Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #201065 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11-17
• Released on: 2008-09-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 440 pages

Review
"the best thing about Fred's OneNote book is the first chapter where he ... puts the product in perspective." -- Chris Kunicki on OfficeZealot.com

... highly readable, informative and gives both the "big picture" and the "runway" levels. Excellent read and resource... -- Honore on Usenet news:microsoft.public.onenote

From the Author
Electronic companion resources available online, including:
* OneNote references in Feedster, Google News, MSFT KB
* stationeries
* errata
* ActiveWords wordbase (requires AW Plus)
* interview with fantasy novelist George R.R. Martin in OneNote with audio

About the Author
W.Previously, Frederick directed emerging technology strategy for LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier. Frederick lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his wife and two children.

Customer Reviews

Only so-so.
Unfortunately this was for the original version of One-Note, not my Office 2007 version. MANY of the points still applied however, so it wasn't useless. Probably mostly my fault for not reading some fine print or something.

not for the new onenote 2007
i bought this assuming it was for 2007 microsoft onenote since the publication date on the amazon listing showed february 2007, but this is the old book for the old 2003 microsoft onenote. both the amazon new and used listings need to make it clear that this book is for the earlier edition.

A unique perspective you won't get elsehwere
I have written a favorable review of this book up on my blog (blogs.officezealot.com/chris) and really like it. First, let me say the book is clearly a reflection of the product. OneNote is a version 1.0 product and guess what, there are a lot of things about it that fall short. Because of this Fred has to spend a lot of time providing work arounds to help you squeeze OneNote in its weak areas.

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