OneNote 2007 on 2 PC's

[Frick]

I was wondering what is the simplest way to have 2 pc's keep 2 notebooks
which auto update each other whenever connected to the internet. Connection
meaning not necessarilly on the same network but the internet. Also
identitical notebooks synch includes all the connections.
I have my desktop and my tablet pc. Each has a copy of One Note and the
various notebooks i created. On many of my pages, I have links to files like
PDF, DOC, Excel etc so that all I have to do is click the link and the file
opens. Working on two computers in an either or mode and having them update
each other I find that the links are always broken because the notebooks are
not in the same folder path on one machine from the other.
Am I doing something wrong here?

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

Frick,
I suggest you look into having a common spot to put your notebooks and share
them using 2007's shared notebooks functions. This means you would need to
have one place that both machines could get to at times, but you would not
need to be connected to that location at all times. I don't know that you
will find this satisfactory for your linked files, so instead I recommend
that any files you MUST have from both machines you drop onto a page instead
of linking to.

By using the sharing mechanisms, you allow OneNote's caching features to
keep your notes up to date on both machines. The cache allows you to work on
one machine when not connected and then sync the other machine when you are
connected. It works for all notebooks not stored on a local hard drive,
whether they are stored on SharePoint, a Windows share, or a detachable
device like a USB drive or a card.

Check it out.. I think you will find it meets many of your needs.

--
Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

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[Frick]

Thanks Kathy,

Got a reply on another newgroup which takes into consideration what you
suggested with a slight modification.

So, here's what I have done and it works flawlessly.

1. On my main drive (C: on both computers) I created a new folder that I
called OneNote.
2. Created subfolders for each of my OneNote notebooks.
3. Got a free Foldershare account and linked the two computers OneNote
Folders.
4. In OneNote, I created my Project Notebooks to the Folders created in
C:\OneNote.
5. I drop my project documents in the associated folders in OneNote.
6. I create my reference links in OneNote.
7. Foldershare without any intervention automatically syncs the OneNote
Folder and all its subfolders on both machines.

Now I have my OneNote notebooks and all their associated files on both
computers always in sync, and when I click on my links on a OneNote page the
files open. NO BROKEN LINKS!!! Yahoooooo.

 

[EMRhelp.org]

Re: Synching OneNote files via Foldershare.

This is a possible solution, but hardly ideal. Foldershare allows
file-level synchronization, not OneNote's very peppy peer-to-peer
native synching.

I have a much more robust and peppy solution for you: USE hamachi.
Search these forums for my Hamachi Post.

Essentially you would install Hamachi VPN on both computers and then
they would synch whenever they are connected to the internet.

http://www.hamachi.cc

 

[USP45]

I think you'll see with Foldershare the same thing I saw with OneNote2003 is
that it seems to work flawlessly for some time but then there will be
conflicts which result in you having 2 files from 1 and you'll need to decide
which to delete.

I'm convinced there's still a way to use FolderShare (it would be nice
especially for folks like me where the 2 machines will never be on the same
network) but I think it'll involve having one machine with 1 copy of the
OneNote notebook and the other machine with 2 copies.

Master = 1 copy in the FolderShare folder.
Client = 1 copy in the FolderShare folder and 1 copy cached using
OneNote2007's cool sync feature.

That's my guess I haven't gotten it working yet though.

 

[EMRhelp.org]

USP45,

If both machines have access to the internet, preferably on at all
times, (or on alot), deploying hamachi on both PCs would have a
Virtual LAN, ie. VPN.

Never mind foldershare. Use that for NON-ONENOTE synching. I do like
foldershare but my hamachi setup is AMAZING.