Notetaking_software

Comparison of note-taking software

Comparison of note-taking software

Comparison of computer software designed for taking notes

The tables below compare features of notable note-taking software.

General information

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Basic features

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Advanced formatting and content

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See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Free users limited to 100 notes.
  2. [N 2]
    Depends on platform and version.
  3. [N 3]
    Data is synced between devices by Dropbox or iCloud.
  4. [N 4]
    Printable via exported pdf files.
  5. [N 5]
    No support for ink notes in Mac version. Cannot mix ink with text
  6. [N 6]
    Clips URLs and titles only. Web page content is not clipped
  7. [N 7]
    On Android and ChromeOS uses platform's spell checker.
  8. [N 8]
    All versions can sync with OneDrive and SharePoint. Versions later than Office 2016 can only use online notebooks and cannot use local notebooks.
  9. [N 9]
    OneNote 2010 and OneNote 2007 Service Pack 2 and beyond have it built in. A Save As PDF add-in is available for earlier versions of OneNote 2007. Can save to PDF with add-in.
  10. [N 10]
    Saved in separate file.
  11. [N 11]
    Handwritten notes are searchable.
  12. [N 12]
    Sync of files and folders using external services.
  13. [N 13]
    Internal spell check or LanguageTool integration.
  14. [N 14]
    At least Microsoft Windows version (06/2016)
  15. [N 15]
    Lists only, with check-box facility.
  16. [N 16]
    Resize large images
  17. [N 17]
    As the RTF format stores pictures internally as bitmaps (.bmp), this leads to large notebook files.
  18. [N 18]
    Tables must be created in another program. After pasting the table into Keynote NF, one can edit the cells and add new rows, but changing the size of the columns and adding or removing columns is not possible. These operations can be done by pasting the table into another program (for example, MS Word).
  19. [N 19]
    Can also search in audio.
  20. [N 20]
    Resize upon initial insertion.
  21. [N 21]
    Using plugins

References

  1. [1]
    "Roam Research – A note taking tool for networked thought". Roam Research. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  2. [2]
    "Import notes and notebooks – Evernote Help & Learning".
  3. [3]
    "Export notes and notebooks as ENEX or HTML – Evernote Help & Learning".
  4. [4]
    "Import content from Evernote to OneNote".
  5. [5]
    "Export and import OneNote notebooks".
  6. [6]
    "Excalidraw - Full featured sketching plugin in Obsidian".
  7. [7]
    Newell, Bob. "A Web Clipper of Sorts for Org-Mode". Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  8. [8]
    "Valentin Herrmann / org-xournalpp · GitLab". GitLab.
  9. [9]
    "raw and Scribble Notes in GNU Emacs". YouTube. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Query Replace". gnu.org. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  11. [11]
    "Frequently Asked Questions about OneNote in Office 2019". support.office.com.
  12. [12]
    (setq org-image-actual-width nil)
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