Deborah Woehr

NoteBook: A New Way for Me to Organize

Every now and then I like to go to the free download sites to see what useful/fun programs I can find. At the time, I was looking for an alternative to Word. I did find a few, but also found a great program to organize my writing. It’s called NoteBook and is available only for Macs. A 30-day free trial is available.

I’ve always kept paper notebooks, only to lose them in the constant shuffle. Since I’m always on the computer, this was the perfect solution. I’ve included some screenshots for you to see.

Adding pages in a hierarchy is simple. Afterwards, you can change the order of your pages by dragging them to the desired position.

This feature is awesome. You can drag a pic directly from the web, which will produce a link rather than an image. Or you can download the image to your computer and drag it into your NoteBook file.

I included this shot to show you how easy it is to include hyperlinks in documents. In this case, I copied a document from the web and into a “cell” on the page I created. The hyperlink appeared without me having to create it.

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6 Responses to “NoteBook: A New Way for Me to Organize”

FredCQ on 30 Dec 2005 at 4:50 pm #

I love to use Notebook. I use it for outlining and keeping my characters organized. There are a few things in the MAC version of Office that are not in the PC version!

Deborah on 30 Dec 2005 at 6:08 pm #

I forget what those features are, but you are right. Still, I got tired of Word crashing on me all the time. Now I’m using NissusWriter. It doesn’t have a grammar feature, but at least it hasn’t crashed while I’m in the middle of writing a scene.

melly on 30 Dec 2005 at 10:50 pm #

Hey, thanks for that.
Looks pretty cool - $40 you said?

I guess the closest thing to this would be to have different chapters in word. And it doesn’t even come close.

Deborah on 31 Dec 2005 at 7:43 am #

You’re welcome. I’ve gone the different chapters in Word route, but this is so much more organized. And you can go to the TOC section, click on any section or page, and the program will take you there. This is definitely worth the price, especially if you can’t afford Word.