OneNote 2007 experience after a couple of hours

[Peter Maddern]

Generally positive

Love the new features, especially drag and drop of sections, pages and tables

Some glitches:-

Takes a long time for notebooks to be searchable due to indexing taking time
to index OneNote 2007. Perhaps this should be pointed out in notes with the
download, otherwise new users might think there's something wrong with the
application.

Having trouble deleting a notebook section - it deletes, then returns a few
seconds later?

The 2-way sync with OneNote Mobile could be explained better. I naively
thought all the desktop content would be sync'd over to the Pocket PC. It
took me a while and a lott of searching to realise that it's only the content
you drag into the OneNote Mobile Notes section that gets transferred to the
PPC.

Sync with PPC seems to have glitches. Sync sometimes fails with error
messages. And I found that when I was working on a page on the desktop
OnenNote and had the PPC in the cradle with ActiveSync 4.1 running, it split
into several partial notes on my PPC?

Peter, Uk

 

[Patrick Schmid]

Hi Peter,

Takes a long time for notebooks to be searchable due to indexing taking time
to index OneNote 2007. Perhaps this should be pointed out in notes with the
download, otherwise new users might think there's something wrong with the
application.

I am not sure what MS is going to do in this area. It would be nice to
have a UI element in ON that tells you how far indexing is.

Having trouble deleting a notebook section - it deletes, then returns a few
seconds later?

Can you describe your setup and where/how you are deleting the section?

The 2-way sync with OneNote Mobile could be explained better. I naively
thought all the desktop content would be sync'd over to the Pocket PC. It
took me a while and a lott of searching to realise that it's only the content
you drag into the OneNote Mobile Notes section that gets transferred to the
PPC.

Which documentation did you read that should be improved?

Sync with PPC seems to have glitches. Sync sometimes fails with error
messages. And I found that when I was working on a page on the desktop
OnenNote and had the PPC in the cradle with ActiveSync 4.1 running, it split
into several partial notes on my PPC?

Go on connect.microsoft.com and submit feedback for this. My PPC is
2002, so I can't use ON Mobile.

Patrick Schmid

 

[Peter Maddern]

See my next post above this thread. I tried to submit feedback to
connect.microsoft.com but was unable to

 

[Rainald Taesler]

The 2-way sync with OneNote Mobile

Pls permit a dumb question of a PDA-user who's a OneNoet novice:
Where can one get "OneNote Mobile".
Which PDA OS does it require?

TIA
Rainald

 

[Patrick Schmid]

You need OneNote 2007 Beta. It comes with it.
I always forget whether you need Windows Mobile 2003 for a PPC or if
that was the requirement for a SmartPhone. It is guaranteed to work with
Windows Mobile 5, but I think it won't work with Windows Mobile 2003 for
a PPC.

Patrick Schmid

 

[Rainald Taesler]

Thanks for your super-fast reply!

You need OneNote 2007 Beta. It comes with it.

I have ON 2007 installed.
How does it "come with it"???

Is there a description somewhere?

I always forget whether you need Windows Mobile 2003 for a PPC
or if that was the requirement for a SmartPhone. It is
guaranteed to work with Windows Mobile 5, but I think it won't
work with Windows Mobile 2003 for a PPC.

Bad news.
My iPAQ still runs under PPC2002 and I can not even upgrade to 2003
because my phone module is not supported by that :-( :-(

Rainald

 

[Patrick Schmid]

I have ON 2007 installed.

How does it "come with it"???

Tools, Options, Other, Install OneNote Mobile

Is there a description somewhere?

There is a blog post on Chris Pratley's blog (search for his name on
Google).

Bad news.
My iPAQ still runs under PPC2002 and I can not even upgrade to 2003
because my phone module is not supported by that :-( :-(

Yes, you are out of luck. I have 2002 as well.

Patrick Schmid

 

[Rainald Taesler]

Tools, Options, Other, Install OneNote Mobile

Thanks a lot.
It's pretty well hidden :-( :-(

There is a blog post on Chris Pratley's blog (search for his
name on Google).

Thanks for this reference too.
Already have the blog in my IE "Favorites" (in a ON notebook too

Yes, you are out of luck. I have 2002 as well.

Tried to install it. The iPAQ errored with "invalid type of file for
CE".

Thanks again
Rainald

 

[Amos Soma]

"Having trouble deleting a notebook section - it deletes, then returns a few
seconds later?"

I've experienced the same thing. This only happened with sections converted
from ON 2003. I had to delete the folders manually. Then they disappeared
for good. It seems that when ON 2007 attempts to delete a section group
converted from ON 2003, it doesn't delete the underlying folder.

Amos.

 

[Patrick Schmid]

Is the issue with sections or section groups?

Patrick Schmid

 

[Peter Maddern]

A few days after writing the previous post, I found that searching in OneNote
2007 didn't work even after letting WDS run overnight. I found out how to fix
this and will create a new post.

 

[Rainald Taesler]

A few days after writing the previous post, I found that
searching in OneNote 2007 didn't work even after letting WDS run
overnight. I found out how to fix this and will create a new
post.

Could not yet see the announced post.
A problem of OE again (which sometimes not shows evrything)?

Rainald

 

[Peter Maddern]

The post is titled "How I made searching work in OneNote 2007", dated 5th July

 

[PDailey]

You have to do a manual install, very, very manual
If you don't feel comfortable editing the REGistry, stop now.

Here are the steps
7-zip - Extract files from the cab
PHM Regedit - PPC Registry Editor

1. Open OneNote on the PC and goto Tools|Options|Other and run the OneNote
Mobile install.
Note: The process will fail once the cab file gets transferred to your PPC
but just click ok and follow rest of my steps below.

2. Locate file OneNoteMobile.cab in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE12\1033

3. Extract the files from the cab. Then rename the files as follows:

GETTIN~1.004 --> Getting Started.1sp
ONENOT~1.001 --> OneNoteMobile.exe
ONENOT~1.002 --> OneNoteSyncDevice.dll
ONENOT~2.003 --> OneNoteMobileIntl.dll

4. Now copy the files onto your PDA. I put the files into a folder on my SD
Card so the path to them was:
\Storage Card\Microsoft Office OneNote Mobile\

You can put the files anywhere you want just make sure that you replace the
above path with your actual path in the registry entries below.

5. Put the following details into the Registry

**The three lines in the reg entries you need to change if your install path
is different are:
"Store","InstlDir" & "InstallDir"

Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OneNote Mobile]
"Version"="12.0.4017.1000"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Windows CE Services\Synchronization\Objects\OneNote Note]
"Store"="\Storage Card\Microsoft Office OneNote Mobile\OneNoteSyncDevice.dll"
"Display Name"="OneNote Note"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Apps\Microsoft Office OneNote Mobile [Beta]]
"IsvFile"="\Windows\AppMgr\Microsoft Office OneNote Mobile [Beta].DLL"
"InstlDirCnt"=dword:00000001
"InstlDir"="\Storage Card\Microsoft Office OneNote Mobile"
"InstallDir"="\Storage Card\Microsoft Office OneNote Mobile"
"CmdFile"="\Windows\AppMgr\Microsoft Office OneNote Mobile [Beta].DAT"
"CabFile"="\Storage Card\Microsoft Office OneNote Mobile [Beta].CAB"
"Instl"=dword:00000001



6. Connect and sync your pda. You can verify that OneNote Mobile is
installed is you look through the Add/Remove list. To be able to sync notes
go into ActiveSync tools|options on your PC and tick the box for OneNote
synchronisation.

7. The easiest way i find of creating program shortcuts is to connect the
PDA to the PC then from My Computer choose Mobile Device. Browse to the
location of the .exe, right-click and create a shortcut then cut and paste to
/Windows/Start Menu/ or /Windows/Start Menu/Programs

After all this it should be working, good luck.

 

[Rainald Taesler]

Does this mean that it would work under PPC2002 too?
Would be fantastic!
I cannot upgrade the OS on my iPAQ because otherewise my phone
(Wireless Pack) would not work anymore :-( :-(

Rainald


PDailey these words of wisdom:

You have to do a manual install, very, very manual
If you don't feel comfortable editing the REGistry, stop now.

Here are the steps
7-zip - Extract files from the cab
PHM Regedit - PPC Registry Editor

1. Open OneNote on the PC and goto Tools|Options|Other and run
the OneNote Mobile install.
Note: The process will fail once the cab file gets transferred
to your PPC but just click ok and follow rest of my steps below.

2. Locate file OneNoteMobile.cab in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE12\1033

3. Extract the files from the cab. Then rename the files as
follows:

GETTIN~1.004 --> Getting Started.1sp
ONENOT~1.001 --> OneNoteMobile.exe
ONENOT~1.002 --> OneNoteSyncDevice.dll
ONENOT~2.003 --> OneNoteMobileIntl.dll

4. Now copy the files onto your PDA. I put the files into a
folder on my SD Card so the path to them was:
\Storage Card\Microsoft Office OneNote Mobile\

You can put the files anywhere you want just make sure that you
replace the above path with your actual path in the registry
entries below.

5. Put the following details into the Registry

**The three lines in the reg entries you need to change if your
install path is different are:
"Store","InstlDir" & "InstallDir"

Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OneNote Mobile]
"Version"="12.0.4017.1000"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Windows CE
Services\Synchronization\Objects\OneNote Note] "Store"="\Storage
Card\Microsoft Office OneNote Mobile\OneNoteSyncDevice.dll"
"Display Name"="OneNote Note"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Apps\Microsoft Office OneNote
Mobile [Beta]] "IsvFile"="\Windows\AppMgr\Microsoft Office
OneNote Mobile [Beta].DLL" "InstlDirCnt"=dword:00000001
"InstlDir"="\Storage Card\Microsoft Office OneNote Mobile"
"InstallDir"="\Storage Card\Microsoft Office OneNote Mobile"
"CmdFile"="\Windows\AppMgr\Microsoft Office OneNote Mobile
[Beta].DAT" "CabFile"="\Storage Card\Microsoft Office OneNote
Mobile [Beta].CAB" "Instl"=dword:00000001



6. Connect and sync your pda. You can verify that OneNote Mobile
is installed is you look through the Add/Remove list. To be able
to sync notes go into ActiveSync tools|options on your PC and
tick the box for OneNote synchronisation.

7. The easiest way i find of creating program shortcuts is to
connect the PDA to the PC then from My Computer choose Mobile
Device. Browse to the location of the .exe, right-click and
create a shortcut then cut and paste to /Windows/Start Menu/ or
/Windows/Start Menu/Programs

After all this it should be working, good luck.
--
Pat

Thanks a lot.
It's pretty well hidden :-( :-(


Thanks for this reference too.
Already have the blog in my IE "Favorites" (in a ON notebook too


Tried to install it. The iPAQ errored with "invalid type of
file for CE".

Thanks again
Rainald