Some questions about note-taking
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:01 pm
I find Bookends not only an excellent ref manager but also equally good at taking notes on texts. However, there is something I am missing in how some things work.
If in addition to highlighting I wanted to take textual notes, as if it were a text file, I guess I would have to use the "Notes" item in the right panel and simply start writing. Does this file "exist" anywhere? Can I move it to my drive or does it remain internal to the Bookends item? Using DevonThink I would like to index them.
But if this is pretty understandable to me, where I have difficulty figuring it out is the Notecards thing. What is their most appropriate use and best practices? I have noticed that by creating a notecard the whole "notes" section structures itself as notecards. I then saw that it is possible to create notecards with "#" headers, which I imagined supported writing in markdown but it doesn't seem to.
I then ask all users how you usually manage your annotation workflow. Thank you.
If in addition to highlighting I wanted to take textual notes, as if it were a text file, I guess I would have to use the "Notes" item in the right panel and simply start writing. Does this file "exist" anywhere? Can I move it to my drive or does it remain internal to the Bookends item? Using DevonThink I would like to index them.
But if this is pretty understandable to me, where I have difficulty figuring it out is the Notecards thing. What is their most appropriate use and best practices? I have noticed that by creating a notecard the whole "notes" section structures itself as notecards. I then saw that it is possible to create notecards with "#" headers, which I imagined supported writing in markdown but it doesn't seem to.
I then ask all users how you usually manage your annotation workflow. Thank you.