New note flag features for OneNote 2007

re: New note flag features for OneNote 2007

Stephen Mok — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 20:58:23 GMT

Hi there!

Thanks for blogging in detail about the new note flags features. I'm loving them in my new install of Beta 2 on my desktop!

The problem is, on my Tablet PC I upgraded from OneNote 2003 to 2007 Beta 2 and it kept my existing set of note flags -- but I like the new set much better!

You know what would be good? A 'Reset' button on the Customize My Note Flags task pane that would reset all the flags to the factory default.

Can this be done? :)

re: New note flag features for OneNote 2007

descapa — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:30:06 GMT

Yes you can do this by removing your preferences.dat file which is located here for OneNote 2003:
%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\OneNote\
and here for OneNote 2007:
%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\OneNote\12.0

Just remove that file (or rename it) and then run OneNote again which will recreate the list.

re: New note flag features for OneNote 2007

Robert Roach — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:36:52 GMT

Hi,

Multiple note flags. I note that I can add multiple flags, but it does not seem to alter sort order. Is there a trick to get the note flags to sort by the first icon in the note flag list when I assign multiple icons?

Thanks,

Rob

re: New note flag features for OneNote 2007

descapa — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:35:18 GMT

Rob - I don't quite understand what you are saying. When you have one line of text lets say that you apply two note flags ToDo & Important (the checkbox & the star). When you go into "Show all tagged notes" then you would like the list to be ordered a certain way?

I am not 100% sure I follow you.

re: New note flag features for OneNote 2007

John — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:49:12 GMT

I would *love* to be able to sort the note flags. Particuarly by a priority (or order in the note flag customization list).

You can group them together but the notes will order by the sections, so a Todo Pri 1 and list before a Todo Pri 2.

Thanks,

John

re: New note flag features for OneNote 2007

rudiger maas — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:09:06 GMT

I like OneNote and I use it for class, but I've found that in both 2003 and 2007, the note tags are borderline unusable.

I'd like to be able to order the tags in the summary pane by something other than text (who would use that anyway??) and date. Right now, the only thing I can do is cut and repaste a note to get it in the order I want. And what really sucks about 2007 is that it now separates the tags in the pane into days. What that means is I can't even do the cut and paste trick if I'm tagging over two different days.

Honestly, did anybody put any thought into this at all??

re: New note flag features for OneNote 2007

Rick — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:41:52 GMT

As a visually oriented person, I find the rich visual content that's possible in OneNote the major reason I'm moving to using it as my single note taking tool and source. I plan to use the note tags/flags feature extensively, including adding my own, but I would LOVE to be able to add custom note flag icons! Please seriously consider this for the next release.

re: New note flag features for OneNote 2007

Kaine — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:38:15 GMT

I'll add a second vote to Rick's request for custom icons - after discovering the tags one of the first things I thought was: "This is cool, how do I use my own graphic for these?"

re: New note flag features for OneNote 2007

J-Mac — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:57:10 GMT

Another vote for custom icons. First, I have literally thousands of icons that are sized perfectly - many I created for use on Pocket PCs (BMP), and then Windows Mobile (Lots of TGA and PNG), and also quite a few I created for eWallet desktop/WM.

Furthermore, there are numerous topics that are screaming for their own tag icon, particularly for personal users rather than business users. E.g., Medical, Disability (important to me - I'm disabled and tag a lot of notes as disability-related. Presently using the weather tag icon. :-( ), Family, Computer, Home Projects, etc., etc.

Thanks!

Jim

re: New note flag features for OneNote 2007

Chip H. — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:14:15 GMT

Thanks for all the helpful input on using tags in OneNote. I recently started using OneNote for grad school and really like it for taking / organizing / searching class notes. I also frequently go back through my notes and tag key sections for studying. I really like the idea of using "show all tagged items" to create summary pages for studying, but but the only sort order I've been able to achieve for these lists is alphabetical. This stinks because because it means the summaries, however efficient content-wise, don't follow the natural flow of the course material. No matter how I group, I still can't sorting other than alphabetical. I must be missing something here, right? PLEASE, someone enlighten me before I pull my hair out over this.

Tagging Words Only. Not Full Lines.

andspl — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:31:42 GMT

How to tag words only. Not full lines or sentences in OneNote 2007.

For example.

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I like football and basket ball.

I dont like hockey and boxing.

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I want to collect only words foot ball and hockey from the above lines, but not full lines. How can i dow that?

re: New note flag features for OneNote 2007

Kurt Seifert — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:40:26 GMT

I love OneNote 2007 - I have cusomtized many Tags to highlight - projects, next steps, open issue, and task (linked to Outlook) However when I Show all Tagged notes only my TASK (flags) are shown. The rest of my TAGS are included?

Another vote for custom icons

Graeme — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:05:46 GMT

I am just leaving another comment to vote for those custom icons. So much possibility.

re: New note flag features for OneNote 2007

Bob — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:33:30 GMT

Often icons aren't very useful. If I want to have a set of flags each associated with a different person, it's difficult to remember which icon/color goes to which person. It would be nice if there was an option to have the Display Name (or at least a couple of text characters) be the flag "icon".

re: New note flag features for OneNote 2007

cafrczar — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:09:48 GMT

I just started using One Note tonight and already really like the Tag/Note feature. I also agree there should be more icons (or allow icons to be imported)in One Note.

Thank you.

re: New note flag features for OneNote 2007

Suzannah — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:11:09 GMT

Different Notebooks have different subjects. different subjects have different topics. the way tags are conceived of in OneNote currently is great for to-do's but not at all for archiving information. I am a nonprofit person who loves astrology. Its nuts that "Virgo, Ascendent, and 7th House" has to share with "Fundraising, Board of Directors, and Liability Insurance". It's not my organization either. The Board of Directors Fundraising Gala is going to have to be tagged as both fundraising and Board of Directors. Not everything fits into a tree structure. OneNote needs to embrace tagging in a 2.0 sense. Or at the very least adopt outlook's "Categories".

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re: New note flag features for OneNote 2007

Michael — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:52:01 GMT

I would vote to be able to upload .ico images to an icon flag library so that we can use custom flags. The new flags are nice but there are so many 3rd party custom icons available on the web that it is scandilous not to allow users to add them and personalize their flags.