A Deep Dive into OneNote; Your Digital Brain

[@sgmmaffe]

-What I miss the most in Onenote is the a line beneath your note, Evernote did it better. -And terribly annoying is the sometimes 'invisible' vertical A4 line, where you can't type through. -It's irritating when I paste a link, I can't always remove the hyperlink. I've been working with Onenote for several years. Some issues we encountered: -Search index corruption. -Trying to find things you're sure are there but can't seem to locate. -It's not always possible to export your Onenote as a backup. Sometimes, you get the most beautiful error messages.

[@yw1971]

MS is deliberately refusing to improve ON, fearing it will steal the focus from Word as the leading Office app. I've no better explanation.

[@mindacid3274]

we cn use addons to remove the hypherlins tho. i ve been using onenote for over 5 years now

[@erichoenderop1142]

I really like the enthusiasm with which you made the video. Nice pace, without blah blah parts. I already had OneNote and had been using it for a while and was curious to see if I could discover something new. I actually came to your KZbin via a detour to discover whether OneNote could also be optimized with VBA. Unfortunately not, but maybe I can continue with the hints I have collected. Please continue making videos like this, a well-deserved compliment! (and I will follow you ;-) of course)

[@bearded365guy]

Thank you 🙏

[@southsidejohnny5624]

Hi Jonathan, I’m just getting started with Microsoft 365 and this has been a great help. Thank you.

[@rajanr6543]

Amazing tool - OneNote, we love it everyday 😊

[@fredito4ever]

Nice OneNote video, Jonathan, it was educational, even though I use OneNote daily for many years. I hope the future of OneNote is still bright; I was a bit concerned about 4 years ago when Microsoft removed the application and recommended to use the Windows 10 App instead.

[@bearded365guy]

I don’t think it’s going anywhere

[@nikkimd78]

Great video! Thanks!😊

[@StepheniePeaceBeStill]

All I can say is……THANK YOU!

[@TryphenaSantamariaThorne]

I love how you present your videos.

[@corner559]

Great video!

[@jeffp802]

Very informative video!

[@BigLeafDropper86]

Great vid thanks

[@jimmyzhao2673]

How does using Onenote look after say a year or two? Is it an unwieldy notebook with hundreds of pages? or do you archive some pages to slim it down? Thanks

[@gitarmac]

I've been using it for over 10 years. I had one notebook for work related things and one for personal things. It's never gotten unwieldy but it could if you don't organize it properly. You can archive things or close a notebook if you wish, it disappears from you can open it again. The first way I used it was to store bills I've paid, or other things I want to save. If you choose to print something, instead of selecting a printer, you can "print to onenote" which will shoot that thing into a page of your choosing. For instance, I have a section called "medical" and pages for doctor visits. When I go to the patient portal to pay a bill, I "print to onenote" and put it there. You'll want to make sure the title of your page is descriptive enough to find and organize. I do all my bills like this now. It's handy because if you need to follow up you can go to that page and document that. For instance, I had a water leak, it was repaired. They emailed me my receipt which I stored on my water bill page. I spoke to the city to have my bill adjusted, and all the the information is in one note. I haven't seen mentioned yet but when you make a page, you can make a sub page by kind of tabbing it over . I have a water bill page, but each month is under that only indented. Anyway, this method of saving when I pay something was invaluable during a marital dispute with a spouse claiming they paid things which I actually paid. I also save any hard copies of bills but it's much easier to organize them in one note, and you can even document where you have saved the hard copy. You can do snips and screenshots of things as well. I just ordered coffee from sweet Maria's, that's in one note under products purchased. I have a page for each vendor I do business with, like the olive oil I get. If you are unable to print your receipt from the vendors screen, make a snip and put that in one note. After using it for awhile I realized everything was all in the same few pages, but it was simple to reorganize. I now batch my utilities by year, then after it's over I move them to an archived notebook and make a new one. I'm not sure if I'm explaining this very well but I don't know many people that use one note. I know a lot of people that SHOULD use one note, or whatever else is out there. I'm a Microsoft office 365 user so that's what I do

[@jimmyzhao2673]

@@gitarmac Thank you for taking the time giving me a glimpse into the possibilities of Onenote. It seems organizing it properly is key.

[@AniaKowalik]

Thank you for this video. I've been an Evernote user since the very beginning but with the recent price hikes and no real updates in the notetaking functionality, I'm on the hunt for alternatives. I have a general dislike for all things Microsoft based on user experience but your video made me genuinely curious about what OneNote has to offer.

[@bearded365guy]

Thank you. I hope you find the app you’re looking for!

[@cybermavenmusic]

I used Evernote for AGES - and the price hikes drove me away too. I have embraced OneNote and love it. I tried Notion, but it was over complicated for my needs.

[@justepic7029]

OneNote is a great product. Inserting pictures, sound, content is great to keep organized. I use it on most of my assessments. I wish sticky notes integrated into OneNote too.

[@BennetAdu]

Hi Jonathan. Brilliant video. I've been eyeing One Note because I already have MS 365 and I take a lot of notes. I've used several note taking apps in the past. Most of my notes are text and images. One thing I always do is that no matter the notes app I use, I always convert the key notes to PDFs and save them in an archive on cloud storage. I'm struggling to do this with One Note because: 1. The infinite Canvas doesn't make for well straightened visually appealing notes 2. Converting One Note notes to PDF with images tends to process with issues. Images are usually broken where one page goes into the next. Sometimes a text line is actually divided between one page and the next. This doesn't happen with any other apps If I can deal with this, I'm One Note 100%. How has your experience with this been and how can I resolve it? Thanks a lot

[@mkirby2000]

Thanks. How do you close an open notebook in OneNote web / browser app. I keep seeing instructions to right click the notebook, but I don't get a close options. Thanks again for all your MS365 videos.

[@victoriam-sky9033]

One Note used to have a feature that allowed you to record sound from a video playing on your computer. Too bad MS removed it:(

[@youseffyrry]

i have 1 question , how to make "Collapse sections "

[@barbra429]

Can you please tell me how to create space between a tag and the text next to it?

[@cossackx]

Is our digital brain app Onenote or Loop? Please help! The lines are blurred between Onenote, Loop, and Whiteboard.

[@bearded365guy]

That’s an interesting question. Lots of people expected Loop to take over, but I think there is still a place for OneNote

[@jacoblouwsma3667]

Loop is way too early but has potential. I was a heavy Notion user prior to coming to MS365 for work. I like MS365 a lot so far, and I liked Notion a lot too. Loop was often compared to Notion when it came out but it is so so far behind Notion it's no comparison at all. Hopefully Loop continues to be developed!

[@jodebnath3]

@jJonathan Edwards: Hi, I hit the subscribe button from the first statement you made. ...

[@Leinsterbaby]

Wow notion really pays bloggers to advertise … so many tutorials on it, and so little on one note! Cheers man.

[@danielpaquette1597]

I have three big issues with onenote. I use it on a mac. 1 - It does not support a tree structure of page hierarchy. Just Notebook, Section, Page, details. This is a serious limitation. 2 - I cannot create a local copy of my onenote notebook. 3 - People I share it with cannot create a local copy of a shared notebook. Now I am looking for a wiki type solution. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[@dinkmeeker4241]

Late to this video - I have used Obsidian for about two years now. MarkDown based, links can be used for star schema view, tags can be used to categorize and highlight nodes on the constellation.

[@JCo295]

Thanks

[@Cindanela]

It was a nice video, my main problem with the Microsoft 365 suite, including one note is the lack of functions on mobile devices. In android apps I can somewhat understand it, but I really don't understand it in browsers on tablets especially.

[@NahuelGambetta]

Hi bro. I really need help. I already downloaded One note from the page, and it doesn´t look like yours. Look like an old version, or something like that. What can I do. Thank you

[@Elumzy8]

Microsoft 365 is highly deficient for android systems, especially on tablet i hope someday they update to what we have on desktops.

[@LeeScratchHarry]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@MrWanted000]

OneNote web and desktop app are typically the same, or there are some features here isn’t there

[@jodebnath3]

I didn't know about web clipper

[@carinevanhoutvinck8261]

Your Windows wasn’t/isn’t activated?!? But thanks for this video: I love the info.

[@VilladsClaes]

You forgot the most important feature in Onenote, that makes it different from ALL other portfolio-note-takeing softwares: the [[link]] feature or CTRL+i

[@MadChickenz42]

Everyone talks about Obsidian’s capabilities in that regard, which is true. But OneNote has linking as well, which is fantastic. And, the OneMore plug-in is MVP-level.

[@GCD8]

Please don't call this a "deep dive" it's just an introduction.

[@endeara7000]

The word "deep" is subjective. That means that it is relative to the observer. For many who are not familiar with the One Note application, this video is a "deep dive." Neither view is right or wrong, which makes it "subjective."

[@endeara7000]

Thank you for your video. Take the constriuctive criticism on how to title your work with a grain of salt. Keep up the good work 👍

[@keil8560]

I’m intrigued by that beard

[@KromKrausser]

Obsidian is better

[@tamzagorami.tamzalesami]

not for sharing via sharepoint

[@ras685]

Nothing "deep" here only shallow slowmotion info

[@bearded365guy]

Thanks

[@perfum999]

Depends if you've never used it before

[@danielnortje6845]

It’s only shallow if your feet touch the bottom. I found it informative, structured and well paced. Subscribed.