Should OneNote simply be offered as a free upgrade to Outlook Notes

[CKenyon]

I am a Outlook power user and have been using the one note tool for the
last three months. I like it alot BUT... I am not sure that it cuts
the mustard as a stand alone programme for laptop users.

Surely Onenote should simple be part of Outlook going forward?
Any thoughts from the panel?

 

[Chris H.]

As a Tablet PC user, I disagree. I use Outlook 2003, but would really
dislike integration of OneNote into Outlook. I want to have the
functionality of simple note taking, simple organization, etc., without
having Outlook enter into the picture.
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Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
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[alainr]

I'm all for intense Outlook/OneNote inter-operation. I would like to see
these two applications remain separate, but become tightly bound in terms of
the possibilities and freedom of information and object transfers between the
two. One should be able to customize these two applications and the level of
interation (background and foreground) that occurs between the two
applications. OneNote really needs to expose a decent COM interface to allow
ActiveX and OLE Automation. The rest is icing!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

I agree with Chris - it's silly to require outlook to be open to take notes.
It's just too much of a resource hog for some people. Others have no desire
to use Outlook and would have to choose between using OneNote and outlook or
not using OneNote.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
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[Andrew Watt [MVP - InfoPath]]

I am a Outlook power user and have been using the one note tool for the
last three months. I like it alot BUT... I am not sure that it cuts
the mustard as a stand alone programme for laptop users.

Surely Onenote should simple be part of Outlook going forward?
Any thoughts from the panel?

Add me to the list of those disagree with that proposition.

By all means have the *option* of Outlook integration/cooperation but
I think that it's important that OneNote works well on its own.

Have Outlook integration to provide added value for those who "live in
Outlook", if you wish. I have no problem with that.

Can you explain more about which aspects lead you to your conclusion
that it "doesn't cut the mustard"?

Andrew Watt
MVP - InfoPath

 

[Kieseyhow]

Hello,

I would like OneNote to be merged, or perhaps plugged into, Windows Journal
AND Microsoft Outlook, to provide a single program that fulfills all my
organisational needs. The way that Word is integrated into Outlook as the
email editor. Also, there should be integration with Exchange server and
Sharepoint server too... Maybe there should be another program that offers
the features of all three applications?

Do you know how frustrating it is to keep track of all those sets of
files...especially when doing backups??

Also, all the drawing tools in Word, should be available in OneNote too. If
anyone has been laughed at in a conference because of wavery and drunken
looking sketched graphics, or having people ask "what the heck is that a flow
chart or a labyrinth??" ... you will know what I mean... *grins*

 

[Chris H.]

First, Windows Journal is a Tablet PC-only application. Sure, there's a
Journal Viewer, but that's as far as it goes. Windows Journal was written
specifically for Tablet PCs.

Remember, OneNote is an infant when it comes to being a "real" program. It
may be part of the Office "family" of products, but is not - at this point -
"integrated" with Office. Perhaps future versions will include or take
advantage of the other Office product capabilities, but it doesn't at this
point.

I would suggest availing yourself of direct input on the product by posting
feedback: http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp Remember to
select OneNote in the Product: drop-down menu, so the information you're
submitting goes directly to the OneNote team.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -

 

[morelweb]

I strongly disagree. As a science researcher (and a senior red taper with
french government) , I regard OneNote as all I've dreamed about as a
notetaking software.
I used several very rare notetaking software (namely Chimpnotes, plus Macro
Express to enhance it).
But I switched to ON the moment I tried it (with Wacom tablet+pen for
handwriting and sketching)

I use ON as a standalone since I've Office XP and not 2003, hence can't swap
data from ON to OL or Word.

Of course, ON has many a lack (collapsing of subnotes, a "copy format"
tool...) since it seems being a project on the work. But it's a wonderful
software, worth to sell alone.