Can't believe you shared the notes from the meeting that just got over!

This is the response I got several weeks ago from a fellow pediatrician. We had just attended an online meeting to wrap up the course we were both taking. There were notes from the speech the teacher had shared, along with pictures to illustrate those.

She had thought they were from the previously recorded theoretical material.

3 basic shortcuts for frictionless note-taking in Windows

I did not give importance to my partner's comment. It was a natural process for me. Until it dawned on me that this was not the case barely a year ago.

I used to get crazy trying to give coherence to the content of any meeting.

1️⃣ Win+Arrow: After opening the meeting and note-taking app windows, this key combination allows me to arrange them so they don't overlap each other. I usually drag the border that splits them to give 2/3 to the meeting window and the remaining third to the notes app.

2️⃣ Alt+Tab: This keyboard shortcut switches the active window, allowing me to continue typing in the exact point I left, without taking my hands off the keyboard.

3️⃣ Win+Shift+S: The third keyboard shortcut copies to the clipboard a screenshot of any portion of the screen I choose. Then I just need to switch the active window to my notes app and paste it in the appropriate place.

You can see that there is scarcely an observable fact unworthy of mention in your notes, and yet you could easily spend more time scribbling than watching, and that would defeat the purpose. So be selective, don't be compulsive, and enjoy your note-taking. Robert Pyle.