AllMyNotes Organizer - freeware Cornell Note Taking app for Windows.

The easiest way to keep all your Notes using the Cornell Notetaking Method on your PC, Notebook, or USB media.
Capturing memos, ideas, and lectures has never been so enjoyable before.

Ergonomic and Cool.

Our goal: no useless features and simple to use eye-pleasing app look. Focus on writing your writing instead of browsing manual.

Restrict data Access.

All your valuable docs are guarded from everyone - assign a password for your docs, and AllMyNotes Organizer will code it by the 1800-bit cipher.

Engine.

Instant search. Nitro db-driven storage technology. Export to RichText, HTML, and plain text. Multilingual, Themed appearance.

Cornell Notes method and All My Notes Organizer application

So named Cornell Notetaking system (click here if you need more details about this notetaking concept) is a notetaking system is developed by Walter Pauk back in 1950s, and efficiency of this method was proved once again in 2008 by Wichita State University as such which helps recalling the material better than other note taking methods.

As you can notice, AllMyNotes is a free-form notes program, and you can use it for taking notes using the Cornell Notes method. Particularly, we can advice two possible ways for doing it:
    1. Create a Table (use Edit -> Insert -> Table menu item), 2 rows X 2 columns. Then merge columns (use right-click pop-up menu for that) in the bottom row to place Summary there. Write Cues/Keywords in the top-left cell, and Notes in the top-right cell. You can use cell background coloring to easily identify Cues/Keywords, Notes, and Summary section.
    2. Whole workspace in AllMyNotes Organizer are split to left-hand hierarchy tree, and right-hand text editor. The layout allows using hierarchy tree for writing Cues/Keywords in the hierarchy tree, and attach connected Notes to each of them. Summary can be written as the last note in the hierarchy tree.

System Requirements:

Windows XP and all newer versions - 10/8/7/Vista/XP, compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. Works under Linux and Mac (Wine-like environment required).