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OneNote has many well designed features but doesn't quite match the
advantages and simplicity of a paper notebook. It could be improved by being
even more integrated with Outlook or even better, part of Outlook.
I currently take handwritten notes for phone calls, messages, meetings,
ideas, etc., usually by writing on a printed Outlook Today page kept in a 3
ring notebook. I transfer more important tasks, staff assignments, and
appointments to Outlook and leaf through recent daily pages for the rest. I
use Outlook Notes to store reference information, particularly for those
items that I use from remote locations when I don't have my notebook.
A quick handwritten note is very fast and easy to accomplish for recording
brief comments to or from staff, clients, or others. If OneNote worked
directly in Outlook, it would be possible to more closely duplicate this.
As noted by others, OneNote glaringly fails to integrate Outlook Notes
(Outlook's weakest feature). Moreover, the Sidenotes feature seems to repeat
the error.
Although electronic search, import, and export are all advantages for
OneNote over paper records, the actual note taking doesn't seem equal the
ease of speed of pen and ink. Closer integration with Outlook--including the
Notes feature, and a setup that even more closely resembles a manual system
could allow many more people to abandon paper and use the program.
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advantages and simplicity of a paper notebook. It could be improved by being
even more integrated with Outlook or even better, part of Outlook.
I currently take handwritten notes for phone calls, messages, meetings,
ideas, etc., usually by writing on a printed Outlook Today page kept in a 3
ring notebook. I transfer more important tasks, staff assignments, and
appointments to Outlook and leaf through recent daily pages for the rest. I
use Outlook Notes to store reference information, particularly for those
items that I use from remote locations when I don't have my notebook.
A quick handwritten note is very fast and easy to accomplish for recording
brief comments to or from staff, clients, or others. If OneNote worked
directly in Outlook, it would be possible to more closely duplicate this.
As noted by others, OneNote glaringly fails to integrate Outlook Notes
(Outlook's weakest feature). Moreover, the Sidenotes feature seems to repeat
the error.
Although electronic search, import, and export are all advantages for
OneNote over paper records, the actual note taking doesn't seem equal the
ease of speed of pen and ink. Closer integration with Outlook--including the
Notes feature, and a setup that even more closely resembles a manual system
could allow many more people to abandon paper and use the program.
----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...9b03-7bfa3a3c8800&dg=microsoft.public.onenote