Microsoft has made one of its most important programs, Onenote, free, available today for all platforms: Windows, Windows 8, Mac, iPhone, Android and Windows Phone . The important news concern the new Mac version and the fact that the version of Onenote for Microsoft is now free and freely downloadable, without necessarily having to buy the Microsoft Office suite.
Onenote, for those unfamiliar with it, the Microsoft program that organizes information, notes and notes of all kinds .
As an application it is similar to Evernote or Google Keep, only it has many more functions and integrates fully with Microsoft Office programs and other applications.
Its key feature is that every written note is synchronized "cloud" (in Onedrive), which means that every note taken from the mobile phone is also found on the PC and vice versa.
As mentioned, OneNote can be downloaded for free as a program for PC, Mac and as an app for smartphones and tablets from the Onenote.com website in Italian.
The links for direct downloads are as follows:
- Onenote for Windows
- Onenote for Windows 10
- Onenote for Mac
- Onenote for Android
- Onenote for iPhone and iPad
Onenote can now also be used online, without downloading anything, from the Onenote Online site, by logging in with a Microsoft account (from the button at the top right).
Speaking of the Windows PC program, the tabbed interface is intuitive like all Office programs and allows you to insert notes and notes by choosing the font, color and all formatting options.
After the download you are asked to log in to the Microsoft account which is the same used for services such as Outlook.com, the old MSN Messenger, Hotmail, Windows Phone and Windows 8.
The start page of the program immediately illustrates the main functions and ways of using Onenote.
You can organize your notes in different tabs based on the type of information and, for each note card, you can add many pages and sheets from the vertical column.
Images, documents, freehand drawings, multimedia files and documents scanned with the scanner can also be inserted as notes.
Each note is saved online using the free space of the Onedrive site (the former Skydrive).
Speaking instead of Onenote online, there are several useful tools for integrated use with the browser and internet browsing.
- OneNote Clipper is a bookmarklet that is used to save web pages in Onenote so that you can keep the addresses of your favorite sites and the news they find.
- You can send notes by e-mail to OneNote by sending the e -mail to the address Send an e-mail to
To configure sending notes via Email, you need to configure the address on the email settings page.
- OneNote now also integrates with other web applications such as Feedly, IFTTT, Genius Scanner, Livescribe, Office Lens and other web-apps
Office Lens is the Windows application for scanning documents with your smartphone.
Also note that the Onenote app for Windows 8 has an OCR function, i.e. it allows you to scan a document written on paper to edit it on your computer.
Users who have Office 2013 or Office 365 can take advantage of premium features such as SharePoint support, version history, integration with Outlook and other features.
Onenote is a great PC program that, especially now that it can be downloaded and used for free from all platforms, including Macs, tablets and smartphones, truly becomes the universal clipboard to always keep with you, much better than similar apps like Evernote .
Below an introductory video.
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