OneNote 2003 FAQs
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Q1: What is OneNote, and what does it do?

Microsoft OneNote™ is a new program in the Microsoft Office family. It enables you to capture, organize, and reuse your notes electronically on any laptop computer, desktop computer, or Tablet PC. OneNote gives you one place for all your notes, and the freedom to organize them the way you want. It also helps you capture information in multiple ways and organize and reuse that information according to your needs. Using OneNote, you can work with your notes and information more productively.

Q2: BENEFIT #1 of 10 of using OneNote 2003?

1) Capture all your information in one place.

Better manage, prioritize, and act on the deluge of information you gather from e-mail, meetings, presentations, classes, the Web, and other sources. With OneNote you can capture virtually any type of information—ranging from typed notes to hand-drawn pictures to audio—in a single convenient place.

Q3: BENEFIT #2 of 10 of using OneNote 2003?

2) Organize notes the way you prefer.

Move, rearrange, separate, or combine notes and other content anywhere on the page. OneNote works like a paper notebook, except you can create as many folders, sections, and pages as you want and then customize and organize them according to your needs.

Q4: BENEFIT #3 of 10 of using OneNote 2003?

3) Work on almost any computer.

Work with your notes on any computer that meets the OneNote 2003 system requirements. OneNote works on laptop and desktop computers and Tablet PCs.

Q5: BENEFIT #4 of 10 of using OneNote 2003?

4) Find the information you need quickly.

Avoid the frustration of searching through your paper notebook or sticky notes for a crucial piece of information. Quickly search across all your notes to find key information, whether it's a client's phone number or another important reminder.

Q6: BENEFIT #5 of 10 of using OneNote 2003?

5) Prioritize important items more efficiently.

Highlight key ideas, reminders, or follow-up tasks in OneNote with Note Flags. View all of your Note Flags at once, customize them to highlight key categories (such as questions from your manager or customers you have to call), or add them to your task list in MS Office Outlook 2003.

Q7: BENEFIT #6 of 10 of using OneNote 2003?

6) Start working right away.

Begin taking notes right away, without costly training time. OneNote features the intuitive, familiar user interface (UI) and rich authoring tools found in other Microsoft Office System programs.

Q8: BENEFIT #7 of 10 of using OneNote 2003?

7) Research like a professional.

Gather information—whether it's from the Web or other documents—by simply dragging the picture, chart, text, or other content that you want into your OneNote document. OneNote includes the original Web site address or file location as a handy reference.

Q9: BENEFIT #8 of 10 of using OneNote 2003?

8) Reuse your notes more easily.

Use your notes as the basis for your other work—such as presentations, memos, papers, or speeches. After using OneNote to gather information, you can organize it into an outline or easily reuse it in MS Office Word 2003 documents or MS Office PowerPoint 2003 presentations.

Q10: BENEFIT #9 of 10 of using OneNote 2003?

9) Work together more effectively.

Share and act on information more effectively with team members. Teams can e-mail notes after meetings, combine OneNote with a digital projector to create a real-time whiteboard for brainstorming sessions, or create a team notebook on a file share or MS Windows SharePoint Services site."

Q11: BENEFIT #10 of 10 of using OneNote 2003?

10) Deploy and manage easily.

Use OneNote across your organization or enterprise. OneNote 2003 includes the advanced deployment technologies included in MS Office System programs, making OneNote easy to deploy and manage."

Q12: How does OneNote work with Tablet PC?

OneNote enables you to capture, organize, and reuse your notes the way you want with any laptop computer, desktop computer, or Tablet PC. The pen input device in Tablet PC provides some additional capabilities in OneNote, such as handwriting notes and drawing diagrams or pictures as part of your notes. These features will also be available to OneNote customers who use a laptop computer or desktop computer with a pen input accessory."
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