Note-taking (sometimes written as notetaking or note taking ) is the practice of recording information from different sources and platforms. By taking notes, the writer records the essence of the information, freeing their mind from having to recall everything. Notes are commonly drawn from a transient source, such as an oral discussion at a meeting, or a lecture (notes of a meeting are usually called minutes ), in which case the notes may be the only record of the event. Since the advent of writing and literacy , notes traditionally were almost always handwritten (often in notebooks ), but the introduction of notetaking software has made digital notetaking possible and widespread. Note-taking is a foundational skill in personal knowledge management .
53-467: Microsoft OneNote is a note-taking software developed by Microsoft . It is available as part of the Microsoft 365 suite and since 2014 has been free on all platforms outside the suite. OneNote is designed for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration . It gathers users' notes, drawings, screen clippings, and audio commentaries. Notes can be shared with other OneNote users over
106-466: A folder with a separate data file for each section. OneNote files have a .one filename extension . A .one file can be a OneNote notebook or a OneNote section. Microsoft upgraded the file format twice after it had introduced OneNote 2003 — first in OneNote 2007, then in OneNote 2010. OneNote 2003 files can be opened by both OneNote 2007 and OneNote 2010 in read-only mode and subsequently upgraded to
159-501: A full list, see Comparison of file archivers § archive formats . A variety of Microsoft installation technologies use the CAB format: these include Windows Installer , Windows Setup (from Windows 95 to Windows Server 2003 ), Setup API , Device Installer , Theme Pack and AdvPack (used by Internet Explorer to install ActiveX components). CAB files are also often associated with self-extracting programs like IExpress where
212-447: A maximum of 4,294,836,225. Internally, each folder is treated as a single compressed block , which provides more efficient compression than individually compressing each file. Every entry in a folder has to be a file. Due to this structure, it is not possible to store empty folders in CAB archives. The following shows an example a CAB file structure, demonstrating the relationship between folders and files: How paths should be handled
265-402: A method of reading and gaining understanding. The reader skims the written material to produce a list of headings (Survey), which are then converted into questions (Question). The reader then considers the questions while reading to provide motivation for what is being covered (Read). The reader writes notes in sections headed by the questions (Recite), then writes a summary from memory and reviews
318-568: A new thought begins. Approaches to non-linear note-taking include clustering, concept mapping , Cornell Notes , idea mapping, instant replays, Ishikawa diagrams , knowledge maps , learning maps, mind mapping , model maps, and the pyramid principle. The charting method of note taking, which includes the drawing of tables sometimes called study frames , is useful for subject matter that can be broken into categories, such as similarities, differences, date, event, impact, etc. Students may use charting to identify categories and draw
371-431: A page, using headings and bullets to structure information. A common system consists of headings that use Roman numerals , letters of the alphabet , and Arabic numerals at different levels. A typical structure would be: However, this sort of structure has limitations in non-digital form since it is difficult to go back and insert more information. Adaptive systems are used for paper-and-pen insertions, such as using
424-605: A popular indexing system which served as a model for commonplace books and inspired at least ten different published editions of commonplace book templates in Europe and the Americas as well as Bell's Common-Place Book, Form'd Generally upon the Principles Recommended and Practised by Mr Locke (London, 1770). Note-taking is a central aspect of a complex human behavior related to information management involving
477-436: A range of underlying mental processes and their interactions with other cognitive functions. The person taking notes must acquire and filter the incoming sources, organize and restructure existing knowledge structures, comprehend and write down their explanation of the information, and ultimately store and integrate the freshly processed material. The result is a knowledge representation, and a memory storage . Studies comparing
530-435: A rise in electronic note-taking. Many students write their notes in word processors or prepare digital hand-written notes using a graphics tablet or tablet computer and styli or digital pens , with the aid of note-taking software . Online applications are receiving growing attention from students who can forward notes using email, or otherwise make use of collaborative features in these applications and can also download
583-432: A strip at the bottom for a summary. Cues are key words or questions that help evoke key aspects of the topic. Cornell notes may be more effective for understanding concepts or producing readable notes, but studies have found that they had no significant effect on student performance. SQ3R ("Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review") is a method of taking notes from written material, though it might be better classified as
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#1732780516537636-604: A study guide. Research suggests that guided notes improve student recording of critical points in lecture, as well as quiz scores on related content. In addition, an investigation carried out on students with learning problems showed that the use of the guided notes is an effective strategy to improve the performance of these students. A card file uses individual notes on index cards (or their digital equivalent) that may be linked to each other through subject headings or other metadata such as numbers and tags . The growing use of laptops in universities and colleges has led to
689-499: A table prior to a lecture or may review and rewrite notes using the charting method. Mapping uses spatial organization and diagrams to assemble information. Ideas are written in a node–link structure, with lines connecting ideas together. Mind maps are drawn in a tree structure from a central point, purpose, or goal in the center of the page and then branch outward to identify all the ideas connected to that goal. Colors, small graphics, and symbols are often used to help to visualize
742-436: A text key. It can replay audio concurrently with notes taken during the recording. It can also extract and copy texts from pictures and documents using optical character-recognition . Its multi-user capability allows offline editing with later synchronization and merging. More than one person can work on the same page at the same time using OneNote as a shared whiteboard environment. On March 17, 2014, Microsoft released
795-737: A word processor, OneNote features an almost unbounded document window, in which users can click anywhere on the canvas to create a new text box at that location. OneNote saves data automatically as the user edits the file. OneNote saves information in pages organized into sections within notebooks . Microsoft designed this user interface to resemble a tabbed ring binder , in which the user can directly make notes and gather material from other applications . OneNote notebooks collect, organize, and share possibly unpublished materials—as compared to word processors and wikis , which often target publishing in some way. The difference shows in certain OneNote features and characteristics: Users can move pages in
848-518: Is an archive-file format for Microsoft Windows that supports lossless data compression and embedded digital certificates used for maintaining archive integrity. Cabinet files have .cab filename extensions and are recognized by their first four bytes (also called their magic number ) MSCF . Cabinet files were known originally as Diamond files. A CAB archive can contain up to 65,535 folders (distinct from standard operating system directories), each of which can contain up to 65,535 files for
901-463: Is common. The note taker usually has to work fast, and different note-taking styles and techniques try to make the best use of time. The average rate of speech is 2–3 words per second (which is 120-180 words per minute), but the average handwriting speed as only 0.2–0.3 words per second (which is 12-18 words per minute). Regardless of the medium, note-taking can be broadly divided into linear and nonlinear methods, which can be combined. Regardless of
954-565: Is installed. Microsoft Installer .msi files sometimes contain CAB files, but are themselves in the Compound File Binary Format which has to be decoded first. Software like lessmsi can be used to unpack these files. Microsoft Publisher has a "Pack and Go" feature that bundles a publisher document, together with all external links, into a CAB file with a .PUZ extension. These files are meant to be activated with
1007-458: Is not specified in the CAB file format, leaving it to the software implementation: The CAB file format may employ the following compression algorithms : A CAB archive can reserve empty spaces in the archive as well as for each file in the archive, for some application-specific uses like digital signatures or arbitrary data. Microsoft Windows supports creating CAB archive files using the makecab command-line utility. It supports extracting
1060-534: Is the only version for any platform to offer the latter feature, even as a paid option. In addition to the version differences, OneNote features on Windows and Mac vary according to whether it is installed as a free or paid program. If a "compatible" Office license (whether for the subscription Office 365 or the perpetual Office 2019) is present on the machine, the Windows desktop, Windows 10, and Mac versions all unlock additional functionality, which varies depending on
1113-461: The Renaissance and early modern period , students learned to take notes in schools, academies and universities, often producing beautiful volumes that served as reference works after they finished their studies. In pre-digital times, people used many kinds of notebooks, including commonplace books , accounting waste books , and marginalia . Philosopher John Locke developed and published
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#17327805165371166-495: The Universal Windows Platform (UWP) based OneNote for Windows 10, would be the default experience for Office users on Windows. The Win32/Win64 "desktop" version would remain known as OneNote 2016 despite the release of Office 2019 , would no longer receive new features, and would not be installed with Office by default, but remain available as an option. However, Microsoft reversed this decision in 2019; in
1219-711: The Android version got a major refresh. On March 17, 2014, Microsoft released OneNote for Mac. It is compatible with OS X Mavericks and above and can be downloaded for free from the Mac App Store . The release of OneNote for Mac was part of Microsoft's broader strategy to make its Office suite more accessible across different platforms. This move was seen as a response to the increasing number of users who were working on multiple devices, including those running macOS. By offering OneNote for free, Microsoft aimed to attract new users and integrate their note-taking service into
1272-530: The Internet or a network. OneNote is also available as a free, stand-alone app via the official website and the app stores of: Windows 10 / 11 , MacOS , iOS , iPadOS and Android . Microsoft also provides a web-based version of OneNote as part of OneDrive and Office for the web . OneNote was announced by Microsoft's Bill Gates on November 17, 2002. The software allows users to create notes that can include text, pictures, tables, and drawings. Unlike
1325-402: The OneNote cloud service API , which allows third-party application developers to integrate the service into their apps. The API runs on Microsoft's globally available cloud and sends data from applications into the user's OneDrive. OneNote can render webpages as snapshot images. Microsoft also announced several new features in OneNote that use the service API: A OneNote notebook is stored as
1378-481: The OneNote web app of Office Online , can view and edit them. Microsoft made OneNote 2013 for Windows desktop available for free. OneNote for Windows and Mac are both based on a freemium model. Premium features such as SharePoint support, version history and Microsoft Outlook integration were previously available only to Office 365 and Office 2013 customers, but on February 13, 2015, Microsoft removed all feature restrictions, except creation of local notebooks —
1431-870: The University of California, Los Angeles showed that students who take notes digitally retain less information than students who take notes on paper, and the digital note-takers have more difficulty remembering what they've written. Electronic note-taking has created computer-aided distractions in class as multitasking on laptops is very easy to accomplish. However, this research only applies to typing notes on laptops, not writing on tablets. Professional note-takers provide access to information for people who cannot take their own notes, such as some deaf and hearing impaired people. They most frequently work in colleges and universities , but are also used in workplace meetings, appointments, conferences, and training sessions. Cabinet (file format) Cabinet (or CAB )
1484-530: The app would be particularly useful as a tool for student notetaking. All release dates pertain to general availability . Release to manufacturing is usually two or three months in advance. This table only includes editions released for Windows. Microsoft Office 2019 (from March 2020) Microsoft Office 2021 Microsoft 365 Note-taking Note-taking has been an important part of human history and scientific development. The Ancient Greeks developed hypomnema , personal records on important subjects. In
1537-518: The binder and annotate them with a stylus or word-processing or drawing tools. Users may add embedded multimedia recordings and hyperlinks . They can also add embeddable content, such as YouTube videos. OneNote also integrates search features and indexing into a free-form graphics and audio repository. It can search pictures (e.g., screen captures, embedded document scans, photographs) for depictions of text. It also searches "electronic ink" annotations as text and phonetically searches audio recordings on
1590-478: The broader ecosystem of Microsoft Office applications. The desktop OneNote and OneNote for Windows 10 have different functionality and user interfaces, which also differ from the versions for other platforms. Compared to OneNote for Windows 10, the desktop OneNote has a full Office ribbon interface, features the most customization options, runs on multiple versions of Windows, and provides the possibility of local notebook support as opposed to OneDrive cloud storage; it
1643-447: The contents of a CAB archive files using File Explorer , Setup API , and using the command-line commands expand.exe , extract.exe and extrac32.exe . Other well-known software with CAB archive support includes WinZip , WinRAR or 7-Zip . The aforementioned cabextract is a common tool for Linux systems, but is only capable of extracting archives. The gcab tool however can both extract and create CAB archives. For
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1696-455: The desktop version. They also announced that it would be receiving some user interface changes to be more in line with Windows 11. OneNote is also available for cell phones. Microsoft currently has a stand-alone OneNote app for iOS and Android . OneNote Mobile for older Windows Mobile smartphones and pocket PCs was included with OneNote 2007. It was released with Windows Phone 7 in 2010. In 2011, OneNote Mobile went multi-platform as it
1749-584: The executable program extracts the associated CAB file. CAB files are also sometimes embedded into other files. For example, MSI and MSU files usually include one or more embedded CAB files. Windows uses the cabinet format to archive its Component-Based Servicing (CBS) log, which is kept in the folder C:\Windows\Logs\CBS . A bug in the compression process can cause run-away generation of useless log files both in that folder and in C:\Windows\Temp , which can consume disk storage until completely filling
1802-460: The free edition only stores notebooks on OneDrive — from the programs, essentially making the program completely free to use . The first version, OneNote 2003, was only sold as a separate product for Windows compatible with Windows XP and Windows 2000 as well as for Microsoft Tablet PCs with pen input. Starting with Office 2007 it was then included as part of the Office suite, as the software
1855-532: The hard drive. Deletion of the files without following a specific procedure can cause the deleted files to be regenerated at an increased pace. On Linux systems, CAB archives are used by fwupd to distribute firmware updates from hardware vendors that can be flashed on non-volatile memory . The .cab filename extension is also used by other installer programs (e.g. InstallShield ) for their own proprietary archiving formats. InstallShield uses zlib for compression (see Deflate ), but their headers are not
1908-469: The individual notebooks) in cabinet file format. OneNote supports simultaneous editing of shared OneNote documents by multiple users when the document is stored in a shared folder in OneDrive. Dropbox was supported for some time as a sync protocol, but after Windows Live Mesh was discontinued, OneNote supported it for cloud-based storage and synchronization of OneNote files. OneNote clients, including
1961-481: The information more easily. It is also used for planning and writing essays. The Cornell Notes method of note-taking was developed by Walter Pauk of Cornell University and promoted in his bestselling 1974 book How to Study in College . It is commonly used at universities today. The Cornell method consists of dividing a single page into three sections: a right-hand column for notes, a left-hand column for cues, and
2014-402: The initial record may often be informal and/or unstructured. One common format for such notes is shorthand , which can allow large amounts of information to be put on paper very quickly. Historically, note-taking was an analog process, written in notebooks , or other paper methods like Post-It notes. In the digital age, use of computers , tablet PCs and personal digital assistants (PDAs)
2067-424: The later versions of the file format. OneNote 2010 can read and write OneNote 2007 file formats. It can also convert back and forth between the 2010 and the 2007 formats. Microsoft has documented the OneNote file format. It is an open format that can store varied multimedia content in a single .one file. Multiple .one files can be exported to a .onepkg file, which stores multiple .one files (corresponding to
2120-420: The lecture progresses. Guided notes may assist students in following lectures and identifying the most important ideas from a lecture. This format provides students with a framework, yet requires active listening (as opposed to providing copies of presentation slides in their entirety), and promotes active engagement during lecture or independent reading . The student ends up with full and accurate notes for use as
2173-497: The notes (Review). Research shows that students who use the SQ3R strategy retain more information and achieve higher test scores. An updated version called SQ4R , which adds a "Relate" step before "Review", has been used by some students since the early 1960s. Sometimes lecturers may provide handouts of guided notes, which provide a "map" of the lecture content with key points or ideas missing. Students then fill in missing items as
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2226-592: The notetaker to be selective and reorganize ideas during a lecture. These notes can be reworded in an easier way that will facilitate the understanding of the content taught in class. Afterward, the notes can be used to help process, recall, and use information that has been rapidly gone through during the lecture. Taking notes on different words used in lectures fosters vocabulary learning and stimulates autonomous learning of actively engaged individuals. Many different formats are used to structure information and make it easier to find and to understand later. The format of
2279-403: The outline. Sentence note-taking is simply writing down each topic as a short, simple sentence. This method works well for fast-paced lesson where a lot of information is being covered. The note-taker records every new thought, fact, or topic on a separate line. All information is recorded but is not organized into major and minor topics. Notes can be numbered or set off with bullets showing where
2332-416: The performance of students who took handwritten notes to students who typed their notes found that students who took handwritten notes performed better on examinations, hypothetically due to the deeper processing of learned material through selective rephrasing instead of word-for-word transcription which is common when typing notes. Note-taking is a good strategy to enhance learning and memory, as it allows
2385-433: The presentation slide is quite high. Outlining is a common note-taking system. Notes and thoughts are organized in a structured, logical manner, reducing the time needed to edit and review, allowing a lot of information to be digested in a short period of time. For classes that involve many formulas and graphs, like mathematics or chemistry , a system such as Cornell Notes may be better. Outlines generally proceed down
2438-449: The reverse side of the preceding page in a spiral notebook to make insertions. Or one can simply leave large spaces in between items, to enable more material to be inserted. (For information about application software that supports outlining, see Category:Outliners .) Computerized note-taking, whether with a word processor , outliner software, or a digital notebook program, allows note-takers to revise easily and add more entries or rows to
2491-438: The same as for Microsoft CAB files so they are incompatible and cannot be manipulated or edited with the programs that are made for standard cabinet format. Specialized third-party utilities, such as Unshield, can extract this specific proprietary format. This format has a different magic number of ISC( . Windows CE software is distributed as CAB files where the first file inside, ending with extension ".000", details how it
2544-580: The same year, the company announced that both versions would receive active development and the desktop version would once again be installed with Office by default. The desktop application was renamed to simply OneNote, matching the other programs in Office 365 . OneNote is no longer installed with Windows starting from Windows 11 , but is still available from Microsoft Store . In 2021, Microsoft announced that OneNote for Windows 10 would be discontinued and that they were working on migrating users and features to
2597-401: The system used, it can be best to focus on writing down the most important information first. Linear note-taking is the process of recording information in the order in which you receive it. Linear notes are typically chronological outlines of a lecture or a text. Linear note taking is a common means of taking notes, however, the potential to just transcribe everything that is being said or on
2650-568: The texts as a file on a local computer. It has also become common for lecturers to deliver lectures using these and similar technologies, including electronic whiteboards , especially at institutes of technology . Online note-taking has created problems for teachers who must balance educational freedom with copyright and intellectual property concerns regarding course content. Electronic note-taking may be less effective than traditional methods of note-taking. A study done by Pam A. Mueller of Princeton University and Daniel M. Oppenheimer of
2703-475: The version: the desktop OneNote adds local notebook support, the Mac version adds stickers and OneNote for Windows 10 gains several features including stickers, ink replay, Researcher and Math Assistant. More premium features are in development for the Mac and Windows 10 versions. Christopher Dawson reviewed OneNote 2010, titling his favorable review "OneNote is Office 2010's killer app in education". He speculated that
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#17327805165372756-405: Was positioned more as a student tool rather than business. A Microsoft Store version of OneNote (formerly known as OneNote MX) was available for Windows 8 and RT , using OneDrive as a storage place. It is optimized for use on tablets by implementing a pie menu interface and invoking operating system's tablet-specific functionality. In 2018, Microsoft announced that for OneNote on Windows,
2809-543: Was released for iPhone followed by a version for Symbian as part of Microsoft Apps. In 2012 Microsoft released OneNote for Android in a surprise move. On July 1, 2013, Microsoft released version 2 of its app for iPad, containing significantly updated features, to correspond more closely to those available on the Windows platform. On August 19, 2014, Microsoft updated OneNote for Android tablets to include handwriting support and touch-friendly navigation. This version supports notebooks stored on OneDrive or SharePoint . In 2022,
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