am using Wacom tablet in Windows 7, mainly with Photoshop. I Was wondering if there is a good program to take notes, draw, save, print and so on that could be run in the background. A Google search yeilds no results aside from advertisements and…
Stewie Griffin
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How can I send myself an email that becomes a text file on my hard drive (or on Dropbox)?

Evernote has a very helpful feature that lets me send an email to a special address and which makes that email into a new note. I'd like to duplicate that functionality, but without being locked into Evernote. Do you know how I could do…
Andrew Warner
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Taking notes vocally?

Recently my girlfriend and I were Skyping and she said the one thing she hates about taking notes in school is all the typing. That made me think--what if there was a program that allowed you to take notes without typing a word? So I thought I'd ask…
Sasha Chedygov
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Weird Hyperlink behavior in OneNote for local links

I'm a big fan of OneNote and use it very often for my daily note-taking activities. Right now, I am facing a really weird behavior of hyperlink function in OneNote for local hyperlinks. I mean all hyperlinks that are pointing to to my local hard…
muhammad tayyab
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Note as "big white paper" for OSX

I would like to use a note program for OSX with unlimited zoom in-zoom out but I'm not able to found any. Like a big white paper with freestlye item adding. It's like Visio for Windows: I can zoom in and zoom out, take some text and adding…
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Taking notes using a tablet input device

I like to know what software do you use to take notes using a tablet input device like the Genius G-Pen 4500. The software must run in Windows. This tablet comes with a built in software that those exactly what I need, but the problem is that is…
mjsr
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Is there a writing/note-taking tool that has these features…?

Looking for a new writing and note-taking tool. I plan to use it for creating material for Shadowrun, and misc. creative writing. I would like it to have the following features: Must-have features: Keep notes in individual "items", like note…
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File Based Note Taking for Notepad++

As most of us, I work on several development projects. I have few copies of these source code, for different customers/processes etc. I am looking for a file based note taking in Notepad++ or any other source code editor. The picture below explains…
DigitalNomad
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Sublime Text and VS Code as Note Taking or Diary or Organizer App

Sublime Text or VS Code as Note Taking or Diary or Organizer App, or any Blacked-Theme App. I really like typing in either Sublime Text and/or VS-Code because of the all-dark-theme those two have. I spent times searching for extensions to support it…
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