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Outline is a note-taking application, available on iOS and OS X platforms. It is being developed by Gorillized Corporation, specializing in Productivity and Business apps for Apple devices. The distinguishing features of Outline are design, hierarchy, free placement of notes as in a paper notebook, support of various types of content (text, images, inks, tags, web-content, etc. Outline is an excellent standalone note-taking tool on its own, but its unique power is in how it takes OneNote notebooks created on the PC and syncs them to the iPad or Mac (through SkyDrive.
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If you’re anything like us, you probably have dozens of notebooks filled with fragments of thoughts and ideas strewn all around over the house. Note taking, after all, is the tool of choice for the consummate organizer. But what if you could ditch all those tedious paper notebooks and store all your thoughts in a digital repository? What if you could search through your notes, share them seamlessly with others, and access them from anywhere in the world?
Outline is an intuitive note-taking application for OS X with convenient structure resembling real paper books: notebooks, sections, groups of sections and pages help to keep order in notes, regardless of their complexity. Outline for Mac is perfect for students, teachers, physicians, lawyers, execu.
This is the promise of OneNote, the note taking application that comes with Microsoft Office. Originally released as part of Office 2003, OneNote has quickly become the most powerful software of its kind on the market. Efficient, effective, and packed full with features, OneNote can help you get more done faster, provided you use it correctly.
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How to Use OneNote Like a Pro
1. Sync Notebooks Online
Saving notebooks to your local computer is basically using OneNote like a glorified Notepad. To take real advantage of OneNote’s features, you must save and sync all your notebooks online. Syncing means that all your notebooks get updated across all your devices in real time. This means you can create a new note on one your home computer before heading out to work, and resume using it on your laptop at the office. Neat, right?
But how exactly do you sync online?
Starting with Office 2013, OneNote actually prompts you to log into SkyDrive – Microsoft’s cloud storage solution – to sync notebooks automatically. Besides SkyDrive, you can save and sync notebooks using Office 365 Sharepoint. You can also use DropBox for syncing – just make sure to select the DropBox folder on your computer when creating a new notebook.
You can also change sync settings to manual or automatic under ‘Sync Options’ in the Info panel under File menu (OneNote 2013). The default setting is automatic; we suggest you keep it as is.
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2. Take Audio/Video Notes
Typing notes into OneNote can get awfully tedious very soon. Spice up your routine by taking audio and video notes instead. Click on Insert -> Record Audio/Record Video to start taking notes. This is a more visual, interactive way to keep track of things – a solid alternative for when you get sick of typing things out. Plus, you can usually speak faster than you can type (unless you are Jack Nicholson!), so you’ll probably save some time as well.
But to take real advantage of these notes, you must first let OneNote index your audio/video recordings. This will enable you to search through your audio/video notes just like any normal written message – a powerful feature for finding information.
To do this, go to File -> Options -> Audio & Video and select ‘Enable searching audio and video recordings for words’.
3. Organize Your Notebooks Effectively
OneNote is meant to be used as a physical notebook replacement. The program is most effective when you organize your notebooks like you would in the real world, that is, with individual notebooks for each subject/topic, separate sections for each sub-topic, and separate page for each note or groups of similar notes.
Most beginners tend to be very conservative with notebook and section creation. Don’t be; you don’t stand to lose anything save a few megabytes of space for each new notebook. Create as many notes, pages, sections and notebooks as you like – it’ll make organization that much easier.
For example, if you are a college student, you can make a new notebook for each class you take in a semester. You can then make separate sections for each broad topic, and add pages of notes for each day of the class. You can see an example structure below:
Notebook | Sections | Pages |
Biology 101 | Cell Biology | Cell Structure Functions of Organelles Function of Membranes |
Photosynthesis | Structure of Chloroplast Calvin Cycle Overall Photosynthesis Equation | |
Genetics | Heredity Patterns of Inheritance Mendel’s Laws |
4. Use OneNote to Make To-Do Lists
Still using pocket legal pads and post-it notes to make your daily to-do lists? OneNote offers a much better solution. Make a to-do list in the program by pressing CTRL+1 anywhere in the main note screen. OneNote will automatically create a list item with a checkbox next to it. Type in your list item, press enter, type in another item, and so on.
To cross-off an item on the list, simply click on the checkbox, or bring your text cursor to the list item and press CTRL+1 again.
It really is that easy!
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5. Take Advantage of Page Templates
Not many people use it, but OneNote page templates can be incredibly useful when done right. This is especially true for college students as OneNote 2013 comes packed with dozens of thoughtful templates right out of the box.
To access these templates, go to Insert -> Page Templates, and choose a template from the panel that pops up on the right.
The ‘Lecture Notes and Study Questions’ template, for instance, looks like this:
Using templates makes note taking even faster. You can also save your current page as a template by clicking the ‘Save current page as template’ link in the template panel.
6. Use Tags
One of OneNote’s most powerful, yet underutilized feature is tagging. Tags work like hashtags in Twitter; every note or item marked with a particular tag will show up in the search results when you search for that tag.
To use tags, click on any of the built-in tags under the ‘Tags’ section in the home ribbon.
Cardhop 1 0 4 – manage your contacts icloud. You can also make your own custom tags in this section.
Use tags to organize your data. For example, you could mark important document with the ‘Important’ tag, questions with the ‘Question’ tag, and so on. Use keyboard shortcuts to tag items faster.
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Consider an example: we created two note items and marked them with the ‘Important’ (star) tag:
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Clicking the ‘Find Tag’ button on the home ribbon will show us all the notes marked with this tag:
You can also change the search options to include the current section, the current notebook, or even all your existing notebooks in the ‘Find Tag’ panel.
As you can see, this is a very handy feature for organizing your information. Combined with custom search, it can help you never lose anything again.
OneNote is a powerful, highly capable software. Use it right and it can be an incredible ally in the fight against information overload. It’s also the perfect productivity tool that can help you get things done faster. Mastering OneNote is quite easy, as this course on improving your note-taking skills will teach you.
Developer(s) | Gorillized Corporation |
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Initial release | July 2011; 9 years ago |
Stable release | |
Operating system | iOS, OS X |
Available in | English |
Type | Note-taking software |
License | |
Website | outline.ws |
Outline is a note-taking application, available on iOS and OS X platforms. It is being developed by Gorillized Corporation, specializing in Productivity and Business apps for Apple devices. The distinguishing features of Outline are design, hierarchy, free placement of notes as in a paper notebook, support of various types of content (text, images, inks, tags, web-content, etc.), synchronization options and Microsoft OneNote compatibility.[1]
History[edit]
Outline was first released in July 2011 as a reader of OneNote files on iPad. The next update enabled editing and creation of new notebooks. Outline for Mac also developed from the reader to the editor on OS X.
Its first edition was launched in March 2013. Since December 2013 it performs as a full-functional note-taking app on Mac.
Design[edit]
Outline's design was invented as an alternative to standard office look.
Hierarchy[edit]
Outline hierarchy resembles that of a real notebook: there are notebooks for general subjects, section tabs for specific topics and pages for actual notes. For more complex notebook structures additional section groups can be created within a notebook. There is no limitation on the number of notebooks, section groups, section tabs and pages.
Platforms[edit]
Outline for iPad is compatible with iOS 9 and later.[2] Outline for Mac requires OS X 10.9 and later, 64-bit processor.[3] Outline for iPad and Outline for Mac are separate though compatible apps. They can be synced between each other via Box, Dropbox, iCloud or OneDrive.
Features[edit]
Besides the built-in standard editing tools Outline is equipped with additional features:[4]
- Pictures. Along with text content Outline handles imported images. It is possible to add photos from Camera roll on iPad and Finder on Mac. IPad version also allows to take photo from within the app, it is added to Outline page automatically. Mac version supports adding to Outline pages a screen capture.
- Handwriting and drawing tools. Outline for iPad is equipped with inking and handwriting tools. Pen, marker and highlighter serve for drawing and annotation.
- Stylus support. Outline for iPad supports such handwriting devices as Adonit Jot stylus and Pogo stylus.
- Tags and checkboxes allow to mark particular information as important, to-do, contact etc. Imported OneNote tags can be edited.
- File attachments like PDF, Word, Excel and other can be added to Outline pages which helps to keep relevant data in one place. They can be opened from within Outline with a corresponding third-party application. In Outline for iPad attachments are added through Inbox storage. In Mac version it is possible to add files using function button or drag & drop them directly from Finder onto Outline page.
- Password protected sections. Outline can open password protected sections imported from OneNote and also set passwords to OneNote and Outline native sections. IPad version supports both numeric password and Touch ID.
- Hyperlinks. Outline can open and create external hyperlinks (Web) with a default Internet browser and internal hyperlinks (links between notebooks, sections and pages). It is done for easier and quicker navigation between notes within Outline and data on the Web.
- Insert various content. Clip text, pictures and links from Safari or other apps. Supporting the latest features of iOS and Mac OS like Share Extensions, Services etc. lets Outline interact with third-party apps and increases productivity.[5][6]
- Tables. Outline allows to organize data in table form as well.
- Table of Contents. Insert TOC to easily organize notes and navigate through them. TOC is generated automatically and may include a whole notebook's structure or a current section only.
- Multitasking. Since the release of iOS 9 Outline supports such multitasking features as Split View and Slide Over.
- Search. You can access the Spotlight interface from the Home screen of your iPad to search for content stored in Outline.
Handwriting mode in Outline for iPad
Compatibility[edit]
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Outline supports Microsoft OneNote file format. Each notebook consists of .one – section files and a .onetoc2 – table of contents file. Outline can open and edit notebooks consisting of such files and also create new ones in the same format.[7][8]Currently Outline is compatible with OneNote 2010 and 2013. OneNote 2007 is supported in read-only mode. OneNote 2003 is not supported.
Import/Export[edit]
Outline and OneNote notebooks can be exported from and imported into Outline for iPad via iTunes. It requires iTunes to be installed on all the involved devices. They need to be connected via USB cable and be in the same Wi-Fi network. It performs manual transfer of a notebook in its actual state from and to Outline.[9]Outline also allows pages to be exported to PDF and e-mailed directly from Outline.
Synchronization and backup[edit]
Outline supports several backup and sync options.
Notes may be synchronized with users' accounts on Box and Dropbox online services, which retain versions history and deleted items. Files are stored in .one and .onetoc2 standard OneNote format. On Windows and OS X this feature requires native client software for these services.
Outline also syncs data over iCloud, easy way to store notes, keep them synchronized and access anytime across multiple devices. Synchronization process is strong, reliable and provides an error-free data transfer. All the data can be backed up to iCloud or hard drive (for Mac version).
Alternatively, Outline notes may be synchronized with Microsoft OneDrive (Microsoft's online storage service for OneNote software) and Microsoft SharePoint (versions 2010 and 2013 only). Files are stored in single notebook files, which does not retain versioning information and deleted notes. Only incremental updates are sent to the server during synchronization, reducing transfer time and bandwidth usage.
References[edit]
- ^'Outline+ app for iPad (and Mac)'. Abbey Dufoe. 2015-02-06.
- ^'Outline for iPad on iTunes'. outline.ws.
- ^'Outline for Mac on iTunes'. outline.ws.
- ^'Make notes on the go with Outline+'. James Cull. 2012-09-04.
- ^'What do you know about share extensions?'. outline.ws. 2014-12-18.
- ^'Outline For Mac 3.3 supports OSX PDF Services'. outline.ws. 2015-03-06.
- ^'Outline for Mac offers OneNote alternative note-taking'. Peter Cohen. 2015-02-02.
- ^'Outline 3.3. for Mac review'. J.R. Bookwalter. 2015-03-26.
- ^'Export Notebooks via iTunes'. outline.ws. 2015-04-01.
External links[edit]
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