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As more and more people bite the bullet and switch over to the iPhone, the interest in a OneNote app that works with the iPhone is growing. I blogged before about MobileNoter which is just such an app. If you haven’t checked out MobileNoter yet, here is a great overview of how it works from The Productive Organizer
If you currently already have much information stored in OneNote and would like to access them from your iPhone or iPod Touch, MobileNoter can do the job.
This is a subscription based service. The desktop and iphone application is FREE. But monthly subscription comes up to USD 1.25 per month.
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MobileNoter is bascially a service that, for a small fee per month, allows you to sync selected notes to MobileNoter Server and enables 2 way sync with your iPhone Mobile Noter Software.
How to setup and how MobileNoter looks like after the break
You will first need to register an account with MobileNoter.com first. This is a subscription based service and it will cost you roughly USD 1.25 per month (which really is less than the cost of one meal per day)
Once you have your Username and Password. You can then download the windows sync client. This sync client will sync your one note with the Mobile Noter server.
Downloading more stuff
The installation of this sync client is quite fast, but do note that you require .Net Framework 3.5 SP1.
The Sync Client:Enter Username and PW
The client is small but it does what it is suppose to do well and looks very presentable. validate your Username and Password and you are good to go
Selecting the notebooks to sync
In this example i chose 2 notebooks, the one note tutorial guide and an Application Research note book
You can choose the period between each sync, depending on your working pattern. I suggest to use the default, since you don’t want to over work the bandwidth or the processing of your computer. Once configured you can click Run Sync to do a first sync with the MobileNoter server. My 2 notebooks take roughly 2 mins to sync.
Once this is done we can go check in with our iPhone Client
Link the acct and other settings
The first thing to do is to link your created MobileNoter account to your iPhone software. You have other configurations such as setting a password and combining sections as well.
You can then start your Sync by touching the sync button at the bottom. Here in this pic, you will see that the 2 notebooks that i selected previously were sync and also shows how many sections and pages there are.
You will see that the layout of the Sections and Pages are in 2 layers of list. The Pink outer list indicates Sections. Touching the Notes brings you to the actual note
I think what many will be sorely dissappointed would be that MobileNoter’s sync notes are only readonly. You cannot edit them, but view them like how you would view Safari Webpages.
Still if you are look for an app that enables you to view all your OneNotes and reference them without always being connected to the internet, it is still good enough.
Of course you can enter notes on your iPhone, if not it will only be a reference application. MobileNoter enables you to enter quick notes and these notes can be sync to your server and access via your desktop.
What it does is that a MobileNoter Note book will be created and your notes will be as pages in these note book.
How the notes look like on your desktop
This would be great if you can then cut and paste these sections of notes to your other note books.
I try to play around with it and just drag a picture into the desktop oneNote and sync it, hoping that it would be reflected on the iPhone app, but it doesn’t so that is abit disappointing.
I spoke to Vitaly, the lead man for MobileNoter and he mentions that in the upcoming versions, we would be expecting Tag Summary to be incorporated into the iphone application.
This cloud application is not too expensive and its really targeting a niche market. in fact, OneNote and crowd favorite Evernote desktop is already quite different and this would be great for the fans of OneNote, who have alot of notebooks to sync.
One thing to note though, my 1 year subscription account allows me to sync 100MB worth of data, so if you have vast amounts of data do select which one you would like to sync. As a gauge,my 2 notebooks with pics comes up to 4.3 MB so I think its difficult for you to burst this limit.
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From our friends at the Creative briefing blog
For those of you in the business of design, think about all the software you use. My personal list includes all of Adobe Creative Suite 3, EditPlus 2, and Microsoft Office OneNote.
Wait a sec… did I just say OneNote?! Yes, I did!
If you’ve ever been in the situation where you needed to eye-drop a colour from somewhere, or make a measurement, or simply grab a snippet of something on your screen, you’ll understand the importance of your computer’s Print Screen function. But Print Screen is a hassle. After all, it prints the whole screen, leaving you to crop out the unecessary parts. That’s where OneNote comes in!
Among all the cool note-taking functionality OneNote offers, it also comes equipped with a nifty screen clipping function that allows you to take a screenshot of any part of your screen simply by clicking and dragging your cursor over the desired area (similar to how you would select an area in Photoshop). And voila – no cropping required! OneNote gives you the option to save the screenshot to your clipboard (ready to be pasted somewhere) or to place it into a new note within OneNote. It even comes handy with a keyboard shortcut (windows key + s… sorry Mac users)!
I personally love the convenience of being able to take custom-sized screenshots whether I’m using it within design, word processing, or even instant messaging (MSN lets you simply “paste” the image into the message box and then sends it as a file to your buddy).
Now I know not everyone owns or can afford a copy of OneNote. Nor would many of you even consider purchasing it for this functionality alone.
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Have you signed up for the OneNote 2010 beta yet?
If not, visit http://www.microsoft.com/2010 to download the Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus Beta.
Here to tempt you is a description of how you will be sharing Notebooks in Office 2010:
In Microsoft OneNote 2010 Beta, you can share any notebook so that you can access it on other computers or on the Web, or so that you can work in it together with other people. As a collaborative tool, OneNote offers far more than the ability to send static notebook pages via e-mail. Depending on the nature of your projects, you can use OneNote to brainstorm together with other people in meetings, use the notebook pages as a virtual whiteboard, and set up shared notebooks in which everyone can view, add, and edit information.
Unlike other programs that lock files for editing by one person at a time, OneNote 2010 lets multiple authors access a shared notebook at the same time. Anytime someone edits to the pages and sections in the shared notebook, OneNote automatically synchronizes the changes so that the notebook is always up-to-date for everyone. OneNote also maintains a separate offline copy of the notes on each user’s computer. That way, shared note-taking participants can continue to edit the notes locally even when they are temporarily disconnected from the network. The next time they connect to the shared notebook, OneNote automatically merges their changes with the changes made by everyone else.
Click Web if you want to be able to use the notebook from any computer or from a Web browser. You will need to sign in or sign up for an account, after which you can control whether your notebook can be accessed only by you or also by other people.
Click Network if you want to share the new notebook with other people on the same computer network or on a SharePoint site (for example, at your work or at your school).
Specify a Web Location If the Web service is available, sign in with an existing account (such as Windows Live) or sign up for a new one. When you are signed in, you will see a list of your Web folders where you can create shared notebooks. If you don’t need to share with other people, select one of the Personal Folders. If you do need to share with others, select a Shared Folder to which others will have access. To set sharing permissions for new and existing folders, OneNote will launch your Web browser, where you can finish creating the new folder for your notebook. Return to OneNote and then refresh the folder list in the Web Location field to see the folder that you just created. Now select this folder and then proceed to Step 5 below.
Specify a Network Location You can enter the full path of a network file share, enter a mapped network drive, or paste the full address of a SharePoint document library where you want to create the shared notebook. You can also select from one of the recent SharePoint locations, if available. Note that the notebook will be accessible to anybody who has permissions to this network location or SharePoint site.
Click Network if you want to share the new notebook with other people on the same computer network or on a SharePoint site (for example, at your work or at your school).
Specify a Web Location If the Web service is available, sign in with an existing account (such as Windows Live) or sign up for a new one. When you are signed in, you will see a list of your Web folders where you can create shared notebooks. If you don’t need to share with other people, select one of the Personal Folders. If you do need to share with others, select a Shared Folder to which others will have access. To set sharing permissions for new and existing folders, OneNote will launch your Web browser, where you can finish creating the new folder for your notebook. Return to OneNote and then refresh the folder list in the Web Location field to see the folder that you just created. Now select this folder and then proceed to Step 5 below.
Specify a Network Location You can enter the full path of a network file share, enter a mapped network drive, or paste the full address of a SharePoint document library where you want to create the shared notebook. You can also select from one of the recent SharePoint locations, if available. Note that the notebook will be accessible to anybody who has permissions to this network location or SharePoint site.
Note: If a Web or Network location that you want to use is shown as unavailable, make sure you are connected to the Internet or your network and that you have the necessary permissions before attempting to save and use notebooks in such locations.
After you create or share a notebook, OneNote will ask you if you want to create an e-mail message with a link to the shared notebook.
If you are sharing the notebook with other people, click E-mail a Link to compose the e-mail message for your recipients. This message will include a link to the shared notebook, which recipients can click to open the shared notebook on their computer.
Note: Mail recipients who do not already have permission to access the shared notebook location will not be able to use the shared notebook. The e-mail link only points to the location; it does not provide automatic access.
If you won’t be sharing your notebook with others but you want to use it on multiple computers, you can click E-mail a Link and then send the e-mail message with the link to your own Web-based e-mail account. This way, you can easily open the shared notebook from another computer.
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If you are a regular ihearter, you will notice that this site looks a little different – that’s because I have moved it over onto WordPress. I hope that you’ll find it a little easier to find stuff about OneNote – use the tag cloud or the category feature on the right. I moved most of the posts over from the other site and will also add a post that includes all the message board discussions. I’ll create a blog post for each topic which will allow you to respond via comments.
If you have any thing you’d like to post, please email me and I’ll be happy to blog about it.
Please subscribe to the new site via email – see the link on the right and participate in our first poll.
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Here’s a review from webworkerdaily.com of the OneNote 2010 beta as a blogging tool:
Now that Microsoft Office 2010 is in beta (as I noted here ), I’ve been spending more time using the applications, especially OneNote 2010 beta. have long used OneNote for capturing project information when I am working on one of my Windows machines, but its potential as a blogging tool has been on my mind recently. One of the features Microsoft ( GigaOM Pro company profile here ) touts I It makes a lot of sense, because OneNote can serve as an organizer for ideas, a repository for pictures and images, and has tools for composing text.
For purposes of this post, I created a fresh notebook in OneNote 2010 beta running on Windows 7. The publishing process from OneNote to your blog is straightforward. First you compose your post in OneNote and then choose “Send” from the “File” menu. Choose “Send to Blog.” If you haven’t used OneNote 2010 beta to publish to your blog previously, you’ll receive a prompt to set up a new blog account and then the New Blog Account dialog box appears.
The blogging feature supports Windows Live Spaces, Blogger, SharePoint blog, Microsoft Community Server, TypePad and WordPress. (Disclosure: Automatic, maker of WordPress, is backed by True Ventures, a venture capital firm that is an investor in the parent company of this blog, Giga Omni Media. Om Malik, founder of Giga Omni Media, is also a venture partner at True.) Follow the prompts to set up your new blog account. This is the only time you’ll have to set up your blog for publishing.
The post you composed in OneNote 2010 beta now appears in Word 2010 Beta. It can be easy to miss at first, but what you are actually seeing is Word with the “Blog Post” tab open. From this tab, you have options for publishing and inserting categories. I encourage you to test these features out prior to using them because I noticed some subtle differences between the options available for TypePad and WordPress.
When publishing to your blog, the following scary warning appears:
Whether you are comfortable with this or not, it’s certainly off-putting — I would like to know whether my password is being encrypted or not.
I was disappointed that the “Send to Blog” feature relies on MS Word for publishing my posts, because I was expecting a strictly OneNote-to-blog publishing experience. However, if you use OneNote to capture ideas and research information you may still get some mileage out of this feature. Personally, I probably won’t be using the feature on a regular basis because I think using two desktop applications just to compose and publish a blog post is a little too much, though it could be handy if I am writing posts based upon source material I already have in OneNote.
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Based in Toronto, Ontario, JobStart is a nonprofit United Way member agency that helps participants gain the skills needed to achieve economic self-sufficiency. In December 2007, the agency received Microsoft® Office OneNote® 2007 through a sponsorship from Microsoft Canada and began testing the software in its youth program. JobStart anticipates that using Office OneNote 2007 will reduce costs while increasing collaboration between students and instructors.
JobStart was originally established in 1980 as the Centre for Advancement in Work and Living. For 28 years this nonprofit agency has been committed to helping Toronto’s youth become gainfully employed. JobStart also provides innovative employment services to adults, newcomers to Canada, persons with disabilities, and students.
In November 2006, JobStart received the Minister’s Silver Award for Excellence in Service Quality from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. This award recognizes the excellent employment services JobStart provides to individuals and employers and its capacity to respond to the changing needs of the community. JobStart delivers Employment Ontario, an integrated, client-centered service designed to provide employment and training to individuals 16 years of age and eligible to work in Canada. JobStart is funded by all three levels of government, by United Way of Toronto, and by an Unlimited Potential Grant from Microsoft Canada.
For the past 14 years, JobStart and the Toronto District School Board have worked in partnership to offer Literacy Basic Skills (LBS) instruction and General Educational Development (GED) test preparation to individuals seeking employment. Sam Sanfilippo, LBS/GED Instructor, says the goal is to help young people upgrade their math, reading, and workplace skills to improve their chances of being employed or placed in an apprenticeship opportunity.
As a nonprofit agency, JobStart is committed to increasing the quality of its service while reducing costs and running more efficiently. “We recently began tracking how much paper we use to print our math and English worksheets,” says Julia Knapp, Director, Programs and Services, JobStart. “In the past six months we’ve already used over 20,000 sheets.” JobStart began looking for a solution that would reduce printing and paper costs while increasing the flexibility and dynamism of the educational tools available to its instructors.
Click here to read about their Solution with OneNote
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The United States Coast Guard is known for its impeccable standards and service. To maintain these levels of performance, USCG habitually goes above and beyond the call of duty to seek out new tools and resources that support the ongoing education of its members.
Originally established in 1790 as the Revenue Cutter Service, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) is one of the oldest organizations in the federal government. Throughout its distinguished history, USCG has been instrumental in enforcing maritime law and protecting the nation’s coastlines and ports. During an average day, USCG saves 14 lives, assists 123 people in distress, conducts 78 search-and-rescue missions, and responds to 12 oil or hazardous chemical spills.
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This level of responsiveness and execution requires the highest caliber of skill and training. USCG is a forward-looking organization with a commitment to providing its members with the best technology-assisted, performance-based education available. USCG operates two full-time training centers in Yorktown, Virginia, and Petaluma, California, which provide training for entry-level and advanced rate-specific skills (a “rate” is defined as an enlisted pay-grade).
The Training Center (TRACEN) at Petaluma operates seven entry-level, or “A”, Schools, which focus on developing Petty Officer skills within specific ratings (general occupations within the USCG) that include Information Systems Technician (IT), Electronics Technician (ET), Operation Specialist (OS), Health Services Technician (HS), Yeoman (YN), Storekeeper (SK), and Food Services Specialist (FS). TRACEN Petaluma currently offers over 50 courses to approximately 4,000 USCG members each year.
Students are provided a variety of instructional material, including binders of documentation and handouts to supplement training. “Our current training support documents are largely paper-based,” explains Lieutenant John Bannon, TRACEN Petaluma, USCG. “Students take notes in spiral notebooks, reference their extensive student guide, and compile additional printed information for every course. We’re very interested in finding ways to save money on paper and printing costs, as well as provide enhanced learning transfer. As a federal organization, we’re certainly always thinking about being good stewards with the taxpayers’ money.”
When students leave the training centers, they take these printed resources with them into the field to use as references, but USCG members find the manuals and handbooks to be cumbersome. “It can be difficult to find a specific note or instruction in a printed resource, especially out in the field,” says Bannon. “Flipping through hundreds of pages of notes isn’t always feasible.” Currently the USCG is exploring various electronic support tools.
Instructors also spend a substantial amount of time preparing materials for classes and keeping documentation up to date. “I teach computer system administration for the Coast Guard,” says Jane Lybecker, Training Specialist III and Senior Instructor, L-3 Communications, Inc., in support of TRACEN Petaluma. “This topic requires almost weekly updates because everything changes so frequently. It’s very difficult to keep all of the documentation up to date and to know where the most current versions are located. I have to pull information from 14 different folders out on the network and 3 different Web sites. It’s a very time-consuming process.”
TRACEN officers began exploring the potential of using technology-based tools to further enhance the efficiency of the USCG training environment for its students as well as its instructors.
Click here to read more about their solution with OneNote
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Another great post from ihearter Steve
I don’t know about you, but for me organizing is a challenge in part because I don’t maintain a single discipline about how I do it over time. I get some pieces working, add others, read a good article and think “I should do that”, and next thing you know I’ve forgotten all about the basic steps that helped me improve in the first place.
This happens with OneNote too for me. The ability to ‘TAG’ tasks to do is a great thing, AND I notice that the more I create lists, say for ‘home’, ‘critical tasks’ at work, other ‘tasks’ to be delegated or develop, I suddenly have 7 or 8 pages with things to do.
Here’s a capability of OneNote I’m learning can help. Do a Tag summary page and see them all at once.
This saves looking all over for things you wanted to remember at the time, but now have forgotten where the page went to. You can also do this for items you’ve tagged as ‘Outlook Tasks.’ I don’t know about you, but for me this practice helps me find things before they’ve gone missing for too long.
I notice it actually does help me Get Things Done.
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| So, I am on a quest to identify all the ways you the OneNote fans are using OneNote and i stumbled across this post today thanks to Twitter (I am such a freaking Twitter fan!)
What can be cooler than using OneNote to analyze motor racing tracks. Here’s how it’s done: |
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As you develop your skills in Open Track events, and start to become comfortable with a particular racetrack, you will start to realize that you need to analyze each part of the track in detail. This allows you to methodologically focus on improving how you approach the turn, where you turn in, where your apex is and how you cross it, and how you exit the turn. Plus of course the relationship of that turn to the next one, and so on. In other words, you start to document each aspect of the event. And not only information about the track, but starting with a list of what you need to pack for the weekend, the latest alignment specs you setup the car with, tire temps after each run, maps to the event and hotel reservations, and lots more. This is where a great piece of software comes in: Microsoft OneNote. OneNote is a software notebook. Pages, tabs, and sections allow you to organize your information the way you want to. The ability to import graphics or to draw in freehand allows you to visualize and mark up information. If you have a Tablet PC, you can use a pen to draw diagrams and to annotate them with your notes.. A Tablet PC isn’t necessary, but it’s a nice addition to the capabilities and of course it’s very powerful to be able to carry the laptop around your garage area and to take notes with the driver during and following each track session. If you have instrumented your car, and are storing the data in a file such as Excel, that file can be linked to or even imported into OneNote, where it can also annotated and highlighted. Now you can look for issues and start to methodically address them. The example shown here is from Target Chip Ganassi Racing in 2004. Engineers at the track use information store in and organized by OneNote to immediately modify the car for better performance. Engineers analyze the data to design car components and plan strategies to help win future races. They previously used pen and paper, but that information was difficult to share and inconvenient to use in the track environment. Imagine these kinds of notes for your local track. If you are an instructor, you could even build your instruction notes here and print them out for the student or class. Whether you’ve got a TabletPC or not, this is the killer way to store your notes at the track. Alignments, tire pressures, other setup information, notes on the track, events results, and more. Everything stored in OneNote, even handwriting and images, is searchable and sharable. This is an extremely powerful tool and we consider it a must-have. |
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So, as you all know, I am tweeting about Onenote and iheartonenote on Twitter. I thought I’d take a look at what you all are saying about OneNote on Twitter. Here’s what I found this morning:
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