Where from did you pick this ooooold thread?
I agree. Not letting us format a standard paragraph in OneNote is
very frustrating. Here I thought I had the perfect tool to write
novel drafts. Who wants to go reformat 100,000 words? Everything
else I like, but this isn't the organizational tool I thought it
would be, because I still have to open two programs to work -- Word
and OneNote. I just bought Office 2007 and hoped I wouldn't have
to use my other software (that does format properly and convert to
Word, but it's not by Microsoft). Bummer. Hope yall can fix this
soon.
Let me take the liberty to disagree.
OneNote is a really great instrument for numerous tasks.
It's versatile as hardly any other piece of software I know.
However: It's not meant as a tool replacing a fully-blown wordprocessor!
Therefore one can not really expect that there would be formatting
features like in Word.
It may perfectly well be used for using "novel drafts" or even whole
novels, however.
Does/would it really need *formatting* for writing a novel?
Me thinks: Really not.
Just type the text as it comes to your mind.
When done with the scribble, put the thing into Word and then have
formatting done (if that would be necessary at all - IMO the publisher
would do the corrections and the formatting anyway).
For a long time it has been my advice - given to students when writing
their Theseses -:
Just type things. Do formatting later.
Only drawback - on using ON - in so far: No "footnotes" available in ON.
Adding things like formatting (as Word offers it) IMHO would just mean
too much.
IMHO it would spoil more than improving things.
If my vote might be heard: As far as formatting is concerned, leave ON
as it is.
For sure I do not at all want to have the "easy-go-lucky" typing spoilt
like WinWord-DOTs and the like!!
Rainald
