i was wondering if anyone else has heard of this program or if anyone uses it, i found it on the internet as a beta and now use the Full version everyday to take notes in class with my laptop.

OneNote (http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085803&CTT=6&Origin=ES790020011033)

I have it, but havent had a chance to use it yet.

it is a excelent program i recomend it to anyone that uses a laptop to take notes

Just tried it, Way cool!!!!! :D

I like being able to type the notes and be able to go back and reorganize them. plus if you have a tablet PC (My next major purchase) you can write on the screen and draw diagrams. you can also use a mic and record lectures and it links it to the text as you type

If you are a student you can get Onenote for 49 dollars with a valid student id

MS has released a SP1 Preview for Onenote that allows you to sync notes from a pocket pc and record video along with you audio into your notes

Neat! Gonna have to try that...lol

MS has released a SP1 Preview for Onenote that allows you to sync notes from a pocket pc and record video along with you audio into your notes
I like this... a new feature to add to my iPaq 5555. :)

Does this come standard in Office 2003 Premium or is this something seperate?

Its on the install disk for Office 2003 Pro and above...just browse the disk....Its there.

Thanks! On my way.

Should be on your CD...May need to browse for it though.

onenote is a seperate SKU from the rest of office, the full version is not bundled with any other office product

Hrmm...I'll need to see where I loaded it from. :shrugs shoulders:

that is basicly the answer from the onenote community forum by a Onenote MVP

onenote works great for me especially with logitech io2 pen.
note w/ added colors for definitions & important remember items drives the point home for me. i love onenote

I really need some sort of electronic lab-book/notebook. So far, I'm using an MS Word file and I'm making a search-able diary of ideas and other important info. But for scribbling (diagrams, equations, etc), that obviously won't work... so I'm going to need something else soon.

A Tablet PC is the perfect solution, but it's out of my price range right now…
I was trying to figure out if I could do this with a PDA.

Handheld computers, from what I gathered come in 2 types: Pocket PC (PPC) and a Palm. PPCs run Windows Mobile and Palms run Palm OS, for their operating systems. See http://www.spotted-dog-design.com/pocketpc/software.html (http://www.spotted-dog-design.com/pocketpc/software.html) for more info

I'm considering purchasing a Dell Axim X30, which is a PPC.

Regarding note taking programs, from what I gathered about MS OneNote: http://www.microsoft.com/office/onenote/prodinfo/default.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/office/onenote/prodinfo/default.mspx) ,
it's made mostly for tablet PC's but there is a service pack available that will allow at least some sort of scribbling on a PPC, which you can then upload to your PC and organize, search, etc. The only catch is that you can't go the other way and download your notes to your PPC...yet. More extensive software is still in the making, and MicroSoft appears to be really slow to provide this service for PPC users.

Another program like this that looks pretty good is EverNote (free beta version): http://www.evernote.com/en/ (http://www.evernote.com/en/)
But it also needs to be developed further to work well with PPCs.

I might consider using one of these programs (OneNote or EverNote) and use it on the assumption that it'll be updated in the future, to use it with my PPC when I got one. However, both require Windows 2000/XP, which I don't have on my home PC…and I don't have computer in my research lab yet…

I also found some journaling software called Journal Pro: http://www.dsrtech.net/ (http://www.dsrtech.net/) that looks pretty good. It's compatible with both PCs and PPCs, but I don't think you can scribble in it…

Ok, well that's my 50 cents...let me know if you have any other input or ideas regarding this. Also please let me know what are your opinions on these programs

Thanks,
ApeMan