RE: I Don't Understand OneNote
Hi, Martin -- I'm an avid diarist, and I've used Word for well over ten years
to do virtually all of my writing. One of the reasons I wanted to get into ON
was to try to organize my writings, and, most important, to be able to search
for specific terms (things like "posterior parietal cortex") across large
volumes of writing. I only have a couple of weeks of experience so far, so I
know there are lots more tricks to learn, but i have found that I can import
articles into ON as print images and search them very fast for anything I
type in. So that is one potential I intend to expand on.
Another one is organizing work notes. My usual situation is that I am
operating in a total Office environment, with databases, spreadsheets,
PowerPoints, Word documents, pictures, web clips, etc. I have evolved a
logical and effective folder strategy through the years to store a lot of
diverse information, but have had huge problems trying to use the Office
tools to keep a lot of information from all these sources together in a way
that makes it possible to access from a single portal.
For example, I might have a database with names and addresses I need for a
mailing, several different letter permutations to send, including a mail
merge to grab data from a spreadsheet, and also to have a place to keep notes
about the project, analysis of Wiki and web research, and so on. Trying to
develop some sort of an application myself was not giving me what I wanted,
and searching the web for some ideas led me to ON.
With ON, I can pull all related material from maybe five different folders,
various apps, etc., into a single notebook page devoted to that one project.
With everything grouped in one place, I can pull up the spreadsheet, open a
document, set up a merge, insert two or three "to-do" items I can monitor
from anywhere else in ON.
I find that being able to centralize a number of functions in one place
gives me a lot better control over getting things done. This would transfer
immediately to class notes, interdisciplinary papers or research, assembling
quotes from far-flung resources into a unified document (full of hyperlinks,
print images, photos, charts, and original writing). Many of these functions
can be done in Word, also, but they are easier in ON, and are much easier to
move around tha reorganize.
PLUS - the outliner in ON is better, imho, than Word's; all of the
auto-correct entries you use in Word work seamlessly with ON. (I have
hundreds of shorthand auto-correct terms defined, eg, "env" = "environment",
"ppc"="posterior parietal cortex", "janet" = "Janet".)
Anyway, that's a start. I have ordered ON for use at home, and plan to
integrate my many specialized interests to it - all without giving up any of
my background organization in Word, but gaining a much more nimble
environment in which to work.
"martin gifford" wrote:
> Hi,
> I played a bit with Evernote, and that made sense but had many limitations.
> I thought I'd try OneNote 2007 but it doesn't make sense to me. I've looked
> at the Microsoft demo and skimmed a few books, but I can't find a use for it.
> But everyone seems to love it. I'm a creative person with millions of ideas
> for songs, books, products, screenplays, etc. that I currently keep in my
> diary (Word 2007), and I'm a student. So I presume OneNote can make things
> easier for me. So...
> Does anyone know of a simple book or something online that gives an
> intuitive guide or useful examples of uses for OneNote? I'd love to use it to
> replace my diary (currently Word 2007), because then I could organise my
> ideas better (I think) while having the advantages of a word processor (e.g.
> autocapitalizing the first word of sentences which Evernote doesn't do).
> Thanks,
> Martin Gifford.
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