Complete Guide to OneNote

I have written a favorable review of this book up on my blog (blogs.officezealot.com/chris) and really like it. First, let me say the book is clearly a reflection of the product. OneNote is a version 1.0 product and guess what, there are a lot of things about it that fall short. Because of this Fred has to spend a lot of time providing work arounds to help you squeeze OneNote in its weak areas.I felt that there were so many work arounds it was annoying, though this is not Fred's fault, its clear weaknesses in the product. The thing I like about reading Fred's work arounds is that it confirmed I wasn't "crazy" or "missing" something. Sometimes you spend a lot of time trying to get a product to do something it just doesn't do, but you don't know that until hours are wasted. Fred's book has reduced my wasted time with OneNote. I now know where it fits and where it doesnt.The thing I like the most about this book is that Fred doesn't just discuss OneNote but discusses the whole concept of Digital note taking, its history and even in light of other products. You can buy this book to learn about the product and you also get the side benefit of understanding at a higher level its place in the digital note taking world. I do hope Fred continues to update the book for SP1 and V2.Chriswww.OfficeZealot.com

A+ Press has arrived ahead of schedule with this book. OneNote was introduced late in 2003 and is used by just a few "cutting edge users" at this time. The Complete Guide to OneNote by W. Frederick Zimmerman is one of two books on the subject of Microsoft OneNote currently published. Complete Guide to OneNote outlines the major features of OneNote and provides a very good description of how OneNote is integrated with out Microsoft Office products such as Outlook, Word and Excel. OneNote is a note taking program that allows audio, text, graphics and html to be organized in one place on a computer. OneNote information can be send as an e mail attachment. OneNote can convert handwriting to text if you use a tablet computer. I was impressed with the author's treatment of each of chapter. This book was very easy to understand and could be a reference or for a quick start guide. I recommend Complete Guide to OneNote by W. Frederick Zimmerman. I suggest anyone considering using OneNote get a copy of this book.

As a new OneNote user I found this book was a great guide to get me going. I read the book from cover to cover. The writing style is casual, but not cutesy. After reading a section, I found used what was described without having to thumb back through the book to read again how it worked. I am enjoying OneNote as a product and I believe that much of the productivity gains that I am experiencing come from having gotten off to a great start with this book.