So custom tags have been in desktop OneNote for a long time, but you had to add them on every new PC you used when you add them in the Store version, they sync automatically (although you can’t yet assign them to keyboard shortcuts).Īfter that there are new features planned, like much richer tools for sending content from other applications and a better interface for managing notebook sections and sub-pages. The OneNote team is very aware that there are a lot of features missing from the Store version of OneNote, and in most cases the plan is not just to match the desktop features but to improve on them. So the desktop version isn’t ‘dead’ or deprecated: OneNote 2016 may be the legacy version, but Microsoft video president and technical fellow for ‘Notes and Tasks’ (NoTa) Laura Butler also calls it the ‘ mainstream‘ version. That’s longer than support for Windows 7, where OneNote 2016 is the only option apart from OneNote Online. You can carry on reporting bugs and they’ll get fixed security updates and support will be available until Octofor mainstream support and Octofor extended support. The desktop version isn’t getting any new features (so the new fast sync engine and automatic sync of custom tags won’t come to desktop OneNote) and you’ll have to put up with Microsoft telling you that you’re not using the ‘ best‘ version of OneNote and ‘strongly encouraging’ you to switch.īut despite the nagging, you can carry on using OneNote 2016 without worrying that it’s going to stop working. If any of those are features you need, you can keep using OneNote 2016. There are plenty of features the Store version of OneNote doesn’t have yet: the ability to send a copy of a page by email paste multiple images at once create custom AutoCorrect options rotate printouts pin your favourite tools to the quick access toolbar send clips directly to OneNote without having to spend time finding the section you want or work with a notebook stored on a network drive instead of in the cloud, for example.

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Despite appearances to the contrary (like a bug that automatically uninstalled OneNote 2016 when you installed one particular version of Office 2019), Microsoft is committed to doing both.

The ‘ hot ideas‘ section in the OneNote for Windows UserVoice is currently headed by requests (14 out of the top 20 suggestions) to either add all the missing features from OneNote 2016 to the Store version of the app or just keep shipping the desktop version.

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