AM-Notebook 4.0.4 Beta-2

Yellow sticky notes have been a fixture on the Windows Desktop for years, but as with real Post-it Notes, there are limits to their uses. Lots of sticky notes tend to get disorganized and usually can’t hold that much information, but there are alternatives. One of the more useful is AM-Notebook, a “note-taking program” that combines useful features with simplicity and virtually instant access.

The main way AM-Notebook breaks away from the limitation sticky notes present is to get rid of the yellow notepad theme. As an alternative, YM-Notebook has a dual-pane window with an organization tree on the left and your notes on the right. Tabs in each pane let you further organize multiple notes at once.

Although AM-Notebook can handle more than just text, it does a good job with it: There are several formatting commands for notes (fonts, colors, paragraphs, etc.), you can add hyperlinks to your notes, and so on. You can also set up spreadsheets with AM-Notebook, but they can only handle simple mathematical formulas.

Built into the program is a calendar, an alarm, and even an installer for getting AM-Notebook and your data onto a USB drive for maximum portability. Toss in basic encryption, built-in backup and restore functionality, a fast search and filter command, and multiple levels of undo and redo, and nothing has ever managed your random thoughts better. There’s also a place to quickly store and recall all that boilerplate text you’re always using.

The beta is well-mannered, comes with an excellent Help file, and already feels like polished, “released” software. If you don’t pay for the AM-Notebook pro version ($40) after the free 30-day trail.

URL: www.aignes.com

[tags]Notebook, 3M[/tags]