Editing Notebook (section)

== Electronic successors ==
Since the late 20th century, many attempts have been made to integrate the simplicity of a notebook with the editing, searching, and communication capacities of computers through the development of [[Comparison of notetaking software|note taking software]]. 

[[Laptop]] computers began to be called [[Notebook (laptop)|''notebooks'']] when they reached a small size in the mid-1990s. [[Personal digital assistant]]s (PDAs) came next, integrating small [[liquid crystal display]]s with a [[digitizing tablet|touch-sensitive]] layer to input graphics and written text. Later on, this role was taken over by smartphones and [[Tablet computer|tablet]]s.

[[Digital paper]] combines the simplicity of a traditional pen and notebook with digital storage and interactivity. By printing an invisible dot pattern on the notebook paper and using a pen with a built in infrared camera the written text can be transferred to a laptop, mobile phone or back office for storage and processing.