17. Collaborating with other applications

“OneNote” is an application that works very efficiently with other applications. You can also transfer your notes in “OneNote” to other applications in a very efficient manner. We have already discussed this in the previous section.

 

Furthermore, “OneNote” has a virtual printer installed. This allows you to print information from any applications in “OneNote”. (This facility does not work with Windows XP. It available only from Windows 7 onwards). You can follow the normal procedure to print the application , but you have to select the option “Send to OneNote” found under the “Options” tab in the “File” menu.

By default, you have a “OneNote” icon present in the “Task bar”, which enables you to collect simple notes from different applications and save information faster..

The following figure gives you an overview of the important options and keyboard short-cuts. This is opened by right-clicking the “OneNote” icon on the “Task bar”:

The “OneNote” icon can also be hidden. You can do this by right clicking the “Taskbar” and selecting “Properties”. Click the “Start Menu” tab on the “Taskbar and Start Menu Properties” window. Then click on “Customize” to change the settings.

 

17.1. Working with “Outlook” – Part 1

The collaboration between “Outlook” and “OneNote” is even more advanced. You can send an e-mail directly from “Outlook” to “OneNote” by clicking on the “OneNote” button present on the “Home” tab in “Outlook”.

If you click the button, the following window opens:

You have to select the page which is to be the content of the e-mail. This gives us the following result:

Conversely, you can open a note in “Outlook”.

When you click on the “Follow up” button in “Outlook”, the following menu opens:

 

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