When OneNote isn't available on public machines, what do you do?

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Swreck

I occasionally do research in libraries to get access to proprietary
databases. The machines have USB ports, so you can save information and take
it with you. However, while the machines typically have some Office
configuration, they rarely have OneNote.

At this point, I'm addicted to OneNote-based research, including the ease of
bringing in data, seeing the source link automagically, etc. Does anyone have
any advice on approaches to saving info on these public machines so that one
can transfer it effectively to OneNote? I've even considered switching to
EverNote since it now has a pure web-based version that syncs with your local
PC version.

I don't need a perfect option, just something that allows my work on these
public machines to most productively available back at the ranch when I
return to my OneNote world.

Thanks, Swreck
 
K

Kathy Jacobs

One option: Save the page locally to your USB drive, then do the print/send
to OneNote when you get home. The URL annotation won't be correct, but you
will have the content.

Another option: Drag the URL bar to your USB drive. Then when you get home,
re-open the page and send to OneNote.

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Swreck

Thanks. But my typical research is at a more atomic level: a single image or
paragraph or statistic. Just getting the data is easy. I can open Word, put
everything in there, save it and eventually move it to OneNote. What is lost
is the organization and the links.

I suppose I could use Word in Outline mode, which might make it easier to
maintain a bit of the organizational logic, but it all seems like such a
wasteful compromise. I suppose what I'm really hoping for is a web-based app
with tags that can be read by OneNote. Short of that, another app that
associates web links with copy/paste as a text addition (just as OneNote
does) would be useful.
 
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