Standardising Folders

[JAID]

A new one-note user, I wish to set up standard folders for each current project. These would have a variety of sections and some sub-folders even potentially a few pre-named pages within some of these

It is easy to set up the standard form required but I cannot see how to copy the group creating or to a newly formed folder. Do any know if that is possible

This would be very useful as I normally have around 40 projects running at any one time in various states of completion. These share quite natural information subdivision form. Regularly new projects are created and old ones archived

Thank you.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Look for the my notebook folder in your My Documents folder - create one
folder and Section set as you want in OneNote then close ON, copy it and
rename as needed using Windows Explorer.

 

[Peter Engrav \(MS\)]

This sort of request is precisely why OneNote stores folders/sections/etc.
using "real" file-system folders and files (instead of one big database-ish
file) - the idea is to not get in the way of the user doing "ordinary" file
management work just as they would with, say, a collection of folders full
of Word documents.

- Peter Engrav (MS, OneNote Dev Manager)

Look for the my notebook folder in your My Documents folder - create one
folder and Section set as you want in OneNote then close ON, copy it and
rename as needed using Windows Explorer.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)

A new one-note user, I wish to set up standard folders for each current
project. These would have a variety of sections and some sub-folders even
potentially a few pre-named pages within some of these.

It is easy to set up the standard form required but I cannot see how to
copy the group creating or to a newly formed folder. Do any know if that
is possible.

This would be very useful as I normally have around 40 projects running at
any one time in various states of completion. These share quite natural
information subdivision form. Regularly new projects are created and old
ones archived.

Thank you.

 

[Rob Schneider]

Indeed. And thanks for doing it that way!

(Prediction: there will be a many who assume/expect, based on their
experience or erroneous predilection, this design to be more complicated
than that and will always, therefore, be seeking the complex answer to
simple questions/issues ... life, I guess.)

rms

This sort of request is precisely why OneNote stores folders/sections/etc.
using "real" file-system folders and files (instead of one big database-ish
file) - the idea is to not get in the way of the user doing "ordinary" file
management work just as they would with, say, a collection of folders full
of Word documents.

- Peter Engrav (MS, OneNote Dev Manager)

Look for the my notebook folder in your My Documents folder - create one
folder and Section set as you want in OneNote then close ON, copy it and
rename as needed using Windows Explorer.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)

A new one-note user, I wish to set up standard folders for each current
project. These would have a variety of sections and some sub-folders even
potentially a few pre-named pages within some of these.

It is easy to set up the standard form required but I cannot see how to
copy the group creating or to a newly formed folder. Do any know if that
is possible.

This would be very useful as I normally have around 40 projects running

at

any one time in various states of completion. These share quite natural
information subdivision form. Regularly new projects are created and old
ones archived.

Thank you.

 

[JAID]

Thank you Diane and Peter
It is a good approach too
(a bit embarrassing that I did not even go and have a look at the file structure before firing off a query but good to know there is a simple answer.

(Now all I need is a little VB file or something which can be set up to run into all the different programmes which take project information and set up all the folders and files necessary for that incoming project.

Thanks agai

Ian

 

[Grant Robertson]

(Now all I need is a little VB file or something which can be set up to run into all the different programmes which take project information and set up all the folders and files necessary for that incoming project.)

If they are always the same (or even just similar) you could just create
a 'template' folder structure, including any .ONE files you consistently
use. Then just copy and paste that folder with all its' sub-folders into
the appropriate location in your 'My Notebook' folder.

 

[JAID]

Yes, thank Grant. I may be a bit precious about archiving as I start all folders with the project number. I do have a little VB application which will write a multiple folder structure to a project folder in the form I desire but expanding it to go and do all the mechanical setup things automatically which get done through a project is well beyond me. It needs a lot more flexibility, setup templates and the like, I would not even attempt it. There is a lot to be said for keeping it simple as you describe

Ian