Back in 2002 onenote was first announced it came out later in 2003 and it was really innovative you could capture both typed or handwritten text in digital notebooks that were saved automatically.
There was no save button there it was helpful for anyone taking random notes from different places it got a series of updates over the next decade growing it into a serious.
Note-taking app onenote 2007 2010 2013 and finally onenote 2016 then came one note for windows 10. at the time microsoft was pushing the universal windows platform or uwp what.
This uwp did is to allow developers to write universal code for any device that's windows based they didn't have to rewrite the code anymore separately for pcs phones and tablets they could just.
This uwp platform but the old onenote had a big loyal community plus the new onenote app for windows 10 lacked a lot of features that onenote 2016 already had a lot of people weren't happy about.
That so in november 2019 microsoft backpaddled and announced that they changed their mind and that onenote 2016.
Will continue to be supported which was a good move by microsoft because it shows that they listen to their community and that they're willing to change direction at least to a degree.
Now the catch was that onenote for 2010 would still be the default app of the future so essentially that meant there were going to be two different versions of the same app as you can imagine this.
Resulted in a lot of confusion for us users and a lot of work for microsoft now it was actually around that time when i switched over to onenote for windows 10 because i like the design i.
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Of the new features like dictation the inking options and features like ink to shape or ink to text were a part of that windows 10. unfortunately for microsoft.Uwp never really worked out the app developers didn't want to be boxed into the windows world when they could reach far more people with ios or android.
As a result in august 2021 microsoft announced that onenote for windows 10 is going to be phased out and support will end in 2025 together with windows 10. so is this the.
End of onenote no it's not onenote will live on but funny enough microsoft changed course again and decided to revert to the old onenote.
2016. the one back in 2018 they said would be eliminated obviously they didn't want to call it onenote 2016 so they called it just onenote if you're wondering what version you have.
Installed on your computer open onenote and take a look at the banner if it just says onenote you have the original 2016 version which is now the new version if it says onenote for windows 10 well then.
You have the windows 10 version now obviously microsoft wants to push the new onenote version so not the old windows 10 one this means if you buy a new device today which will have windows.
11 it will automatically come with a pre-installed onenote app which is the new onenote it's a visually refreshed 2016 onenote with some rounded edges and transparency which make it fit nicely.
Into the overall windows 11 theme if your onenote version doesn't have it don't worry you're going to get it soon it looks like the goal for the onenote app is to combine the best features of.
Both existing apps into one it's slowly
Getting the windows 10 features that we're missing but it already has all the onenote 2016 features that we love for example when your notebooks are pinned.You can see all notebooks in their sections this way you can easily drag and drop sections and pages from one notebook to another one which is a feature i really like in onenote for.
Windows 10 version you can only see the sections and pages of the currently selected notebook then you have to either copy and paste or use the move copy functionality you can also easily.
Share notes with someone else you can export a page a section or an entire notebook into a local file then forward this dot one file and the recipient just needs to double-click to be able to use.
The notes in their own onenote with windows 10 version that didn't work something else that drives me crazy in onenote for windows 10 is the time it takes to process the text in an image.
It's got this great ocr functionality but it's very slow you know the feeling when you're in some government office like renewing your passport everyone is waiting sweating stressed and then you.
See the office workers just having tea coffee chatting with one another as if no one's waiting that's what i think that ocr was doing to me the ocr in onenote 2016 or just one note works in a.
Matter of seconds what's also very limited in onenote for windows 10 is its outlook integration like sharing meeting notes which is only possible by sharing a link this means that the recipient has.
To have access to the actual notebook in onenote you can just simply email your meeting notes as text in the body of the email another feature we lacked in windows 10.
But we had in 2016 and we now have in one note was the ability to flag to-do's and create an outlook task out of them this way the tasks you created would show up in outlook and also in the.
Dedicated microsoft to-do app which makes it easier to stay on top of your to-do's great news is that all of these features are going to be available going forward.
And i expect that some things that are currently only available in the uwp version like improved syncing a modern inking experience immersive reader and so on will be integrated into the.
Combined onenote app so yeah it's not the end of onenote the app but the end is coming for onenote for windows 10 the uwp version what's going to live on is an updated version of onenote 2016.
Simply called onenote so in short if you're currently using onenote 2016 you're in luck you get to keep the features you love and you get a modern interface with some new features down.
The line if you're currently using onenote for windows 10 and you like it there's no rush to switch apps even if you have windows 11 already installed and you like your.
Windows 10 onenote experience you can continue to use it i actually have both versions installed on my laptop and i switch between them i also use the web version sometimes which by the way looks.
Similar to the windows 10 version i also use onenote on my ipad and syncing works fine between all of them okay so i hope this was helpful in clearing up the confusion about the different onenote.
Desktop apps if it was please give this video a like and share it with someone who may benefit from it as well that's it and i'm going to catch you next time bye.
