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How to make notes efficiently…with Wikidpad. As part of my research I continually have great ideas and want to take notes.With time my note taking has evolved, from using pen and paper to using MS Word.

How to make notes efficiently…with Wikidpad

Even though storing data in Word files looks pretty, it is slow to load and even slower to navigate. The jump from paper to text enabled searching within each document, and more recently, with desktop search software it is possible to search your computer from your browser. efficiently Writing your notes in Hypertext enables you to cross-link documents , but editing and publishing to a webserver is time consuming and sometimes complicated. Wikidpad is the next evolution. WikidPad - wiki notebook for windows.

WikidPad. Not to be confused with Wikipad, the gaming tablet.

WikidPad

The WikidPad system uses a database to tie together individual text documents that the user creates into a wiki-like notepad. Wiki-links can be created by writing a word in CamelCase or enclosing a word or words with single brackets, allowing easy ways to create a mini-wiki on a certain subject easily. GettingThingsDoneOnwikidPad. Introduction wikidPad is a desktop wiki for windows which uses plain text for data and Python under the bonnet. Its special trick is an ingenious dynamically generated outline view. There is no page heirarchy implied or created by the outline; it is simply a representation of the linking system. There are formatting tricks which you can utilise for tagging the pages and displaying them as lists in the outline.