@johnbishop I wish I could understand this better. I tend to keep everything in a word document, but that means opening Word and finding the right page. This looks easier, I just can't picture how it is done, not how you can sort it by categories, etc. I probably need a "Notepad for Dummies" book.

Teresa

I am currently using it mostly as a 'note pad' to jot notes for easy copy/paste during a session. I am interested in learning how to use it to my advantage by making it useful for all of my log on - log off sessions.

I recently told that Word document is better to use, but like Teresa, I get lost opening and searching.
I have bits and pieces saved in word and in notepad. I can't decide which way to go.
Rosemary

You can use Word or Notepad. Word gives you better formatting - bold, italics, large, small fonts, etc. - but none of that transfers into a Connect Post. Notepad is plain vanilla text and one other side use for me is that I will copy text from a web page into Notepad specifically because it strips all the Word and Web formatting stuff out. You can make it more readable in Word so that is a plus.

@johnbishop What are your thoughts about Google Docs and I think they have a "notepad" feature also. I have been using the docs and spreadsheets for some time because I got tired of paying MS for something Google lets me use freely and they are incredibly easy to share. I am kinda jumping in the middle of the discussion and my response may not be relevant, but I would still like your opinion because you know more about this stuff.

@rosemarya I keep contacts for my two main groups in a word document. When a new member comes along, I do a copy of their @name and put it in the word doc. I have one page in Word for NET contacts and PD contacts. I still like the Notepad idea because I feel it is more convenient to get to.

Teresa

Hi Gary (@gman007), I like Google Docs but I'm not a big time user of it. Actually just started using it here for the Connect Spotlight project which it works great to share docs. It sometimes confuses me because it keeps everything when you make any changes and I'm one of those make a change and that's my new doc don't want multiple revisions hanging around. Maybe it's because I'm old and as much as I try to embrace change there is a part of me that says why ☺ Good thing old dogs can sometimes learn new tricks!

@johnbishop, I am developing a real liking for Notepad:-) Thank you for the encouraging comments you have shared.
I wanted to reply to a post with a paraphrasing of information that I had located. So - I wrote the statement on Notebook, and then copied to the reply space. This saved me the frustration of losing my work-in-progress as I am apt to do. I've learned a new tool!
Rosemary

John, would you like a few minutes during the teleconference to show your method? I can give you screen control.

@gman007 I use google doc a lot. Feel free to ask me anything about them.

I like using google spreadsheets for tracking members, etc because then I can sort by different criteria as I collect it. For example @username or date joined or group

Hi John! Thank you for that tip. I will try it. I def need new tools like this to use as I am getting tired of repeating myself.