EPT1. Agenda/Scheduling software (Preferably accessed from the desktop? So it'll force me to look at it.)
2. Note-taking Software (Or is Microsoft word the norm?)
3. Any other neat gadgets that'll help make my life easier
Thanks in advance TL.
Must Have Software for Uni Students?
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Flying_Llama
Canada419 Posts
1. Agenda/Scheduling software (Preferably accessed from the desktop? So it'll force me to look at it.) 2. Note-taking Software (Or is Microsoft word the norm?) 3. Any other neat gadgets that'll help make my life easier Thanks in advance TL. | ||
infinitestory
United States4053 Posts
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EpiK
Korea (South)5757 Posts
2. google documents or open office (both are free, DONT waste money on the microsoft office suite) 3. www.cramster.com (how-to solutions for a lot of different textbooks) | ||
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iceburn
United States303 Posts
2. note taking: a. micosoft onenote, evernote, pen+paper, (livescribe pen) 3. live scribe pen. not bringing a laptop to class. read ahead to keep on top of everything. 4..... 5. profit  | ||
thedeadhaji
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JSH
United States4109 Posts
Paying for it is kind of meh though Try to get a copy though heh Some professors are really strict on how to turn in assignments I had to turn it in word documents and it had to be older version so have to save it in .doc not .docx --;; yeah and as EpiK mentioned above, the google documents are pretty nifty :> | ||
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seRapH
United States9795 Posts
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YejinYejin
United States1053 Posts
Chromepad for the Google Chrome browser. Let's you open up a very accessible notepad and type something brief for you to remember. Google Calendar. Online Calendar that lets you schedule events and crap. Also, it can send you an e-mail immediately prior to the event to remind you to go to it. I just take notes by hand. It's much easier that way for Math, Chem, and Physics, where you end up drawing a lot of diagrams. For humanities classes where you're just typing words, Microsoft Word is more than enough. Also, I got myself a big-ass whiteboard calendar that I put events on. You don't always see your online calendar, since your computer might not always be on, but I constantly look at this whiteboard, so I won't forget about assignments or events that I put on it. | ||
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Martinni
Canada169 Posts
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Kyuukyuu
Canada6263 Posts
edit: lol ninja'd yeah reading ahead and reading behind too (reviewing lectures) also helps a lot more than you'd think | ||
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eSen1a
Australia1058 Posts
On September 13 2010 15:11 Martinni wrote: Just use a pen and paper for notes and write down important stuff in agenda, read ahead of class and do lectures. Do not bring your laptop in class, because let's be honest you'll just wonder off checking your emails and doing other stuff instead of actually listening. agreed, but if i use a pen i just graff and draw all over my file anyways. i just take nothing and listen then go over the pdf/powerpoint later, i prefer this because less writing = more listening, unless your brain is as fast as flash `-` 3. Any other neat gadgets that'll help make my life easier a good sleeping and study plan > any gadgets :D | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
then: 1. OpenOffice 2. SumatraPDF 3. Google Calendar 4. 7zip 5. DriveXML for backup But generally I also recommend 1. Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition 2. Microsoft Office Visio 3. SumatraPDF Don't knock Microsoft Office, IT IS without a doubt the best office productivity software on the market and you will find that a lot of reports and resume specifically asked to be in Microsoft format. The rest will be depended on what field you are in. For Software computer science students, you will probably need Visual Studio Express, FileZilla, and other tools. | ||
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Fly[DCT]
Canada38 Posts
LaTeX CutePDF (prints files into pdf) Acrobat Reader WinDjViewer R That's it (all of them are free). Here are some other things which I occasionally use: Illustrator (occasionally used to make pdf-friendly diagrams) Mathematica SAS I make documents and slides (for presentations) with LaTeX so I don't really use Microsoft Office. Unfortunately other people do use Office so I am forced to install it T_T As for note-taking, I've used OneNote before (but it's for my tablet). It's not that great. If you don't have a tablet then you should just take notes with paper. | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
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Fly[DCT]
Canada38 Posts
On September 13 2010 15:32 haduken wrote: Wow, a LaTex user. I haven't used LaTex even after learned a course, such a pain in the ass. I found Microsoft Word a pain in the ass. | ||
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semantics
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On September 13 2010 14:24 infinitestory wrote: If you don't want to spend money on Microsoft Office and don't want to torrent it, OpenOffice.org is an approximate equivalent and has really good compatibility with common document file formats. If you going to school and still don't want to shell out 30 bucks for MS office student discount is so nice, congratulations you are one cheap mofo, but if i see you buying a 7 dollar drink imma bitch slap you! Getting used to Open office is quite a task, sense the newer ribbon layout the difference is quite large. Things like SumatraPDF is nice, really lightweight and good enough for viewing PDF doc and printing them which frankly is mostly what you do. | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
You should however develop your own notetaking techniques like abbreviations, paragraphying because you will come across lecturers that speak and move on topics really fast. | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
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Fly[DCT]
Canada38 Posts
On September 13 2010 15:35 semantics wrote: If you going to school and still don't want to shell out 30 bucks for MS office student discount is so nice, congratulations you are one cheap mofo, but if i see you buying a 7 dollar drink imma bitch slap you! Getting used to Open office is quite a task, sense the newer ribbon layout the difference is quite large. Things like SumatraPDF is nice, really lightweight and good enough for viewing PDF doc and printing them which frankly is mostly what you do. OpenOffice is a good route. Come to think of it, I could be using OpenOffice since I am only interested in viewing Word documents with it instead of doing heavy text-editing (so I don't really have to learn it). But I have a legit copy of Office 2003. It's nice, it works, and I might as well keep it on my computer. I think it depends on what major OP is going into. | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
Google Documents - Note taking (Google Calendar) I think the key is to just have a minimal amount of software you use all the time to avoid spreading your work into a dizzying amount of apps. Google Calendar is great if you have an Android phone since it can sync with that. However, I'm gonna experiment with the Thunderbird calendar plugin this year. For note taking- I still rec pencil/pen and paper for anything like math, physics, (organic)chemistry, etc. I only type up notes for social science classes that I just memorize shiet in. | ||
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