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Touch screen Word Processor for note-taking
Posted on 1/24/14 at 12:35 am
Posted on 1/24/14 at 12:35 am
I'm looking to find some app or device that enables me to go from typing out notes to drawing graphs (freehand, or using a compatible pen) for my economics classes. Ideally I'd like it to be word compatible so I can open the document on my laptop as well as my tablet.
FWIW, I have a Macbook laptop and a IPad2 (which means with my existing equipment, my best hope is an ipad app). However, I'm no longer wedded to Macs; I'm considering buying one of those HP touchscreen laptops or something like it if I can get the benefit of being able to type and freehand notes in one document. Let me know if you have any suggestions, and thanks for the help.
FWIW, I have a Macbook laptop and a IPad2 (which means with my existing equipment, my best hope is an ipad app). However, I'm no longer wedded to Macs; I'm considering buying one of those HP touchscreen laptops or something like it if I can get the benefit of being able to type and freehand notes in one document. Let me know if you have any suggestions, and thanks for the help.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 10:55 am to Hopeful Doc
Thanks, I'll look into it. I've downloaded the OneNote app for ipads and don't see where it enables you to freehand notes. I also don't currently have OneNote on my laptop so I assume I'd have to download it to share files.
Basically, what devices have Microsoft Word on a touchscreen device that enables freehand writing? I'd be ideal if I could use Microsoft Word to do this since my past notes are in that format.
Basically, what devices have Microsoft Word on a touchscreen device that enables freehand writing? I'd be ideal if I could use Microsoft Word to do this since my past notes are in that format.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 2:56 pm to Santa Clause
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OneNote app for ipads
An "app" version on a mobile OS is being compared to a full-blown desktop application on a real, full-function OS.
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Basically, what devices have Microsoft Word on a touchscreen device that enables freehand writing? I'd be ideal if I could use Microsoft Word to do this since my past notes are in that format.
Click my link and go to 9:15 in the video. OneNote does this. Think of it as Microsoft Word meets Microsoft Paint (keep reading...). Just like in Word, you can format things as you usually would. Just like paint, you can insert a text box anywhere (literally a single click in One Note), or grab a 'pen' or 'brush' and write about it. It installs itself as a printer, so you can 'print' PowerPoint slides or PDFs to it , and simply type next to the originals, or over them.
As far as organization, think of it as 'binders' and 'tabs,' (or notebooks and sections) or if you like MS Word, it would be 'folders' and 'documents.' They all stay loaded. They all auto save (there isn't even a 'save' button). You are a click away from a search box that will search through all your different classes and lectures very rapidly. You're also not more than as long as it takes to click on one to two tabs from opening an old lecture (stays pre loaded). You can freehand on/in notebooks with a stylus (perhaps even your finger, depending on how it's set up) rapidly.
When it comes to note taking applications, I find OneNote to blow competitors away.
Posted on 1/25/14 at 10:24 am to Hopeful Doc
So I'd have to get the full blown version, not just the app, to get all those features, right? Not sure that's possible for an iPad, but let me know if so. Seems like the version I currently have is a scaled down version
Posted on 1/25/14 at 1:28 pm to Santa Clause
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So I'd have to get the full blown version, not just the app, to get all those features, right? Not sure that's possible for an iPad, but let me know if so. Seems like the version I currently have is a scaled down version
Precisely. I didn't realize you were talking about an iPad app because you said
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I'm considering buying one of those HP touchscreen laptops or something like it if I can get the benefit of being able to type and freehand notes in one document.
MS Office comes free with a lot of the current touchscreen models and tablets in 8. As far as on the iPad, you would be able to read all your notes just fine/they would sync through the MS Cloud. I do not know what touchscreen word processors are available on iPad, nor how good they are.
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