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What is Microsoft OneNote?

Microsoft OneNote is a note capturing, file storage & sharing solution

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Microsoft OneNote is a note capturing, file storage & sharing solution


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Microsoft
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Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately

8,000 passionate employees worldwide.

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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Use your laptop to type notes or record sounds."
Microsoft OneNote is an excellent digital note-taking application featuring an intuitive layout and a wide range of functionality. It is a great op...
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Dilip D.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
3.0 out of 5
"My experience with Microsoft OneNote"
I have been using OneNote for almost 3 years. Basically it is good for tracking our day to day tasks, for managing our TODO list. We can create mul...
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sidrah K.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"OneNote: The Last Digital Notebook for Smooth Organization and Productivity"
I think the best feature of Microsoft OneNote is the flexibility and ease of use in organizing notes across different platforms. The flexibility to...
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Dilip D.
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What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote?

I have been using OneNote for almost 3 years. Basically it is good for tracking our day to day tasks, for managing our TODO list. We can create multiple sections and under each section we can create multiple pages. There are other features like highlighting the text with different colour, inersing the images and so many. Overall it is good. Very frequently I use this tool I mean almost everyday as I manage my TODO list here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote?

I really want to mention negative side of this product as I have een using it for almost 3 years. When you want to scroll up or scroll down on the page it is very slow. I have observed it many times.

Also, sometimes when you open a particual page the cursor/control goes directly to the top of the page and it doesn't stay at a place where I left when I close the laptop or even after restart. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you?

OneNote is helping me to manage my daily tasks in the project. It is helping me to manage my TODO list. Using OneNote I can easily track how much work is completed and how much is left. So that I can easily manage the estimations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote?

I think the best feature of Microsoft OneNote is the flexibility and ease of use in organizing notes across different platforms. The flexibility to create many notebooks, sections, and pages creates a highly structured but highly adaptable means of structuring information. In addition, notes can be accessed on any device with the help of integration with other Microsoft tools and the cloud-based syncing feature-just making everything so much easier. I also really appreciate the rich media support, which allows me to attach images, audio files, and even files directly into my notes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote?

One thing I don't like about Microsoft OneNote is that, honestly, it's not quite that reliable at syncing, especially if you're one of those folks switching between a number of devices or working offline-those changes take slightly longer to sync across platforms. This can disrupt workflow at times. That being said, the interface, although certainly flexible enough, also feels slightly cluttered, especially for new users. What's more, I think, is how this app, compared to its peers, has limited options for something more advanced than basic formatting in creating polished documents directly within the app. Lastly, the arranging and reordering of pages within sections would make more sense. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you?

Microsoft OneNote solves several key issues surrounding the organization of information and collaboration. By providing you with a central digital notebook wherein you can place, categorize, and locate your notes easily, it eliminates scattered and disorganized sheets of paper, which not only tends to be far less clean but also more difficult to keep track of.

With the ability to sync the notes from one device to another, I can access my information anytime or place, be it a phone, tablet, or computer, which really shoots up the level of productivity. The multimedia integration feature in OneNote allows me to upload more than just text types, like images, links, and even audio recordings. This is very good because it makes the variety in the kind of projects one would work on pretty versatile. The collaboration features allow me to share notebooks and work in real time with other people on the platform thus making teamwork much more seamless.

Overall, OneNote helps me to be better organized, improves my productivity, and enables info to be quickly disseminated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote?

Its a very easy to use and implement app and can be integrated easily with other microsoft applications.

It has multiple features such as taking notes, sharing the same with others,

interactive discussions. creating a to do list, organising pages into sections etc.

I use it quite often for my day to days tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote?

Sometimes it starts acting a bit frosty and most of the times we receive an error of quota exceeded. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you?

The problem of carrying a physical notebook everytime you go to a meeting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kiran S.
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What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote?

It's easy to use, it contains a lot of features like we can even directly add audio and video to the notes, we can easily tag , search and easily categorize our stuff

it's availability across multiple platform like also avaialbe in mac. easy to collaborate with team in real time making it ideal for group projects

AND its seamless Integeration with microsoft ecosystem Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote?

some advanced features requirelearning material for new users,

sometimes i have faced syncing issue across devices. some times it also lacks handwriting recognition.

and free version have some feature limitation as compared to premium but that's obvious Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you?

Basically it's an all in one software for note taking, organizing & collaborations and simplifying information management across different devices. Its good for seamless sharing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote?

OneNote is widely used in our organization for keeping track of tasks and information. It allows us to open up multiple notebooks to take the notes and group the notes. It allows one to sync the notes taken during meeting to the calendar and to todo's with outlook. It allows one to share the particular notebook with others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote?

If it had robust tools with cloud version as well as integration with excel. More tools to format the data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you?

1. Ability to collaborate the same notebook between colleagues

2. Storing the information and tasks

3. Syncing the data between multiple accounts

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Rajat kumar P.
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What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote?

One note is accessible across every one of the expert apparatuses in Office 365 like Microsoft Viewpoint and group utilized across in all gatherings. One note is exceptionally valuable with its capacity to adjust online at more prominent speed. It additionally has cool and nitty gritty UI and offers more choices like adding segments and pages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote?

It doesn't have not many choices from Microsoft succeed which can be added with the goal that the numbers and information glued or wrote in OneNote documents can be counted simple. It doesn't permits screen captures to be glued in some event. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you?

This wipes out paper and journal to be conveyed for all gatherings. Additionally maintains a strategic distance from excess work like composing Minutes of meeting after the gathering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pranjal S.
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What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote?

It has many features like we can add tags,collaborate with teammates in real time . it is easy to use. We can put pictures, audio and video also can share with people directly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote?

some function are bit complex for a newbie to learn, sometimes the paid subscription cost may be problem it could be bit low. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's like one stop solution for note taking and on the go syncing it with microsoft ecosystem. It has made taking notes easier and also making categories of content. Which makes it easy to locate later. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prince A.
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What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote?

I love to keep my data at one place, its super easy with the help of One Note. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote?

Sometime files gets corrupt without any reason but thats very rare. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helping me in Maintaning my manual data on daily basis, easily accessable and good features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote?

Microsoft OneNote is an excellent digital note-taking application featuring an intuitive layout and a wide range of functionality. It is a great option for effective note management because of its strong organizational structure, cross-platform synchronization, large free version, superior web clipper, and collaborative features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote?

OneNote is mostly dependent on synchronization across platforms and devices, which can occasionally be delayed or imperfect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you?

Not only can you easily search and locate critical information in notes, even if you forget where you initially saved it, but they are also simple to organize, print, and share. The best part is that you can access your notebooks on any of your mobile devices because they are saved online. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote?

I love that it auto synchrinizes to the cloud where it can be seen by others with access. Anotations allow people to see what has been contributed by others.

I like how a teams document is a living document that grows. Its not a stale text document that outdated the moment it is created. Search function is excellent.

I also like the shortcuts that can be shared within the documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote?

Office 365 OneNote addresses the issue of requiring a good storage location and access control. Prior to cloud, OneNote needed folder permissions for admission control. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you?

OneNote allows for fast access to product documentation and user guides for advanced systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.