With the multiple notebooks, tabs, sections,pages, subpages and tags OneNote is a natural organizational fit for both the organized and the "whatever" crowd. That leaves OneNote users in other countries with 3rd party application like MobileNoter which comes both with some limitations and extra costs. Unfortunately and frustratingly however, the OneNote app is available in the USA only. In 2010 Microsoft released OneNote for iPhone, free of charge even. The mobile version also syncs via ActiveSync " which itself tends to not sync. And, frankly, the Windows Mobile version too is so-so partly because Windows Mobile used to be so-so (note: this was on Windows Mobile 2005 " things may have changed). Unfortunately, if you're not a Windows Mobile user, you're out of luck. OneNote is the ultimate tool to bring with you. If you want cloud syncing and don't have OneNote 2010 (or have it and prefer not to use skydive) you can always change the storage place of the OneNote notebooks to a Dropbox folder. This way you can sync your notes between computers and/or access them via Office on the web. OneNote 2010 can store it's notebooks online on Microsoft's Skydive service. You're not limited by the flow of text, the limit being the last written line and how much white space you can create by pressing a bunch of times.Įach natural selection of content - a picture, a list, a paragraph - becomes a block you can move around the page, reorder, regroup, drag & drop.īullet point lists become outlines: use to make subsections, position your cursor in front of the bullet item ANC you can drag & drop the list item around.Ĭopy & paste something onto the page and if it makes sense the source gets noted with it. Just as is the case with a real binder and a real piece of paper, the paper is your canvas write anywhere you want. You can add content at any part of the page. One note's writing experience is quite unique and feels liberating. OneNote can create summary lists of tagged items and, if so desired, can turn those lists into a page you can quickly print out and bring along. That setup already gives most people a solid organizational framework but OneNote also comes with tags (what doesn't these days). The setup of OneNote is that of an collection of electronic binders with each binder having tabs and, within those tabs, pages and subpages. This became the infinitely useful OneNote. It would be as close to using paper (where you write anywhere you want, any way you want) as possible.
They came up with a tool that would let you capture anything (notes, video, images, links, documents, etc) without having to deal with any software restrictions.
Those things we scribble on notes, notepads, Post-It's etc. OneNote started in 2000 with two Microsoft engineers slightly frustrated with the lack of tools to quickly, easily store all those snippets of information that aren't a document. In addition to the features ported from OneNote for Windows 10, the OneNote app is expected to receive "the latest Microsoft pen and ink advancements, a new navigational UI layout option that can flex for customer preferences," and other updates over the next year, Microsoft says.OneNote feels like one of Microsoft's best hidden secrets not enough people know about its existence.
The app is expected to continue to work even if its users update to Windows 11 in the meantime.
The company also says that OneNote for Windows 10 users "will get an in-app invitation to update to the OneNote app," which it plans to start sending in late 2022, assuming all goes well.
We will follow up with the full list of features in a future announcement." "While we won't be incorporating the entire list of features from OneNote for Windows 10 into the OneNote app," Microsoft says, "we are working to ensure that all the most loved features will continue to be a part of OneNote.
But it clarified in a FAQ section of the announcement that not every feature is going to make the jump between app versions.
Microsoft says the OneNote app "will get new features and key existing features currently unique to OneNote for Windows 10" as part of this shift.