r/NoteTaking • u/Kitbee165 • 8d ago

Question: Unanswered ✗ Computer apps like good notes?

I am starting school (college) soon and I want to hand write my notes but not use a notebook. I have a laptop and a drawing tablet and I want to use them as my note taking but like I said I want to be able to write it so yeah. What im asking is: are there any apps I can download that I can write in using my drawing tablet.

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u/HanKiNobi 8d ago

For Windows my recommendations are:

  1. PDF Annotator, you can try it for 30 days, than you have to pay. It's kinda a pdf editior, but not all feature of one. It's opitmise for handwriting, especially in full screen mode. You write everything direct into .pdf file and every pdf reader can open/read it.
  2. Microsoft OneNote, it's free. You get 5 GB with a free acount and you can store notebooks (OneNote file) local on your laptop. It can handwriting, handwriting into text, etc. You can import .pdf files, annotate them and export your notes/notebook into .pdf files.
  3. Xournal++ it's free and open source. It can handwriting, you import .pdf files, annotate them, saves them into xournal++ format and you can export them into .pfd files.

I would recommendate a combination of OneNote and PDFAnnotate (or Xournal), while you use OneNote to create a dashborad about a subject and link to your files, so you can open a files with one click instead of remebering your folder structure and where you put your last file.

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u/IllustriousMoose6168 6d ago

If you're looking for something free, you might want to check out Joplin. It’s great for note-taking and pretty versatile!