Find and Replace

[WBoutros]

How do you do a simple Find and Replace in Onenote, am I
missing something obvious ?

 

[Erik Sojka]

That function doesn't exist in OneNote. You can use the
search tools to search a page for the wanted text and
then manually type/paste the replacement text.

I imagine this is another result of the design decisions
at Microsoft to not position OneNote as a document
creation tool but as a research and note taking tool. If
you keep that in mind, it makes sense that you cannot
globally replace a string of text.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your response.

I would say that's a MAJOR flaw though, no matter what
their design decisions were. "Find and Replace" is a
basic function of almost any application that deals with
text.

Also even if it's not positioned as a document creation
tool, it's naïve to think users don't want to revise
existing Notes. I hope they are wise enough to add it to
SP1

My hope is that OneNote will emerge as the first new
killer app in years, and in fact be the center point of
Office, the home base Knowledge Management system and
jumping off point for all other Office Apps.

 

[Gail Gurman]

That function doesn't exist in OneNote. You can use the
search tools to search a page for the wanted text and
then manually type/paste the replacement text.

I imagine this is another result of the design decisions
at Microsoft to not position OneNote as a document
creation tool but as a research and note taking tool. If
you keep that in mind, it makes sense that you cannot
globally replace a string of text.

Even Notepad has Replace. Is Replace a more advanced document processing
feature than SpellCheck?

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your response.

I would say that's a MAJOR flaw though, no matter what
their design decisions were. "Find and Replace" is a
basic function of almost any application that deals with
text.

Also even if it's not positioned as a document creation
tool, it's naïve to think users don't want to revise
existing Notes. I hope they are wise enough to add it to
SP1

My hope is that OneNote will emerge as the first new
killer app in years, and in fact be the center point of
Office, the home base Knowledge Management system and
jumping off point for all other Office Apps.

 

[Owen]

Erik basically hit the nail on the head - it seemed like we could get by without this because we thought that "bread and butter" notes (meetings and classes) would so rarely be edited after the fact. I think that's mostly true, but we underestimated the usefulness of this for tactical edits (clean-up before sending notes in e-mail, or for updating a set of items in a list quickly).

Can't promise anything, but FWIW I would like us to add this. It's a bit silly that in this regard, you're better off in Notepad than OneNote. (I believe someone twisted that particular knife to good effect w.r.t. adding "insert date/time" for SP1 as well J).

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That function doesn't exist in OneNote. You can use the
search tools to search a page for the wanted text and
then manually type/paste the replacement text.

I imagine this is another result of the design decisions
at Microsoft to not position OneNote as a document
creation tool but as a research and note taking tool. If
you keep that in mind, it makes sense that you cannot
globally replace a string of text.

Even Notepad has Replace. Is Replace a more advanced document processing
feature than SpellCheck?


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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

I hope they are wise enough to add it to SP1

Nope... BTW, SP1 is very stable and has a lot of cool features, you should
try it...

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Thanks for your response.

I would say that's a MAJOR flaw though, no matter what
their design decisions were. "Find and Replace" is a
basic function of almost any application that deals with
text.

Also even if it's not positioned as a document creation
tool, it's naïve to think users don't want to revise
existing Notes. I hope they are wise enough to add it to
SP1

My hope is that OneNote will emerge as the first new
killer app in years, and in fact be the center point of
Office, the home base Knowledge Management system and
jumping off point for all other Office Apps.

 

[Owen]

This post was from Owen on the OneNote team btw

nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.onenote/<#[email protected]>

Erik basically hit the nail on the head - it seemed like we could get by without this because we thought that "bread and butter" notes (meetings and classes) would so rarely be edited after the fact. I think that's mostly true, but we underestimated the usefulness of this for tactical edits (clean-up before sending notes in e-mail, or for updating a set of items in a list quickly).

Can't promise anything, but FWIW I would like us to add this. It's a bit silly that in this regard, you're better off in Notepad than OneNote. (I believe someone twisted that particular knife to good effect w.r.t. adding "insert date/time" for SP1 as well J).

nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.onenote/<[email protected]>

That function doesn't exist in OneNote. You can use the
search tools to search a page for the wanted text and
then manually type/paste the replacement text.

I imagine this is another result of the design decisions
at Microsoft to not position OneNote as a document
creation tool but as a research and note taking tool. If
you keep that in mind, it makes sense that you cannot
globally replace a string of text.

Even Notepad has Replace. Is Replace a more advanced document processing
feature than SpellCheck?


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