Unfiled notes synchronization

[jchris]

I am using a USB to synchronize folders between my machines. It works great.
However, I noticed that unfiled notes do not synchronize. Is there a
work-around for this?

 

[Patrick Schmid]

Which onenote version?

Patrick Schmid

 

[jchris]

onenote 2007 beta, outlook 2003, windows xp

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Aloha jchris,

Ummm...file them? You could probably create a "Misc" notebook and move
the Unfiled Notes you want to sync to there, if there isn't already someplace
in your note system to file them.

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
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I am using a USB to synchronize folders between my machines. It works
great.
However, I noticed that unfiled notes do not synchronize. Is there a
work-around for this?
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Yeah, I know. I disregarded that part. A long acquiring network
address phase followed by "limited or no connectivity" is what I've
seen happen with a bad PSK, though. I hadn't tried a static IP on any
of the systems where I encountered that problem, though.

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[Patrick Schmid]

Are your unfilled notes in a notebook that is being synced? You can
check Tools, Filing Rules to see where they are.

Patrick Schmid

 

[Grant Robertson]

Which onenote version?

Unfiled notes are only in ON 2007 beta...

 

[Patrick Schmid]

I haven't touched 2003 since November...what features are in it and what
are not is blurry at best in my head

Patrick Schmid

 

[Alex]

Yeah, this is the best approach. Go to Tools > Options > Filing rules and
change the location for your Unfiled Notes to be on your USB storage device.

-Alex

 

[James]

Does anyone know where the unfiled notes section *should* be located?

Or, put differently, can the unfiled notes section simply be moved into a
notebook? I assume it would then show up, and be synched, as a section in
that notebook, as well as showing up under the unfiled notes tab. Would there
be any conflict?

My unfiled notes section is *not* inside a notebook by default. And it
happily syncs with the network when connected, but simply throws up error
messages when not connected.

James

 

[Patrick Schmid]

It's technically within a notebook. What does it say the Unfiled Notes
folder path is?

Patrick Schmid

 

[James]

Filing Rules says that the Unfiled Notes folder path is \OneNote Notebooks,
and this *is* the folder where Unfiled Notes.one is actually located.

This may technically be a notebook, by virtue of being the Unfiled Notes
folder path. But all of my (other) notebooks are folders *within* \OneNote
Notebooks:

\OneNote Notebooks\Notebook One\
\OneNote Notebooks\Notebook Two\
etc.

Is this the correct structure (or, an acceptable one)?

 

[Patrick Schmid]

Hmm, maybe they should change this by default...
I'd just create a notebook and then change the unfiled notes folder path
to be that notebook. Then you don't have a sync problem anymore.

Patrick Schmid

 

[James]

Unfortunately, this method only seems to work if the unfiled notes notebook
is kept open. Otherwise, the notebook isn't synched, and the same error
message -- OneNote cannot find a page on which to insert your printout, etc.
-- crops up.

Keeping the notebook open, of course, results in having two unfiled notes
tabs -- one the notebook, and one the default unfiled notes tab.

I suppose it would be possible to keep the unfiled notes section inside an
open notebook used for other purposes -- assuming we knew that this wouldn't
cause any conflicts. (Where *is* the unfiled notes section *supposed* to be,
anyway?)