Top 8 reasons for using OneNote

  I have to admit it, but I  love Top 10 Lists. Today, I found a Top 8  list – which is only a little  less appealing than 10! So, here is Donovan Lange’s Top 8 list of Reasons to use OneNote. Let’s see if we can make it a Top 20 list (much better [...]

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Another Great OneNote Demo – not to be missed!

Here is another great OneNote demo. It shows a Microsoft executive’s own best practices for using OneNote as an information repository and management tool. You will see a wide range of functionality in action including setting up action items, screen clippings,  tags (see yesterday’s post) and integration with outlook. It’s well worth checking out!

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More details about what’s in OneNote 2010

Ok, so I didn’t have to bribe, beg, borrow or steal to get this breaking information about what we can expect in OneNote 2010. Dave Rasmussen from the OneNote team posted this yesterday: Be sure to tell us which new features you are the most excited about in the comments area below. Personally, I can’t [...]

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OneNote Favorites Powertoy – links and demo

If you have a lot of ‘stuff’ in OneNote Notebooks, you should definitely check out this OneNote Favorites powertoy. It works much like the IE favorites model.  You click the star icon with a green plus sign to add a page, section or notebook to the favorites list, and click the star to open the [...]

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Using OneNote with Internet Synchronization

There has been a TON of interest on the site about sharing and synching notebooks. Here is another option using Sync from the Windows Live team. Here’s how Derek Schauland from the Technically Speaking blog uses it. At the end, I’ve provided more info about Live Synch with the appropriate links. _______________________________________________________________ Keeping my notebook [...]

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Using and creating OneNote Templates

f you haven’t already started using and creating OneNote templates, this this video is a must for you! You’ll realize that you don’t have to start from a blank page every time you attend a meeting where you have to take notes. When I first started using OneNote at The Agency, I would create a [...]

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How to Organize your Life using OneNote

OneNote is easily the best note taking tool available. In this article from  NerdBusiness you’ll learn how to effectively use OneNote to organize your life’s information. Ideas, daily notes, business projects, clients & contacts and anything else worthy of typed notes on your screen. Here goes: _______________________________________________________ At this point I assume you have evolved [...]

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To Do (Note) Tags in OneNote

Ok, so, here’s a OneNote feature I did not know about and, I tell you, I am in love with it! Today, I found out that you  can add a checkbox to a note (typically an action item)  and then come back and mark it with a check mark when it’s been done. Read on [...]

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How a (fictional) consultant uses OneNote

To get a better idea of how OneNote functions in a fictional real world situation, let’s take a look at how Joe, a fictional consultant uses OneNote to kick butt every day: Joe’s day is typically filled with online research, meetings with client teams, and discussions with other members of the project team. Before using [...]

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Using OneNote to enhance teaching, professional development, and curriculum development

Find out how one Kevin Hurt from the Edumaction Blog uses OneNote to enhance teaching, professional development, and curriculum development _____________________________________________________ Last year, when our district rolled out teacher laptops, one of the first things I did was open every program and play around with it for a few minutes. There were several programs that [...]

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