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[KarishBHR]

What do you use to take notes in class? Im using word, but Im wondering if theres something better to use.

Also, is there something I could use on my PC for keeping track of assignments?

 

[Gibbo]

I usually use MS Powerpoint to take my notes actually...It's much more convenient while revising for the exams

 

[KarishBHR]

bump

 

[Matlock]

Word's the best, by far--but there's also OneNote.

OneNote is..uh...

Well, I don't like it much.

 

[KarishBHR]

Word's the best, by far--but there's also OneNote.

OneNote is..uh...

Well, I don't like it much.

why not?

 

[NetMapel]

Most of the profs in my school use powerpoint slides to do their presentation. You just download the powerpoint slide from the course/prof website and add in comments to whichever slide you think need it...

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

ugh...I don't think I could stand that much powerpoint.

 

[Memles]

My university tuition has a laptop lease built into it, so the laptop pretty well travels to most of my classes with me.

I find that taking notes in Word makes the most sense, even when I have the powerpoints ahead of time. When taking notes in powerpoint, I find that the notes, by themselves, don't have context, and I can't study notes off of a computer screen.

I'm averaging 2000 words a lecture in my Western Civ class, so it serves me well.

 

[Lhadatt]

For Macs, I've found that the Notes function in Entourage (MS's Mac version of Outlook) works very well. It's easy to use and easy to organize - especially since Entourage has light project management features that you can organize notes, email and calendar entries with.

Pages in iWork is also very good for just random note-taking.

 

[Chesapeake Silt]

Most people at my school use Freecell to take notes, apparently.