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Jimmy Clay
OneNote 2010 is nice. I'm still exploring it, so I'm not sure exactly
all that it can do that is better than the previous versions, but I
love its ability to sync to the web. I never have to worry about
loosing notes if my hard drive crashes. I also like the new docked
window. And I love the way it looks. It has a very sharp visual look.
But I'd like to concentrate on what I don't like about OneNote. I
don't like the philosophy of OneNote. The philosophy of OneNote is
that OneNote is for taking notes and storing random information. I
find that to be extremely short sighted. I was hoping OneNote 2010
might include grammar checking, for example, but because it is only
for taking notes I guess Microsoft feels it is not worth including
grammar checking.
I much prefer using OneNote rather than Word for writing because it is
easier to find documents in OneNote; I do not like messing with Word's
(DOS inspired) file structure. Also instead of writing one long
document in Word, I like breaking up my document into shorter scenes
in single OneNote pages. Perhaps it is just as well that I don't have
grammar checking in OneNote because I need to concentrate on the
ideas, when the first draft of a full book is done I can then copy and
past the scenes one at a time into Word, and check the grammar then.
Anyway, I just feel that Microsoft has a great program in OneNote that
is being limited by short sightedness. OneNote could be an interface
for all the Office programs. I click on a tab in OneNote and it brings
up a Excel table, I click on the tab next to it and brings up the
related Word file, and the tab next to that with the related
PowerPoint presentation. How neat would that be. You wouldn't have to
open up three programs and then search the file structure for the
correct files. Just open up OneNote and they are in tabs right next to
each other.
Just a thought.
all that it can do that is better than the previous versions, but I
love its ability to sync to the web. I never have to worry about
loosing notes if my hard drive crashes. I also like the new docked
window. And I love the way it looks. It has a very sharp visual look.
But I'd like to concentrate on what I don't like about OneNote. I
don't like the philosophy of OneNote. The philosophy of OneNote is
that OneNote is for taking notes and storing random information. I
find that to be extremely short sighted. I was hoping OneNote 2010
might include grammar checking, for example, but because it is only
for taking notes I guess Microsoft feels it is not worth including
grammar checking.
I much prefer using OneNote rather than Word for writing because it is
easier to find documents in OneNote; I do not like messing with Word's
(DOS inspired) file structure. Also instead of writing one long
document in Word, I like breaking up my document into shorter scenes
in single OneNote pages. Perhaps it is just as well that I don't have
grammar checking in OneNote because I need to concentrate on the
ideas, when the first draft of a full book is done I can then copy and
past the scenes one at a time into Word, and check the grammar then.
Anyway, I just feel that Microsoft has a great program in OneNote that
is being limited by short sightedness. OneNote could be an interface
for all the Office programs. I click on a tab in OneNote and it brings
up a Excel table, I click on the tab next to it and brings up the
related Word file, and the tab next to that with the related
PowerPoint presentation. How neat would that be. You wouldn't have to
open up three programs and then search the file structure for the
correct files. Just open up OneNote and they are in tabs right next to
each other.
Just a thought.