OneNOTE File Handling

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JAID

Hi,

Very pleased to see ON2007 out or on the way. ON2003 has been a fantastic
tool. I have probably not delved deeply and it may be possible though I have
not found it, but there are two things that would be desireable. I believe
ON2007's use of projects will probably solve.

We use template project folders. These are of three scales, small, medium
and large. They respectively have around 15,30 and 60 pages set up within
them. In explorer we copy over an appropriate sized folder to an appropriate
project type number range and rename it the particular project range. We
collect a wide variety of information for each project and record a very wide
range of contacts.

Each project folder is divided into multiple sections (these fit across the
top of the note page) and each section is divided into mulitple pages
(running down the right hand side.)

When we wish to archive a project's notes we have a place in the project
file to take both the onenote file and a PDF printout of the contents of it.

So the wishlist (or list of things I can't presently manage:)

Firstly, I would like to be able to select the template folders described
above from within OneNOTE so that a new project can be created there without
going outside.

Secondly, I would like to be able to print an entire project folder to
archive at a time and not just individual sections and their pages or just
pages within a project folder.

Thirdly, it would be pleasing if a command could hunt down and remove unused
sections of a project folder. This would be precedent to final archiving.

It would also be good, internally to OneNOTE, to be able to amass particular
types of material selected by search through many project folders to a single
folder either existing or new.

Finally, a rational method of archiving and withdrawing these project
folders from within OneNOTE and a mechanism for bulk handling this would be
terrific.

Clearly all this can be done through Explorer and that is not that painful
but we could save time and value from the greater certainty of a more
methodical internal approach. Don't take this to diminish a superbly useful
tool however. Thanks you.

Regards

Ian Johnson
 
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Patrick Schmid [MVP]

For all your other comments, you should go on connect.microsoft.com,
sign up for the OneNote connection and submit each as feedback there
(that is, if you manage to submit, users have been reporting issues with
it...)
Finally, a rational method of archiving and withdrawing these project
folders from within OneNOTE and a mechanism for bulk handling this would be
terrific.
If you make a project folder a notebook, you can just close it within
ON. Would that help?

Also, a lot of the things you are talking about, should be doable via
add-ins to ON. If you have any development resources at your company,
this might be worthwhile looking into.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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J

JAID

Patrick Schmid said:
For all your other comments, you should ...submit each as feedback
Will do that.
....
....make a project folder a notebook...

I believe it would. That would be a 2007 version capability though woudnt it.

Thanks Patrick.

Ian
 

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