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NEWS!

Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) has shipped.  For OneNote users it includes some improvements to SharePoint synchronization which should make it a more stable sharing platform.  Another new feature in SP2 is that from now on if you want to remove the OneNote icon from the Windows System Tray you'll have to do that under Tools | Options in OneNote.  You won't be able to right-click the icon and permanently remove it from the tray anymore.

You can download it by going to http://update.microsoft.com and letting Automatic Update find and install it for you.

First Looks at OneNote 2010

OneNote 2010 RC (Release Candidate) has been released.  Read our preview of it here. (NEW!)

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Tip of the Moment

Want to use Firefox and OneNote together?  There's no native "Send to OneNote" button in Firefox but there IS an add-on you can use to add that capability to Firefox.  Clip to OneNote 2.2

Tip of the Moment Archive

Resources

Here are some useful resources for lawyers to use for more information on Microsoft OneNote

Training

Yes!  Ben Schorr is available to give you and your firm OneNote training.  Either on-site or remote - Ben can do customized training sessions for small groups or large (or 1 on 1) at reasonable rates.  For more information e-mail him at bens@rolandschorr.com or call (808) 782-6306.

Sites

Forums

Microsoft offers a nice collection of free support forums for Microsoft OneNote.  You can post questions, read answers or even answer some questions yourself if you like.  They're free and easy and just a click away.

How to Ask a Question:  When posting a question to a newsgroup please be sure to indicate what software you're using, what version of the software you're using, what SPECIFICALLY you are trying to do and what happens when you try to do that (especially any error messages you may be receiving).  It is also helpful if you tell us what you have already tried in an effort to fix it so that we don't waste time telling you to try things you've already attempted.

Newsgroups

Microsoft has free support newsgroups available for nearly every product they make.  In these newsgroups you can read questions and answers that other people have posted for the product or you can post your own questions and get answers from the other posters. 

What's an MVP?

An MVP or "Most Valuable Professional" is a volunteer who has been recognized by Microsoft as an expert on a particular technology.  You'll commonly find them in the Microsoft Support Newsgroups, but they can sometimes be found in other forums or lists.  They can be very helpful but keep in mind that they are only volunteers providing assistance in their spare time.

NNTP

NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) is the traditional way of accessing newsgroups.  The traditional Microsoft program for NNTP is Outlook Express though in Vista this has been upgraded and renamed to "Windows Mail". 

Click the links below to open the Microsoft OneNote newsgroups in your NNTP reader:

New Users

Web Forums

Since NNTP is a tad esoteric Microsoft has introduced a web interface for their support newsgroups.  These are the same newsgroups you get via NNTP, just in a web browser.

Click the links below to open the Microsoft Word newsgroups in your web browser:

New Users

Last Updated: 03/10/2010