OneNote needs more publicity to remain on store shelves.

[Constance E. Cumbey]

There are too many not realizing the vast potential of OneNote for handling
research and presentation needs of all type. I believe the tablet notebook
aspect has been overemphasized. It has incalculable value to the following:

1. A lawyer writing a brief;
2. An author preparing a book, especially one with internet references.
3. The clip and paste feature is far superior to anything else out there.
4. Billing purposes -- the screen clip feature will help save trails on
work performed that might otherwise have escaped detection.

MicroSoft might want to consider a workshop presentation of what OneNote
combined with the rest of the Office Suite can do -- even without a tablet pc!

I am concerned because I now see the product available very few places.

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http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...8fbe-59a540f144ad&dg=microsoft.public.onenote

 

[John Waller]

MicroSoft might want to consider a workshop presentation of what OneNote

combined with the rest of the Office Suite can do -- even without a tablet
pc!

These excellent webcasts and demos of OneNote's capabilities has been online
for over a year:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/assistance/HA011423061033.aspx

 

[OneNote at AdminID.com]

In the OneNote 12 video on The Hive... Alex Robinson, a Product Manager
for OneNote ("Marketing Guy"), says "what is really interesting about
it... it's a growth product, nobody knows about it."
http://hive.net/Member/forums/10224/ShowPost.aspx [Alex starts ~1:25
minute mark]

Unfortunately we are at least half a year from Office 12 and the cool
features (i.e. necessary improvements) that are coming.

I'm trying to promote the OneNote PowerToys that are available while we
wait for the Official Results. My site is
http://www.onenotepowertoys.com

I'll also offer free hosting for a powertoy. I'll even consider hosting
a OneNote (or Flock) based blog or site on AdminID.com/subdirectory.
Just send me an email (onenote at adminid_com_nospam) and we can work
out the details/services available. The more people we get posting
about it, the more we can all learn about how to use it effectively.

Thanks,
AdminID

 

[Steve Silverwood]

8?B?Q29uc3RhbmNlIEUuIEN1bWJleQ==?=" <Constance E.
(e-mail address removed)> says...

There are too many not realizing the vast potential of OneNote for handling
research and presentation needs of all type. I believe the tablet notebook
aspect has been overemphasized. It has incalculable value to the following:

1. A lawyer writing a brief;
2. An author preparing a book, especially one with internet references.
3. The clip and paste feature is far superior to anything else out there.
4. Billing purposes -- the screen clip feature will help save trails on
work performed that might otherwise have escaped detection.

MicroSoft might want to consider a workshop presentation of what OneNote
combined with the rest of the Office Suite can do -- even without a tablet pc!

I am concerned because I now see the product available very few places.

Actually, this is already being done. I attended a Microsoft Momentum
seminar last month, which featured OneNote and even handed out free
copies to attendees (presumably to generate some word-of-mouth buzz).
There are also numerous case studies, usage examples (some VERY
interesting!), etc. on the OneNote page at Microsoft's web site.

But I agree, OneNote needs to be pushed a bit more. I was surprised to
see the new Microsoft Student 2006 package on the shelves and find that
OneNote was not included as a component of that package. It seems like
it's a no-brainer that a note-taking app would be a prime candidate for
inclusion in a "Student" package, don't you think?

--

-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email: (e-mail address removed)

 

[Erik Sojka (MVP)]

The Student product is mostly templates and aid and research utilities.
It does not contain any Office applications including OneNote. Licensed
copies of Word, Excel, etc. are required to be used with Student.

 

[Steve Silverwood]

The Student product is mostly templates and aid and research utilities.
It does not contain any Office applications including OneNote. Licensed
copies of Word, Excel, etc. are required to be used with Student.

I know, but you'd think that they might include OneNote, or at least a
discount coupon or something. (Is there a semester-limited eval copy in
there, maybe?)
--

-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email: (e-mail address removed)

 

[Erik Sojka (MVP)]

Not that I know of (from a reading of the Student website on microsoft.com)

 

[Adahn]

I agree. I use it a lot just for personal stuff; lists, journals,
brainstorms...

Perhaps bundling a limited version of OneNote in with Windows Vista would
help

 

[EMRhelp.org]

I am concerned because I now see (OneNote) available very few places.

Why would I want to stock something that is selling poorly ?
With no new features planned for the next year there will be no more
spark in OneNote until version 2.0.

OneNote sales were sluggish excpet for OEMs bundling it with Tablet
PCs.

MicroSoft might want to consider a workshop presentation of what OneNote combined with the rest of the Office Suite can do

The integration of OneNote with the rest of the Office Suite is
terrible. Hardly something to promote. OneNote on a desktop ? Yes,
I use it in this fashion .. because I use graphics tablets to write
onto .one files. How many people have graphics tablets though ? Not
many. So .. if you don't use inking on the desktop then OneNote is
just a Notes Manager. Well .. there are 100s of well established Notes
Managers out there. OneNote looks anemic compared to most of them.
Without INKing/writing OneNote is nothing special at all. MS is just
talking about using OneNote on desktops because it wants to increase
OneNote sales.

 

[Chris H.]

Folks who are reading this post, please note this person continues to post
information which is wrong. OneNote has sold quite well, although Microsoft
never releases exact sales figures. This misinformation has been corrected
previously, even by Chris Pratley of Microsoft (who heads up the OneNote
team), yet the person continues to spread unsubstantiated claims.

Please disregard the misinformation.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -


"EMRhelp wrote in message

I am concerned because I now see (OneNote) available very few
places.

Why would I want to stock something that is selling poorly ?
With no new features planned for the next year there will be no more
spark in OneNote until version 2.0.

OneNote sales were sluggish excpet for OEMs bundling it with Tablet
PCs.

MicroSoft might want to consider a workshop presentation of what
OneNote combined with the rest of the Office Suite can do

The integration of OneNote with the rest of the Office Suite is
terrible. Hardly something to promote. OneNote on a desktop ? Yes,
I use it in this fashion .. because I use graphics tablets to write
onto .one files. How many people have graphics tablets though ? Not
many. So .. if you don't use inking on the desktop then OneNote is
just a Notes Manager. Well .. there are 100s of well established Notes
Managers out there. OneNote looks anemic compared to most of them.
Without INKing/writing OneNote is nothing special at all. MS is just
talking about using OneNote on desktops because it wants to increase
OneNote sales.

 

[EMRhelp.org]

Laughing out Loud.
Please get real Chris.
You are a MS MVP.
You constantly stand up for OneNote at all costs. Your defence of
OneNote in spite of enormous deficiencies is commendable, but not
objective.

YOU are the biased one.

Knowing the MS MVP lurkers are here ... I substantiated my
information about LackLuster sales of OneNote.

Who will people believe ? You a MS MVP or a third party like
http://office-watch.com ?

Read below.
=================================
1. ONENOTE LIVES!
We're delighted to hear that Microsoft OneNote, the interesting and
innovative notetaking program will continue with a new release as part
of 'Office 12' in late 2006.


There had been fears that OneNote would be dropped due to relatively
poor sales. Not that the program is bad, far from it, but the Tablet
PC devices, that is the primary platform, have been slow to sell.


Mind you, we're trying the new HP Tablet models at the moment and they
are an improvement over the original Tablet models in many ways. We'll

have a full review of the 'Compaq TC4200' in an upcoming issue.


source: http://office-watch.com/office/archtemplate.asp?v10-n31


(For those who wanted a source of information on lackluster OneNote
sales).

-- Full thread --
Lackluster sales almost kill OneNote
http://groups.google.ca/group/micro...?q=onenote+poor+sales&rnum=2#741c465788bc38b9

 

[Chris H.]

Prove your statements, or stop making them. You constantly post about the
"poor sales" but offer no proof of your claims. So they must be
fabrication. I don't work for Microsoft, and certainly tell them loud and
clear when they're wrong in areas of my concern. I've never said OneNote is
perfect, but it certainly is getting better. OneNote 12 will be
outstanding.

As far as Tablet PC sales, they've increased every quarter since the launch
in November, 2002. I don't know where you are getting your information, but
it apparently is conjecture based on non-Microsoft sources. Remember, these
same websites broadcast loudly that Microsoft had killed the Millennium OS
beta and it was going to die. That wasn't truthful either.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -


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