Complete Guide to OneNote

Complete Guide to OneNote is aimed at making users more productive by helping them organize what are today ephemeral and disconnected scraps of personal information gathered prior to the creation of a formal work product.

This comprehensive reference explains this new category of software and its user paradigm, including detailed discussion of features, and interoperability with other programs and services from Microsoft and from third parties. The book also provides general and domain-specific guidance on how you can use OneNote to increase personal and enterprise productivity and information about customizing OneNote, including information for Office XP developers.

Throughout the book, author and Microsoft MVP W. Frederick Zimmerman draws on his extensive experience with Microsoft emerging technologies and his deep understanding of how professionals use software in their workflow. The result is a practical book that appeals to casual OneNote users and beginners, yet is an essential guide for power users, Office developers, and anyone who wants to take full advantage of this innovative new application.

I felt that there were so many work arounds it was annoying, though this is not Fred's fault, its clear weaknesses in the product. The thing I like about reading Fred's work arounds is that it confirmed I wasn't "crazy" or "missing" something. Sometimes you spend a lot of time trying to get a product to do something it just doesn't do, but you don't know that until hours are wasted. Fred's book has reduced my wasted time with OneNote. I now know where it fits and where it doesnt.

The thing I like the most about this book is that Fred doesn't just discuss OneNote but discusses the whole concept of Digital note taking, its history and even in light of other products. You can buy this book to learn about the product and you also get the side benefit of understanding at a higher level its place in the digital note taking world. I do hope Fred continues to update the book for SP1 and V2.

Chris
www.OfficeZealot.com


OneNote hits a high note   May 13, 2004
John D. Alexander (Randolph, New Jersey)
14 out of 20 found this review helpful

A+ Press has arrived ahead of schedule with this book. OneNote was introduced late in 2003 and is used by just a few "cutting edge users" at this time.
The Complete Guide to OneNote by W. Frederick Zimmerman is one of two books on the subject of Microsoft OneNote currently published. Complete Guide to OneNote outlines the major features of OneNote and provides a very good description of how OneNote is integrated with out Microsoft Office products such as Outlook, Word and Excel.
OneNote is a note taking program that allows audio, text, graphics and html to be organized in one place on a computer. OneNote information can be send as an e mail attachment. OneNote can convert handwriting to text if you use a tablet computer.
I was impressed with the author's treatment of each of chapter. This book was very easy to understand and could be a reference or for a quick start guide.
I recommend Complete Guide to OneNote by W. Frederick Zimmerman. I suggest anyone considering using OneNote get a copy of this book.