Users here of Microsoft OneNote may be interested in the recent announcement of what's in OneNote 2010.

Details have been posted here on the blog of David Rasmussen, the Group Program Manager on the OneNote product team. More details are still to come, but the feature list looks pretty impressive, especially the access improvements. Outlining is slightly improved but still basic.

http://blogs.gotdotnet.com/david_rasmussen/archive/2009/07/15/onenote-2010-what-s-new-for-you.aspx

Jack

Any word about whether or not OneNote 2010 will run under Windows XP?

Steve Z.

From the Website:
"OneNote now has the Ribbon. We?ve designed this to optimize for the key OneNote scenarios and make them easier to use. This is also what enables us to more easily add features like math equation editing (the common controls for that use the Ribbon), and potential future features."

I am not using Office 2007 because of "the Ribbon." IF I were using OneNote, I would stop using it just because of this improvement.

Manfred

Manfred wrote:

From the Website:
"OneNote now has the Ribbon. We?ve designed this to optimize for
the key OneNote scenarios and make them easier to use. This is also what enables us to
more easily add features like math equation editing (the common controls for that use
the Ribbon), and potential future features."

I am not using Office 2007 because of
"the Ribbon." IF I were using OneNote, I would stop using it just because of this
improvement.

Manfred

Hi, Manfred,

I don't know what "the Ribbon" is. Can you elaborate a little? Thank you.

One interesting development is the addition of wiki links...

Steve Z.

Stephen Zeoli wrote:

I don't
know what "the Ribbon" is. Can you elaborate a little? Thank you.

Steve Z.

Stephen,

Beginning in Office 2007, MS has replaced traditional drop down menus with ribbons that run accross the top of the program's window. I grew up on drop down menus, and I find they work well for my work style, but having switched to Office 2007 at work, I do not find the ribbons to be as bad as I thought they would be. Commands are a bit more visible with ribbons, but the ribbons tend to occupy a bit more screen real estate - not very useful with netbooks. Any comprehensive review of Office 2007 will go into detail about the ribbons, so you can search to see the changes for yourself.

--Ken

Thank you, Ken. I appreciate the information.

Steve Z.

Ken wrote:

Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>
>I don't
>know what "the Ribbon" is. Can you elaborate a
little? Thank you.
>
>Steve Z.

Stephen,

Beginning in Office 2007, MS has
replaced traditional drop down menus with ribbons that run accross the top of the
program's window. I grew up on drop down menus, and I find they work well for my work
style, but having switched to Office 2007 at work, I do not find the ribbons to be as bad
as I thought they would be. Commands are a bit more visible with ribbons, but the
ribbons tend to occupy a bit more screen real estate - not very useful with netbooks.
Any comprehensive review of Office 2007 will go into detail about the ribbons, so you
can search to see the changes for yourself.

--Ken

Hello Manfred,

I too extremely dislike "The Ribbon". But maybe it will be more flexible than is was. You may take a look at
http://news.office-watch.com/t/n.aspx?a=888

Regards,
Peter.

Hi Steve,

sorry, but I was away from my computer(s). Others explained it well.

It's like having every menu item always visible with an icon (seven or eight rows) - it makes me dizzy, and I find it extremely distracting.

I had a trial copy of Office 2007 on a new computer I bought about a year and a half ago.

It's like all the bloat of these applications showing itself in all its garishness, like a bubble-gum machine for writing ...

It offends my sense of proportion ... I know this is subjective, but it's not even easy to turn off.

Manfred

Hi.

I am not a friend of the ribbons, either.

It is, however, really easy to minimize the ribbon: Just click on one of the "menu" titles above the buttons (don't know what this is called in the English Office), and you have a menu bar instead of the "multi-functional bar". To get back the ribbons, simply clicking on one of the menu names.

Franz

Hi,

I understand ... you can minimize it ... as I said it's about a year and a half ago I used it.

Still, you cannot get rid of it. It's just minimized. Whenever you want to invoke a seldom used command (the short-key of which you have not memorized), you have to activate it again.

Manfred

Thank you, Manfred.

I've seen that feature (didn't know what it was called) the few times I've looked at Vista on colleagues computers and wondered why MS chose to change from drop down menus. It surely doesn't seem more efficient to me. I want fewer distractions on my screen, not more.

Steve Z.


Manfred wrote:

Hi Steve,

sorry, but I was away from my computer(s). Others explained it
well.

It's like having every menu item always visible with an icon (seven or eight
rows) - it makes me dizzy, and I find it extremely distracting.

I had a trial copy of
Office 2007 on a new computer I bought about a year and a half ago.

It's like all the
bloat of these applications showing itself in all its garishness, like a bubble-gum
machine for writing ...

It offends my sense of proportion ... I know this is
subjective, but it's not even easy to turn off.

Manfred

Stephen Zeoli wrote:

Any word about whether or not OneNote 2010 will run under Windows XP?

Steve Z.

Steve

According to Microsoft:

"Office 2010 will run on Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, and Office 2010 will be available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions".


Jack