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Microsoft OneNote

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For the longest time, humanity has been clinging to the varied traditional ways of getting things done, due to convenience or fear of losing out on certain features. With the age of digitization in full swing, increasingly more aspects of daily life can be carried out faster and easier than ever, all through the power of technology.

One application that may be able to replace your physical notebook is OneNote, a highly flexible text processor with support for multiple input methods and capabilities of inserting a wide variety of content with ease, all packaged into a neat layout that is synced to all of your platforms.

Navigating the layout is a breeze for long-time users of the tech giant’s well-established Office Suite. The most important commands are organized in five tabs and laid across a top toolbar, which can be hidden for extending the writing space. Similarly to a real notebook or scrapbook, text, images and tables can be inserted anywhere on the canvas, giving users complete freedom in terms of organizing everything inside the app.

Extra functionalities meant to ease the usage experience are also present in the form of embedded online video content for saving useful tutorials, math equation recognition and solving for various assignments that can be too difficult for the user and audio recordings for making reminders for changes that need to be made to page content on the fly.

When researching essay topics, hyperlinks and documents can be added for making references at a later time. A built-in web browser powered by the Bing search engine can find and instantly insert excerpts from online encyclopedias for a faster writing experience. An unlimited number of notebooks, sections and pages are supported, making the app all the more useful for personal, school and work categories of content.

One of the best features that OneNote has to offer is its versatility in terms of both the content that can be inserted and the methods of interaction. While the regular mouse and keyboard ways will be the fastest, browsing, zooming and scrolling through the contents is a pleasant experience when using a touch-capable display thanks to the properly optimized user-interface.

Compatibility with a wide variety of pen tablets boasting pressure sensitive styli completes the physical notebook experience, allowing users to write, draw, doodle or sketch using any type of hardware they like. Extra features such as graph and shape recognition are welcome additions for geometry-based assignments.

Microsoft’s experience in the business sector has been put to good use through the implementation of collaboration features useful for personal, work or education environments. Pages can be shared and changes are tracked in real-time for enhanced productivity. Automatic synchronization with OneDrive is also enabled by default to ensure that every change made to your notes is instantly saved to the cloud, thus avoiding possible data loss.

On the flip side, the program no longer supports offline use, meaning users now have to create or log into a Microsoft account in order to use it. This is a disadvantage for users who want to try out the feature sets before settling for this particular app.

Those in the market for a near-perfect, cross-platform digital rendition of the modern notebook can look no further than OneNote’s unparalleled versatility in terms of input methods, types of content that can be inserted and collaboration features, all freely available for users with Microsoft accounts.

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  runs on:
Windows 11
Windows Server 2016
Windows 10 32/64 bit
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows 2008 R2
Windows 8 32/64 bit
Windows 7 32/64 bit
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7.4 MB
  filename:
OfficeSetupx86.exe
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Microsoft OneNote - View all of your notes on an unlimited canvas and insert any type of content that your workflow requiresMicrosoft OneNote - Jot down notes using active stylus supportMicrosoft OneNote - Add research excerpts through the built-in browserMicrosoft OneNote - screenshot #4Microsoft OneNote - screenshot #5
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