
12-16-2007, 01:20 PM
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| RE: Newbie observations - OneNote2007 functionality, wishlist You might want to try "virtual folders." You can create shortcuts to the
folders which hold .one files and they will show as sections in a notebook.
Here's the "how=to": http://blogs.gotdotnet.com/david_ras...-anywhere.aspx
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Thanks,
John Guin
OneNote Test Team http://blogs.msdn.com/johnguin
"Schooner" wrote:
> Thanks for reply. Let me add two more "wishlist" items & clarify the odd one.
>
> 1. A ruler! For layout checks. I'll build one or use a 3p applet.
> 2. A "shift=symmetrical" drawing function (forces oval=circle,
> rectangle=square, etc.).
>
> What I meant re embedded objects (terminology?):
> Suppose you have 3 sections - financial, family, work. Each contains a
> "dashboard" page including a category to-do list. It would be nice to have
> an overview page - a universal dashboard page - upon which those lists are
> replicated. Changing one (parent instance) changes the other (daughter
> instance). Or - a project list appears on each of several staff pages, could
> be rolled up into a project-focused overview (instead of a set of hyperlinks
> to the individuated pages). Or even... an MSXL spreadsheet/list populated
> with current (not time-of-creation) data, and displayable as if embedded in a
> Word document. Where this leads is I suppose a massive extension of
> function/utility to include embedding/linking (and/or some database-like
> functionality).
>
> I can visualize innumerable extensions of 1N7 (from the luxurious perch of a
> nonprogrammer) - the thing is, 1N7 out-Macs the Mac. This is how people
> think, organize & visualize things, and its flexibility means it accomodates
> idiosyncratic categorization, focusing & drilldown. I wish it did
> "everything" including embedded databases, or was positioned as the founding
> paradigm upon which all other MSOffice apps were based. I downloaded the
> trial and had it set up the same day as a corporate pseudo-intranet, an
> extension/refinement of shared-directory substructure (I did need a 3rd party
> applet & drivemapping to conveniently snap up fullpath/sharename directory
> links), and a shared meeting agenda/minutes focus point for a chemical R&D
> group. Notwithstanding warnings to the contrary, 1N7 works brilliantly with
> my NAS, yet tolerates local shared file refs. It's incredible to see how
> differently the wife & kid have arranged theirs (it actually offers a curious
> insight into how other people think). One of the 1N7 guys should be
> dispatched to MSOutlook team to fix the no-simple-synch curse, he'd be
> greeted as a Messiah by SOHOs with three laptops, two networks, multiple ISPs
> & a Blackberry (and he'd remove 99% of the motivation to defect to
> GMail/GCal).
>
> Back to reality: Oddly, I am spending a lot of time fiddling about with
> layout - trying to get it to arrange things in ways it doesn't like.
>
>
> "John Guin" wrote:
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> > Great ideas, thanks!
> >
> > 1. I hear you. It's on the "to do" list for the shared source OM at
> > www.codeplex.com/onom. That powertoy would be a great demo.
> >
> > 3 (the second three in the list): Have you tried the template manager at
> > http://blogs.msdn.com/johnguin/archi...note-2007.aspx
> > ? It may give you a bit more flexibility, but I can't guarantee that.
> >
> > 5. I'm not sure what you want, but noticed "Outlook" (should have read "1N7" - Schooner) was mentioned. Can
> > you describe it differently, and maybe even include a rough image of what you
> > want? Maybe a picture would help me understand.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thanks for using OneNote,
> > John Guin
> > OneNote Test Team
> > http://blogs.msdn.com/johnguin
> >
> >
> > "Schooner" wrote:
> >
> > > Fascinating application (1N7 running on Vista Ultimate, shared to several XP
> > > machines). A key use for me is tabular links to documents viewable/clickable
> > > by multiple users. For local docs, that means one has to map a drive to
> > > MyDocs folder (to force automatic full-share-path hyperlinks) & share out a
> > > the directory/subdirectory. For some reason, I have trouble with .ppt
> > > insertions (opens with some kind of viewer instead of PowerPoint proper, I'm
> > > sure I can tweak something to fix that).
> > >
> > > Troubles:
> > > 1. No sort utility for tables/lists?
> > > 2. No "group" function for drawing objects? Big annoyance.
> > > 3. No "fill" functions for drawing objects. OK, make 'em in Word or
> > > PowerPoint.
> > > 4. Primitive implementation of numbered lists - no nested list function (1,
> > > 1.1, 1.11)
> > > 3. Can't figure out how the built-in templates manage to square b/g pics
> > > against the upper left corner - I get unavoidable lhCorner margin space when
> > > I try making my own templates. Generally, I have trouble getting pages to
> > > "fit" without scroll handles showing up - the 1N "containers" seem to demand
> > > a bit of margin.
> > > 4. Zoom. Somehow my mousewheel once locked on an apparent page-zoom
> > > function, can't seem to repeat it.
> > > 5. Live link between outlook tables (or even to displayable spreadsheet or
> > > doc) would be "wow". e.g. - one page has a to-do list for financial stuff,
> > > another has a to-do list for music stuff, and so on... on an "omnibus" page I
> > > can place hyperlinks to those to-do lists, but I cannot make them appear on
> > > the omnibus page & behave as "slaves" to their "masters". Or is it somehow
> > > possible to embed such objects (with updating link to original)?
> > > 6. Subpage behavior - I expected permanently subordinated & indelibly
> > > linked subpages, surprised to see they don't behave so. Would be more
> > > intuitive/useful if subs glued to their parents (as is, drag a parent page up
> > > the page list & you've lost the subpage's apparently tenuous association
> > > thereto).
> > > 6. Mac version, I won't be the first to wish for that one. Then my Mac
> > > could do more than keep my cat warm. |