I have been using a very powerful Windows program for taking and organizing notes. Not only does it handle notes that I type or write by hand, but I can also use it to copy-and-paste excerpts from Web pages, word processing documents, e-mail messages, or any Windows genealogy program. It handles both text and graphics easily. I have even used it to store pictures from my digital camera, along with handwritten notes about each photo. The software producer also says that a future version will allow for synchronization over the Internet and will be able to copy the notes to handheld Palm and PocketPC PDAs as well as to certain cellular phones that are called "smartphones."
This program also is a natural for genealogy work. As I find bits and scraps of information about an ancestor on the web, on CD-ROM disks, in my genealogy program, or at the local genealogy library, I can copy-and-paste all the references into the program and have them available at any time in the future in a well-organized manner. I can also write notes and drawings by hand and store them into the same note system. Pictures from web sites or from other Windows programs can be added to notes by a simple "drag-and-drop" method.
This program organizes various bits and pieces of notes far better than my old filing cabinet that is stuffed with thousands of folders. A future release should also allow me to refer to notes on my cell phone or handheld computer while I am working in a local archive or courthouse.
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