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Microsoft OneNote
What Is Microsoft OneNote?
Microsoft OneNote is a fully functional digital note taking application which can be used to organize, share, and collaborate on ideas. The solution comes with a free companion application for Windows devices and offers deep search functionality for all notes stored in its system. Users can store and organize audio recordings that are in a searchable format as well as integrate them with other Microsoft 365 products such as Excel or Word. Users can can also highlight their handwritten notes by using various shapes and colors on the screen of their mobile device.
Who Uses Microsoft OneNote?
Students, educators, families, enterprises, frontline workers, nonprofits, schools, developers, IT professionals, and businesses.
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Microsoft OneNote Reviews for Indian Users
Dare to find a better note task program. Beautiful
Comments: I can't say enough about how great OneNote has made me more efficient and relieved a lot of stress from confusing notes/tasks.
Pros:
I love the notes and tasks making. The ability and way you rearrange and organize notes/tasks is bar none. Saved me so much time and headaches.
Cons:
For some reason Microsoft in general login is a bit clunky and not as smooth as I'd like,
Microsoft OneNote makes work better!
Comments: Great, I use it on a daily basis to record important meeting notes, create to-do lists, store documents and images, etc. It does it all!
Pros:
The fact that you can actually treat it like a notebook with different pages and tabs. It also has a great search feature.
Cons:
I don't fully understand the cloud/one drive features.
Nice if you work with MS Teams/M365
Comments: I only use OneNote for the team wiki pages because of its integration with MS Teams. But for my personal notes/wikis I prefer to use other platforms as Notion, which is more powerful and complete than OneNote.
Pros:
- Fully integrated with MS Teams. - You can access the data within Teams, or web. - Seamless synchronisation via OneDrive. - Cross-platform. - Collaboration in real-time.
Cons:
- Search feature doesn't work, at least in our environment. You can try to search typing a word which appears in the "section" or "page" header, and it doesn't find anything. I don't think that is the normal behaviour. - Not too much user-friendly. - Different experience depending on the platform. - Limited export options. - It misses some important features that its competitors have. It just "do the work" but it is some kind of "basic" app.
The best way to organize your digital stuff
Comments: great everyday companion to keep all your ducks in a row
Pros:
Omnipresence (mobile, web, app etc.), integration with other Microsoft products, flexibility (allows lists, formatting, images etc.)
Cons:
search function sometimes lets me down (there are two search boxes - even after years of using the app I get confused)
Lots of advanced featurs.
Comments: Its my favorite go to notes application.
Pros:
Great place for quick notating but with the ability for additives and attachments. My favorite feature is the voice notes!
Cons:
Takes a some time to learn all the features and how to use it to the best of its ability.
