Feature |
Info Select |
Zoot |
| Text collection | Paste from clipboard Import from text file |
Paste from clipboard Import from text file Auto-clip: automatically store any items added to the Clipboard to a selected Notebook |
| Text storage and organization |
Text contained in notes Notes contained in Topics or in File-Topics File-topics are separate .WD2 files Topics can be contained in other topics All topics are open and available when Info Select is run File Topics can be optionally open or closed |
Text contained in notes Notes contained in Folders Folders contained in Libraries Each library is a separate .ZOT file One or more libraries can be open at a time |
| Item display | Topics and titles to the left, items to the right Topics are collapsible |
Several options Standard display: Folders to the left, note titles to the right, text in window at bottom no collapsibility of Folders |
| Text format |
Allows any font, color, size to be used can be applied to selection or entire item |
One font, color, size for all notes no changes allowed different note editors do allow for different font, but no changes within a note |
| Text manipulation | Standard Windows cut and paste |
Standard Windows cut and paste Zooter: instantly copy selected contents or entire item to another Windows application |
| Text printing | Prints items and titles; no other options | A number of formatting options, including headers and footers and printing in a font different from the display font |
| Other features |
Templates Calendar Database style forms |
A number of additional features, including: file types with icons auto-collection of URLs and e-mail addresses "trails" to revisit recently-selected libraries, directories, web sites, e-mail addresses, printing options, search options, etc. auto-assign scripting language Agent X for file management and file viewing intelligent auto-titles for clipped or imported items imports with delimiters |
| Text retrieval |
Search finds items by text matching or fuzzy searching, date
searching, size of item displays result as filtered original list |
Search finds items by text matching only displays result in a new Notebook abstract search collects surrounding text for in-context viewing |