onenote vs word: when to use?

[marcus]

hello again,

since i start to use onenote, this thought often came to my mind:

when to use onenote, when word?

at first, the answer where clear: whem i´m collecting thoughts and texts when a project is at a early stage, i use onenote because i can easly rearrange, mark and search pieces of text and information. when i have to write a larger, static text, i use word, just as i did before knowing onenote.

nevertheless i would like to know from you onenote users out there, when & how you use onenote instead of word? for what kind of work onenote took the place word had for you?

have a nice sunday,

[red]

Why use word at all unless absolutley necessary? I keep ALL of my
notes neatly organized in ONE place with O.N. Why add to the confusion
with Word? I can copy/paste, drag/drop ANYTHING, (almost anything), on
a O.N. page and VOILA! it's there. I only use Word for doing formal
letters, proposals/quotations in my sales position. Good luck!

[One Note User]

I deleted Word from my system when I got one note, I see
no use for it since I have one note.

>-----Original Message-----
>Why use word at all unless absolutley necessary? I keep
ALL of my
>notes neatly organized in ONE place with O.N. Why add to
the confusion
>with Word? I can copy/paste, drag/drop ANYTHING, (almost
anything), on
>a O.N. page and VOILA! it's there. I only use Word for
doing formal
>letters, proposals/quotations in my sales position. Good
luck!
>
>marcus wrote:
>> hello again,
>>
>> since i start to use onenote, this thought often came
to my mind:
>>
>> when to use onenote, when word?
>>

>> at first, the answer where clear: whem i´m collecting

thoughts and texts when a project is at a early stage, i
use onenote because i can easly rearrange, mark and search
pieces of text and information. when i have to write a
larger, static text, i use word, just as i did before
knowing onenote.
>>
>> nevertheless i would like to know from you onenote
users out there, when & how you use onenote instead of
word? for what kind of work onenote took the place word
had for you?
>>
>> have a nice sunday,
>>
>>
>

>.
>

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote]

I use OneNote for research and outlining. I transfer my notes to Word
(sometimes in bulk, sometimes piece by piece) when it's time for me to use
that research to compose a more formal document; especially one that needs
to be printed.

--
Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/schorr

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"marcus" <anon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[ehards]

Ben,

Would you mind giving me an idea of your research process with OneNote? I am trying to use it to do my research for my Ph.D. and I am trying to see how others work with the program. For instance: Do you create a separate page for each reference you use and then add notes like 3x5 cards to each page? Or do you create a section for a given research questions and pile verious notes on multimple pages? How do you keep track of references as they are applied to given notes.

Thanks for your hep.

[W. Frederick Zimmerman [OneNote MVP]]

I created a lot of sections in early bursts of enthusiasm, but am now finding
that I wish I didn't have quite so many to contend with ... my rule of thumb
is to stay in the current section as long as I possibly can and create
subpages, new pages, and page groups (in that order).

"ehards" <eric....@lmco.com> wrote in message
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[Patricio C.]

I am also using OneNote for my Ph.D. diss. In this case I'm composing my proposal. What I like about O.N. is that it allows me to begin with one topic, say research design, and then I can add an associated thought by adding a page and so on. Then, by using flags, I can view, or pre-view sections by using the task panel. The result of this is that you can be writing down some thoughts and be able to see what you wrote about a related topic just by glancing at the task panel and/or going there just by cliking in the needed note-flag.

Another great aspect of this program is its search capabilty. It differs from Word, as far as I know, in that it uses the task panel to connect you to every page where the search workd is located AND it highlights every page that contains the searched word. Pretty neat.

Hope this gives you some ideas.

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote]

As a matter of fact there is about to be an article published about it (I
wrote the article) at Microsoft.com. Soon as it's up I'll post the link for
you.

--
Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/schorr

Microsoft OneNote FAQ:
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/schorr/Computers/OneNoteFAQ.htm

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"ehards" <eric....@lmco.com> wrote in message
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[Chrino]

It's pretty clear OneNote is all about notetaking and Word for documents.

You will find OneNote's best use for lectures and brainstorming I suppose.
Word is best for what it's been for decades. For your case I'll recommend
using stationery to keep lesson questions and notes at one glance. Also, I
recommend using a separate folder for each semester of work to reduce
confusion. Use subpages only if there's a clear cut of relation (one subpage
for large diagrams, another for a group of ideas), and new pages for
completely different topic or for a new day class. Keep in mind that you can
create subfolders.

I also use OneNote mainly for schoolwork, to be honest. I frequently use the
inking features to create mind maps, diagrams to visualise items and points.
I have ported all my notes from Word to OneNote without a hitch.

Although Word has dropped out of my Start menu's MFU list, thanks to
OneNote. I still find Word invaluable for creating reports, essays, and
letters based on notes from OneNote. I guess that's what Microsoft intended
OneNote to do anyway, 'notetaker'.