note taking and outlining software for academics (not full PIM)

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Posted by talazem
2005-06-14 17:49:35

Hello, all. I’ve been reading through some of the material on here over the past few months, and have found it very useful. I thank those of you who are the prime contributors to many discussions.

I have a question, and i apologize if it’s been dealt with before, but i haven’t been able to piece together an answer from the different posts that i’ve been able to read.

I am looking for a note taking and outlining program that would be used to help me store notes i take for my academic work (in history). i do NOT need a full PIM, as i use Outlook on my tablet pc and pda for personal info.

All I want it to do (but do well) is allow good note taking, and good outline, together. However, crucial is: true utfp-8 support (many of my notes will be in non-Latin languages), linking between notes, files, and other documents outside of the program, and good search abilities.

I am playing with WhizFolders, but it seems that the outlining is not as robust as i’d like it to be.

Please keep in mind that my input will largely be textual; while i’d like it to do well with pictures, etc., this is not at the top of my priority list.

Since the notes will then be used in my thesis in the future, as well as other publications, the ability to export them without any problem is crucial; how this is done is not particularly worrying to me, as long as it doesn’t distort the input.

If price was no factor, what would you recommend? And if price *was* a factor, what would you recommend?

Thank you in advance.

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