Looking for Office Software.

hello

i currently have ms office 2003 on every pc at home. ms word is ok for typing notes but lately i ran into some problem. 2 of 3 of my econ course have lots of graphs and numbers which force me back into my colourful pens and ruler. take notes on paper is ok but i just like stuff typed neatly.

i can make nice graphs with adobe cs2 but its time consuming because i always have to spend some time during break retype my notes on word and create graphs on cs2, then combine them into 1 word doc. arghhh

i know there is a lot of free office type apps out there and i was wondering if anyone knows one that can type notes + draw econ graphs in 1 single application.

i know office 2007 and i was wondering if it can do it? open office can do it?

please help me!

tyty

 

Microsoft Excel (you should have it) will (excuse the pun) excel at making all types of graphs and data should be very easy to copy/paste between the two programs.

 

Microsoft OneNote is perfect for note taking

Check the discussion here about OneNote and its free alternatives:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=46747
http://bitmason.blogspot.com/2005/04/evernote-free-onenote-alternative.html

 

The OpenOffice.org (OoO) suite has a Spreadsheet program that is very similar in all ways to Excel. As far as "Drawing" Econ graphs, Spreadsheet programs do that, assuming you have data organized well.

 

the graphs im drawing in class are similar to the basic econ 101 with supply and demand with millions of other lines going across with different shaded area.

can excel do that?

 

You can do that, but not automatically. If you wanted to shade in surplus or something then that means doing it all by hand. Maybe use a tablet?

 

MS Visio would be the best for this

 

You might also try a vector program like Inkscape, which is an open-source vector art program, which is easier for doing simple graphs and gradients and such like you'll run into with Econ 101. It's also nice just having a good vector art program.

 

Alan Isaac from the American University has a page with software for economists. One section lists various packages to create graphs, including Inkscape mentioned by the previous poster. Here is the URL: http://www.american.edu/econ/notes/soft.htm#graphics.