Microsoft Office OneNote is the application I use the most, second only to Microsoft Office Outlook. OneNote is a digital note-taking application, but it's also a place to store all kinds of unstructured data. Last year, I interviewed Scott Rockfeld on the OneNote team and we recorded a OneNote 2003 prodcast. Since Beta 2 is right around the corner, I pinged the product team to see if we could do an updated one for OneNote 2007. Alex Robinson is the Product Manager in the Office division responsible for OneNote and he was happy to spend some time with me on the phone to discuss the exciting new version.
Alex reveals how OneNote 2007 is making great strides in both individual and group productivity. He highlights the "shared notebook" feature of OneNote 2007 which allows users to post their notebooks to a SharePoint Server site and then share with other users on their team. He discusses how OneNote and Outlook can sychronize data like tasks between the two applications. Alex also talks about what types of users in an enterprise, as well as which vertical industries might benefit most from using OneNote 2007.
It took me a while to get used to NOT taking notes in notepad, Microsoft Word, or on paper. But since I've converted to putting everything in OneNote, I find myself being more prepared for meetings and getting more of my "to-do's" done.
Take a listen to the prodcast and see how OneNote might improve your productivity.
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For more information on Microsoft Office OneNote 2007, please visit the Microsoft website.