OneNote: More Than Just a Digital Notepad

In order to understand what OneNote can do for you, this chapter starts by breaking down OneNote's features into several different categories.

Capture a Wide Variety of Information

With OneNote, you can capture a wide variety of information in multiple ways. You can begin by typing or using a Tablet PC pen to write anywhere on the screen. Recording audio notes is also easy with OneNote. Besides simply recording audio, OneNote keeps track of what you were typing or writing at the time the note was recorded. When you replay your audio recording, OneNote highlights the text you were typing or writing at the time the audio was recorded.

You can draw diagrams and pictures directly on your notes using your ...

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