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OneNote and Outlook integration
Would someone help me to understand what is going on with Outlook for Windows 10? I've confused myself by going around in circles looking for an answer.
I broke my laptop yesterday and my nice shiny new machine has fresh software along with its new smell.
However I was using Outlook 2016 and I was able to send emails to Outlook for filing, create meeting notes and do all sorts of things to get emails out of my inbox. There were buttons to send to Outlook and life was quite lovely. I understand that Outlook for Windows 10 is not Outlook 2016 and there are features not yet implemented in the latest version.
What I am trying to understand is whether the integration features that I seem to have "lost" are part of the "not yet implemented" features or am I just being a fool and not understanding where to get the buttons which were very very handy to have.
I hope I am making my question clear - my brain is hurting trying to sort this out.
The "Save to OneNote" command in Outlook only works with OneNote 2016. To accomplish something similar in OneNote for Windows 10, check out the following page:
https://www.onenote.com/EmailToOneNoteBriefly, after setting it up, you just forward an email to me@onenote.com from your registered email address and it shows up in OneNote. There is no visual way to pick the destination section, so you have to set up sort of an "InBox" in OneNote or type in a subject line that directs the mail to the right spot. It's all explained in the webpage.
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It took me a while to workout what was wrong here.
I did a reinstall of office and onenote integration to outlook disappeared.
Additionally one lost all functionality to tag and looked like a cutback version.
It seems Microsoft has decided to finish Onenote 2016 and move to Onenote 10 as the default version. Fair enough... but Onenote 10 does not have the integrations to outlook or tags etc. From what i can read this will be added back into Onenote 10 during Q4 2019.
I have therefore reloaded onenote 2016 to run alongside Onenote 10 and i will swap over when onenote 10 catches up with 2016 functionality. Microsoft must have their reasons for doing this but i cant think of a good one....
Here is the link to MS page and onenote 2016 download and explaination.
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/change-the-default-version-of-onenote-on-your-computer-f261140c-5ce8-4cf4-ad0b-c9e1cb953831
- Just one more voice in a sea of discontent with the removal of Send To ON ! It seems all developers are trying to push everything to the web. I don’t like any version of ON except for my beloved ON 2016. I often work offline because of travel. I don’t want to have to use an online version of ON and I don’t want to use Clip To ON. Also, I miss the ability scan directly into ON.
I was ecstatic with Onenote 2016. I use to open Onenote and straight to being productive.
Now, there isn't day that passes using the new Onenote without having a headache.
the new onenote is ARDUOUS and exhausting for me.
Microsoft have acted like pirates that got on board of a great and beautiful wave-piercing catamaran and ransacked, burgled and looted the **bleep** out of it.
Take note Microsoft and take hint, bring back ONENOTE 2016.
I wish you'd stop faffing about and bring back 0nenote 2016.
Waiting for the new onenote to take flight is lipstick on a pig.
Please do not kill onenote 2016, you have managed well with "killing" with the IVAS contract.
- PLEASE bring back ON 2016!!!!!!!
Yes I'm just installing OnNote 2016 despite that I liked the new version.
But I constantly used the OneNote integration on calendar items and don't want to miss it.
- Thank you for this tip. I was irritated for a few weeks now.
Jacinta4870 I totally agree. These 2 features integrating Outlook and OneNote 2016 are essential. As much as I want to switch the the new OneNote (because it has some great new features too!), I can't until these features are added.
The "Save to OneNote" command in Outlook only works with OneNote 2016. To accomplish something similar in OneNote for Windows 10, check out the following page:
https://www.onenote.com/EmailToOneNoteBriefly, after setting it up, you just forward an email to me@onenote.com from your registered email address and it shows up in OneNote. There is no visual way to pick the destination section, so you have to set up sort of an "InBox" in OneNote or type in a subject line that directs the mail to the right spot. It's all explained in the webpage.
I reverted back to using OneNote 2016's Send to OneNote by
1. Uninstall the Window 10 OneNote store app
2. Disable "Use Send to OneNote with OneNote for Windows 10" option inside Outlook > Options > Advanced > Other
3. Remove the "Send to OneNote" Outlook > Get Add-ins > My add-ins
4. Enable "Use Send to OneNote with OneNote for Windows 10" option inside Outlook > Options > Advanced > Other again
Don't know if anyone has seen this yet, as of yesterday a new "Send to OneNote" icon has appeared in my Outlook that allows you to send emails to OneNote for Windows 10.
You must have the option enabled in Outlook as danielep mentioned https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/OneNote/OneNote-and-Outlook-integration/m-p/614088/highlight/true#M613
What about calendar entries. I create meeting notes with the one click option in outlook (to one note 2016).
Thank you Dry Heat for the time you took to help me out.
I realised the Outlook for Windows 10 was simply not going to cut it in terms of efficiency and effectiveness so have installed Outlook 2016 and all the functionality that I was missing has been reinstated. I agree with the other posters here that without these simple integrations Onenote for Windows 10 is simply not a useful app.
Thanks all for your help - I did think I was going mad at one stage there but my brain has stopped hurting now.
