Anyone using One Note as Total Planning System (incorporating ca.

[Tablet Newbie]

If calendar and scheduling templates were used, could be THE all in-one
planning tool. But I'm a newbie... anyone experimenting, improvising along
these lines?... .

 

[Erik Sojka]

Do you mean a "dumb" featureless calendar template (where you're essentially
writing on a printed piece of paper with a calendar printed on it)? Or a
"smarter" scheduling system like Outlook?

If the former, and if a manual paper-like process like that will meet your
needs, there's no reason why you can't create your own template in OneNote.
Off the top of my head, I'd recommend taking an existing calendar template in
another program (a web search for Word and Excel Templates would yield many
results) and then "Inserting as Picture" into OneNote.

If the latter, then I'd continue to say that Outlook should fit your needs.
Outlook is the sole PIM/Calendar product from Microsoft. There would be no
reason to duplicate that feature in another product. Could the hooks between
OneNote and Outlook be improved and made smarter? Sure! Should Outlook's
calendar be replaced by OneNote? Nope!

 

[Richard]

Stop defending the weakness of the program. It needs to be improved to be
worth much to working professionals, otherwise its just a pretty toy.
I like the idea and all you have to do is allow it to hot link to Outlook,
contacts, calendar what ever. Notes are good but eventualy you have to do
something about them ;-)

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP OneNote]

Stop defending the weakness of the program. It needs to be improved to be
worth much to working professionals, otherwise its just a pretty toy.

Well, with all due respect as a working professional who uses OneNote every
day I really have to disagree. I use it in several ways -- first of all I
have sections, pages and subpages for clients and their projects. I can
take notes, searchable notes, and do research related to the project
dragging and dropping that research (and its links) back into OneNote.

When I'm preparing reports or proposals I can drag and drop notes or
outlines from OneNote into Word or PowerPoint to speed to creation of those
documents.

I can e-mail my notes to other members of my team, or to vendors,
manufacturers and outside experts. On one recent project I was having
trouble expressing a configuration to an engineer in Texas, but with a
couple of clicks I was able to e-mail my handwritten notes (along with
explanatory diagrams) while we were on the phone and within minutes she had
a much better understanding of the parameters of the issue and we were able
to find a good solution.

I can take digital pictures and embed those in my notes. I can record my
oral comments along with the notes. Recently I took notes on my tablet PC
while discussing the project with a client and recorded our conversation
along with the notes so that I could later review exactly what he said.

During a vendor meeting the other day I used the question note flag to mark
those items I wanted to come back to during the Q&A session. Made it very
easy to find all of my questions and not get back to the office only to
discover that I'd forgotten to ask about that item on the second page of my
notes. I used the audio recording feature in that meeting too -- though I
only had the integrated mic on my tablet and I later discovered that while
audience comments were clear the presenter's voice was a bit too quiet to be
useful. Next time I'll bring along an external microphone for better
results.

The program has weaknesses, yes. No search and replace, no internal
linking, no exposed API and still somewhat primitive integration with
Outlook and PDA plaforms. But it also can be a very valuable tool for a
mobile information professional. It's a long way from being merely a pretty
toy in my practice.


--
Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
Stockholm Consulting Group/KSG
http://www.scgab.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ:
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/schorr/computers/onenotefaq.htm

**I apologize but I am unable to respond to direct requests for assistance.
Please post questions and replies here in the newsgroup. Mahalo!

 

[Klaas Visser]

Richard wrote:

| Stop defending the weakness of the program. It needs to be improved
| to be worth much to working professionals, otherwise its just a
| pretty toy. I like the idea and all you have to do is allow it to
| hot link to Outlook, contacts, calendar what ever. Notes are good
| but eventualy you have to do something about them ;-)
|

I'll go along with Ben's reply - my usage is very much the same as his,
although I'm just starting out to use it. OneNote allows me to take
many disjointed notes, and keep them in a common place, where I can
reorganise them any way I want.

So this working professional finds that it is worth a lot to me, in
keeping me and my data organised. I have plenty of other tools for
calendaring, planning, word processing, etc, and where there are no
direct links between them and OneNote, I find cut and paste does very
well. I'm sure that over time, there will be improved integration
between OneNote and the rest of the Office family, but that doesn't
stop it from being more than a pretty toy, and provide a very useful
function now.

My 2c worth

 

[Andrew Watt [MVP - InfoPath]]

Stop defending the weakness of the program. It needs to be improved to be
worth much to working professionals, otherwise its just a pretty toy.

Isn't that better than an ugly toy?

But it's not a toy, even if it happens not, in Version 1.0, to do all
that you want it to do.

I like the idea and all you have to do is allow it to hot link to Outlook,
contacts, calendar what ever. Notes are good but eventualy you have to do
something about them ;-)

There are many things that OneNote doesn't do. It's not an enterprise
database management system, it's not Microsoft's Photoshop, for
example.

Any piece of software has to have boundaries beyond which it does not
attempt to go.

Boundaries are often narrower in version 1.0 of software. It's life.
Version 1.0 of software often puts in place a platform to which other
functionality is later added. Not everything will be in version 1.0.

If you have used software long enough, think back to the time of
version 1.0 of Lotus 1-2-3 and compare that to the functionality of a
modern spreadsheet. Similar major changes have happened in other
categories, e.g. word processors.

I am not sure to what extent you genuinely understand how to use
OneNote but, like Ben and others on this group, I use OneNote daily
for things that are crucial to how I make a living. It isn't perfect
and I express my wishes for improvement here and elsewhere. But please
don't try to tell me it's a toy. It's a very useful piece of business
software.

Andrew Watt
MVP - InfoPath

 

[Kieseyhow]

Have you tried Windows Journal, or enabled pen support in Outlook?

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Remember, Onenote is about taking notes on your PC. or tablet PC. It is not
a planner, nor a scheduler nor a wordprocessor... but, it does mean you don't
have to type things twice, and it acts as a highly useful "open format"
database ... does anyone remember the old and nasty Cardfile.exe
program?..... guess what I still use it!!.. lol It is great to keep track
of passwords or such... now I use Onenote.. much much better.

Read what the other guys posted in response to your question, and they are
right that the program should have more simple functional features... I
stress the word "SIMPLE" here you programming geeks there in Redmond! Don'
make another bloated and incredibly crumbly application like Outlook..... and
dont defend it, you know it's nasty.. *grin* have you tried making linked
scripted forms with it?.... yeah, you know what I mean.. lol anyhow, I am
not here ot complain about outlook... *grins*

Onenote .. "WORKS" for what it is... it replaces the tattered, missing
pages, coffee stained, crumpled, often rifled through notepads that we all
hated in school, on the job and at home. It makes it so you only have to type
ideas once... drag them into an outline format in Word if you want to do
something more meaningful with them. But full drag and drop and OLE
embedding NEEDS to be added to Onenote... as well as FULL office two-way
integration through advanced OLE features. I should be able to make a
note... revise accounting database... and have a link to the file, and
another link to a spreadsheet with notes and a little flowchart what to do...
get the idea? Also, please put those darn section tabs on the side with the
pages like a real binder would be and let them sort out alphabetically, even
cardfile had title sorting ... lol

OneNote is a great and fun program though. Some of the online office
templates are WICKED... check them out and have fun.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT011228171033.aspx
Cheers!


More resources here :
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010858031033.aspx

Have Fun Tablet Newbie... Cheers!

 

[Kathy J]

My two cents: Put me in the category of "Can't live without OneNote
anymore".

As a working consultant and writer, I have OneNote open on one or more
machines at all times. I use it to track customer calls and contact
information, family member information, notes for writing projects, ideas
for future writing projects, design ideas, recipes, trip plans, and more. In
fact, I have even used it to design two websites, with two more in progress.
I use it to teach a class. I used it to plan, design, and draft the OneNote
book. I use it to keep my phone messages. And so on and so on and so on.

Like I said, I can't live without it. (Does that mean I don't want things
added and changed? No. But when those changes come, if they come, they will
be just things that make my life even easier.)

My two cents. Take or leave as desired.

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Co-Author of Life on OneNote from Holy Macro! Books
Get OneNote answers at http://www.onenoteanswers.com
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
Want to learn OneNote? Check out
http://www.eclecticacademy.com/newclasses.htm#onenote

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

 

[netw1z]

Hi

I wanted to add to this thread.

I know this program isn't for everyone, but I quickly switched to it being
my main program for organizing everything I'm doing. It becomes very eay to
collect my thoughts instead of having scattered notepad files around. Word
was over kill for keeping notes. The process with Onenote is very organic
and I like that I can drag in website links for future reference and images
which can help me visualize a project or an idea. All this happens really
fast as my mind works.

I can also instantly transfer a list of things to do into a checklist;. This
change is powerful, allowing what was a loose list of task into a solid
list. As I work thru it, I can being to realize the timescale or worth of a
project. It's also allowed me to handle tasks and idea for both my personal
projects, and for work. I havent been this productive hitting marks in a
long time. Just being able to collect all the referrential data that goes
into making a project come to life! (voice notes, images, video, text,
weblinks , etc) that can be accessed fast (word takes a long time to open a
browser link for example)

It doesn't replace outlook at all. It complements it, and it can grow into
an alternate to let's say Microsoft project which is for middle managers at
huge companies. Onenote, is more organic for the indivual, or for keeping
track in a fast paced enviornment such as a small company. At least that is
how I am using it.

For my work, I would love them to be able to pull in a screenshot of the
first frame of a video clip (it's ok if it only works with WMV files) so
when I am working with video clips

Notes: I would like an aspect ratio even resize on images, Unlimited Text or
as close to unlimited as possible (this would be great for writing a book's
first draft!) , Video Clips frame grabs.

John

 

[Andrew Watt [MVP - InfoPath]]

Unlimited Text or
as close to unlimited as possible (this would be great for writing a book's
first draft!)

John,

When do you hit a ceiling?

Andrew Watt
MVP - InfoPath