Can't align and format text???

[jp]

Either I'm really blind, or it's not an easy-to-find feature.. lol
How do align text to the right, or center, or justify?

I can barely find any text formatting similar to the rest of the office
applications
I currently type my notes in Word because I can format them really nicely...
but in OneNote, everything is left-aligned, and there's not much
customization when it comes to formatting.

 

[jp]

Forgot to add I'm using OneNote 2007.

 

[Steve Thackery]

I currently type my notes in Word because I can format them really

nicely...
but in OneNote, everything is left-aligned, and there's not much
customization when it comes to formatting.

It's horses for courses, really. OneNote gives you the basics: bold,
underline, italic, indents, bullets, fonts, and so forth. It is really
intended as a "note taker" and general information marshaller - sexy page
layout isn't really within it's remit, especially as the content is not
primarily targeted at print.

I believe there is a way of making feature suggestions to the OneNote team,
although I've lost the link (perhaps someone else can help). If enough
people ask for an improvement, we may well get it.

Personally I'm happy enough with OneNote's text formatting features as they
are. Like you, I use Word if I want something to look really smart.

SteveT

 

[Rainald Taesler]

Either I'm really blind, or it's not an easy-to-find feature.. lol
How do align text to the right, or center, or justify?

I can barely find any text formatting similar to the rest of the
office applications

Pls don't forget what ON is and what not. It definitely is not a fully
blown Wordprocessor.
It's an instrument for notetaking.
And for the letter only a certain limited set of formatting features is
needed.

What ON offers in so far:
Left align Ctrl+L
Right align Ctrl+R
Center a paragraph Ctrl+E

Pls also see "Key combinations" (the second item in the "Help" drop-down
menu.

It does not offer "Justify".

I currently type my notes in Word because I can format them really
nicely... but in OneNote, everything is left-aligned, and there's
not much customization when it comes to formatting.

IMO justified text really is not needed for notetaking. It's far better
that width of a container (and by this the length of the lines) can
easily be changed by just dragging the border.

Rainald

 

[ekseks]

The LIST item under the task pane also provides some very basic alignment and
spacing choices, even if you do not have a numbered or bulleted list.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)]

I currently type my notes in Word because I can format them really

It's horses for courses, really. OneNote gives you the basics: bold,
underline, italic, indents, bullets, fonts, and so forth. It is really
intended as a "note taker" and general information marshaller - sexy page
layout isn't really within it's remit, especially as the content is not
primarily targeted at print.

I believe there is a way of making feature suggestions to the OneNote team,
although I've lost the link (perhaps someone else can help). If enough
people ask for an improvement, we may well get it.

You just have - a few members of them check in here from time to time
and the MVPs forward along the more popular or better suggestions.


-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q

 

[Rainald Taesler]

You just have - a few members of them check in here from time to
time and the MVPs forward along the more popular or better
suggestions.

Just wondering: Why do you hardly ever point to Connect??

Rainald

 

[Rainald Taesler]

I believe there is a way of making feature suggestions to the
OneNote team, although I've lost the link (perhaps someone else can
help). If enough people ask for an improvement, we may well get it.

Yes, there is a place for submitting (b) bugs and (b) suggestions and
reaching the development team: Connect:
http://connect.microsoft.com/onenote/
While some developers come to visit this forum more or less regularly,
the official website for suggestions is Connect. Using this channel
things are entered in a database system with sophisticated features. And
the system is "open" so that other users can comment suggestions etc.

Therefore: When done with a posting in Connect, one may drop a note with
the URL in here so that others can jump in and vote for your suggestion

Rainald

 

[Steve Thackery]

reaching the development team: Connect:

http://connect.microsoft.com/onenote/
While some developers come to visit this forum more or less regularly,
the official website for suggestions is Connect.

To be honest, it's looking worrying quiet on there. Some of the blogs
haven't been touched for months, and no recent bugs or suggestions have been
responded to by the team.

I wonder if they've drifted off onto other projects.....

SteveT

 

[jp]

Thanks Rainald!!
This is exactly what I was looking for! I guess ON has some 'hidden'
features that are only accessible via keystrokes.. I should look more into
those.



jp

 

[jp]

Thanks guys! especially Rainald.. those keyboard shortcuts are exactly what
I needed.

Yes, I understand ON is meant for notetaking and not fancy notes like
Word... I was just simply asking for text alignment.. because of the various
courses I have, some require aligning to the right or center. Those
keystrokes worked

Any other kind of formatting would be 'nice to haves'

 

[Rainald Taesler]

Thanks Rainald!!

De nada. That's what we are here for ;-)

This is exactly what I was looking for! I guess ON has some
'hidden' features that are only accessible via keystrokes.. I
should look more into those.

If interested in all available commands and wanting to customize your
toolbars and menus look here:
View | Toolbars | Customize,.
In the applet select the tabbed page "Commands", then scroll down in the
"Categories" list and select "All Commands". Look and get excited ;-)

Rainald
P.S. Pls excuse me should some of terms not be correct, it's my
translation from my German speaking ON.

 

[Steve Silverwood]

To be honest, it's looking worrying quiet on there. Some of the blogs
haven't been touched for months, and no recent bugs or suggestions have been
responded to by the team.

I wonder if they've drifted off onto other projects.....

My understanding is, (1) they have not moved on to other projects, at
least not en masse; (2) they read the messages on Connect =and= here
on the newsgroup fairly regularly; and (3) are busy actually coding=
the new version to spend too much time answering questions on the
newsgroups, blogs and elsewhere. This is the main purpose of the MVP
program, or at least from my understanding that's the case.


//Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Email: (e-mail address removed)
Web: http://kb6ojs.com

 

[jf01]

I LOVE YOU! I know ON is not a full blown word processor, but you know, it's
the ONLY word processor I've found that actually does stuff I want in a word
processor such as, type anywhere on the page, put any picture on the page
etc. The only thing I felt it really needed was the alignment. I should go
look for more keyboard shortcuts, as you suggested. thank you very very much!

mwah!
Judy

 

[Rainald Taesler]

You're welcome, Judy.
That's waht we are here for <g>.

Have fun
Rainald

 

[Steve Silverwood]

Wow, Rainald -- looks like you've got yourself a fan club going!!!

//Steve//

 

[Rainald Taesler]

Wow, Rainald -- looks like you've got yourself a fan club going!!!

LOL
But it's nice to hear about virtual love, isn't it?

Rainald