I can't "save" my OneNote documents. I only have "save as".

Also, whenever I open a document on my flash drive I get the previous
document on the computer I was working on. If I open a document on my flash
drive on my laptop, I get the previous information from my laptop. If I open
a document on my flash drive on my desktop, I get the previous information
from my desktop. It's not like Word or Excel where the documents are the
same no matter where you open them. Please help.

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> I can't "save" my OneNote documents. I only have "save as".
>
> Also, whenever I open a document on my flash drive I get the previous
> document on the computer I was working on. If I open a document on my flash
> drive on my laptop, I get the previous information from my laptop. If I open
> a document on my flash drive on my desktop, I get the previous information
> from my desktop. It's not like Word or Excel where the documents are the
> same no matter where you open them. Please help.

There is no "save" in OneNote by design, because OneNote "auto-saves".
If I understand your configuration right, then your OneNote notebooks
reside on a flash drive and you open it alternatively from your desktop
or your laptop.
You should NEVER close your notebooks on either computer anymore.
Then all will be "in sync".

For explanation please read this article:

http://blogs.msdn.com/david_rasmusse...29/650705.aspx

Bernd

Lisa Winford wrote:
> I can't "save" my OneNote documents. I only have "save as".

As Bernd already, there is no Save because of the special way it works
with automatically saving.

And working with IN is different from the "normal way" of working with
documents:
One does not close a notebook when done.

One leaves all notebooks open *all*the*time. Just close OM with all
notebooks open.
Only close a notebook when there is no further use fir it.

This is especially important when opening notebooks from a "shared"
folder in the network or from a external device (external HDD,
USB-stick).

Added: When working with files stored in a removable device like a stick
one *only* with the files on the stick. One dies *not* copy them to the
computers harddrive. The latter might cause serious mismatch.

> Also, whenever I open a document on my flash drive I get the previous
> document on the computer I was working on. If I open a document on
> my flash drive on my laptop, I get the previous information from my
> laptop. If I open a document on my flash drive on my desktop, I get
> the previous information from my desktop.

Yes, that's the way ON works with it's fantastic synchronization
feature.

> It's not like Word or Excel where the documents are the same no
> matter where you open them.

Exactly.

The workbench ON is working with is the cache. All info is stored there
an ON continually synchs all changes made.
If notebooks are opened from a removable device one can work with the
data in the cache.
The next time the stick is inserted IN will sync the changed data from
the cache and the data on the stick.
And if the the data on the stick meanwhile have been changed because the
stick has been used with a different computer data will be synched both
ways.

F.E.: You work in your desktop with the notebooks opened from the stick.
Then you leave for university, take your laptop/eBook with you and the
stick. You insert the stick and start working. The data in the cache of
the eBook will automatically be synched with the stick. So have all the
notebooks last worked with on the desktop 1:1 on your eBook.

In the meantime your brother worked on the desktop and added pages
resulting from his research web.

You come home, insert the stick and start ON. All changes made on the
eBook while being away will be synched to the desktop. And all if the
changes your brother has made while you were out will be synched to.
Working this way you always have identical data in all computers
involved.

Sounds like magic? Eight. But that's the way ON works.
I wish other application would also be able to.

Do yourself a favour ad read David Rasmussen's article Bernd gas pointed
to.

And pls do not hesitate to ask if ay questions.

Rainald

Does this mean that I have to leave my computers on all the time???

"Bernd" wrote:

>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>
> > I can't "save" my OneNote documents. I only have "save as".
> >
> > Also, whenever I open a document on my flash drive I get the previous
> > document on the computer I was working on. If I open a document on my flash
> > drive on my laptop, I get the previous information from my laptop. If I open
> > a document on my flash drive on my desktop, I get the previous information
> > from my desktop. It's not like Word or Excel where the documents are the
> > same no matter where you open them. Please help.
>
> There is no "save" in OneNote by design, because OneNote "auto-saves".
> If I understand your configuration right, then your OneNote notebooks
> reside on a flash drive and you open it alternatively from your desktop
> or your laptop.
> You should NEVER close your notebooks on either computer anymore.
> Then all will be "in sync".
>
> For explanation please read this article:
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/david_rasmusse...29/650705.aspx
>
> Bernd
>

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> Does this mean that I have to leave my computers on all the time???
>

NO.
You can shutdown your computer(s) every time.
You can close OneNote every time.
BUT you should never close a notebook in OneNote, as long as you are
using it.

AND please read the linked article I posted and the post from Rainald too.

Bernd

Lisa Winford wrote:
> Does this mean that I have to leave my computers on all the time???

NO. Not at all.
You can close ON whenever you want. You can close your computer whenever
you want.
If you did not close ON prior to shutting down the computer, ON will be
closed automatically.

This said: You should always leave the notebooks open in ON, however

Rainald

"Bernd" wrote:
>> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>>
>>> I can't "save" my OneNote documents. I only have "save as".
>>>
>>> Also, whenever I open a document on my flash drive I get the
>>> previous document on the computer I was working on. If I open a
>>> document on my flash drive on my laptop, I get the previous
>>> information from my laptop. If I open a document on my flash drive
>>> on my desktop, I get the previous information from my desktop.
>>> It's not like Word or Excel where the documents are the same no
>>> matter where you open them. Please help.
>>
>> There is no "save" in OneNote by design, because OneNote
>> "auto-saves". If I understand your configuration right, then your
>> OneNote notebooks reside on a flash drive and you open it
>> alternatively from your desktop or your laptop.
>> You should NEVER close your notebooks on either computer anymore.
>> Then all will be "in sync".
>>
>> For explanation please read this article:
>>
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/david_rasmusse...29/650705.aspx
>>
>> Bernd