OneNote crazy!
Monday, July 30, 2007 at 11:29AM Being relatively new to Microsoft’s OneNote software, so still in the learning stages, I haven’t really even begun to tap the potential of this software. But what I’ve learned of it so far has left me simply amazed! I used to do all my journaling and note taking in a software package called “The Journal”, which is also excellent.
But OneNote, ahhh… This is absolutely the find of the century! I use it for everything, but I though my fellow quilting friends would really appreciate this software.
Click for larger viewI believe you need the current versions (Office 2007, IE Explore 7) for all these features to work, but oh MY how they work 
Click for larger viewtogether! Did you know you can take any web page and send it to OneNote, retaining all the formatting and images? How great is that for saving inspirational quilts you discover, or a cool technique a blogger shared?
How about all of those fantastic classes and projects that Bernina offers on their website in .pdf format? Did you know you can save those in OneNote, all neat, organized and easily accessible? Then still be able to turn around and republish them in .pdf format, or email them? (No, I’m not suggesting violating any copyright laws, I’m simply using an example to point out the features of the software).
Click for larger viewHere’s a screenshot of the Quilting & Sewing tab I have setup in OneNote. Most of my “Tabs” are Bernina related, but I have one labeled “Research”, and that’s currently where I send all the pages I find online of various quilting, sewing, and embroidery tips and projects.
I keep all of the Bernina stitch recipes, etc in this section. It’s so easy to navigate and find things!
If that weren’t great enough, you can also send to OneNote directly from Outlook. I belong to many email groups about sewing and quilting, and sometimes a real gem of a tip that I want to keep comes via email. You can simply click on the email, and send it to OneNote for filing!
Here’s a screenshot of that feature. As you can see, I have a number of folders setup in Outlook to keep myself sane. All 
Click for larger viewmy emails get filtered and sorted into the appropriate folders upon arrival. How cool is that?
So many neat features, and I used to have folder after folder of files and stuff I wanted to save, but even with organized folders, it was hard to weed through it all. Now I save everything in OneNote, and it auto backs up as well!
Another thing I do with OneNote is to send all my receipts from online shopping (numerous, in my case… ahem!) to a folder within my Personal Notebook section of OneNote, under Receipts of course.
Click for larger viewThen there’s my favorite recipes. I keep those in OneNote too. In my Personal Notebook section, which is secure, I keep copies of insurance, etc.
I love technology. And anything digital fascinates me. Next I want to learn how to podcast!
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New features in OneNote 2007
· Multiple notebooks
· Multiple computer support
· Shared notebooks
· Notebook synchronization and merging
· Outlook integration
○ Outlook task synchronization
○ Notes linked to Outlook items
○ Send Outlook e-mails to OneNote
· Send Web pages to OneNote
· Hyperlinks between notes
· Insert files as printouts
· Notebook templates
· File attachments on pages
· Recognition of text in pictures
· Tables
· Drawing tools
· Lasso Select
· Calculator
· Faster search
· Audio search
· Full page view
· OneNote Mobile for mobile devices
· Programmability import/export APIs
OneNote sounds great........
Jim and I keep this nifty little SeaGate portable USB hard drive (40 gigs) just for things like that. It's enough to hold files we need to transfer between computers, or Jim to transfer from home to the office, etc.
There's no stick on the market that would even begin to hold up our backups... heck my Outlook .pst file alone is nearly 2 gigs... I keep all my emails going back about 5 years.
Love the stuff you made recently with the Moda fabrics!
Janice, I couldn't get past 2 things with the MacBooks. A) the system specs are always outdated, and B) there's just no software! If I have to run everything via an emulater or Boot Camp... why not just stick with Windows?
Claudia, OneNote is a dream, I wish I could sit down with a group of quilters and show you the amazing things you can do with this software... especially the super busy ones with schedules!
You can "print to OneNote" rather than "send" for unsupported applications, but I've only done that with .pdf files and so I'm not sure how that works with other formats.
I am so glad you wrote about OneNote back in July. I have just loaded it on my new computer and I can see that it has a TON of potential for my quilting and sewing stuff.
I'm just a little overwhelmed getting started with it. I have so much stuff on my computer in other places.
I just spent several minutes trying to figure out how to save the new Modern Retro 3 stitch recipe to a section of my Quilting and Sewing notebook in OneNote. I tried so many things like "Insert file" etc. That didn't seem to work, then I tried importing a screen shot. Finally, I went to the pdf file and clicked "Print" and one of the choices (instead of a specific printer) was "Send to OneNote 2007". Whew.
This is definitely going to take some getting used to!
One thing I would advise other people to do is check with their employer about availability of cheap or free versions of Microsoft Office which may contain programs that would be otherwise very expensive to buy. I work for a school district and by simply asking I found out that our licensing agreement with Microsoft allows our IT Dept to distribute copies of Office 2007 free to all employees. What a great deal!
Happy Thanksgiving! cheers, Claudia
When I buy embroidery designs that have a .pdf project sheet or color chart, I send those to my embroidery folder in OneNote as well.