Saving Notebook

[Greg Maxey]

I just started playing around with OneNote and noticed that there is no menu command to "save" the notebook I am working in. I can "save as" and the absence of any information in Help leads me to assume that there is no "save" feature. How much work can be lost if the computer craps out while working in a notebook? How often does it save itself?

Thanks.

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

Hi Greg,

You don't save in OneNote. It saves automatically to a cache (a file on
your harddrive) every 3 seconds or so. I have never lost more than two
or three words, no matter what happened to my computer.
It synchs the changes with different time intervals (depending on how
you access a notebook, e.g. via LAN, WebDAV, SharePoint or locally) from
the cache to the .one files. The cache is not something very volatile,
e.g. you can easily work for weeks at a time just off the cache (if your
notebooks are stored on a server that you can't access during that time
e.g.), and then sync and merge all your changes back into the notebooks
once you are online again.

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[Greg Maxey]

Patrick,

Thanks for the explanation. I loaded the OneNote program after reading your
glowing article about it. It does seem sort of neat.



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Greg Maxey/Word MVP
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Hi Greg,

You don't save in OneNote. It saves automatically to a cache (a file
on your harddrive) every 3 seconds or so. I have never lost more than
two or three words, no matter what happened to my computer.
It synchs the changes with different time intervals (depending on how
you access a notebook, e.g. via LAN, WebDAV, SharePoint or locally)
from the cache to the .one files. The cache is not something very
volatile, e.g. you can easily work for weeks at a time just off the
cache (if your notebooks are stored on a server that you can't access
during that time e.g.), and then sync and merge all your changes back
into the notebooks once you are online again.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
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Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
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I just started playing around with OneNote and noticed that there is
no menu command to "save" the notebook I am working in. I can "save
as" and the absence of any information in Help leads me to assume
that there is no "save" feature. How much work can be lost if the
computer craps out while working in a notebook? How often does it
save itself? Thanks.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

"neat" ?

A little plush thing is neat, but OneNote...

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
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OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
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Patrick,

Thanks for the explanation. I loaded the OneNote program after reading your
glowing article about it. It does seem sort of neat.



--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

Hi Greg,

You don't save in OneNote. It saves automatically to a cache (a file
on your harddrive) every 3 seconds or so. I have never lost more than
two or three words, no matter what happened to my computer.
It synchs the changes with different time intervals (depending on how
you access a notebook, e.g. via LAN, WebDAV, SharePoint or locally)
from the cache to the .one files. The cache is not something very
volatile, e.g. you can easily work for weeks at a time just off the
cache (if your notebooks are stored on a server that you can't access
during that time e.g.), and then sync and merge all your changes back
into the notebooks once you are online again.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
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Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
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I just started playing around with OneNote and noticed that there is
no menu command to "save" the notebook I am working in. I can "save
as" and the absence of any information in Help leads me to assume
that there is no "save" feature. How much work can be lost if the
computer craps out while working in a notebook? How often does it
save itself? Thanks.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word

 

[To0w1r3d]

You don't save in OneNote. It saves automatically to a cache (a file
Funny, I just posted this:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...45a5c567303/b0ca142df733c197#b0ca142df733c197

Guess I am really unlucky huh? I lost at least a page or two from
today. Diagrams, notes - *poof*

Are you referring to 2k3 or 2k7? I always was impressed with OneNote,
but today I became a bit more concerned if I should be using it.

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

2007. 2007 is a lot more robust than 2003 and I don't think what you
described happened to you with 2003 could happen in 2007 (unless your
hard drive crashed and was beyond repair of course)

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
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