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Old 11-06-2009, 12:17 PM   #1
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Notetaking that can import pdf?


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I've been running OneNote in XP in virtualBox, but frankly, I'm fed up with how slow windows is. I've searched a bit though linux note-taking software, but haven't been able to find one I like (yet).

I'm wondering, does anybody know of a linux note-taking program that can import either pdfs or OpenOffice presentation files as images so that I can type notes beside them?

I'm looking for something like Basket, that's meant for typing, not pen input (I don't have a tablet input). Frankly, basket would be perfect, but it can't import pdfs or Presentation slides
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Old 11-06-2009, 03:46 PM   #2
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You could try searching Synaptic for "note taking"?

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Old 11-06-2009, 05:09 PM   #3
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Yeah, I've tried that, it's just a matter of sifting through, there's a lot of stuff that comes up, though I find there are not all of them are in the repos (ie tuxcards, which just gives me a bunch of errors when I try to compile). Also, it's kind of the one feature I'm looking for, I've tried numerous programs from the repos, but none of them so far have had the features I want. I was hoping that there would be someone out there who had found and used a program they liked...

thanks!
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Old 11-07-2009, 04:52 AM   #4
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I'm afraid I'm not one of those people lol.

Basket does look good, but you're right, it doesn't import PDFs or PowerPoints. There may be a feature in OpenOffice to do notes, but I havent used them as yet

Sorry I couldn't be of more help

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