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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: Banking
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Microsoft OneNote
With Microsoft OneNote I had the possibility to write memos, save notes and events on my phone.
Pros
What I like about Microsoft OneNote is this easy to create documents and finishing projects.
Cons
The real time collaboration also help to share notes with the team and make editing if it's necessary.
- Industry: Apparel & Fashion
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Microsoft OneNote
My experience with Microsoft OneNote has been absolutely exceptionally well. The user friendly User Interface is very simple and easy to use across all the devices Microsoft Office 365 Apps and Microsoft OneNote are compatible with.
Pros
I like how it goes with me on all my devices and I thoroughly enjoy the extremely user friendly User Interface across all cthe compatible devices I use Microsoft OneNote on.
Cons
I disliked that the file format is incompatible with Google Keep Notes app on Android and Apple Notes on iOS.
- Industry: Management Consulting
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Easy to use but too little features
It's a great tool for taking quick daily notes about your projects or during meetings. It doesn't have lots of features that other note-taking softwares have but at the same time it's extremely easy to use.
Pros
It's extremely easy to use and intuitive, almost everyone has it already installed. You don't need any tutorials to start creating your notes.
Cons
Copying and pasting can get irritating as OneNote automatically adds the source. Notes can also easily get really messy and it's hard to avoid it with limited features it has
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- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Highly Recommend
I really very positive experience with OneNote. I utilize mine to house the most important information related to my day to day duties, terminology, contacts, projects, and processes. I love the tab and sub tab capabilities and color coding options.
Pros
I love that I can take and organize my notes digitally without the fear of losing any information. I also like how OneNote is getting more and more integrated with other applications, for example our newest AI component, Copilot. I love that I can import emails to save to my OneNote or create a table in one note and export it to excel. The application is very user friendly, easy to navogate and customize to my liking.
Cons
There isn’t much I don’t like. I supposed when I want to format documentation, that can be a little difficult sometimes. However, OneNote is not really made for this so I typically utilize PowerPoint or word to format content (depending on what’s being generated) and then I import it into OneNote.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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OneNote Review
Pros
I love that OneNote saves automatically, allows you to create folders and "notebooks" and can be easily shared with colleagues
Cons
I dislike that OneNote can sometimes not save, causing you to lose an entire notebook of information
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Great for Daily Task management
It was a good experience since it is a Microsoft program
Pros
Wonderful platform for Daily Task management
Cons
I was able to log my to do on a daily, weekly & monthly basis
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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OneNote is good for following the Minutes of meeting & Action points
Overall it's well structured tool to record notes, so I use it in my daily work to capture main points & actions from my meetings. They could be shared & edited by other users
Pros
Recording in different categories & sub-categories my Minutes of Meetings & action points, possibility to share & edit by other participants
Cons
I experience some difficulties with adding different subcategories
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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One Note fun and easy to learn
I enjoy one note to take a quick note or to build comprehensive notes that I can present to a group in meetings
Pros
One note allows the user to create various different notebooks to keep records. Notebooks can audio record files to help with note taking
Cons
One note does take some time to learn how to operate. The easy of learning is medium on the scale
- Industry: Nonprofit Organisation Management
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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OneNote for Organization
Overall, I greatly appreciate OneNote and the ability to stay organized and have my notes consolidated to one place.
Pros
I really like how easy it is to organize my notes, find them later, color coding, overalll it's a great way to stay organized quickly at work.
Cons
The interface at times feels a little outdated.
- Industry: Writing & Editing
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Amazingggg app
loved how everything is one area. You can customize a chart or make lists and ect. The limits are endless.
Pros
loved how you can literally do anything and everything with Microsoft
Cons
there is nothing to not like about microsoft
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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An incredibly powerful one-stop-shop
Beyond these cons, OneNote is super-easy to use, powerful, and functional across all major platforms. Unfortunately, not all platforms offer the same features: Wiki-style links (creating links using [[ ]]) is not supported in the browser version nor on iPadOS.
Pros
You can embed content from so many sites: Youtube, Thinglink, Coogle to name a few. Each notebook can contain as many section groups and sections as you want, with as many pages and sub-pages as you want. And each page is an infinite canvas. Bonus: You can store actual files on any pages that you can then later open in the appropiate app using a double click. The desktop version features OCR which is great for searching content in pictures.
Cons
The way the infinite canvas works. You cannot scroll left or up from the top of the page - only right and down. That feels somewhat counterintuitive at times. Also, there should be easy sharing on the page level - as of the writing of this review, you can only share entire notebooks, meaning you give access to it all, even if all you wanted to do was to collaborate on a single page.
- 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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Easy to use. All the functions are straightforward and ready to use that users no need to custom make for their own format.- Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Easy to use Microsoft OneNote
When I transfer my note-taking data to Microsoft Word or Outlook, either it's a miss or a hit. Sometimes it is the services area where the bad connection may work adequately. This will cause frustration, but overall, I still use it every day because it became my friend most time when I need to jot down and don't have paper and pen ready. This app will always be ready when I need to use.
Pros
OneNote beats Evernote in numerous ways, on account of its wide exhibit of highlights, including optical person acknowledgment (OCR), sound and video accounts, ink-to-message transformation, and directing. The best part is that OneNote's administrations are sans altogether. To utilize it, all you really want is a Microsoft account. On the off chance that you are now utilizing Office 365, Outlook, or other Microsoft applications, essentially sign in with your certifications.
Cons
One of the most disappointing parts of this program was the deficiency of data. Yearly program updates would lose information from the earlier variant to the refreshed adaptation. Having difficulties integrating with Outlook when need to transfer data.
- 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: E-Learning
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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OneNote for Tutors
Overall, I would like to recommend everyone to use this app to prepare your notes. It's very handy and versatile.
Pros
There are may features of Onenote which makes it useful like:
1. Clippers, which allow to move data from any browser to OneNote.
2. Can be used in multiple devices simulatneosly.
3. Allows to add Multimedia.
4. Doesn't have formatting contraint.
5. Document Management , division on basis of subject, Notebook, Pages.
6. Flexible formatting option.
7. Works very well in laptop, pc, android tab and mobile.
8. Can use Digital Pen.
Cons
The Synchronisation with cloud features lags a lot. Many times doesn't works properly. Have to click sync many times and have to wait if internet is slow.
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I have used limited version of other notemaking softwares but was not at all satisfied with them, so decided to try OneNote and yeah it was a good decision.- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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OneNote, a multipurpose 21st Century Tool for Lifelong Learners
I plan my classes and curate content. OneNote has helped me shape the way I organize and manage my classes and curate content as a participant, presenter and author. I can search content in all my notebooks in a very short time, create portfolios of learning progress over years, move, copy, archive and delete sections or pages. Digital ink, lasso conversion, linked notes, degrees of privacy, audio and video recordings, printouts, symbols, emoji, stickers, equations, drawing, dictionary tools with Thesaurus, immersive reader with speed and voice control, identification of main parts of speech, reading line focus, visual vocabulary input and image to text conversion are some of the most valuable features allowing the promotion , development and assessment of main 21st Century hard and soft skills in PBL ( Project Based Learning) , Remote Learning and Home Office Work. The Send to OneNote feature in different formats makes it unique since users can annotate their bookmarks and enhance them with extra content . App smashing through OneNote it effective since it allows multiple integrations with LMS, platforms like Buncee ,Wakelet, Office apps, Flipgrid, Genially, Whiteboard.chat, Kahoot, Quizlet, Sketchfab, PhET interactive simulations, Adobe Spark, EdPuzzle, Playposit, etc.
Pros
I like everything. It helps me organize content, plan, deliver & assess learning paths, keep records of multimedia resources supporting learning beyond school walls through assistive technology, data management with support and feedback to allow student voice, choice and agency as well as autonomous learning.
Cons
I only dislike the fact that I did not use it as a student. I wish I had had such a powerful learning app at school. It is permanently adding new features to make learning accessible, memorable and enjoyable not only for students but for PD , content curation and regular use at home.
- 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: Consumer Electronics
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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OneNote: The Only Anti-Minimalist Note-Taking App That Works
For me, Obsidian feels a bit too complex, and MS Notepad far too basic. OneNote strikes the right balance between the two. I don't consider myself a hardcore note-taker, but I do need a space to get ideas out of my head. I appreciate the freedom of its canvas and the ability to drop things in as messily as they come to me—quickly and efficiently. Then, when the storm of ideas calms, I can sort through what’s important and structure everything accordingly.
Pros
Old habits die hard. Even though there are numerous new note-taking apps available—and some of them are really good—I still find myself sticking with OneNote to capture my thoughts and ideas. Despite the allure of new, shiny apps, I always find it hard to switch. OneNote remains my daily driver for note-taking, so I let it be.What I like most about Microsoft OneNote is its ability to handle all sorts of media—text, images, links, and more—and how it manages thumbnails and backlinks. While this isn't unique or groundbreaking by today’s standards, it was back when I first started using it, and it's been working beautifully for me ever since.
Cons
search functionality, while decent, isn't as powerful as I'd like. Finding specific content can be slow, especially in larger notebooks, and it doesn't always surface relevant results as efficiently as other apps. For someone juggling multiple projects or ideas, this can slow down productivity.
- 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: 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.
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- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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The best free note-taking application
With regards to picking the best note-taking application, there are two clear victors: Microsoft OneNote and Evernote. Both are PCMag Editors' Choices, and both have pluses and minuses. OneNote is greatly improved assuming you need a free application. Evernote has an alternate construction that makes it simpler to sort out, tag, find, and offer data, insofar as you're willing to follow through on its precarious cost. While the accompanying survey of OneNote is anything but a no holds barred correlation with Evernote, it's hard not to match them up in at minimum in a couple of regards. In general, and contrasted and all the other things available, OneNote is obviously one of the most outstanding note-taking applications. Whether you'll favor it to Evernote comes down to what you esteem in an application and how you use it.Can be slow and burdensome
Not really good or bad sharing choices
Web trimmer requirements improvement.
The amount Does OneNote Cost?
To utilize OneNote, you want some sort of Microsoft account, yet it doesn't need to be paid. Only having a free Outlook.com login will do.
OneNote is accessible to download for nothing on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. There's likewise a web application. You can involve it for nothing with practically no component limitations. You in all actuality do get a modest bunch of additional elements like Sticker and Math-assuming you have a paid Microsoft account. Free OneNote clients get 5GB of space.
Pros
Rich with highlights
Can separate text from pictures
Liberal free form
A lot of capacity
Condition settling
Cons
Can be slow and cumbersome
Not terrible, but not great either sharing choices
Web trimmer necessities improvement
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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OneNote Review
I keep a few main pages and have them broken up into broad categories, and then spilt the categories into pages to have a more streamlined way of keeping track of notes, links and files. It's really helpful for keeping track of tasks you don't do very opften, or if you are helping to onboard a new coworker too. I even keep a daily to-do list running, it's such a great help for staying organized and ahead of the game.
Pros
What I like most about OneNote is it is my one-stop-shop to staying organized and on track without having to open a bunch of tabs/folders &/or documents. My favourite feature within OneNote is the ability to search, so if i can' remember where i stored some text or a document it just takes a second to find. Super easy & very efficient!
Cons
I'm being very honest here, i can't think of anything that would make OneNote better, it's truly something I couldn't do my job without!
- 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: Financial Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Managing tasks and To Do List along notes in one Place
Overall I found OneNote a very handy tool and the use of OneNote is very effective in an organization where they have to constantly make notes of things and keeping the track of the information.
Pros
I have worked with OneNote for over 4 years now and I have been really impressed with the way it handles the data, Creating Workbooks and sheets, and sub-pages, and manages the sync with the cloud on all devices. It is very handy to keep note of every little detail and manage the To-Do List. Search functionality is great as it can scan through all pages and exporting the data is very easy.
Cons
OneNote should use Addin to extract the information, sometimes formatting with text from various sources/platforms develop issues with the OneNote and the format changes.