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Posted by Cassius
Feb 23, 2008 at 01:13 AM
P.S. Here’s what the MyBase help file says about Outlook:
To import Microsoft Outlook items, choose the ‘Capture -> Import Microsoft Outlook Items’ menu item. The Outlook folders will be listed on the popup window, whereby you can choose which items to import.
Note that before using this plug-in, you will need to have Microsoft Outlook properly installed on your system.
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If you use Outlook Express as your default email client program and would like to import messages into myBase, you can drag the messages and drop onto myBase note pane, the messages including header information are copied into myBase, and save as the item’s text notes.
If you want to save messages including attachments, please drag the message from Outlook Express to Windows Desktop to generate .eml files, and then drag the .eml files and drop onto myBase attachment pane, this way, the messages are inserted as attachments.
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Also see my Feb. 21 post, “Indexing content of PDFs, cloning, internal links, etc. in MyBase/WebCollect.” MyBase on desk/laptops indexes both RTF text & html and can index some attachments in other formats.
I forgot to mention that the RTF does not have a ruler, but as I just discovered, MyBase does have a seek by time function. It also has a basic HTML editor.
I REALLY should look at all of the functions on its menus. I’m sure I’m missing a lot of useful features!
-c
Posted by Ike Washington
Feb 23, 2008 at 12:29 PM
dlmesser wrote:
>Thanks, but I believe Bonsai is Palm + Windows, but I need Windows + Windows Mobile.
>Also, I can’t tell from the screenshots alone, but I don’t see a notes function, at
>least not of the length I’m thinking.
>
>Dewey
For anyone interested in Bonsai (great outliner, great features list - I’ll keep on using it on my PC even after Palm and its works have sunk into hardware history): Bonsai copes very well with long notes.
On the PC, Bonsai allows a right-hand notes panel which can be as big or as small as needed. The note can contain clickable file links and urls. I’ve just added a 4000 word note; it transferred over to my palm pda without any problems.
Only “very well”? It doesn’t do enriched text, rich text, rtf etc. Spell check. But no word count. So not quite there for serious writing.
As well as long lists with pretty long notes - books I’m reading, films I’ve seen etc, I use Bonsai for Getting Things Done (GTD): http://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/3073
For this, IMHO, it’s far better than LinkPro: http://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/3091
Ike
Posted by dlmesser
Feb 23, 2008 at 01:26 PM
Ike,
I do like Bonsai, but need something for Pocket PC, not Palm. I did use Bonsai on the Palm for a while, but switched to Shadow Plan to be able to use it with my Mac at home and my Windows PC at work. I have given up on the Palm platform, after three devices and dozens of programs over the years. Much as I liked it, I can’t afford to keep having devices die on me like my last two did. One solution is StyleTap, which lets you run Bonsai, Shadow and other Palm programs on PocketPC, but it’s understandably a workaround and not my first choice.
Your first link led me to a setup on the Natara forum that’s very close to what I’m trying to set up. I have for years emphasized outliners in my planning, but lately have decided to incorporate longer notes into it. I’m a writer, and while I don’t expect to write lengthy pieces on the PocketPC, it would be useful, crucial even, to be able to access info I’ve typed into something like OneNote or TreeDBNotes on my PocketPC. I’m using a pocket Moleskin Cahier notebook for capturing longer writing, then I want to transfer anything appropriate into some desktop software, then from there to PocketPC. I also capture short to-dos and list items directly on the PDA’s ListPro or Tasks, or in desktop ListPro. My search is to combine these two types of capture into one planning tool and model.
I appreciate everyone’s suggestions, keep them coming. I’m definitely looking into myBase. I’d tried it on the PC for capture before I had a PocketPC, and didn’t realize it had PocketPC support. Now if it just does outlines ...
Dewey
Posted by Ike Washington
Feb 23, 2008 at 02:29 PM
dlmesser wrote:
I have given up on the Palm platform, after three devices and
>dozens of programs over the years. Much as I liked it, I can’t afford to keep having
>devices die on me like my last two did.
I understand why you’ve given up Palm. I’ve been lucky I think - the hardware has worked well for me; no problems with my Tungsten E2 after three, four years or so. I’ve raved about it to friends - the power of a platform which has (had?) so many independent developers pouring out free or cheap software. But no joy for those who’ve taken up my recommendation, just several junked machines.
>Your first link led me to a setup on the Natara
>forum that’s very close to what I’m trying to set up.
I’ve tweaked the Natara forum setup quite a bit. Very easy to do with Bonsai. Realise this isn’t useful to you post palm - but, really, Bonsai is great to use, the first application which gets GTD working for me.
>I’m using a pocket Moleskin Cahier notebook
>for capturing longer writing, then I want to transfer anything appropriate into some
>desktop software, then from there to PocketPC. I also capture short to-dos and list
>items directly on the PDA’s ListPro or Tasks, or in desktop ListPro. My search is to
>combine these two types of capture into one planning tool and model.
Just comparing and contrasting your system with mine:
I don’t really write on paper. Occasionally I print off relevant GTD extracts from Bonsai, add project notes and use Fineprint to create a one page paper pda. Any paper marks get added to Bonsai at the end of the week during my weekly review.
As well as GTD proper, I have a parallel short to-do setup.
If I’m at my laptop, I add short to-dos using Notezilla: http://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/1540 . If I’m using my pda, I add short to-dos using Memoleaf. These get meshed together when I carry out a Hotsync.
On my palm, the to-dos show up in Memoleaf, taking the data from the built-in Memo app, and in DateBk6 which allows a split page in the calendar’s day view - taking the same data from the built-in Memo app.
I’m happy with this pc/palm setup. But worry about what I’m going to do when my palm stops working, when, say, I’m forced to use a smart phone.
Ike
Posted by Jack Crawford
Feb 23, 2008 at 09:46 PM
Dewey
Have you looked at My Life Organized? http://www.mylifeorganized.net
Powerful GTD filtering (views), Windows & PocketPC editions and it’s under active development.
Jack