Why is this the best kept secret in game preparation?
I saw it mentioned here and there in some threads, and in a DM prep guide I picked up, but these people have not done enough of a job trumpeting the awesomeness of this program.
Imagine all the functionality of a scrap/notebook, but digital.
Since I started using this last week I have become more prepared for this week's session than I have been in my entire GMing career.
Does anyone who uses the program know of any good tutorials to learn the more advanced features?
I don't know of any tutorials, though I expect there are some books on the subject of the "Office Bible" variety.
I used OneNote for several years for game prep (and for notes while running, etc.) and it was indeed awesome.
I always managed to get my 'notebooks' disorganized fairly quickly, however, and it would start hurting more than it helped. I have a tendency to packrat information so I'd stuff those pages to the gills and keep adding pages and soon I wouldn't know where anything was.
These days I've been using NBOS' The Keep, which doesn't let me get quite as out of control...as the structure of its database doesn't let me go quite as wild as OneNote.
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So far I feel like I'm using the program akin to how a monkey would use a typewriter.
I'm getting stuff done but I have a feeling there are more elegant solutions to some of the weird methods I've been using to link stuff together.
I'll look into one of those "office bible" type books.
