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November 24th, 2002, 04:56 PM
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Re: Note-taking
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REMEMBERING what, where, when, who and why. 
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Re: Note-taking
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If I want to save a screen shot for later referance I can Alt PrintScreen, Alt Tab and Ctrl C
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This, I must admit, is about the only advantage I can see for using Word. Can WordPad handle images? I can't remember the Last time I took a screenshot of anything, let alone of SE IV.
For straight text, .doc format is several times as large as the same file saved as .txt or .rtf . I've seen size differences as high as a factor of 5.
Most of my stack of notes on paper is a record of everything I've researched, in order, for each of my SE IV games that I started prior to v1.78. This was meant to be a reference base for writing my own AI files, if I ever get around to that.
Other stuff I've written down is lists of things I need to know when writing diplomatic Messages to another human player in a PBW game (system and planet names, stuff I want to trade for, etc.), total costs of ship designs that I need to retrofit, reminders of things that need to be done on a future turn, etc.
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November 25th, 2002, 12:10 AM
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Re: Note-taking
Plain text files cant have images. But, rtf files can, and those can be edited with wordpad. So yes, wordpad can handle images, with the right document format.  |
November 25th, 2002, 02:54 AM
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Re: Note-taking
I must admit that I use MS Outlook for all my note taking. It does everything that Word does, but it files it by creation date & subject. Plus the fact that I have Outlook open constantly and not Word.
Notes consist of all Communications received and sent and screen shots of enemy system map layouts.
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November 26th, 2002, 03:59 AM
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Re: Note-taking
Hmm, I haven't had much luck with MS Outlook. It's slow and crashes a lot when I do stuff like archive my old data or try to rename a folder or something. Oh, but that was when I had Windows 98. Maybe it's better now that I'm using XP...
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November 26th, 2002, 05:36 AM
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Re: Note-taking
I love GS notes, as posted by dumbluck below. It is like a super organized database. I also found this program here it is but am not sure about it and you have to pay eventually. I'm probably not quick enough to get it though. And as for mr transparent it is so cool. My computer is now like an invisibilty cloak  .
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