RedNotebook Portable 1.7.1 is a modern journal. It includes a calendar navigation, customizable templates, export functionality and word clouds. You can also format, tag and search your entries. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's open source and completely free.

Features
* Tagging
* Spell Check
* Format your text bold, italic or underlined
* Insert Images, files and links to websites
* Links and mail addresses are recognized automatically
* Live-Search
* Automatic saving
* Backup to zip archive
* Word Clouds with most often used words and tags
* Templates
* Export the journal to PDF, HTML, Latex or plain text
* The data is stored in plain text files, no database is needed
* Translated into more than 50 languages

Changes
1.7.1 (2013-03-01)
* Fix: Insert spellchecking correction in the correct position (LP:1137925).
1.7.0 (2013-02-28)
* Allow filtering exported days by tags (Alistair Marshall).
* Add option to export only the currently selected text (Alistair Marshall).
* Move spellcheck option from preferences to edit menu and add F7 shortcut (Alistair Marshall).
* Enable spellchecking on Windows. See help for adding custom dictionaries.
* Better error message for invalid markup.
* Show warning if no directory is selected before clicking the "Open" button when choosing a journal directory.
* Gracefully handle BadStatusLines when checking for new versions.
* Do not try to set file permissions on Windows where they are unavailable.
* Fix hide-from-cloud for words containing backslashes (LP:1131412).
* Fix relative file links on Windows.
* Code: Switch from optparse to argparse (Alistair Marshall).