Archive for February, 2006

How to Install OneNote on Mac or OS X

Lately, we have been getting Google queries for “OneNote Mac”, “OneNote for Mac”, etc. Sadly there is no version of OneNote for Mac. Microsoft does release Office for Macintosh. The last version of Office Mac was called Office 2004. It includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Entourage (Mac version of Outlook), and Virtual [...]

How to Save Any File as a PDF File

Office 207 has PDF support, letting users save files in PDF. But what if you want to save Office files in PDF now. Or, better yet, save any type of file in PDF (OneNote, Journal, Internet Explorer, etc). You can and it is free!
All you need to do is install a virtual pdf printer on [...]

Using MindManager for a GTD-style Brain Dump

Note: This post is from AdminID’s personal blog AdminID.net from Januray. I decided to repost them here because they are relevant.

MindManager has a Brainstorm Mode which is awesome for a GTD “Brain Dump”…
It is under Tools -> Start Brainstorm and basically just creates topics that are not linked together yet. Just keep adding new [...]

Using MindManager to create a quick MS Project

Note: This post is from AdminID’s personal blog AdminID.net from Januray.  I decided to repost them here because they are relevant.
MindJet’s MindManager is a great way to create a quick MS Project file if you don’t know Project well. Only the Pro version can export to Project, so make all the Project files you can [...]

Gournal: A Linux Alternative to Windows Journal

A few days ago, I wrote about Jarnal, an open source Java-based alternative to OneNote and Windows Journal. Today, I bring you Gournal, a note-taking Tablet program for Linux. This is a Tablet PC only program which makes it an alternative to Windows Journal because it is designed to use with a digital [...]

Logitech io2 Digital Writing System: An Alternate Way for Digital Notes

OneNote, GoBinder, and Window Journal are great, but they require a computer.  Paper is paper. Logitech io2 is a step between taking notes on old school paper and computer (desktop, notebook, tablet pc),  It lets you take digital notes while still writing on paper.  The io2 system works in two ways.
First: you have a digital [...]

Jarnal: A Java-Based Note-Taking Application with Ink Support

As part of our effort to talk about any and all note-taking programs, here is a free java-based note-taking program called Jarnal. They recently released version 4.35 in late January. It has Ink support, keyboard support, hand-writing recognition, etc. There is a demo site to see it in action.
Jarnal is an open-source project.  It doesn’t [...]

OneNote 2007 Beta Review Part 4: Drawing Tools

OneNote 2003’s drawing tools left a lot of things to be desired. There really weren’t any drawing tools. It was just the pen, selection tool, eraser, delete, etc bundled into a new toolbar called “Drawing and Writing Tools”. But all of those tools were available in other toolbars. Below is a screen shot of [...]

OneNote 12 Beta Review Part 3: My Favorite New Features

I have been playing with OneNote 12 for a few weeks now and these are the new features I like so far.
1) Lasso Tool: a much needed feature missing from OneNote 2003. I don’t know why it was never included in the OneNote 2003, especially when Windows Journal had it. The lasso tool works great [...]

Latest News: Office 2007 will include OneNote (kind of)

The current beta version of Office is called Office 12. Today, Microsoft officially released price specification as well as the name of the new office. It will be called Office 2007. We will use both Office 2007 and Office 12 to refer to the same product. OneNote will not be part [...]