Idea database

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Morgan Ohlson

Does it exist any premade database that is specially suiteble for collecting
ideas, project ideas, notes into somthing like a "tree arranged" database.


Morgan O.
 
Hi,
You might try GoldenSectionNotes, or Keynote, or Treepad Lite. I have used
all of them and am now using GoldenSectionNotes. All are available at:
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2005/PL2005ORGANIZERS.php

Georgia

| Does it exist any premade database that is specially suiteble for
| collecting ideas, project ideas, notes into somthing like a "tree
| arranged" database.
|
|
| Morgan O.
 
I made my own Database using EditPad Lite because it can handle large
files .
http://download.jgsoft.com/editpad/EditPadLite.zip
EditPad Lite is a general-purpose text editor that works with Windows
95, NT4, 98, 2000, ME and XP. It is designed to be small and compact,
yet offer all the functionality you expect from a basic text editor.
EditPad Lite is free for non-commercial use.

Here is how I do it .

1 . Make a Folder any name you like ( lets call it Farm , just for
this demo )

2 . Put that folder anywhere you like .

3 . Open EditPad & type , or copy & paste your information .

4 . Close EditPad & name it a name that is the main theme of your
notes ( lets call it Food )
Select the Farm folder you made to put the note in .
If you have more than one main theme , open up the note & copy
& paste it into a new note & name it by the other
name . Sometimes I have 3 or 4 names for the same doc .
The reason for this , is that it is hard to remember under what name
you filed it .

5 . To find a doc .
Start > Find > Files or Folders & in the top space type
Food & press Enter .

If you can't remember the name Food ( or any of the other names ) ,
but you remember you had the name Drug in the note .
Type Drug in the 2nd space & press Enter .

Make sure you have the correct folder > Farm , selected in the 3rd
space before you start your search .

For XP , I use this .
XP Search replacement > Find.zip
http://www.shellfront.org/utils/

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Here is how I do it .
Click to expand...
If you have more than one main theme , open up the note & copy
& paste it into a new note & name it by the other
name . Sometimes I have 3 or 4 names for the same doc .
The reason for this , is that it is hard to remember under what name
you filed it .
Click to expand...

If I can make a suggestion. What happens when you change the note? You then
have to remember the names of all the copies and change them too, I presume.
Also, this isn't an efficient use of hard drive space.

Perhaps a better way would be to put a list of keywords at the end (or
beginning) of your document. Windows file find feature will still zero in on
the file you want when you search on a keyword. Or use a more advanced
proggie such as Inforapid SE (freeware) if you want to add Boolean search
capabilities.

M
 
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