I think it's important to remember that different programs have different purposes. I still use OneNote when I'm trying to compare tons of internet advertisements and such, but for the most part, I switched to Wikidpad.Įdit: I forgot that you can also link directly to files in OneNote, which is nice for when you reference an equation you have set up in an excel sheet.Īlso you can collapse irrelevant sections in Wikidpad very quickly, which I think is great. I used to keep it to use notes, but have since changed to Wikidpad, which has a different purpose, but serves the same function and is extremely fast at making connection's between topics. I think OneNote's biggest advantage is the organization part (audio and screenshots aren't so great to me, although I do use the OCR function once in a while). Saves a lot of time when inserting things like δ,Δ, λ, π, ζ. To go back to english I hit Ctrl+Shift+1. I hit Ctrl+Shift+6 and I can type in Greek. Write down stuff using that.Īs far as writing equations, I would go ahead and install the Greek keyboard. Buy a notebook (the paper kind, not a laptop) and a pen you like. great, i can paste it into my notes here and.' boom, 3 more equations have been derived and you're lost. 'Whoops that picture didn't come out, better take another. I am also against this, because I think you will spend too much time wrangling the technology to pay attention to the subject matter. Next, to address kowalski's comment with regards to taking pictures of slides/diagrams to supplement notes that you type on your computer.

This is bullshit, you will open a website and waste time and not pay attention. Next, you might think to yourself, 'with my laptop, I can have additional reference material open to supplement my learning'. It just feels much clunkier than writing on a regular piece of paper. yes it's nice to be able to copy and paste, and scale things, but it's outweighted by the limited screen size and non-tactile feel in my opinion. If you use tablet mode, it's still not as good as paper. If you don't have a tablet, your notes will be terrible, because you won't ever be able to draw/circle or explain something other than in text. I bought a tablet PC last year with the intention of taking all my notes on it. What field are you in? I suggest strongly against this if you have any trouble staying focused (you're a reddit user, so I'm assuming this to be the case).

Using onenote for note taking