Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 is the latest addition to the Microsoft office family that turns your desktop or notebook into a fully functional digital note-taking program. Instead of having all your notes in messy folders or post-it-notes that become lost or unorganised, OneNote easily merges all these options into one program. No matter what kind of information you have, whether it’s typed, handwritten, drawn, graphical or spoken, OneNote 2003 organises all this information into your own personal organiser.
As with all Microsoft programs, the installation of OneNote 2003 was a breeze and it automatically installed upon my laptop when the CD placed into the CD-ROM drive.
Features
Type notes anywhere on the page and then rearrange them as you’d like
Record audio that’s synchronised with your typed or written notes
Input any type of information into your notes, whether graphics, drawings, pictures and the like
Write or draw your own information into OneNote through the use of a pen input device
Search and convert your handwriting on a Tablet PC
Works seamlessly with Office
Easily share your notes through e-mail or publish them as web pages
Once the installation was completed (without a reboot mind you), I was greeted with an extremely user-friendly interface that was extremely reminiscent of Microsoft Office 2003. Although the program looks and feels like a Microsoft Office product (menus are located at the top with popular icons below such as back, undo, search, print and various font options directly below, this is where the program ends in its similarity. The main window pane is designed as a folder (or organiser) called “My Notebook” that has various user defined folders that I created such as Contacts, Lecturers, Assignments and Personal. This feature allows users to give their organiser that personal feel without predetermined factors. OneNote 2003 also contains a variety of pen options (ideal for tablet PC owners) such as thickness, colours and various other pen functionalities that ensures that your notes will standout. This is basically a digital pencil case without the clutter or leaking pens.