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Notemaking

This guide will help you understand the importance of notemaking, and provide you with purposes and techniques you can apply to your own notemaking.

Handwritten or typed notes?

Click on the + icons below to see some pros and cons of handwritten and digital notes.

Ultimately, whether you take handwritten or digital notes is your choice - find what works for you!

Read on if you'd like some tips on different tools you can use for digital notemaking.

Digital notemaking

Scroll through the slides below for some inspiration for tools you could use to make notes digitally. Which one(s) might you prefer?

What's next?

Whether you're using digital or handwritten notes, it's important to store them effectively. Visit the next page for top storage tips!

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