Software for Organizing Short Scraps of Text

[Talius]

Here's my situation in short:

I have a series of writings I've done. They all connect together, but they weren't written in order and I've forgotten what the order is that they're meant to go in. I'm looking for software, sort of like a PDF kind of thing, where I can create individual "scraps" with each bit of writing in them (and, hopefully, a brief description of the contents) and then be able to drag and drop them in order until I get them arranged how I'd like them.

Does anyone know of anything that can do such a thing? Freeware preferred, but I can always fork over a little cash if the program does what I need.

[PsiKoTicK]

I think Microsoft One Note can do stuff like that.

I know it can drag and drop stuff around.

[Kehvrynne]

Second vote for OneNote, though it'll run you about $150 as part of Office 2007 Home & Student. The retail version is good for 3 licenses, though.

Stand-alone version of OneNote 2007 is $99.99 at staples.com.

No idea what you'd do for freeware :-(

[Talius]

Hmm, I have office 2003 already, but I don't think I got the full one. I don't have OneNote with it, just the basics.

$99 might be a tad steep a price for a slight convenience.

I'll keep fishing around. If anyone else knows a product, don't hesitate :)

[Kehvrynne]

Depending on your version of Office, you could do the same with MS Publisher. Put each scrap into a text box, and move the boxes around the publication. You could also try it with PowerPoint.

Or go low-tech: Put all the scraps into a single Word document, each in its own paragraph, print it, cut the scraps apart, and move 'em around. Once you figure out what goes where, number them, or use glue or thumbtacks to keep things in order. Update your Word document as necessary.

[Talius]

Ooh, the low tech solution has appeal. I find dragging and dropping text in word really easy to become confusing.

I found a program called "easynote" that's supposed to be like OneNote, except you couldn't reorder the notes once making them.

Scissors and glue it is!

[Tandom]

sounds like you can do the same thing in poweroint.. put each scrap on a slide.. and then drag em around