Become an expert. Make interconnected notes that help you think and work smarter. This valuable tool makes it easy to create, manage and cross-link your notes and ideas with drag & drop ease. Heavy-duty software. See all these power features for demanding users. A single document can keep thousands of notes and yet opens fast! Simple interface, not clogged by features that you don't need Convenient two-pane, list-editor document window Full screen editor also available Hierarchial list with duplicate note names possible Rearrange or outline the list with drag and drop or by toolbar Convenient button or keyboard alternatives for outlining Join a bunch of notes to make a big document Copy notes by drag and drop or clipboard A note can have rich text Uses Microsoft RichEdit Shouldn't you be able to exchange rich text easily with other RTF editors like Microsoft Word? Yes, you certainly need that facility. After all, we all like to use several tools when using Windows. Different tools do different jobs well. Here comes the good part. WhizFolders uses Microsoft RichEdit control. The idea is that we want you to easily exchange RTF text with Microsoft Word, Wordpad and other RTF editors. Click Here to read more on this. CLOSE for RTF compatibility You can insert pictures, links and ole objects A different kind of outliner: WhizFolders is outlining software that encourages list based outlining instead of the editor based outlining that you might have seen in other outliners. An outline containing just the titles in a list is easier to manage and needs less scrolling. Please click on this picture to see a concept diagram of how this outlining process works. How nice it would be if you can outline your ideas first in a list and later combine them to make a complete document. WhizFolders is such a list-based outliner What is Outlining? Outlining means arranging your thoughts or ideas in a particular sequence and in a hierarchy of topics and subtopics. Once you do that, working on a writing project becomes easier. Writers often make an outline of sections, chapters and subheadings first and then fill up the details later. WhizFolders makes it easy to outline the titles by drag and drop and other simple operations. See the notes in the picture to understand what list-based outlining is all about. WhizFolders also allows to combine this list of topics in a single big document for importing in your favorite word processor so that you can give finishing touches to it later. In other words, you will finish your writing project more quickly, if you make an outline in WhizFolders' topic list, fill up the details in rich text and then export the combined document to a word processor. Unique and powerful linking features you won't find elsewhere: You can insert wiki-like cross-links going to other notes, web sites and other files on your computer. What is more, the newer version gives you universal links back to WhizFolder notes from other applications like Microsoft Word. You are unlikely to find another personal desktop wiki software with as many linking features as in WhizFolders. Great price with free updates for two years! The Deluxe Edition costs $80 and Pro Edition costs $39 only, both with free updates for 2 years. See compare editions. More features: Boolean search for words with AND, OR, NEAR Automatic paste feature to collect text from other applications Flexible settings--vertical panes, multiple windows, and more Nice tutorial to get started in minutes! For more details, please see the features, demos and the Blog.

See a Flash Demo Movie on Inserting a Link WhizFolders Demo on drag inserting a Link Please use the NEXT button: The demo is self-running but you can proceed sooner after reading a message by clicking on the Next button above. CLOSE Other Flash Demos: Demo--A first look at a WhizFolder document Please use the NEXT button: The demo is self-running but you can proceed sooner after reading a message by clicking on the Next button above. CLOSE Demo--introductory tour CLOSE WhizFolders Demo on outlining features Please use the NEXT button: The demo is self-running but you can proceed sooner after reading a message by clicking on the Next button above. CLOSE

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WhizFolders is not a word processor

Make no mistake about it. WhizFolders is not a word processor. Word processors are only for presenting your text, not for creating, collecting or researching it. WhizFolders is specially designed software to address all the problems you face when you sit down to write up new ideas for a first draft or to write your notes to learn new subjects or to make plans for a new venture.

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Does it look familiar or similar to some other software you have used?

Look closely. Read the list of features in detail. You will discover a treasure trove of features specifically designed for one purpose--to let you manage your notes and ideas better.

The idea that works in WhizFolders: The key to managing your notes well is to be able to briefly list them, in a hierarchy. You look at the content of a note only when you really need it. You won't find this powerful list metaphor in a word processor. Imagine loading a word processor document with 500 notes, just to add a brilliant idea that crossed your mind. The big document will take such a long time to load that you will forget what you wanted to add in the first place, leave alone the effort to find the proper place for the new note. This is very frustrating indeed! WhizFolders' powerful and fast-loading list of notes is the answer for all such problems.

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And this is no ordinary list!

The "List of Notes" in WhizFolders uses a sophisticated Listing Technology made by a brilliant developer from Germany. We have worked for years to perfect the integration of this list with the document editor and hyperlinking features in WhizFolders. For example, in WhizFolders, you can select many notes and join them to make a big document for your word processor to do more sophisticated formatting. The list is heavy-duty too and can handle thousands of notes. A published author recently made a 1000-page reference book by printing to a pdf driver from WhizFolders.

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How do you write your notes more effectively so that they are easier to review later?

Here are some tips. WhizFolders is based on these principles and helps you write notes that are easier to review, brainstorm and comprehend later.

Do not write your notes in a single long word processor document. A long document is difficult to review and understand. Write your notes in pieces, and insert them in a list of notes. Give a good descriptive name to each note or piece for easy indentification. A list of note names is easier to review and comprehend. Such a list of notes is the foremost and a better view of the ideas in your whole document. You are able to see all the notes at a glance. The text of the note is of secondary importance. You see it only if necessary.
Move around the note pieces in the list and arrange them in a sequence according to your own understanding. This sequence is often different from the sequence that the original author made up. If you are writing from your own thoughts, the ideas often come to you in random order and you sequence them later when reviewing. Categorize the list of notes further by making a hierarchy of notes. Make some notes, children of a particular summary note. Introduce new parent notes as necessary to help the categorization.
Make important note names stand out by highlighting them with a different color. These colors add another dimension to the categorization. For example, some notes are related to each other even if they are in different categories in the list. Highlight them with the same color.
Often when looking up a note, it reminds you of another note that you added in some other place in the list. Just drop a link to that other note in the text of the current note. This helps immensely in reviewing because you click on the links and see all the notes relevant to that idea. This adds yet another dimension to the categorization of your notes as described above. WhizFolders supports each and every idea presented above with a simple, intuitive interface. It supports Rich Text too so that you can enter any international character in any font. Some users are even using Hebrew characters to make Bible notes.
When you are done writing a set of note pieces, you can combine multiple pieces to make a document to give to someone. Just select the desired notes, copy them to the clipboard and paste them in a word processor as a single document. Or you can even print those pieces together as a book directly with WhizFolders.