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Microsoft OneNote
Developer(s)Microsoft
Stable release
12.0.6415.1000 (2007 SP2) / April 28, 2009
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeNotetaking
LicenseProprietary EULA
WebsiteMicrosoft Office OneNote Homepage

Microsoft OneNote, officially Microsoft Office OneNote, is a software package for free-form information gathering, and multi-user collaboration. OneNote is most commonly used on laptops or desktop PCs, but it is especially well suited for use on pen-enabled Tablet PCs, in environments where pen, audio or video notes are more appropriate than an intensive use of keyboards.

OneNote's interface is an electronic version of the familiar tabbed three-ring binder which can be used directly for making notes, but also to gather "pages" printed or sent from other applications. Pages can be moved inside the binder, annotated with a stylus, word-processing or drawing tools. Users may add embedded multimedia recordings and web links. As a container and repository of information gleaned from a variety of sources, a OneNote notebook is well-suited for organizing information for a course or a research project. OneNote's file format (.one) is proprietary. The published API has resulted in a small number of extensions being written.

One of OneNote's innovations is the integration of search features and indexing into a freeform graphics and audio repository. Images (eg. screen captures, embedded document scans, or even photographs) can be searched for embedded text content. Electronic ink annotations can also be searched as text. Audio recordings can also be searched phonetically by giving a text key, and can be replayed concurrently with the notes taken during the recording.

Its multi-user capability allows offline editing and later synchronization and merging at the paragraph level. This makes it a useful tool for workgroups that collaborate on research whose members are not always online. Better still, OneNote is designed as a collaborative tool and allows more than one person to work on the same page at the same time - making it a shared whiteboard tool as well.

OneNote was originally marketed by Microsoft as a companion to Tablet PCs and it has excellent support for pen interfaces as noted above. However, many people have recognized its use as a general note-taking platform and it is widely used in education by both students and teachers.

Platform support

Microsoft OneNote 2003 requires Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later, Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Vista.

Microsoft OneNote 2003 will run on any hardware that supports the required operating systems.

Microsoft OneNote 2007 will run only on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or later versions of Microsoft Windows. Microsoft OneNote 2007 printer driver cannot be installed on 64-bit operating systems.

OneNote 2007 uses a new incompatible file format from OneNote 2003. [1] OneNote 2003 files can be opened in OneNote 2007 in read-only mode and upgraded to the new format, however they then lose compatibility with OneNote 2003.[2]

Many Microsoft Office applications support importing/exporting MIME HTML (.mht), including Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Therefore, only browsers that recognize this file format are a suitable platform for viewing Microsoft OneNote's exported MHT files. Microsoft OneNote 2007 also supports exporting notes in microsoft Word format or as PDF or XPS files using a free plug in from Microsoft. Microsoft OneNote Mobile for Smartphones (Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003, 2003 SE, 5, and higher) as well as Pocket PCs (Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 and higher) is included with Microsoft OneNote 2007; Microsoft OneNote Mobile is also built-in to the Microsoft Windows Mobile: Professional 6.1 operating system.

Version history

First public announcement November 17 2002
OneNote 2003 released October 21 2003
OneNote 2003 SP1 released July 27 2004
OneNote 2003 SP2 released Sept 27 2005
OneNote 2003 SP3 released Sept 17 2007
OneNote 2007 released January 30 2007
OneNote 2007 SP1 released December 11 2007
OneNote 2007 SP2 released April 28 2009

Note that all release dates are "retail availability". Release to Manufacturing is usually 2-3 months prior.

See also

References

  1. ^ Error message when you try to open a OneNote 2007 file in OneNote 2003: "This section is from a later version of OneNote and cannot be opened
  2. ^ Why the OneNote 2007 and 2003 file format are different
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