The paper free advantage
February 25, 2016
The paper free advantage
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with OneNote
I have been using OneNote as a paperless filing system for project notes, support documentation and archival of information. This addresses the issue of limited storage space at my workstation. It is also much more efficient to search through OneNote than it was to sort through binders or file folders for information that I needed to complete my work. Another advantage is the OneNote notebooks can be saved on a shared drive allowing others to access my information for their own use.
- OneNote allows me to print directly from my email to the notebook. This allows me to save information without needing to re-type it or to save the email off to my computer somewhere.
- OneNote is easy to manage and organize. The pages/tabs structure is flexible and easy to manipulate once created.
- OneNote also allows for hyperlinks to other sources of data. For example, when I need to know where the budget information comes from I can create a hyperlink that will take me directly to the final budget report.
- Renaming a workbook, once created, is challenging. Especially if it is located on a shared drive.
- I struggle sometimes moving a section or a page from one workbook to another workbook.
- OneNote sometimes corrupts when moving a created workbook from a personal drive to a shared drive.
- As our department has moved to using OneNote on a more consistent basis, the cost of paper supplies (paper, folders, binders etc.) has significantly decreased.
- The cost of physical storage space has also decreased because there is less need to house the binders and files.
- Employees have become more efficient and productive due to the ease of quickly finding the information they need to complete their tasks.