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Byline: KEN SPENCER BROWN
In this information age, finding reams of data online is a no-brainer. The real chore is sifting through it all, sorting it and using it.
Nothing will take the brain work out of the process, but several note-gathering software tools can cut out some of the toil.
The newest application in this budding category is Microsoft Corp.'s OneNote, a note-taking program set for release this fall.
At first glance it's easy to mistake OneNote for Word, another member of the Microsoft Office family. Both start with blank slates, ready for pages of typewritten text.
The likeness ends there. Unlike Word, OneNote is designed for amassing info, not publishing it.
OneNote's free-form structure lets users write anywhere on the page. You can arrange blocks of text by dragging them with the mouse. A series of tabs at the top and sides of the screen make it easy to group notes together and sort them out.