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I've no problem with using LibreOffice for most of my document needs, but i haven't found a good substitute for microsoft's OneNote yet. I mainly use it to plan my RPG games and it helps a lot. What alternatives are there for organizing notes on linux, with similar features to those that OneNote provides?

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You might want to explain the features of OneNote, particularly the exact ones that you want. I get the impression that most people don't know its organization structure.

My short input: it's not just note taking. It's has a tiered level of organization for the notes to categorize and quickly move about. The example I read was like it's set up like you have multiple binders, with dividers in each, and pages (notes) within those. The page is very open ended, you can add text boxes in any spot, mixed with pics in any spot.

[–] Jorgelino@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Your input is very accurate. Being able to write notes freely anywhere on the page, draw on it, attach images, links, etc is a big part of it, but one of the most important things to me is organizing different pages into dividers/binders like you said.

I set up various sections for quests, locations, npcs, etc, for my rpg worlds, and need it to be well organized and be able to link to different sections within the same binder. I also like to color code everything.

[–] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

You should check out Affine.pro then. It's FOSS and you can draw anywhere, it's one of their selling points.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you.

We are encouraged to use the Microsoft office suite if tools at work, and I still haven't figured out how to use OneNote to improve my life.