Comments on: Take linked notes in OneNote 2010

By: why3002

why3002 — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:08:42 +0000

What’s the likelihood of being able to link to pdf?

(Ideally to page being viewed)

By: Rob Thompson

Rob Thompson — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:55:00 +0000

I am evaluating the trial addition and whenever I click the Linked notes OneNote Ribbon Button the Select OneNote Location Dialog Box opens but is blank, i.e. no words or anything else within that box. Have I done something incorrectly?

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:36:43 +0000

I find that Linked Notes works fine with IE8. But I can’t seem to establish links with Word. Is there some setting that might be incorrect?

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:39:02 +0000

Thanks a million!

By: Anne B

Anne B — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:12:46 +0000

Very helpful, really -
OneNote has so much to offer!

By: pausleal

pausleal — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:32:12 +0000

Keep up the good work, I like your writing.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:21:29 +0000

Thanks Traci,

I just wish it would highlight or link to page titles as you type (or paste) instead of manually having to link each one. i.e. the program would highlight “page titles” in the body of each page which could auto link to those pages.

I have played with linking that way (wiki syntax) a bit and it is fun, but easier to just right click on the page and copy the link (to avoid misspelling). I could see it being annoying if you couldn’t turn it off.

By: Traci

Traci — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:15:17 +0000

Aaron,

Yes, OneNote 2010 actually supports Wiki syntax, so you can do things like [[Staph aureus]] and it’ll automatically create a link for you to the page called Staph aureus.

By: Travis Spencer

Travis Spencer — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:04:19 +0000

+1 for a Firefox extension

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 10 May 2010 22:14:38 +0000

Is there a way to generate links on the fly to pages (such as the title of a page) so as I type it will incorporate information I have already entered. I know how to make hyperlinks manually but it would be beneficial to have this feature.

For example if I have one page about a specific organism called ” Staph aureus” and I am looking at a different page (with inserted class notes) about diseases, it would be nice to have the “Staph aureus” linked whenever it comes up in that page (sort of like how wikipedia and other programs work). Instead of manually linking or searching to find that page again.

By: 3t

3t — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:01:17 +0000

Hi, is that just me, or there is a reason why i cannot drag and drop text from internet explorer (x86 or x64) (and i’m using x64 office) Copy – Paste works
By the way, it works fine from word

By: NW

NW — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:18:22 +0000

Lloyd~ After you ‘print’ your PPT slides into OneNote, click on the blank white space at the top of the page. Ctrl + A (select all), then right click and choose set as background. Then you can type right on top of the slide. The only downfall is I can’t seem to search for words in the original ppt anymore since it is a picture. I think I saw a feature somewhere that says search in text and pictures, but I can’t find it again yet. Hope this helps.

By: nakul

nakul — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:07:04 +0000

Outlook should really have been supported. But I’ll take whatever you give!

By: Bailey

Bailey — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:17:20 +0000

I love OneNote, but I’m having a hard time replicating the communication I used to be able to get between outlook and onenote. I was planning on linking my class notes to my calendar for easier reference, but it looks like 2010 no longer supports this option. Is it coming back? Also, I agree that when the real thing comes out, I would like Firefox functionality. I also use .pdf files extensively, and it would be nice to be able to reference them as well.

In general, I’m pretty impressed with the new version. Just trying to work out some kinks before next quarter starts.

By: Alceste

Alceste — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:29:17 +0000

Bless you – I have been posting help messages on this topics everywhere and no one knew the answer!

By: Abrao Aqueri

Abrao Aqueri — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:31:19 +0000

Thanks Elena for your tip for repositioning the docked window. It solved my problem.

By: John

John — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:27:15 +0000

Thanks Elena!

That did the trick!

By: CB

CB — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:30:03 +0000

Thanks Elena – worked great!

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:08:37 +0000

This is such an amazing feature I am glad I dont have to print out all the slides for my bio classes. Just one thing that didnt seem to work was when I had use print to onenote and used linked note function I was not able to type on that document I “printed” onenote it kept dropping the text straight to the bottom. I was able to use pen feature to write on top of it but I would prefer typing if it was at all possible… Other than that stellar program!

By: Elena

Elena — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:32:46 +0000

Had the same problem, too. Here is the solution:

Grab the title bar of the docked ON window with the left mouse button depressed and move to the side of the screen releasing the mouse when OUTSIDE of the docked ON window.

Works for docking to any side of the screen.

By: John Drachman

John Drachman — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:38:21 +0000

CB: Did you ever figure this out? I have same problem.

By: John Drachman

John Drachman — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:37:36 +0000

I have the same problem as CB.

Somehow the “Dock to Desktop” connects me to the top of the screen which is uncomfortable and inconvenient to work with.

I would like to get aback to the regular “sidenote” feature, but can’t figure out how to do that.

By: CB

CB — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:20:58 +0000

I love the linked notes feature! However, when I started playing with this a few weeks ago, the “Dock to Desktop” button docked my OneNote note to the right side of my screen, which was perfect.
However, now it started docking the note to the top of my screen, which is useless for me on a netbook.

I can’t find documentation on how to get the original left/right split back. Any suggestions?

By: Ole

Ole — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:28:18 +0000

Love OneNote, have been using it since the first demo version was available: in fact, it’s the only reason I’m still using Office! I really hope that linking to other web browsers is added.

By: Michael C. Oldenburg [MSFT]

Michael C. Oldenburg [MSFT] — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:59:52 +0000

Thanks for your feedback!

By: Michael C. Oldenburg [MSFT]

Michael C. Oldenburg [MSFT] — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:59:21 +0000

Hi Paul, thanks for your thoughtful feedback. We’ll definitely be expanding the documentation for the actual release of OneNote 2010 later this year.

By: Michael C. Oldenburg [MSFT]

Michael C. Oldenburg [MSFT] — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:58:06 +0000

It takes some getting used to. If you do find something that you don’t think is working right, please leave a more detailed comment that describes what you’re trying to do and what the result is and we can see if you’ve come across any known issues. We’ll soon have more documentation and tutorials about this feature, so stay tuned!

By: Michael C. Oldenburg [MSFT]

Michael C. Oldenburg [MSFT] — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:56:31 +0000

For the Beta, we’re naturally focused on integrating and testing our own technologies to make sure we work out all the kinks. ;) However, the user community has previously authored many useful add-ins for Firefox and other third-party programs and I suspect that we’ll soon see updates for Office 2010 as well.

You may want to join our Facebook group to keep in touch with other Firefox users who’ll share news about user community tools when they become available. If you have a Facebook account, log in and then visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Microsoft-OneNote/109445870147 to join the fan page.

By: grouper

grouper — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:08:16 +0000

please add a feature to link things manually yourself (not hyperlink, with the little icon and screen shot) and ability to link to other filers, and websites in other browsers like firefox, opera, and chrome. Great feature idea though, develop it a little more!

By: Roman

Roman — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:43:55 +0000

Where do you think you are bragging about that ;-). I love firefox but this is not the place to purge your frustration.

By: Paul Kulik

Paul Kulik — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:57:40 +0000

The documentation for Linked Notes in OneNote 2010 should be expanded to include more information regarding the following:

- Do linked notes work with OneNote 2010 when using PowerPoint 2007, Word 2007, or Internet Explorer 7?

- What happens if the original document to which a note is linked is moved to a different local folder, network share, etc? Do the links update or do they become broken (if a link becomes broken, can the user fix/update the broken link?)

- How do Linked Notes work when using a shared notebook? For example:
1) I create a linked note (within a shared/synced Notebook) to a local Word document in the “My Documents” folder on my desktop computer.
2) On my laptop, will the Linked Note in the synced Notebook take me to the same Word document if it exists in my laptop’s “My Documents” folder?

- For clarity, you should add a section explaining the difference between the new “Linked Notes” feature and the existing feature that allows the user to create hyperlinks to pages, sections, notebooks, etc. The “Link… (CTRL+K)”. Is the new “Linked Notes” feature better in all use cases, etc?

- If Firefox, Excel and Outlook are unsupported, this should be explicitly mentioned. A user would start a Linked Notes Session and then discover the lack of links upon returning to the note(s) at a later time.that the note(s) lack the context expected.

By: Alceste

Alceste — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:50:50 +0000

everything appears to be work fine, the little link icon appears and so does its menu – but nothing at all happens with word, or power point, in either 2007 or 2010 beta versions
it does work to some extent with ON pages, though so tumbnail appear.

By: Wu Jo

Wu Jo — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:28:59 +0000

any plans to release a Firefox plugin to allow linked notes using FF?

By: Phillip Fries

Phillip Fries — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:35:21 +0000

No links to Excel documents? Get real :>) There are so many Excel spreadsheets in the corporate world it will make your head swim. And its really a trivial task to append an open Excel active worksheet name and active cell address to a file URL. This, along with that intrusive hyperlink security warning ala Vista UAC, are serious impediments to OneNote user acceptance in the corporate world – in my opinion.

By: scoobie

scoobie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:34:51 +0000

Firefox lets you tag your bookmarks so you can search for them more easily like you are doing
Its a pity IE8 doesn’t

By: Sharon Myers

Sharon Myers — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:08:08 +0000

Another method for initiating a linked notes session is to use Side Notes from the One Note icon in the system tray.

When I open IE8 to check feeds, and then follow links to articles, I often find interesting paragraphs, tables, etc., that I wish to find again later.

The fastest way to get this done is to click the One Note icon in the systray (or Windows + N.) I have New Side Note set to automatically dock.

My Favorites list in IE8 is becoming unmanageable. I am trying to change the habit of adding every interesting page to my Favorites. One Note automatically adds the link for me and I can add notes, select sentences or a key paragraph, and save only the home page in IE.

You can still file your notes by clicking on Pages –> Move Page.

Please add using Side Note, with the option to automatically dock enabled, from either the system tray or a keyboard shortcut, as a method for starting a linked notes session.

Thanks for providing this site and documentation for One Note 2010. It is appreciated.

By: Clifford Brooks

Clifford Brooks — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:37:58 +0000

A little confusing as to whether you’re talking about the source document (Word, Powerpoint, OneNote, IE), or OneNote as you describe the process…for instance, I wasn’t sure where to look for the little icons with the previews. I will have to play around with it now to figure out how this really works. This is a feature I’ve been waiting on since the first release of OneNote, so I’m eager to give it a spin.