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Pros

Ease of Cross-Device Switching: Users have appreciated the seamless transitions between devices for project brainstorming and content development. This functionality enables users to work efficiently without disruptions, contributing to a smoother workflow.

Instant Saving and Password Protection: Many users value the instant saving feature and password protection, ensuring secure storage of important information. The combination of these features provides peace of mind regarding data security while streamlining the saving process.

Versatile Media Integration: Reviewers highlight the versatility of adding various media types like graphs, pictures, recordings, and videos for comprehensive idea capture. This diverse range of media options allows users to create dynamic and engaging content within their notes, enhancing creativity and information retention.

OneNote Reviews

2 Reviews
Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesInformation Technology & Services1Market Research1

OneNote your personal thought organizer

Rating: 9 out of 10

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

OneNote comes with a standard MS Office package. I have to stress that it is not a compulsory tool to use throughout the organization but rather something to be used on a personal level. I am not sure about my other colleagues, as this is a personal preference tool.
I personally choose to use it for training purposes, mainly organizing loads of different information.

Pros

  • With all other online tools in place one might think there is no need anymore for OneNote, however it has some capabilities that not all little note organizing apps and programs have. For example it has built in calculation tools. You start writing e.g. 100 / 2 = and once you put space after = sign you get your answer. I have not seen other note compiling apps do that.
  • It gives the feeling of an actual note book with all the tabs of important information you want to store. Compared to other note keeping products where it is more tag based.
  • I love the search option, that is so convenient.
  • Screen clipping is much more convenient than any other program.

Cons

  • Sharing could be little bit easier.
  • I feel it has a little bit bulky file appearance (a folder with multiple files). I would say, it is not anymore OneNote but Multiple notes (even though it compiles it all together pretty nice).

Likelihood to Recommend

I personally really like OneNote for developing procedures. You know when you start creating department procedures there are more and more things that pop out that need to be elaborated. Well as a draft version, before it gets published on the company online platform, it is a perfect place to organize your thoughts.
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Ausrine Pasakarnyte
Senior Set Up and Data Quality Manager in Quality Assurance at WorldOne (Market Research, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
OneNote
3 years of experience
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A Super Powered Notebook

Rating: 9 out of 10
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

OneNote is implemented across the organization but it is up to the individual to learn it and incorporate it into their day to day job. It is an excellent resource to replace and enhance the use of traditional pen and paper.

Pros

  • Organization of day to day meeting and task notes- The best thing about OneNote is the ability to organize notes to make them easy to access and use as needed. The sections can be used to create a category and pages of notes can be added as subcategories to that section (think of a paper file folder filled with documents). The search functionality allows you to use any word within any file to easily locate a particular note page. Extras such as "to do", "important" tags and "question" tags make it easy to find and and sort by these categories as well.
  • Easy to Use- One note is so much like a traditional notebook, file cabinet and MS Word that getting started requires little or no training. The product is very intuitive to organize and use with only a small learning curve. All of the editing is very similar or the same as MS Word so anyone who can use Word can use OneNote.
  • Easy to Enhance with References- Beyond the ability to create and organize notes, OneNote allows you to easily insert links to web pages, other files such as Excel, Word and PowerPoint, photos, audio and video recordings and drawings. This makes it very easy to locate anything refereed to in the notes.

Cons

  • Ability to share notebooks with others- Although the product offers several ways to share with others it is confusing to decide which option to use and in some cases requires the user to create a Windows Live ID. This has made it challenging for me to use OneNote to collaborate with others.

Likelihood to Recommend

I would recommend OneNote for any situation in which notes are taken such as schools, trainings and meetings. Although it's easy to fall back to old school pen and paper, the enhanced abilities of OneNote to let you add supporting links and documents, save to a cloud environment, organize and find makes it far more usable.
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Bridgette Barry
Marketing Manager in Marketing at Mattersight Corporation (Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
OneNote
1 year of experience