What happens when a notebook is closed?

[minimus]

I would like to ask:

If you close a notebook, what happens to that notebook?

1. Can I bring it back?

2. After closing notebooks, if I insert a USB flash disc (where ON files are
kept on) and open notebooks from it,
will ON attempt to sync with the former closed notebooks (assume that the
notebooks were same with the same title and sections etc... but assume only
some pages are not synchronized)?


Thanks in advance.

 

[Erik Sojka]

The unit of synchronization is the Notebook. OneNote does not sync
individual sections found outside of a Notebook.

When you close a Notebook, ON forgets about it and its contents. It
remains a plain old folder on the hard drive.

To bring it back, either click on File | Open | Notebook and navigate to
where the Notebook folder was stored, or from Explorer, navigate to the
Notebook folder, right-click on it, and select "Open as Notebook in
OneNote" from the context menu.

I'm not sure what you're asking in the rest of your question...

 

[minimus]

If I close the notebooks that are on a SUB flash disk, then nothing will be
kept on a physical drive on my computer.
Is this right?

 

[Bernd]

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The unit of synchronization is the Notebook. OneNote does not sync
individual sections found outside of a Notebook.

When you close a Notebook, ON forgets about it and its contents. It
remains a plain old folder on the hard drive.

To bring it back, either click on File | Open | Notebook and navigate to
where the Notebook folder was stored, or from Explorer, navigate to the
Notebook folder, right-click on it, and select "Open as Notebook in
OneNote" from the context menu.

I'm not sure what you're asking in the rest of your question...

I will interpret minimus question, because I am interested in the answer
too:
Following scenario:

1. notebook is open, but offline !
2. notebook is changed, but still offline = unsynched !
3. notebook is closed

So the question is: are the unsynched changes lost ?

If the answer is YES, then it would be bad design, the minimum reaction
should be a question in analogy to closing a changed file in Word
without saving before.

Bernd

 

[minimus]

I will interpret minimus question, because I am interested in the answer
too:
Following scenario:

1. notebook is open, but offline !
2. notebook is changed, but still offline = unsynched !
3. notebook is closed

So the question is: are the unsynched changes lost ?

If the answer is YES, then it would be bad design, the minimum reaction
should be a question in analogy to closing a changed file in Word without
saving before.

Bernd

Hi Bernd,

The thing is that it is not clear what "closing" means in ON.
If it means "deleting", then the unsynchronized changes will be lost with
the user carrying the responsibility.
If it means just "closing", like you close a word session, then you are
right, it is bad design.

 

[Erik Sojka]

Yes, for your purposes. There may be some copies of the data still on the
cache which will eventually get cleaned out, and there my be backups, etc.
but for your purposes, yes.

 

[Erik Sojka]

Where are you getting the idea that closing = deleting?

 

[Erik Sojka]

In that scenario, you do get a warning. Unsynced changes on your end will
get placed in a new temp Notebook called "Misplaced Sections" where the
changes can be retrieved, etc. So no they are not lost.

There should be no situation where the user *unknowingly* closes a Notebook
when there are changes to be synced.

 

[minimus]

Where are you getting the idea that closing = deleting?

Ok it is not deleted.

 

[minimus]

Yes, for your purposes. There may be some copies of the data still on the
cache which will eventually get cleaned out, and there my be backups, etc.
but for your purposes, yes.

Allright, thank you.

 

[Bernd]

OK, that is, what I wanted to know and what I expected.

Thank you

Bernd

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[Erik Sojka]

Bitte!

OK, that is, what I wanted to know and what I expected.

Thank you

Bernd

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