I'm not Bill but I am a OneNote user. I started using it at work while it was in Beta testing to keep up with the details of the many projects we all work on. I learned how to use it for collaboration with others similar to how NetMeeting works. It is great for keeping running logs of e-mail messages. The file structure is unlimited and the search capabilities are great. I'm just starting to use it for genealogy, mostly to keep and index information sent to me by other people. It is nice when you vaguely remember having some information on a person to be able to type the name in and retrieve all articles that refer to them. Overall it is a major improvement over conventional databases.
Jim On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 04:59:55 -0800, Geder Genealogical Services <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill, > > Can you briefly explain how you use 'Microsoft OneNote' with Legacy? > I recently got a copy of the program with that in mind. > Thanks in advance. > > Peace, > "Guided by the Ancestors" > > > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 11:05:46 -0500, William S. Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I have looking at a demo version of an Australian program called > > "Relatively Yours," and although it didn't tempt me at all to abandon > > Legacy, it reminded me once again of how inadequate the note-taking > > capabilities of Legacy are. In Relatively Yours, there is a screen > > entitled "Personal History" on which one can compose a narrative history > > of an individual, with all the formatting of a simple but good > > word-processor. (It reminded me of WordPerfect about fifteen years ago.) > > > > What a pleasure to use something like that! If that screen were > > supplemented by an unlimited number of smaller notes (and of course a > > good search command), the program would turn into a serious instrument > > for historical research. In Legacy we have to make do with one set of > > General, Research, and Medical notes per individual, perhaps a custom > > event of "Research notes" (or something like that), and attached > > documents, but it is all very klunky: bracketed codes for some really > > primitive formatting, the inability to search attached documents, etc. > > > > Legacy is a brilliant program, and I use it daily, but for note-taking I > > find it inadequate. (My professional career has been devoted to the > > pursuit of historical scholarship of other varieties, so I speak from > > long experience.) I'm aware that it's awkward to introduce RTF elements > > into a database program (though FileMaker and ProCite, to mention just > > two random examples, manage to do it), but until there is some > > improvement in this aspect of Legacy, I will be forced to divide my > > genealogical research notes among Legacy itself, external attached > > files, and Microsoft OneNote. > > > > Is there a solution on the horizon? > > > > Bill Peterson > > (Washington, D.C.) > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > -- > Peace, > "Guided by the Ancestors" > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
