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I am personally looking at moving to Notion. There are some features that each has that the other doesn't, so it may be worth trying. Personally I prefer Notion due to its Markdown editing and code syntax highlighting (for code blocks).

I've tried pretty much everything and beyond Evernote and OneNote, Notion seems like the main viable alternative I can find.

Hope this helps :)

I'm on this train. *waves*

Edit: Just ran the importer and now every page in my imported notebooks says "Loading ... please wait". I tried forcing it to re-sync, but it doesn't do anything. Any ideas? This is on Windows 8.1.

Edit 2: Used the stefanstools importer from the sidebar instead. This one actually works!

TL;DR Use section groups to nest sections, or use subpages

I totally know where you are coming from with this. I wanted the same and it took me a while to understand how OneNote works and how to organize things.

First, don't be afraid to use section groups to nest sections and pages. I use OneNote to take notes for class, and have to export them per an arrangement I have with the school. This means I need to use the specific paper sizes in order for the notes to not be cut off and terrible. Initially I wanted what you want, but that's not really how OneNote is set up.

Here is a link to the notebook I'm talking about. What I do is use a section group for lecture notes (or whatever). Then I use a section for each day's notes. That way I can have multiple pages per day, but not have them mixed in with other days which would be visually confusing.

The other way to do this is subpages. Under each page you can have two levels of subpages. What I have found is that OneNote sees subpages as "one page". For example, if I go to print a section that has a page with two subpages, OneNote will say that it is going to print 1 page because is sees the subpages as being part of the parent. You can collapse pages too, so that only the parent shows if this gets too disorganized or cluttered.

Those are probably the two methods to accomplish what you want (or as close to what you want as is possible with ON). Unfortunately what you are looking for can't be done exactly in ON, but I encourage you to try breaking out of how you might be used to organizing notes or how you might expect it to be done. It took me a while, but I have gotten a lot better at structuring things how I want while leaving that structure flexible for future changes.

Feel free to DM me or anything if you have any specific questions or would like more examples.

OneCalendar has also been updated.

OneCalendar Version 1.17.3 - 2016-06-20

• Updated branding
• Binary is now code signed

Onetastic Version 3.0.0 - 2016-06-20

• Completely new Macro Language similar to modern programming languages with concepts like rich expressions, comments and operators.
• Binaries are now code signed
• Download Macros menu now displays all available macros

Documentation for macros: https://getonetastic.com/docs/

Source: https://getonetastic.com/changelog

https://bitwarden.com is free. Windows. Mac. Linux. iPhone. Android. Web.

OneNote is a NOTEBOOK. Not a password manager.

Don't store passwords in a fscking notebook.

Source: 20+ years in information security.

Per discussion @ http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/officeversion_other-onenote/suggestion-add-insert-horizontal-line/498fe78c-93c3-4f38-9ffd-c720c605aad4 it seems to not be supported, though someone noted a hack:

File > Options > Proofing > AutoCorrect Options enter three underscore characters; in the Replace field enter a large number underscore chars.

Thus, entering three underscore chars and pressing enter gives you (almost) a horizontal line.

Found at SuperUser

Apparently, there is an IFTTT integration with OneNote.

The bad news,

• there is no direct integration between IFTTT and Google Keep
• it is a one way sync between Something ---> OneNote.

The good news,

• They could be a workaround if your phone is rooted or
• Do choose to use something else other than Google Keep.

 

In detail explanation:

If you phone is rooted, we could

1. pull out information from the database of Google Keep inside the system using sqlite and
2. trigger IFTTT to write the text into OneNote.

 

Edit: added some words

 

Update: Further probing, this might not be what you want

> Create new pages in OneNote

> IFTTT will be able to create new pages but cannot view or edit existing pages.

I would use ghostscript to do something like this.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30284327/reverse-white-and-black-colors-in-a-pdf

You can get GS here: https://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html

Also checkout email to onenote... http://blogs.office.com/2014/03/17/email-your-notes-into-onenote-with-meonenote-com/

Also, a bunch of IFTTT recipes for getting stuff into onenote here: https://ifttt.com/recipes/search?q=onenote&ac=false

My ON notebooks.

I take handwritten notes at work during status meetings (Daily status category). Normally just quick notes to remember small things I might forget. Then I have tags such as "To Do" and "Important" and "Instructions", etc.

One thing I would caution with evernote is that the free account has a 60mb a month limit. If you're doing a lot of images, that might be a factor for you. OneNote has no limits (afaik).

1. As far as I know, you are correct; MS does not encrypt personal files on OneDrive (yet). If you password protect sections, though, they are encrypted...
2. I believe that all OneDrive clients support the new PFS encryption that MS implemented
3. When you say you'd like to keep backup copies locally, do you mean you'd like to be able to roll back to a previous revision, or just backup the current revision just in case something goes wrong? OneNote keeps a locally cached copy of open notebooks that you can point backup software to, and OneNote has built in backup control in the settings. Need more info to be specific for you though.
4. ZDnet mentions that the unlimited storage will be rolling out sometime this year, but I couldn't find anything specific.
5. Good question! They're obviously working on improving it all the time, but I think the focus right now is on the upcoming major update to office. There is a feeback forum where you can check suggestions, offer your own, and see what is in progress.

Hope this helps a little!

Delicious was the first time I've experienced a tagging system that allows multiple hierarchies of tags several years ago. Then Evernote did it. I love the idea of being able to order your tags to assist guided filing and retrieval of information. This developer gets it, he has some good write-ups on his site about the 'why'.

This recent OneNote article gave me some insight as to why there hasn't been any improvement in tagging since essentially their 2007 version. http://www.zdnet.com/whats-next-for-microsofts-onenote-7000032552/#ftag=RSS0966a21

It was originally built for the PC, not web sync. It's a file-based architecture. From the back end, OneNote is more like a collection of separate office documents while Evernote is a big database. That's why it's easier for Evernote to have tags, to-dos, reminders etc be seen and dealt-with globally. It's encouraging to know that Microsoft intends to shift OneNote from desktop program trying to act like a synced platform to a cloud platform where tags could be visible and organized at the 'big picture' level instead of just within whatever notebook you have open. But it's also discouraging that they are only starting the process of re-designing the back-end, which could translate to years before we see anything. Or maybe that job description is just the next person they want to add to the team already working on it.

I started using OneNote this year for all of my classes (I teach at a community college full time). I share my notebook with my students via a OneNote Online (view only). It is easy for my students to open the course notebook in a web browser and they have the ability to print off notes if they miss class. You can see one of my example notebooks here. I also record all of my lectures with Camtasia and post them on Youtube so that students can watch my lectures at home.

My students really like this setup and I have noticed that my grades are significantly higher than in previous years. I have also noticed that fewer students are withdrawing from my course since it is easier to catch back up if they are forced to miss a few days of class.

I haven't played around with the new OneNote "Class Notebook" App yet, but from my experience it is easier to share a link to a class notebook than to try to force everyone to adopt OneNote. Many students are still unfamiliar with OneNote and I am a little hesitant to change too much too quickly.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Yeah, it's not a font that's typically downloaded by default, but it's free to download from Google Fonts! We used it a lot in my college classes (we kept collaborative notes through Google Docs), which is probably why I use it out of habit now, haha.

I like it because, as you said, it's very clear, and because it has a few different weights. It's very readable in both big and small font sizes. Some of my batchmates even used it in their thesis posters.

I've also heard that harder to read fonts are better for retaining info, but I figured that if I had to type things out, I'd rather have it be nice and neat. That being said, writing things by hand would probably be better, if only I had the time to do it.

I'm not sure if it would even work, but maybe using something like AutoHotKey might work - you could create little scriplets for your commonly used equations, and then you could assign a suitable key-chord.

Disclaimer : I don't use AHK, so not sure if it would work or meet your requirement; nonetheless, hoping it is of help

Search for "Indexing options" -> Click 'Advanced' -> Click 'Rebuild'. Here's a guide w/ images in case you need them.

https://winaero.com/blog/rebuild-search-index-windows-10/

I would pretty strongly recommend against storing usernames & passwords in OneNote, or anywhere unencrypted for that matter. Whether you're syncing to OneDrive or storing locally, your logins are being stored in plaintext and anyone who gets hold of your notebook gains access to everything you do on the web. Note that password protecting a notebook does not encrypt it.

That said, you do you - just understand the risks. A much safer option would be a password manager like Bitwarden, which is completely encrypted, free, and has easy to use browser and phone extensions. Browser-based password managers are decent too, quality depending on the browser.

Almost forgot to add there is a 3rd possible option as a workaround.

3. Use a free macro/scripting tool such as AutoHotKey or AutoIT. You could easily create a script that would manipulate the data directly on your page as if you would if you did so by hand. This may be the middle ground between the easy route and the not so easy routes I mentioned in my previous response.

I'm actually working (very slowly) in my spare time on doing something very similar for my own use. I'm working on a OneNote based Bullet Journal concept that can be dynamically updated as needed with a GTD style Projects, Tasks and Next Actions lists in my daily record of events page(s). I'm looking at building some kind of solution using both OneTastic and possibly AutoHotKey scripts to directly edit the Page XML code from OneNote.

Use Visio (Microsoft built application, my understanding is that it is sold separately). Or use diagrams.net (formerly known as draw.io). It lets you insert transparent images into a 'Scratchpad' next to all the other icons and arrows on the side. You can export the files as pngs, vectors etc. You can then just import these into OneNote and boom, problem solved. It has a desktop app for Windows and macOS as well as a web app. It's really well made in my opinion, and even better, it's free!

After several years using OneNote (and being really happy with it to be honest) I’ve recently moved to Craft (https://www.craft.do) and I love it. Downside? Relatively new app, exclusively in the Apple eco system and a pretty different way of thinking about my note taking.

There is a semi-freeware add-on for OneNote called Onetastic (https://getonetastic.com/) that adds a macro capability to OneNote. It seems to be free to use (with an occasional suggestion to purchase). It comes with a large macro library, and I believe at least one of the macros will justify text.

The macro language is fairly easy to figure out and, if you pay, I suspect you get more documentation than that included with the free version.

I hacked a macro that makes a weekly planner. I'd like to figure out how to hack it further so that it automatically makes the generated line items a bulleted list, but I have not figured out how to do that yet.

I have no affiliation with the team behind Onetastic; I stumbled upon it by accident.

Hi Cojaman

Yes you can remove authors from your notebooks using the onetastic add-in which can be downloaded from getonetastic.com

once installed you can download a variety of macros one of which allows you to remove authors per section.

you can see and download more macros from https://getonetastic.com/macroland I hope this helps.

James

I use the Onetastic macro Resize and space. It worked great on a 200+ page PDF. I used to try using only vanilla OneNote, but I've found Onetastic is needed to fix some pretty simple omissions on Microsofts' part

Great to hear! Why not just do the code snippets/blocks in markdown as well and leave Onenote behind? VS Code Foam sounds like what you're looking for (and not complete mutiny since it's made by MS), but Obsidian is great as well (with a focus on notes, not so much on coding).

It sound like PDF-XChange Viewer is the program you want to be using (recommended by Lifehacker).

Are you using the metro or desktop version of onenote?

If you insist on using onenote, you should use the desktop version. You can enable OCR to make text in PDFs and images viewable. You can either enable it globally in the settings or right click on specific images/printouts to enable it individually.

Short answer = No, can't be done.

At least not with OneNote's native functionality. Much like a paper notebood or binder, the content on your OneNote pages are pretty much static. This is one of the biggest challenges that I've come across while trying to make the most of OneNote functionality for my day-to-day needs. I would totally love it if OneNote incorporated the ability to add "live" content contaners on pages.

The best example I can think of that would make OneNote the killer productivity app it could be would be to incorporate functions like the dynamic pages with data blocks concept implemented in the Notion application.

That said, off the top of my head, there may be a couple of ways/workarounds you could try.

1. Easy way -- Convert your table into an excel spreadsheet then use the date functions in Excel to update the dates as per your needs. To include the date printed, you could print your list from Excel with the print date set in the page footer.
2. Not so easy way -- Install the OneTastic addin and build a macro (script) to analyze your table and update the fields as per your needs.

You could use the desktop OneNote app that comes bundled with Office 365 and it has a local backup option as a legacy feature.

If you want total long-term, local control of your notes, Obsidian is very good. Though it will take file attachments, it wouldn't have mark-up capability. So you could embed the pdf into it but need to mark up with a specific app. https://obsidian.md/

That is the remap app for Note 9. This is the remap app for Note 10: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.sidekeybuttonremap

Hello, I believe that you might be looking for an app called LecutureNotes: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes

The full version may be a bit costly for an android app at $5, but it honestly is worth it. Its designed to be very compatable with android OS's from kitkat to Nougat, and it has a whole bunch of features that OneNote for android misses. All notebooks are saved locally to your internal memory ti Micro SD card, its optional where you want to save it. It does have a bit of a learning curve, but it is worth it. It has many features from choosing a pressure sensitive ink to a velocity ink, to using a lasso tool to change ink colors, to making coordinate planes using a few simple bounds to specify. There is also the option to change the paper background to ruled lines or a grid to even using your own image. It also has layers which is a big plus for extensive note taking. There is so much more with this note taking app that i havnt explained, i highly reccomend this. Ive been using it, though slowly using this and OneNote as i prefer to sync to a cloud if possible, but thats just me.

The trial version is also available if you want to test the waters before buying: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotestrial

I'm a big fan of onenote, but there is a note taking tool called Joplin (https://joplinapp.org/) that uses markdown to take notes. It will sync with onedrive, and works across platforms (linux, windows, mac, ios, android). I use that occasionally for linux

If you don't have the Dticky Notes app installed, get that also. It's similar to the other suggestion of using win+n but functions like a stick note. The notes still show up in Quick Notes.

If you've really got a lot going on, I recommend using Planner (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.planner).

Closest I've found is trillium notes but it also does WYSIWYG like obsidian.

https://github.com/zadam/trilium

Otherwise I've been searching as well and it is really hard to find anything that checks all the boxes that I like in OneNote.

Have you tried obsidian? It's based on markdown note taking syntax. I actually like it more than OneNote. Obsidian is free for personal use, and you can cross sync it on your own if you don't want to subscribe to their sync functionality.

https://obsidian.md/

I've been using Obsidian for notes outside of work (still use OneNote for work notes). It's been great. But it's much more "techy" in that it uses Markdown for its formatting instead of a WYSIWYG editor. But it's super extensible with a bunch of plugins and files are stored on your local drive in markdown format for easy export if you ever decide to leave the software. Need to find your own sync option if you don't want to pay for theirs, though. And there's no web clipping tool. But it's basically made for making knowledge bases.

I did not note take but I drew on there, surprisingly more responsive than I expected. this should do nicely. stylus

It seems there are two ways of doing this (sadly I didn't test any of them but I will in a few days).

First one uses built-in export/import feature - check http://superuser.com/a/971936/523226. I can't tell for sure what is going to be exported - only toolbars or all preferences etc? It has to be tested, I guess.

Second way is more manual and should copy everything (again - I have to test it to know for sure). It resolves around copying user data from a program folder. For OneNote 2013 I guess it should be C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\OneNote\15.0. If you don't see AppData in your user folder - make sure to enable hidden folders in view settings. In this folder you should find Preferences.dat and Toolbars.dat - as I don't know how to read them properly I can only guess they are user settings. Copying this files into same place on the new machine should copy your settings. If you are going to use OneNote 2016 which seems to be free now - it has 16.0 folder.

You can also copy files from C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\15.0 - this directory seems to contain program cache and backups so copying it into new machine should make program work fast from the beginning.

If you can check any of these routes and write if and how it works for you - I would be thankful.

And BTW: if you like shortcuts for different actions, maybe you will like https://omeratay.com/onetastic/? for creating macros

Clearing cache would remove the onenote files that were open in the notebook. Open the notebooks in onenote to resolve it. You can do this by using the File and Open option (User/Documents/Onenote folder). If you find the notebooks missing there then you can copy the backup notebooks to the documents folder and then again try opening them in onenote. The default backup loaction is (C:\Users\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote). Also you can copy the onenote folder/MyDocuments from the work computer and transfer it to the documents location where you have the issue. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/581684/view-the-corrupted-documents-file-with-having-errors-to-open-the-document/

Have a look at Onetastic it is an add-on for the desktop version on Windows. It has a large variety of Macros that might do the job for you. It's been a while since I've used it but at one time it also made writing macros easier so if there isn't something there for you. You might be able to make it fit.

https://getonetastic.com/

It allows for downloading of really useful macros that make OneNote heaps better. The best thing though is the calender. It gives you a calendar view that shows which notebooks pages were created and edited on a specific date across all of the notebooks connected to your OneNote. I am not doing a good job of explaining it here, but download and have a play, super useful.

It allows for downloading really useful macros that make OneNote heaps better. The best thing though is the calendar. It gives you a calendar view that shows which notebooks pages were created and edited on a specific date across all of the notebooks connected to your OneNote. I am not doing a good job of explaining it here, but download and have a play, super useful.

The font is the default one : Cambria Math and variables are written in italic. OneNote is the last available version

Are the equations correctly rendered on a computer?

As a last resort, you may try to install an older OneNote version from a serious site (I usually use apkpure.com when I need to revert the version of an app).

As someone who has used OneNote for "gathering recipes" in the past, I recommend looking for other software in regards to your more advanced needs like stock management / list generation.

OneNote is neat for information gathering in one central place, but actually using that data to do more advanced stuff with it isn't really part of its feature set.

There's several dedicated applications for recipe-management / sharing / automatic shopping-list-generation and keeping stock of what you have at home. What I ended up with was the Paprika App when it was last on sale during Thanksgiving, but depending on your multiplatform-needs, you might as well look for alternatives.

The navigation buttons only show up in full screen mode on the desktop app. Here is a multipage printout viewed normally https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=A9CBC1E56828BCA2!743095&authkey=!AFccBFjQluVEE-M&v=3&ithint=photo%2cpng

and in full screen mode https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=A9CBC1E56828BCA2!743094&authkey=!AL-HA8rx4gSgL00&v=3&ithint=photo%2cpng

Onetastic allows for the creating of all sorts of things automatically. I am thinking to create a macro that might do the job, but I am not familiar with xhtml

They have a whole permissions/sharing system (though you'd have to probably upgrade for using with a team [i.e. pay])

If you just wanted to share with no setup, I think share to web should work without having to make an account?

(I mostly use it for personal use, so not as well versed)

Thanks for the lead. I used snap to install the app. "https://snapcraft.io/install/onenote-desktop/ubuntu" - Unofficial OneNote app for linux. OneNote.com wrapped in electron packaged for Linux.

Jup, on Surface Pens it is usually set to a single click of the back button But you can customize that.
But I highly reccomend link SNip & Sketch to the prink key, it's really useful.
https://winaero.com/blog/print-screen-screen-snipping-windows-10/

Install a small program called Everything. Search for files with the .one extension (type "*.one" into the search blank) -- these are your OneNote notebooks. Everything is certainly not the only search tool, but it is the best one.

https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/

Sorry, it didn’t help. Someone else might have different suggestions for your issue.

Onenote for macOS is known to have various issues compared to its Windows counterpart.

PiHole - https://pi-hole.net

I've actually never created a Onetastic macro but tried it before I answered you original question. Surprised at how easy it was! I'm going to have to create more macros. Once Onetastic is installed there is a 'new macro' button on the ribbon.

I walked through some screenshots on this particular case and put into this notebook:

Click to open the notebook in OneNote: onenote:https://d.docs.live.net/d64da1ba6d46a863/Public/Nate's%20Public%20OneNote/

Click to open the notebook in Web browser: https://onedrive.live.com/edit.aspx/Public/Nate^4s%20Public%20OneNote?cid=d64da1ba6d46a863&id=documents?&

Here

you can use repl.it to embed an interative code snippet on your note. Upside is it's all free and it provides fantastic interactive console for almost any languages and downside is that it'll only work when you're online and you have to create one repo per one snippet so repl.it repo can get really messy pretty fast.

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This embedding functionality only works on Onenote for Windows 10 app.

I fell down a rabbit hole looking into this, trying to get an excel backend working, and eventually wound up at airtable.com which looks really cool for making the backend, it's simple UI DB management for people who can't code. It doesn't embed in OneNote which is really disappointing because it would be ideal if it did, but it would be just one separate app/website that can link you straight into your onenote recipe based on what ingredients you've told it you have.

I know that this was posted months ago, but /u/subi54 has the right idea. I found this IFTTT recipe that can put emails into specific notebooks using labels as a trigger in gmail.

I'm a bit late, but I would try FontForge (free software dedicated to the edition of fonts), it should support the conversion (with some potential loss in functionalities).

Thanks for doing that, I hope other people agree with you and vote this up! As a bit of a musician myself, I'd like to believe I feel a bit of your pain.

While UWP OneNote doesn't support higher audio quality yet, I hope you find a suitable workaround for your needs. I personally like using Audacity (http://www.audacityteam.org/) for quick recordings, and it's also free.

(I guess you could then go and then embed those recordings right back into OneNote so everything is in one place again!)

No problem. You'll probably find other managers like Mendeley or ReadCube Papers have lots of additional features that aren't in Zotero.

Here is a better link for Mendeley: https://www.mendeley.com/reference-management/reference-manager

I heavily use OneNote for tracking information, personal and at work. I'm mildly concerned about how this will continue going forward. Have been looking at BookStack as a possible self-hosted alternative. It's an open source well-featured webapp, and looks good too. Doesn't look like a direct analogue to OneNote but it may be close enough.

There exists a time in point where Evernote as you know it for now will be discontinued. You can't argue on that. It is highly likely that this point in time will be in our life-span. Due to highly proprietary technology and format, you are not going to use it afterwards.

With Open Source, this danger is mitigated to a certain point.

Hosting your own data in an environment you are able to control (and monitor) is another great way of staying on the safe side.

There are really a lot of cool cloud services that were discontinued despite the fact that they were great and had a huge number of users. I was personally affected by: Google Reader, Google Code Search, Delicious (was awesome!), Google Wave, and some more. I have decided that my time and effort is too valuable to be invested in things that may be discontinued any time which may cause loss of (meta-)data somehow.

So I started to think on the long run before I am using a tool: http://karl-voit.at/tags/pim/

So far, it's going perfectly well for me personally. I warn others about questionable tool choices and I still continue to say "I've told you" when popular and great things are discontinued. This time: OneNote, the big version. Sadly, because I know many people who have invested years of personal notes in OneNote. After all, it offered awesome features, no doubt.

Same will happen when Evernote is going down for good.

You should check out the first entries of https://www.startpage.com/do/search?q=evernote+to+orgmode

OK thanks for the info, sounding good. Can Walling also replace Pocket (articles reader and archiver) and is it better than a bookmarker like Raindrop.io?

Walling seems nice but for some reason makes me think it's a very corporate thing for teams and projects. (I feel the same about Notion but I never tried it) I just want something personal.

Im graduating and my school decided to change their emails which left me spending a whole day trying to transfer onenote notebooks (tried mover.io. downloading files etc all which didn't work)

This is by far the easiest way!! lifesaver especially for mac peoople

I used the migration tool from http://www.onenotegem.com - it's not free but it works and allows batch processing.

A free alternative is http://stefanstools.sourceforge.net/Evernote2Onenote.html but I haven't tried it myself..

To answer your question yes, you can save your OneNote files to Google Drive. Now to answer the "How" part you didn't ask:

go to https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive and drag-drop your OneNote file or

download desktop app from https://www.google.com/drive/download/ install it and make sure synchronization is enabled

save your OneNote file to your Google Drive folder

I know how you feel, my handwriting sucks too. You do get used to it though. I'd say that after using it for a while I got my handwriting to look the same as on paper, though that's still not saying much.

What engineering will you be studying? I just finished my BS in Electrical and used my SP1 with OneNote for the last year. It comes in really handy when drawing diagrams and writing equations.

Have you used OneNote before? I have lots of suggestions but want to know how familiar you are with it first (e.g. have you figured out your organizational method yet?)

Here is a link to my Feedback and Controls notebook if you want to see how I used it. This is a good example as I knew ahead of time that I would need to export/print the pages. That is why I chose the defined page sizes instead of the "auto" sized sheet.

Recording time is limited so I have to create multiple recordings as needed.

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Single Page

In OneNote you can create a Table of Contents / Index / Topics page that contains links to categories such as Shopping and Tasks. That way you could always visit that page and click a link to go to a specific category where you can view it's information and add new content.

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Rapid Information Capture

For rapid information I often use Flashnote.

http://softvoile.com/flashnote/

I can press a hotkey, type something and press the same hotkey again and I'm done. I don't even have to look at what I'm doing. Later I can move what I've typed to another program.

As an example ... ... I just opened Flashnote, typed something and returned to this sentence without thinking about it. I didn't lose my focus on this paragraph. What I typed into Flashnote gets appended to the end of the file and later I can move things I've I typed somewhere else.

This process is similar to having an incoming basket on a desk and putting things there quickly. Later you can move them to their ultimate destinations. You could probably do the same thing by keeping a particular OneNote page, perhaps named "Incoming" always open on your task bar. You could click it, type something in it and close it. But I'm not sure if that would be faster than using Flashnote for rapid initial information capture.

From what you describe, I don't think I would use OneNote for that. I'd probably use a reference manager like Zotero or maybe a document manager like Mayan EDMS. Both open source and can be used with the PDF editor of your choice.

Thanks for the reply. I actually only tried Outline because it was released before Microsoft put out their own version. It feels much more like a native Mac app than Microsoft's does. It's just hard to find so many of the editing options. I don't use many, but I couldn't even find a way to strikeout text. It don't know if it's possible or not, but I sure couldn't find it.

Also, I have tried the online version, but felt it kind of lacking. It tedious to navigate between notebooks. I also try to avoid using online apps when I can, otherwise I end up with several open tabs of distractions. I guess this is where we continue to hope Microsoft optimizes their app for Mac. It looks like Outline does have a trial version, if you are ever curious about trying it though.

I use OneNote 2016 on Windows. I purchased a license to Onetastic. https://getonetastic.com/

I look through the existing macros with sorting capability (pages, sections)and download some to try. I find a notebook that isn't mission-critical and try out the different macros until I find one that works the way I need.

Someone not so long ago suggested Onetastic -- bunch of macros to expand OneNote functionality : https://getonetastic.com/

It also provides macro(s) for some calendar options.

Give it a try :)

However you decide to organize your journal, please take a look at Onetastic (free to use)
Onetastic has some macros that will prefill monthly (etc) pages.. Check out https://getonetastic.com/macroland/calendar (diary, planner, ....)

I use it to pre-populate journalling sections

Nice page. I'm not sure how tags could help or what the goal is. Tags let us do things like search for content that has a particular tag.

Maybe you mean you want a way to make vocabulary words - such as lipids - not look the same as other words. If all you want to do is change the formatting of someone words, maybe a Onetastic macro exists that you could modify. It would have to know which words you want changed. Here is an example of a macro that changes the color of words based on criteria, such as selected words.

If that didn't do what you wanted, maybe you could modify the macro to make it do what you want. If you had a list of vocabulary words, a program such as Word could change the color of words in that list. That would require a Word macro. Or, maybe you mean something else when you say "tag words."

Onetastic Onetastic for OneNote (getonetastic.com) does have a number of macro add-ins. Not sure if any do what you want. It is free up to a point. I'd go Pro, but it's a subscription and I wouldn't get the value from it that the Pro version costs.

Sure that would be no problem. You need to pay for the add on to use the macros I think. There might be a trial period.

I modified an existing macro to tweak it to my needs. Start but checking out the link below. If you also need one tweaked I can try help.

https://getonetastic.com/?sortBy=popularity&r=macroland&search=Resize

I do this with the OneNote macro add on https://getonetastic.com/macros You would need to create a custom macro.

I scan all my receipts on my phone and send them to OneNote.

I then open OneNote and run the macro to resize all the images to a specific size.

I need dates on lots of things including OneNote page titles and OneNote paragraphs. I do it either manually but mostly via Autohotkey. In your case you'd have to do it after the page title's already on a OneNote page.

This OneNote OneTastic Macro can prepend an icon to a page's title. You can modify that macro to prepend the current date instead. Execute the macro either manually or with a hotkey. This only works on the current page.

I haven't tested this macro but it can add or remove date from all pages in a notebook or section. It wouldn't be hard to modify that macro so that it instead prepended the date to the existing titles of all pages in a section or notebook. Those macros aren't hard to modify.

Even though you have to run these macros in OneNote 2016, when you sync notebooks, the changes are visible everywhere. You could alternately modify one of these macros to move the existing date from the end of page titles to the beginning. Autohotkey could do that too for the current page.

Everyone download Onetastic for free and download the macro "A4 sized paper with infinite length and ruled horizontal lines". It gives you exactly what the title says it gives you. It has black ruled lines as default, but you are able to change the color of the lines or opt for no lines if you want.

Remember that with the free version of Onetastic you are limited to 500 total executions for macros for one year. The Pro version is $15/year which is pretty reasonable. If you want to cheat the system, execute the macro on a page and never delete it. Do your work on the page with the macro, then copy and paste the whole thing onto a new page.

> Free version of Onetastic allows downloading up to 20 macros from Macroland and executing them up to 500 times. That would allow an infrequent user of macros (e.g. running 10 macros a week) to use it for about one year without need for a Pro license. If you want to use more macros, you can purchase a Pro license.

In OneNote go to File/Options and look for the "Send to OneNote" on the left sidebar. That will show the settings for Email messages. You can designate what section to place the email page in. I created a section called "Sent from Email" and they all go there. Also, If you have not found Onetastic yet, try this site https://getonetastic.com/ One of the add-ins is a calendar that lists pages created by day created.

Not sure if either of the macro tools for OneNote 2016 (and Onenote API) will do this but you could check: (a) Onetastic.com for macros [https://getonetastic.com/]; or (b) Onenote Gem for their batch utility [http://www.onenotegem.com/]. Also you can create TEMPLATES for Onenote, so possible imbed a Date Code in the template using Onetastic to expand it?

Check out OneTastic. It has a lot of very useful macros. I am L3 Software Support, and we use OneNote for our KB. I also use my own Notebook to track all of my tickets (I hate our ticket system). I have a section where I keep notes (pages) on my tickets. Each ticket I work on has it's own page and a folder in OneDrive (which I link in the note). When a ticket is completed I move it to another section called "Closed." I have yet another section called Kanban where I have developed a type of Kanban board using tables. Tags are very useful to identify and find items of a particular type, and you can create your own or customize existing tags. The ticket sections are all in the same section group. I have other section groups for training and meeting notes.

Unfortunately, my team's wiki is a mass of dumped pages, emails and such, and is not very well organized (and we don't really have time to organize it), so I can't help you much there. I do have 1 good tip for you: you can attach links to videos from Youtube and it will embed the video in the page.

I'd like to store notebooks locally too, then sync without moving to OneDrive; however, it sounds somewhat more difficult than I was thinking. See this article on OneNote/OneDrive syncing for some clues about how ON syncs. Not sure it's 100% applicable, but might shed some light on parts of it.

OneNote does a lot but it's not great for task management. On the Mac, 2Do is the way to go, which works with well with an app named OpenTasks on Android. I try to direct all tasks into the app (GTD-style) and manage them there.

I have the full adobe acrobat program - it includes a feature to reduce file size... so I use that, however, there is a website which offers a free service for exactly what you are seeking: https://smallpdf.com/compress-pdf

Highlight some text and make a link (ctrl + k) and you can do a few different things.

• /u/dbzgtfan4ever mentioned MailTo
• Callto (callto:555-111-2345)
• Other URIs can be found here, good luck! https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/launch-resume/launch-default-app#photos-app-uri-scheme
• Link to websites
• Link to network files
• Link to other places in OneNote

Is this this kind of stuff you are looking for? Otherwise there is always Microsoft Flow for some automation stuff in O365 https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/

That is exactly why I have been using Evernote since 2007.

But, there are different tools for different needs. I love Evernote for notes. If I need to know the Pantone # of the logo from my consultancy created in 2013 - it is immediately findable in Evernote. But, if I want to collect notes on a specific topic that I have not tagged (who thought about that in 2007?) AND I want WYSIWYG, I am using Walling.app. The rest? Meh.

Only OneNote 2016 lets you save locally. Be warned though, you cannot use it on mobile or macOS.

You might want to use Trilium instead if you want a truly disconnected experience that isn't actively hostile to you if you are not saving to the cloud.

I immediately thought of OneTastic's OneCalendar, though can't find any mention of the program supporting notifications or due dates for OneNote pages.

Perhaps try this Zapier integration, using Microsoft To Do for your OneNote page due dates and notifications?

I use Todoist to actively manage my goals, but a great resource for organizing the goal, progress, tasks, targets, and milestones and other info is this article by Michael Hyatt. It's specifically for Evernote, but I use the basic concepts for my own system

I still prefer the desktop version, which I have been using since the first 2003 beta, and only use stylus occasionally on my iPad.

I hope the desktop version isn't discontinued. I've actually moved over to Notion for technical notes, as I think it is better suited for that, and I continue to use OneNote as a general scrapbook for stuff like recipes, voice notes, sketches, etc.

If you would like to try Notion, here is my referral link for $10 credit. It's well worth checking out.

https://www.notion.so/?r=f667e2ae0cb34d6ba44e2d4a6ec0f495

I still prefer the desktop version, which I have been using since the first 2003 beta, and only use stylus occasionally on my iPad.

I hope the desktop version isn't discontinued. I've actually moved over to Notion for technical notes, as I think it is better suited for that, and I continue to use OneNote as a general scrap book for stuff like recipes, voice notes, sketches, etc.

If you would like to try Notion, here is my referral link for $10 credit. It's well worth checking out.

https://www.notion.so/?r=f667e2ae0cb34d6ba44e2d4a6ec0f495

Here's my workflow at the moment. Almost fully paperless.

Each subject gets its own notebook:

Subject

• Outline
• Lectures
• Labs
• Readings
• Assignments

For lectures, I do my best to import slides beforehand. I record audio to sync to my typed and drawn notes. (I use a Surface Pro.)

When I get paper handouts, I whip out my phone and use the Office Lens app to take photos, which get imported into OneNote. I then go into OneNote and cut and paste the images to my lecture page.

For readings, I get electronic versions of my texts, and print out a chapter or two per page. I go through and highlight and annotate as needed.

Use Google for Calendar and To-Do Lists.

I use Google Calendar for everything. My whole day is blocked up into sections and added to the Calendar.

For to-do lists and homework, I use GTasks. On my PC, I just go to https://mail.google.com/tasks. On my phone, I use GTasks widgets to organize my lists.

That's not how OneNote works by design. That sort of behaviour is a standard function of markdown language, a plaintext format that formats the document based on text tags, almost just like HTML.

Markdown language IS a less popular but highly viable note taking method. It is a method though, and your entire note page is dedicated to the method, but it is powerful and worth learning. I'm going to be sitting down with it soon.

https://www.onenotegem.com/a/documents/gem-for-OneNote/Review_Tab/2019/1126/1214.html

This appears to be a add-in, idk if its paid or not, just googled and skimmed it, and will support markdown within Onenote 2016 desktop.

https://obsidian.md/

This program is an interesting dedicated markdown program. There are markdown apps on mobile of many types, sync however you want, they all use the same basic text files and language so it's all fully modular about sync and platform availability, even with the onenote add-in so anything goes.

/r/Zettelkasten

This sub is mostly people who use these apps and note method probably, a place I was reading about related to this. It's a strategy for mapping and linking notes and notetaking that works best with markdown and sounds very much like what you're doing already, if it inspires any ideas for you

Dozens of people on Android are experiencing this issue where the app cannot get past the Splash screen, even in airplane mode. Clearing Cache and unstalling the App fixes the problem ONCE and then it recurs. I cannot believe this is the first Reddit thread about it.

Check out all the negative reviews in the last 3 weeks:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.onenote&hl=en\_US&gl=US&showAllReviews=true

I know this a bit over your budget but this has a much better screen and processor.

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Wi-Fi-Silver-SM-T500NZSAXAR/dp/B08GHVSGMQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=Samsung+galaxy+tab&qid=1610627635&sr=8-6

It doesn't support s pen input but if you don't care about that and want to use this for typing notes and watching videos and attending classes then it's great.

The bigger screen will be nice when you switch from watching vids on your phone or a website on this.

I'm using a Samsung S6 Lite for OneNote and am very happy with it. When I researched it was the cheapest tablet that could run OneNote reasonably well.

If you want a cheap one then the Picasso Tab is under £200 on Amazon and has an actually pretty decent pen experience. I don't think it's much use for anything else but it's what I use at work (where only ios and android devices are supported by our security stuff).

Simbans PicassoTab Android Graphic Drawing Tablet - 10 Inch Screen, Stylus Pen https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071GY6994/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_g5DEDbQMTG004

Amazon has the 32gb new base iPad for 229 today ... link here

That’s about as low as it has gone ... if target has it for same price the red card will get you 5% more off.

I mean, there is a lot more functionality than that. You're kind of over-simplifying what it can do. If you want something that's strictly just note-taking, try this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=notes.notebook.memo.pad.color.notepad.locker

I added a screen protector. It’s help quite a lot. It’s this one (3 Pack) Supershieldz for Apple... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XLNKCWB?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

I did have to buy another case because the one I have would push it up a bit.

Yh I'm thinking of bringing my iPad and buying this pen instead of the apple pen (wayyyy too expensive imo) cause I have a gaming laptop that I could use to apply finishing touches when I get home. A bit annoying the ipad version doesn't have ink to math but oh well.

Not sure if this is compatible with the C940, but it works with the Surface Pro. I like that the eraser is a button on the side of the pen.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/RENAISSER-Magnetic-Attachment-Sensitivity-Replaceable/dp/B08147PMM5&ved=2ahUKEwiurInMqs7qAhWCHc0KHQaRD6wQFjAAegQIARAC&usg=AOvVaw2QJFJweOZi5AmlfWab64HL

I use the the 420 model USB pen tablet from Huion. I got it as a gift and didn’t even think to use it for OneNote until I began tutoring. It makes my handwriting nicer because I can actually use a pen instead of my mouse on a computer.

Have you tried the "bx actions" app? It lets you program the Bixby button to whatever action or app you want. You could program that button to launch OneNote with a single press or a double press, for example.

This is the app of which I speak: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.bxactions