Onenote package

[SteveC]

I am new to OneNote 2007 and I notice the default is to have everything in a
folder, but I discovered I can save it as a package (a single file). What
are the advantages and disadvantages of this?

One other question:how does one dispose of templates one doesn't want to
use. Thanks.

 

[Ilya Koulchin]

I am new to OneNote 2007 and I notice the default is to have everything in a
folder, but I discovered I can save it as a package (a single file). What
are the advantages and disadvantages of this?

The OneNote package format is intended as an easy way of distributing
copies of sections or notebooks. For example, if you have some materials
you want to distribute to the team as a notebook, but want everyone to
have their own separate copy so that they can make edits and scribble on
it as much as they like, you can save the notebook as a package and hand
out the single file (which is presumably easier than telling them to go
copy a directory from some server). Users can then extract it into a
private copy of the notebook. You can also do something similar to
notebook templates - if you have a common structure to several
notebooks, save the common parts as a package. Then when you need a new
notebook, just open up the package and have it unpack into a new location.

The disadvantage is that OneNote cannot sync against the package. If you
want to make changes, you have to unpack it, edit the unpacked notebook,
then resave it as a package.

Ilya

 

[Erik Sojka (MVP)]

If you wanted to share your work via email, the Package file is for
sending a ON Section along with any associated or embedded files in an
email.

You normally shouldn't need to worry about saving during normal use, nor
should you need to create *.ONEPKG filesduring normal use. Once you set
up your Notebook structure, ON will automatically save all of your work
for you every few seconds.

In the Templates Task Pane, you can right-click on a Template in the
list, and select "Delete" to delete it. You'll need to expand the
category (with the plus sign next to it) to see the actual deletable
Templates in that category.