Keeping track of information is one of those tasks that the PC should make easier. But it somehow doesn’t.

As per usual, there are a huge number of different software solutions out there for doing just that. But many are overly complicated to learn or use, take up too much memory, or are filled with features that no-one in their right mind would be interested in using.

Alpha Journal is one of the better options. It’s a great tool for letting anyone keep a private journal, diary, or log for personal or business use.

You want features?

Entries are stored in an encrypted file with optional password protection and can contain formatted text, pictures, sounds, and even other documents.

Entries may be added, deleted, edited, browsed by day, month, year, or entry date, searched, printed, imported, exported, and merged.

While multiple “pages” per day allow you to record unrelated daily information in individual areas, the built-in spell checker and optional thesaurus will also check that your entries make sense when you go back and read them a few days or weeks from now.

Alpha Journal is fully compatible with Win98/Me/NT4.x/2k/XP/2003/Pocket PC/Windows Mobile 2003.

Further details and a free 2.1 MB trial version are available from the Alpha Realms Web site.