Microsoft Office OneNote

2012

The Microsoft company released mobile version of the Microsoft Office application of OneNote at the beginning of 2012. As well as other mobile versions for Windows Phone, iPhone and iPad, this version allows to keep any records with access on any supported target platform due to synchronization of desktop and mobile copies of OneNote through an account in a cloud service of SkyDrive.

Android version of the OneNote utility can call long-awaited – quite long time mobile options of this product were available only to smartphones running Windows Phone and also on the IOS platform (on smartphones and tablets). Now drawing up simple lists and plans and also full-fledged notepads is available to exchange with friends and colleagues also on the popular mobile platform Android. It is remarkable that the Microsoft company opened access to the OneNote Mobile utility for Android almost in all target markets, including, in Russia. It means that already now the OneNote Mobile utility is available in the Russian version of app store of Android Market!

As for specific functionality of the OneNote utility for Android, it is worth paying attention to rich tool kit for formatting of the text, support of the inserted images and lists with markers. Lists of the appointed affairs can be supplied with checkboxes for input of marks about execution. Also the fast insert of the image directly from the built-in camera of the device is supported. Navigation aids provide quick access to the last open notes, and you can conduct several notepads of OneNote at the same time. Synchronization with the cloud storage of SkyDrive (registration is executed free of charge) provides access to notes from other devices worldwide. Synchronization of notepads through the wireless Wi-fi connection is in addition supported. When maintaining notes the built-in check of spelling, external hyperlinks and also input and editing tables is supported.

The OneNote Mobile utility for the Android platform provides two models of use. The free mode allows to load and use up to 500 notes. At achievement of this limit it is possible to upgrade to the paid version.

Even if you will not upgrade to the paid version without restrictions, an opportunity to browse, synchronize and delete any of already made records remains even if their number is much more of 500. At the same time, after exhaustion of a limit you will not be able to edit and create new notes on the Android device.

OneNote for Windows 8

Fast and the OneNote modern application was cardinally processed for Windows 8. You can draw, key the text, use a mouse or drive a finger on the screen — this program will perfectly cope from in any manner input on the device with Windows 8 OS. You on the way? Work with the notes where and when necessary, using the browser or one of a set of mobile applications of OneNote.

Daily in our labor and personal activity we need to work with huge information volume. The free application of OneNote for Windows 8 is designed to save and systematize this volume to help us to find at any time quickly the necessary information and successfully to solve assigned tasks. One of advantages of the application is that it can be used on different devices and at the same time all notebooks will be synchronized so you at any time will be able to address the relevant notes practically from where it is necessary also from any device – whether it be phone, the PC or the tablet.

You can create some notebooks with different structure – in the notebook to write "marginal notes" or to add separate pages. The application to a rhinestone synchronizes your new book in a cloud during its creation.

2011

Updating

The Microsoft company issued the updated solution of processing of notes and project managements of OneNote for the operating system iOS. It is the first release of corporation for iPad. OneNote the only office product of Microsoft postponed for iOS. In January, 2011 the company provided release of this application as well for iPhone.

According to the statement of Microsoft, OneNote 1.3 works on iPad in "complete screen permission" now, but not in the form of the "stretched" iPhone application. The technical writer of the Office group Michael Oldenburg noted in the blog that updating works on both iPad and iPad 2 devices. "Directly since OneNote launch on iPhone which took place almost a year ago our clients repeated the same request – to release the version which can be applied much easier on the big iPad screen", - Oldenburg told.

Several new features, including a possibility of synchronization of "notepads" of OneNote by means of Wi-Fi are a part of this version, the interface with tabs and also submission of tables is implemented. Users will be able to synchronize the records OneNote with several devices - including iPhone, iPad and the PC on the Windows platform - using free service of storage and synchronization of SkyDrive from Microsoft.

It is possible to load OneNote 1.3 free of charge, but there is a restriction in 500 user records - the number including as existing, and newly created notes. To lift all limits for iPhone, the American users should pay $4.99 or $14.99 for similar transaction for iPad.

The blogger of ZDNet Mary Joe Foley (Mary Jo Foley) first reported on December 12 that Microsoft is also going to release versions of the client of Lync 2010 for iPhone and iPad.

Lync – the unified Microsoft platform for exchange of voice messages within the enterprise, instant messaging, a video chat and online conferences. On December 11, 2011 Lync 2010 for Windows Phone 7 devices appeared in app store of Microsoft – Marketplace.

Release

In 2003 Apple surprised the world with release of iTunes for Windows. Apple then showed: the conflict of the companies cooled down. It seems that now it sputtered out again or, at least, was considerably cooled: for the first time Microsoft released the software package from the list of Microsoft Office for iPhone. It is OneNote, the multi-purpose application of planning, creation of notes and collection of information. Users can synchronize notebooks of OneNote by means of Windows Live SkyDrive or get access to notes online through Office Web Apps.

From Microsoft it is an adventurous step. One of the few advantages of Windows Phone 7 OS withheld over iPhone (as well as Android), is support of native Microsoft Office applications. Theoretically, Microsoft can take a position at which to the users of Office wishing to have an opportunity for work with documents of Office and data in the movement, it is better to pass to Windows Mobile Express. Nevertheless, the company "rose" so long that Apple took control over mobile space, and third-party software developers "curved" software to lead Office to iOS, including DataViz Documents for Go, Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite and Byte Office Squared.

Microsoft fell into an awkward situation, among the disappointed, reproaching and complaining users who want to obtain easily from the Windows computers data and documents on iPhone. The mentioned users will not begin to refuse the devices (at least, not for Windows Phone 7) - they have alternatives for the Windows data access. What conclusions will be drawn by Microsoft after such collapse to cope with requests of users? The company can, of course, continue to ignore threat of iPhone, but this strategy will never come true.

Perhaps, Microsoft did not hear complaints of users of iPhone about lack of native Microsoft Office applications for iOS. Third-party versions of programs can qualitatively be flush with what Redmond issued in the telephone version of Windows.

Of course, questions remain: whether other related Microsoft Office applications for iPhone after OneNote will follow? How about OneNote (or other Microsoft Office applications) on the mobile platforms other than iOS? Microsoft does not speak now, but hints that she very much wants to inform of Office the greatest possible number of users, irrespective of the device or the platform.

Takeshi Numoto, the vice president of Microsoft corporation for the Office direction, announcing OneNote for iOS, noted in the blog: "On PC or on Mac, on the mobile phone or online by means of Office Web Apps on different browsers, we still provide Office on devices, platforms and operating systems of our clients using it. It should be information, the ideas, but not the device. Isn't it?"