12 Facts About OneNote

1.

Microsoft OneNote is a note-taking program for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration.

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OneNote is available as part of the Microsoft Office suite; it is available as a free, stand-alone app via the official website and the app stores of: Windows 10, MacOS, iOS, iPadOS and Android.

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3.

OneNote saves data automatically as the user makes edits to their file.

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4.

OneNote saves information in pages organized into sections within notebooks.

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5.

OneNote notebooks collect, organize and share possibly unpublished materials – as compared to word processors and wikis, which usually target publishing in some way.

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6.

OneNote can perform optical character recognition on images of text and can render webpages as snapshot images.

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7.

OneNote notebook is stored as a folder with a separate data file for each section.

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8.

Dropbox was supported for some time as a sync protocol, but after Windows Live Mesh was discontinued, OneNote supported it for cloud-based storage and synchronization of OneNote files.

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9.

OneNote clients, including the OneNote web app of Office Online, can view and edit them.

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10.

OneNote was available on Symbian as part of Microsoft Apps.

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11.

Christopher Dawson reviewed OneNote 2010, titling his favorable review "OneNote is Office 2010's killer app in education".

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12.

OneNote speculated that the app would be particularly useful as a tool for student notetaking.

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