saving file

[Robin]

I have onnote 2007 and i can "save as" but cannot just "save". Why isn't
there an option to save?

 

[John Guin [msft]]

OneNote saves all your work automatically - it was designed so that you
specifically do NOT have to press Save.

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

Because you don't need to save. Let me explain...
When you create a notebook, OneNote creates a section for you automatically.
From that point on, it saves all content in that section constantly (and I
mean every 10 seconds or sooner). Same goes for every other section you
create.

Think about the dynamic this way: When you close a paper notebook, you don't
tell it to save what you have been writing. Same goes for OneNote. You add
content, it is saved. Promise.

You really don't even need to close your notebooks, because OneNote can
handle more notebooks than you probably can create. (Believe me, I tried.)

--
Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com
or on my blog, http://geekswithblogs.net/VitaminCH/Default.aspx

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

 

[Peter Anthony]

But what I don't like about this 'feature', auto-saving without manual-save,
is that I can't save a backup at a point ***I*** want to save it. If I make
a mistake I don't realize I've made (like an unitentional delete), I don't
have a version to go back to!

I know what your going to say. That there is great un-do's in OneNote. Sure,
but what if I accidentally deleted something, and only noticed it after I
added a bunch of stuff? With an old version I can just copy and paste the
deleted section. leaving the new changes. But the way it is, I have to UN-DO
till I get to the point of bad deletion, then copy, then RE-DO all the way
back up. And that's assuming the loss is still part of the un-dos (no idea
what the rules are here, when I exit program or reboot do I lose all un-do
info? That's how it usually works.... who knows with OneNote since there is
NO instruction manual...).

I would like the auto-save, IF they had included manual-save. But I DON'T
like them ASSUMING I can't find a reason for MANUAL-save, and so don't
include it! Would it have been that hard to include it? I'm guessing they
bent over backwards to remove it... and I think that was a bad design
choice...

Besides. They got us vested in a interface paradigm we all have gotten use
to. This includes ALWAYS having a MANUAL save option. If it isn't broken...


[==P==]

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

I can see some of what you are saying,. I just see things differently. I
have never worried about saving my notes. When I need to force a change, I
change pages or sections, then change back. I know then that what I have
done is saved and I don't have to worry about it. If I need a backup, I go
to Tools--> Options. Backup section and force a back up of the changed
notes.

--
Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com
or on my blog, http://geekswithblogs.net/VitaminCH/Default.aspx

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

But what I don't like about this 'feature', auto-saving without
manual-save, is that I can't save a backup at a point ***I*** want to
save it. If I make a mistake I don't realize I've made (like an
unitentional delete), I don't have a version to go back to!

I know what your going to say. That there is great un-do's in OneNote.
Sure, but what if I accidentally deleted something, and only noticed it
after I added a bunch of stuff? With an old version I can just copy and
paste the deleted section. leaving the new changes. But the way it is, I
have to UN-DO till I get to the point of bad deletion, then copy, then
RE-DO all the way back up. And that's assuming the loss is still part of
the un-dos (no idea what the rules are here, when I exit program or reboot
do I lose all un-do info? That's how it usually works.... who knows with
OneNote since there is NO instruction manual...).

I would like the auto-save, IF they had included manual-save. But I DON'T
like them ASSUMING I can't find a reason for MANUAL-save, and so don't
include it! Would it have been that hard to include it? I'm guessing they
bent over backwards to remove it... and I think that was a bad design
choice...

Besides. They got us vested in a interface paradigm we all have gotten use
to. This includes ALWAYS having a MANUAL save option. If it isn't
broken...

[==P==]

Because you don't need to save. Let me explain...
When you create a notebook, OneNote creates a section for you
automatically. From that point on, it saves all content in that section
constantly (and I mean every 10 seconds or sooner). Same goes for every
other section you create.

Think about the dynamic this way: When you close a paper notebook, you
don't tell it to save what you have been writing. Same goes for OneNote.
You add content, it is saved. Promise.

You really don't even need to close your notebooks, because OneNote can
handle more notebooks than you probably can create. (Believe me, I
tried.)

--
Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com
or on my blog, http://geekswithblogs.net/VitaminCH/Default.aspx

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we
lived

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

You can manual save. File | Save As.

--
--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com

But what I don't like about this 'feature', auto-saving without
manual-save, is that I can't save a backup at a point ***I*** want to
save it. If I make a mistake I don't realize I've made (like an
unitentional delete), I don't have a version to go back to!

I know what your going to say. That there is great un-do's in OneNote.
Sure, but what if I accidentally deleted something, and only noticed it
after I added a bunch of stuff? With an old version I can just copy and
paste the deleted section. leaving the new changes. But the way it is, I
have to UN-DO till I get to the point of bad deletion, then copy, then
RE-DO all the way back up. And that's assuming the loss is still part of
the un-dos (no idea what the rules are here, when I exit program or reboot
do I lose all un-do info? That's how it usually works.... who knows with
OneNote since there is NO instruction manual...).

I would like the auto-save, IF they had included manual-save. But I DON'T
like them ASSUMING I can't find a reason for MANUAL-save, and so don't
include it! Would it have been that hard to include it? I'm guessing they
bent over backwards to remove it... and I think that was a bad design
choice...

Besides. They got us vested in a interface paradigm we all have gotten use
to. This includes ALWAYS having a MANUAL save option. If it isn't
broken...

[==P==]

Because you don't need to save. Let me explain...
When you create a notebook, OneNote creates a section for you
automatically. From that point on, it saves all content in that section
constantly (and I mean every 10 seconds or sooner). Same goes for every
other section you create.

Think about the dynamic this way: When you close a paper notebook, you
don't tell it to save what you have been writing. Same goes for OneNote.
You add content, it is saved. Promise.

You really don't even need to close your notebooks, because OneNote can
handle more notebooks than you probably can create. (Believe me, I
tried.)

--
Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com
or on my blog, http://geekswithblogs.net/VitaminCH/Default.aspx

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we
lived

 

[Karen]

I had an issue with a notebook. I "saved as" but it didn't save it. It was a
4 page article that I wrote. It hasn't happened since, but now I "save as"
all the while I am working with it.

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP]

You shouldn't need to Save As at all unless you're trying to create a copy
of the file.

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook.html
Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazon

 

[Rainald Taesler]

I had an issue with a notebook. I "saved as" but it didn't save it.
It was a 4 page article that I wrote.

Which kind of issue?
Could you pls explain?

It hasn't happened since, but now I "save as" all the while I am
working with it.

As John said this *not* necessary.
"Save as ..." only makes sense if one wants to save on a different
format.

Rainald