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Introducing OneNote for Mac

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Re: Introducing OneNote for Mac

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Post by yequalsx »

It doesn't allow use of digital ink on Mac. I'm quite disappointed in this. In older versions on Windows one could drag and drop PDFs and images. You can't on the Mac version.

The layout is great and it looks and feels like a slick application. If you are doing notes via typing and don't have to insert many images then this will be a great application for you. It beats Circus Ponies in look and feel and is much more intuitive than Circus Ponies. But it is missing two great features and as such I'll be sticking with Circus Ponies.

Re: Introducing OneNote for Mac

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Post by parm289 »

josephpmay wrote: post #24

I really wish they included inking support on the iPad app. I loved OneNote on my Tablet PC I had five years ago, and I'd love to use it today, but I handwrite all my notes on my iPad.

Me too. I think there could be a sizable market for a tablet or app that does notetaking and handwriting really well. The iPad seems limited by its touchscreen tech/software, which seems to be optimized for fingers and not fine-tipped digital pens.

Which app and pen do you use for handwriting notes on your iPad? I've tried a few but I haven't liked any of the input interfaces. Writing in a small area of the screen is cramped, but when the whole screen is available to write (e.g. Paper, the drawing app) I find my arm constantly getting in the way.

Re: Introducing OneNote for Mac

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Post by bjtitus »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #29
sliverstorm wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What, are you afraid the NSA is going to steal your business ideas? Of all the things I would not want spooks snooping, my meeting scrapbook is pretty low on the list.

Don't be silly, local notebooks are a really useful thing when flying and when out of range of cell service (like camping, which is a great time for continual thinking without distraction). Without a capability for offline notes it will be less useful than if it had that capability.

You can work offline just fine. Notebooks will sync when you are back online. Seems like that covers all of your use cases just fine.

Not sure how well the merges work in practice, though.

Re: Introducing OneNote for Mac

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Post by epochwolf »

jops wrote: post #34

OneNote 235MB, Simplenote 1.2MB I know there's no comparison in functionality, but if words are all you need then that's 233.8MB less bloat! (If benhuberman's listening - please give us font options!)

If we are going to be ignoring features, let's go with the two options built in to the OS: TextEdit and Notes. Take your pick which one better supports your workflow.

Re: Introducing OneNote for Mac

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Post by tanzam75 »

Eyas wrote: post #10
robinhoodexe wrote: post #4

Still no support for LaTeX... Nice for non-scientific classes tough.

The latest version of Microsoft's Equation Editor (and since ~07 imo) is quite good. Still a shame one needs to relearn certain symbols.

> The latest version of Microsoft's Equation Editor (and since ~07 imo) is quite good. Still a shame one needs to relearn certain symbols.

Since 2011 on Mac. The new Equation Editor was not in Mac Office 2008.

This was particularly annoying because Mac Office 2008 could load and save DOCX files -- yet you couldn't take it for granted that the equations would carry through.

My understanding is that the Equation Editor relied on some Windows components, which made it difficult to port.

As for LaTeX \symbols, I haven't encountered a problem. But maybe my equations just aren't that complicated. It doesn't always interpret LaTeX equation structure correctly, but I haven't had any problem with \symbols.

Re: Introducing OneNote for Mac

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Post by tass »

dpatriarche wrote: post #17

I've been looking forward to OneNote on the Mac for years. I installed it and found out there is no option for offline notebooks; all notebooks appear to be synced through the OneDrive cloud. WTF? There's not even the option to encrypt notebooks in the cloud. I'm just not going to share all my personal thoughts and notes with the NSA. I'm disappointed.

This is going to mean I can't use it, unfortunately. At least not at work.

A lot of businesses don't allow sharing work-related information with other businesses.

Re: Introducing OneNote for Mac

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Post by jonhohle »

FreezerburnV wrote: post #33
wil421 wrote: post #28

Its been a long time Microsoft has done something that makes me happy but this is one of those times. People in my office use OneNote a lot, I use Evernote but I have seen others use OneNote and it looks more powerful. That being said the current state of Office for Mac is horrible, my outlook and lync crash every time I plug in an external monitor, awake from sleep, and sometimes when I switch desktops. They also ha…

A big update for Office for Mac is also supposed to be incoming soon. (as in, a major update like Office for Mac 2014 kind of major) I agree that the current stuff is kind of janky and it would be nice if it got fixed, though. My wife writes novels with it and tends to have 10+ documents open, which makes it freak out sometimes and totally stop working. Hopefully the new version will work a lot better, not be too exp…

> My wife writes novels with it…

Honest question: what does Word offer the novelist that a plain text (or rich text) editor would not?

I've known others who have worked on a novel in Word, but I just can't imagine a workflow where binary Word documents would be better than plain text.

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