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Microsoft OneNote is a digital note taking app that can be accessed via Android, Chrome, Windows, iOS and Mac devices. The solution is well-suited for individuals attending numerous meetings per week and working on multiple...
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- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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BEST NOTE APPLICATION
Pros
this app gives me easy way to note everything in everymoment of my worklife!! I totally recomend to you about this wonderful application. it is easy, simple and complete note application
Cons
i never founf any trouble using this application
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Great tool for teachers !
Very usefull for day to day teaching, seach option of past materials.
Pros
The live save of the work done and storage online of information, easy transfer if moving on another device.
Cons
Lack of a protractor and compasses to use for Math.
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Paint 3DReasons for Switching to Microsoft OneNote
Ease of use, multiple choice of tools and options for math or lined paper, coloured background.- Industry: Insurance
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Just an ok software
Pros
It’s not time consuming and it’s easy to learn to use.
Cons
Does not work well with the type of task management i need. However the note taking function is wonderful.
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- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Outstanding Way of Organising Notes and So Much More
Amazing piece of software that I have used for over then years. I have multiple note books for work and personal material and I can access this across platforms - Windows and Mac as well as different devices. I could not be without OneNote!
Pros
Microsoft OneNote provides the ability to handle multiple notebooks and pages with ease. It is great to be able to use the software cross platform and on any device - laptop, iPhone etc. Best of all it’s free with a purchase of Office.
Cons
No facility to set reminders for tasks.
- Industry: Insurance
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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OneNote OneBook
I absolutely love it! It's like having a binder online with multiple subjects and different pages for different topics.
Pros
I love that you can make separate notebooks with different subjects for different things. I also love that you can share notebooks or pages that you have created.
Cons
I don't like that sometimes it is hard to fix things once they are deleted.
- Industry: Real Estate
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Decent software for note taking and organization
Pros
I've been using Microsoft OneNote for several years and it has been a good application for note taking. I'm able to organize my notes into various notebooks, sections, and pages. I appreciate that when you paste a website, it automatically shows an icon that previews the website.
Cons
My main complaint is the search feature. When typing multiple words, the search feature is unable to search all the words together, which is very frustrating. It only searches one of the words at a time, rather than combining all the words. The lack of robust features, especially when it comes to the table functionality, is also another reason I may consider switching to another software since it's not an all-in-one application.
Alternatives Considered
Evernote Teams- Industry: Arts & Crafts
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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great App Am happy with OneNote
What I like is that I can save my notes to cloud through the app, I remember one time I lost my phone and I was stress about my important notes I wrote for years but I was very happy when I found out that I can retrieve them even on the new phone just with the old account
Pros
What I like is that I can save my notes to cloud through the app, I remember one time I lost my phone and I was stress about my important notes I wrote for years but I was very happy when I found out that I can retrieve them even on the new phone just with the old account
Cons
None I can think of at the moment, I am still happy with Microsoft OneNote.
- Industry: Automotive
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Been using this tool for over a decade.
I've used it to track my work projects as well and information for my family for years.
Pros
I have both a work version and a personal version and have been using OneNote to track tasks, projects "to do's and important information for a long time. It's grown with me and I can't imagine being without it.
Cons
I honestly can't think of a con. There is not much it can't do.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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collection of ideas
I can use it anywhere and on any device and it helps me when I have ideas to capture them immediately so I don't forget them later.
Pros
It has been an excellent tool to be able to capture my ideas and save them, I feel free to be able to express my ideas in Microsoft OneNote and it also eliminated the need to do so on paper that I later lost or damaged and could not recover later, now they are safe and stored to use on any occasion
Cons
Its use value is a little expensive in my opinion, the rest is fine in all its functions.
- Industry: Gambling & Casinos
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Its a OneNote in Microsoft
My overall experience with Microsoft one note was beyond amazing i enjoyed using it and will use it in the future
Pros
I liked that i could collaborate with others as well as take my notes or sketch a drawing if i needed to and it all stored to my microsoft cloud.
Cons
I didnt like the layout of everything at first but i came to love
- Industry: Medical Devices
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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OneNote - Unified Resource
Overall, using OneNote for our team document/process library has been helpful because it's a central place for a wide variety of information and documents that were formerly in many different places. It can sometimes be tricky to decide how to organize the notebooks because there are so many section and page options, and sometimes content is relevant to more than one section - however, the search function is usually quite reliable.
Pros
The search features of OneNote are very useful. I like using OneNote for my meeting notes, as they are easily searchable and I can organize them in various ways.
It's also nice to use OneNote for our team process manual/helpful notes/new hire checklists/etc. We use OneNote as a centralized document library because it is easy to search and share content.
Cons
We run into frequent sync issues with shared notebooks, so it can be challenging to know if all team members are seeing the same content. Not sure if this is a PC issue, a security issue or a OneNote issue - our IT help desk offers various solutions that work for some users but not for others. It would be nice if the sync error notification was more obvious to let you know you're viewing outdated content.
- Industry: International Trade & Development
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Experience in using OneNote for over 3 years daily
Pros
OneNote is an easy to use app for notes taking and sharing. One of the advantages is that it is integrated with Outlook that you can create tasks on OneNote, and it will be created the same task in Outlook automatically. Another advantage is that you don't have to save the information you input into OneNote manually, the app will save all the changes you made and sync them with the folder in your harddiske or OneDrive. With this function, you don't need to concern of any unsaved information .
Cons
When the notebook you created in OneNote gets bigger in size, it happens all the time that the app will not be responding, and it seems like that there is no solution for it. I really hope that MIcrosoft will fix this problem soon. It's been always a nightmare when the app isn't responding while i'm heavily relied on this app for recording all my tasks and activities with customers.
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NotionReasons for Switching to Microsoft OneNote
Easy to use. All the functions are straightforward and ready to use that users no need to custom make for their own format.- Industry: Market Research
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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It gets the job done, with disastrous ergonomics, but fulfills its mission
We are a small team that needs to take notes to keep various information over time on a multitude of small projects. And we do not have a significant budget for this, if at all. OneNote was suggested by a colleague, it faced resistance to adoption from many, but in the end, it does these three basic tasks very well: taking notes, keeping them, and allowing them to be quickly retrieved.
Pros
Its integration with Windows, and its almost free nature make it a tool immediately available to collaborators within our IT fleet.
Everyone knows how to use Microsoft Office, so everyone knows how to use OneNote.
It archives note-taking very well, allows for document retention without cluttering the entire screen, and has a basic search tool.
Cons
There are several online tools that are much more attractive in terms of design. However, OneNote still does its job very well: allowing you to take notes, keep them, and find them easily. However, creating dependencies between notes and collaboration is not smooth at all. Other online alternatives do much better. But they require subscribing to plans, while OneNote is integrated into Windows for everyone.
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Evernote TeamsReasons for Switching to Microsoft OneNote
The tool is integrated into Windows and was suggested by a colleague who presented us with use-cases that met our needs.- Industry: Banking
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Microsoft OneNote - Handy note-taking tool for personal and professional use
Overall, I love Microsoft OneNote to keep track of important things to note throughout the day, everyday--whether personal or professional. It is also a good way to keep study notes for topics that are interesting where you don't necessarily to access the information from a website.
Pros
I like that I can copy and paste from websites and it can keep the same format as the website. Sometimes it doesn't copy it the same and it doesn't look that great. It is around 95% accurate in my experience in keeping the same format.
Cons
Even with many sections, I have too many pages. The search feature does help and alphabetizing the page names does help. It seems alphabetizing works on the desktop but not mobile.
- Industry: Management Consulting
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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My Personal Experience with Microsoft OneNote
Overall, Microsoft OneNote is an incredibly useful and powerful note-taking tool. It is versatile, customizable, and feature-rich, and is perfect for any user who needs a comprehensive way to capture and organize their thoughts and ideas.
Pros
Microsoft OneNote is an incredibly versatile and user-friendly note-taking program that allows users to quickly and easily capture notes and ideas. The platform is highly customizable and allows for a wide range of features such as templates, text formatting, password protection, and more.
Cons
Despite its many positive features, Microsoft OneNote can be a bit difficult to navigate and can be overwhelming for new users. Additionally, certain features require a subscription in order to access them.
- Industry: Chemicals
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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A perfect substitute for your old Notepad
On my business side, it is a way to organize all my tasks, users, passwords, network paths, serial numbers, servers names, it is easy to find the information that I want, the idea of notes works very well on the business side. Therefore, I use it on my personal life as well, to organize my grocery shopping, some budgets, stocks price, passwords and users from portals, sites. It is a secure tool provided by Microsoft.
Pros
Easy to use, has very good functionalities, it is totally integrated with the Microsoft Office programs, are the information are stored on the cloud, I can edit something on my computer and continue it on my mobile or tablet.
Cons
It is not so easy to use on the beggining, till you get the idea of create "notes" inside it, I know a lot of people which did not migrate to this tool because of this.
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Notepad++Reasons for Switching to Microsoft OneNote
It comes with Microsoft Office, it is a must have for most of the companies of the world, it is always a good idea stick with a product that you already have paid for it.- Industry: Automotive
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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The BEST find yet!
It's been awesome! If you are needing software that keeps track of notes, documents, photos, emails, appointments, etc --- this is your software!
Pros
I like that you can use many sections, you can merge sections, you can attach calendar appointments, emails, Word docs, Excel spreadsheets, and much more. It has been a saving grace in the collections department. So easy to use and I highly recommend to everyone I talk to. I stumbled upon OneNote by accidentally clicking on it instead of Word. When I started to play around with it, I realized that it was exactly what I needed for the many accounts I manage.
Cons
I wish it was an option to have a page within two sections that updates itself.
- Industry: Machinery
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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My favorite software of all time
In spite of the storage restrictions, OneNote is still my absolute favorite tool for document management, note-taking, and data storage. While other programs like Evernote or Google Keep provide similar services, OneNote definitely stands above the competition in almost every way imaginable.
Pros
I love everything about Microsoft OneNote, but I especially use it for the purpose of document management. Any information I find across the internet or elsewhere always ends up within OneNote. There's not a piece a of information I can't somehow incorporate into OneNote.
Cons
My main issue with OneNote is the fact that it's storage is dependent upon OneDrive's storage space. This leads to OneNote being maxed out if my OneDrive is completely full, or if you only have a free version of OneDrive which only allows 5GB of storage.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Not my first choice
I need to concede, that at the outset I had numerous issues getting myself set up with one note, however from that point forward, it has been an outright lifeline. The entirety of my archives are in one region, I can get to them from each PC I own and Id need to say I use it regular, I in a real sense couldn't abandon utilizing this program.
Pros
Microsoft OneNote is loaded with numerous highlights that go past taking notes; it likewise gives you a few different ways to change pictures over to message. For instance, the OCR instrument permits you to snap a photo of an archive, business card, flyer or whiteboard, then, at that point extricate that content. You would then be able to save that content in OneNote, Microsoft Word or Standpoint.
OCR's productivity relies upon a few elements. These incorporate picture quality, the intricacy of the characters it is examining and the intelligibility of the transcribed notes. So consistently make a point to twofold check in the event that it perceives everything effectively. Regardless of whether OCR doesn't get each letter, it is as yet a vital life hack, particularly for organizations and entrepreneurs.
Cons
Matching up can take some time , Unacceptable portable application, Average web cutting augmentation
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Google DriveReasons for Switching to Microsoft OneNote
Already had an account- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Microsoft OneNote, optimal Note taking and organization app
Overall my experience with Microsoft OneNote is a good one. I do enjoy using this system and application as a primary notetaking resource. For the cost, I do believe that it can be Utilized very broadly and that makes it worth it, however For students or organizations that do not supply this app it may be A cost that students cannot afford otherwise. In addition I would recommend to utilize a service that allows Alumni to also benefit from some student benefit for a period of time after they no longer have access to their university email because of the fact that a lot of the times students that are recent alumni are still using Microsoft and need a little bit of a longer window before being asked to pay for their own subscription .
Pros
In general Microsoft OneNote is my go to and favorite notetaking app as a professional student. I find that the ability to hyper organize by topic and category allows me to keep my notes organized. In addition the ability to utilize both type to text features on top of the ability to use Apple Pencil allows me to truly customize my notes as I see fit.
Cons
The things that I liked Lisa about the software are that once the Notes sizes get to be quite large downloading these notes from the cloud does seem to take an extremely long time. And when they are downloading from the cloud you do not have access to work on those notes. Or changes that you make might not be synchronized when you reopen the app either from another device or once they do download from the cloud. In addition in order to utilize the software you do need to have a Microsoft software subscription to use on safe for example an iPad with the Microsoft OneNote app. For a student who may not be able to afford it it is a pretty big lump sum. However I will say that because of the fact that a lot of universities and corporations supply Microsoft for their students and employees it allows students to continue to utilize it.
- Industry: Insurance
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Great for Notes and Tracking!
Overall this is an amazing tool for note tracking and can even be used for project management. Its does take a little bit of getting use to if you are coming from something more simplistic like Sticky Notes. I have began using this to track project notes, and even notes for calls. You have ability to share among teams, copy and paste pages from one "book" to another. One nice feature is that you can sort of "bend" the system to be used for what you would like it be used for- meaning that you may use it to track one way, but you co worker may use it in another manner. Perfect example I am more of a Book and multi pages with no table, but instead bullet points! My manager loves tables to be inserted and linked out to other items! Both work perfectly and are easily sharable and understandable no matter how you choose to manage your own One Note!
Pros
This software is awesome for tracking projects, notes, and progress! It is customizable and can be used how ever the user would like! I personally like to section my work out in columns with bullet points, where may manager prefers tables. Some coworkers prefer multiple "books" instead of the method that I prefer is one book, such as Training with multiple pages underneath one book! The system is different if you are coming from a more "basic" system like I was, such as sticky notes! This is Highly Recommended for any member of you team that needs to keep track of notes and even project progress!
Cons
The only thing "negative", which is really not horrible, is I wish there was more customization to the "blocks". When you start typing on a page, you will see a "block" appear and you can customize the tab color, the size of the box, the font, color of font, and size but I wish you could add a "hue" to the back ground of the boxes to make them stand out a little more- almost as if you were adding different colored sticky notes to the pages! I did find a work around and I am able to highlight the typed notes with a "lighter" color highlight- which works just as well, just does not look as uniform as the rest of the program! Still a highly recommended product!
- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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More than one way to use OneNote
OneNote has been an excellent app that I have utilized for notetaking at university, and continued to use to create school-wide documentation and teaching and learning materials. It is a fantastic platform whose benefits outweigh the minor challenges.
Pros
OneNote offers an organic tool to create and curate a curriculum for an educational setting. It allows a great amount of freedom for users, you can create layouts that are free-flowing and visually engaging, or more linear structured documents.
Cons
There are difficulties exporting or printing pages from OneNote; as there are no page lines, if you export a page as a .pdf file it usually does not fit traditional A4/A3 measurements. Also, there is a current shift from OneNote for Windows 10 to the original app, which has a significant impact on how OneNote appears to users.
- Industry: Real Estate
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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A centralized location for all your notes
Currently, I used OneNote to organized my meeting's notes and to attach them into an email so it's easy for me to send it to my colleagues. This is sometimes very useful when you are in hurry and wanted to inform what are the points were discussed in the meeting. Secondly, it is also very convenient to use it on all the platforms whether I wanna use it on my phone or my computer. I am exploring more ways as this is a powerful tool and has very few limitations which make it value for money.
Pros
it gives you the ability to create your notes as you create on a physical notebook, moreover, this notebook can be accessed from anywhere as long as you have access to the internet. The most unique part of OneNote is you can add multimedia and create your documents as much presentable as want. These documents can also be shared with others like your friends or colleagues, it would make this software as a one-stop solution for most of the writing and editing of your notes. I used many older versions of OneNote and then after upgrading to new versions of OneNote I came to know that your older note will not get erased. you can also use OneNote app for your smartphones which makes easier to modify your changes or to view any documents on the go.
Cons
One thing I would ever want in OneNote is the integration between various platforms, Currently, Onenote allows you to create notes or documents to share it with only OneNote users, whereas if I want to share it with Evernote users it will not give me an option for that. Moreover, I can not even import Evernote's documents notes into OneNote or vice versa. There are other ways through which you can do it but for that one has to download a migration tool. The security is also one of the issues which I always take into consideration when creating any personal note where I wanted it to be encrypted with a password. There should be some ways into OneNote where you can have a personal space which can be used for those secure documents.
- Industry: Financial Services
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Office Product with the fewest syncing issues.
Pros
I'm completely dependent on OneNote. It's so easy to use and flexible, it holds every project in my life now, from planning out and organizing 60 slide competitor analysis presentations, to scheduling recipes for meal plans. It plays well with the other products, and unlike Word, I've never had a problem with syncing conflicts and generating unnecessary backup local copies, and I have yet to lose a single word of work. In fact, for one of my books, I didn't use Word at all and ended up doing all the chapters in the same planning pages I kept in OneNote. It's my secret weapon when it comes to brainstorming and organization and I can't believe more people don't use it, but then again, I am a more visual/creative person, so the ability to quickly throw notes or record a message and be able to arrange, sort or search and actually find it later is vital. Years ago, I used to use Springpad, and since then, I've tried Trello, Evernote, and all kinds of apps, but nothing has stuck.
Cons
Very few, it's so flexible it fills in a lot of gaps. I'd like it to be more visually customizable, like if you could add a backdrop of a chart or table similar to the Stormboard templates. Right now it just has a few pastel colors and lined and gridded paper types.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Honest review about Microsoft OneNote (1 1/2 years of experience)
Overall, my life would be unrecognizable without One Note! It's changed the game for overall company performance, and everyone in my organization utilizes Microsoft OneNote for note recording and task management. This program has been really valuable to me because it includes various capabilities that make my work simpler, such as note management and project management. It is also a pretty simple piece of software to use and sync. It is also beneficial to businesses of all sizes.
Pros
I enjoy that I can use OneNote on any of my devices. So, if I don't have my laptop with me because I'm away from the workplace, I may use my smartphone. My team also appreciates the ability to communicate comments with one another for progress reports and team notes. One note allowed me to effortlessly insert images, sounds, and movies from many formats into the software. The program also included a time stamp and copyright information to ensure that due credit was given to the appropriate sources. The application enabled a straightforward and entertaining presentation of facts.
Cons
The loss of knowledge was one of the most aggravating elements of this service. Annual program changes would result in the loss of data from the previous version to the upgraded version. I worked with IT personnel, who couldn't figure out why my old data wouldn't transfer to the new upgraded version. This resulted in a loss of productivity since I had to remember data and certain information was no longer available.