Thursday, January 29, 2009

OneNote rulez!

OneNote is the best computer application around. And now we don't need to retreat to live mesh or windows live sync or Groove or other file sync methods to get onenote notebook synchronization over the public Internet. OfficeLive now offers sharepoint services as part of the standard small business offering.

- Go to http://officelive.com/
- Sign up for a *SMALL BUSINESS* account with a liveid
- In the left column, click on "Business Applications"
- Click the green "Activate for FREE" button that appears
- In the left column, click on "Team Workspace"
- At Right-most column header, click on "+Add"
- Choose "Document Library" from drop-down
- Name it "notes" (or whatever you want)
- Under "Document Template" drop-down, select Microsoft Office OneNote section
- Click "Create"
- Under "New" drop-down, click "New Document"
- In OneNote, save the file (it's just that simple!)

Add people with a liveID as editors and such to your sharepoint site so they can also open, sync, share, notebooks. OneNote uses your liveID credentials and syncs to the sharepoint when it sees 'net. Pretty slick!