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Taking notes with a macbook
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After "borrowing" a copy from a friend, I now use Word 08 which has a nice notebook view which kind of replicates OneNote. Admittedly, it is not too fantastic, and adding bullets gets a bit too complicated for what it is, since you have to keep the toolbox window open to add them in 🙁. For some classes, I still use OneNote which I installed on a bootcamp partition.
I swear by text edit... Command + B to Bold new headings...
That's all I ever need....one long file per class so I can search easily within the document. Plus it opens quickly...
That's all I ever need....one long file per class so I can search easily within the document. Plus it opens quickly...
kuebby
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QCassidy352
macrumors G5
blah totally forgot my badddd er
i use adobe cs3 premium but for other stuff lik for what its used for 😀
Seriously... I use PhotoshopCS and the paintbrush tool...
It's very functional...
i use adobe cs3 premium but for other stuff lik for what its used for 😀
Eric Lewis
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taking notes like that would take forever
i used pages for grade 12 on macbook air
theLimit
macrumors 6502a
Bad idea for a post. Read the Terms of Service. 😡
On topic: The rare few times I take notes on a laptop in class I use TextEdit. I've found that most instructors get annoyed trying to talk over the clickety-clack of people typing unless it's a class in a computer lab or large lecture hall.
On topic: The rare few times I take notes on a laptop in class I use TextEdit. I've found that most instructors get annoyed trying to talk over the clickety-clack of people typing unless it's a class in a computer lab or large lecture hall.
Eric Lewis
macrumors 68020
stealing software in canada is still illegal
its the music business thats different
meh the isps do nothing and no one i know has ever gotten caught but ffor the person with notes u can use open office if you have x11 i belive u need it in order to install open office its free
I use Word's notebook view.
Possible alternative is NeoOffice. I also very much enjoy WriteRoom when I have an "easily distracted" phase.
Possible alternative is NeoOffice. I also very much enjoy WriteRoom when I have an "easily distracted" phase.
I use VoodooPad. It's lightweight, and it can be as complex or as simple as I need it to be. Failing that, TextEdit would be my go-to app. I have Pages and I have NeoOffice, but I think they're overkill for class notes. For that purpose I want something that's quick to load, quick to save, stable, and not too distracting. VoodooPad is more like a wiki than a notebook, you put in little links to other pages of your notes. The coolest thing is that VoodooPad happily exports your notes to your iPod--and the links still work on the iPod! It's also very keyboard friendly.
SFStateStudent
macrumors 604
I switch back and forth between Pages and Word '08 (Word '04 prior), and I haven't taken notes in the past 2 years with anything but a MB in the classroom! 😛
