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I use a homebrewed kind of Paper Tiger system. All reference papers go into one big file system in chronological order. Each new item is labeled with a pre-numbered adhesive label and dated, then...

I have not tried this yet but it looks promising.........

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Automate almost anything by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks....

I would use a reference system like this:
http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4629&highlight=infoindex

and substitute "hardware" for "paper" and "rubbermaid container" for "file".
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try this: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=154874

Tom

When I run across a website that I may want to revisit I use a little program to clip text from IE browser to document for later retrieval. I highlight some text, right-click and capture the text...

I use Excel as a free-form database to index my paper files, along with phone notes, hyperlinks, any reference materials all in one big list in chronological order. My list is now about 5,000 lines...

Interestingly enough, todays Straight Dope article is about the Dewey Decimal System.

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdeweydecimal.html


DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION (DDC)

Since...

This is copied from the "Organize your daily notes" thread on this forum, but I think that it could do what you are asking.


My trusted system including all my notes is one big (Excel) file....

Looks like this is a hot topic, I wrote this yesterday on another forum:

My trusted system including all my notes is one big (Excel) file. I use it as an information store for contacts, keyboard...