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Ability to work natively with vectors - importing & exporting SVG's
Presently using the native W10 version, and looking at getting the (appropriate) o365 sub if the binary will meet my specific needs.
Been using Miro as a collaborative (infinite) whiteboard for Co-design work, but moving to OneNote as I need to be able to carry on working when offline, and possibly integrate with other parts for the 365/cloud stack for my workflow.
In discussion with sales, tech & support, it seems that there are https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/what-s-the-difference-between-the-onenote-versions-a624e692-b78b-4c09-b07f-46181958118f for the native W10 app, the o365 app & the 2016/2019 standalone versions, but these seem to be https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/frequently-asked-questions-about-onenote-in-office-2019-and-microsoft-365-6582c7ae-2ec6-408d-8b7a-3ed71a3c2103, as they seem to share much the https://www.onmsft.com/feature/onenote-vs-onenote-for-windows-10-whats-the-difference.
My single biggest need is to (collaboratively) work with objects as vectors (SVG) in OneNote, rather than getting them 'flattened' to bitmaps (PNG) when importing and exporting, so that I am able to:
- Pull objects & groups apart so that I can manipulate them after the fact, e.g. models & diagrams
- Import & export into other apps & stacks, e.g. 3D modelling
- Arbitrary scaling without quality loss, arbitrarily changing attributes, eg. preso's & workshops.
From what I can tell, OneNote is already essentially a vector-based tool, else some basic functionality would be virtually impossible.
So, the question(s) become:
- is there a fundamental difference in the different OneNote binaries, and if so, what?
Is there a comparison chart that I can query to figure out which one would have the requisite functionality for me to get my work done? - is there a way I'm unfamiliar with re how to import/export & working with vectors as SVG's, in a way that would allow me to work with these assets in other apps & suites?
- am I simply barking up the wrong tree, and OneNote is not the right tool for the job?
If so, is there something in the other MS offerings that's a better fit or something else entirely?