In OneNote for Windows 10, you can share an entire notebook with other people and allow each invited notebook participant to view or fully edit your notes. If your notebook is stored in your personal OneDrive account, you can also share a static snapshot of any single page of notes. Share an entire notebook. Microsoft OneNote 2016 features several settings you can customize to maximize the user interface and experience. Below we share 18 easy ways to customize OneNote. Keep in mind that the desktop version offers you the most options from this list (as opposed to the free mobile or online version, though many of these customizations apply to those.
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You can use img, object, and iframe elements to add images, videos, and files to a OneNote page when you're creating or updating the page.
- Use img to render an image on the page.
- Use iframe to embed a video on the page.
- Use object to add a file attachment to the page.
Adding images
Images can be added by URL reference or by sending raw data. Microsoft Graph supports the following methods of adding images, logos, and photos to OneNote pages.
Use img with src='https://image-url' and specify the URL of a publicly accessible image. Renders the image on the OneNote page.
Use img with src='name:image-block-name' and send the image file in a data part of a multipart request. Renders the image on the OneNote page.
Use img with data-render-src='https://webpage-url' and specify the URL of a webpage. Renders a snapshot of the whole webpage on the OneNote page.
Use img with data-render-src='name:html-block-name' and send HTML in the data part of a multipart request. Renders the HTML as an image on the OneNote page.
Use and send the PDF file in the data part of a multipart request. Renders each PDF page as a separate image on the OneNote page.
Use object with data='name:file-block-name' type='media-type' and send an image file in the data part of a multipart request. Adds a file attachment to the OneNote page and displays a file icon.
Note:To get images on a OneNote page, first send a GET request for the page content. This returns the URLs to the image resources on the page. You then separate GET requests to the image resources.
Image attributes
An img element can optionally include alt, height, and width attributes, and the style attributes max-width and max-height.
Image media types
Microsoft Graph supports TIFF, PNG, GIF, JPEG, and BMP image types. To capture an image that uses a different format that you don't want to convert, send the binary data in a multipart request. You don't need to use Base64 or otherwise encode the binary data that you send.
Note:The API detects the original input image type, and returns it as the data-fullres-src-type attribute in the output HTML. The API also returns the image type of the optimized image in data-src-type.
See limitations that apply when creating pages that contain media.
Add a public image from the web
In the input HTML of your request, include and specify the URL of a publicly accessible image for the src attribute.
Add an image using binary data
In the input HTML of your request's Presentation part, include , where part-name is the unique identifier for the data part in your multipart request that contains the binary image data. Just send the binary data, don't use Base64 or otherwise encode it.
Add a webpage snapshot
You can use Microsoft Graph to snapshot entire webpages and insert them into new pages. This method is useful to archive webpages or capture complex webpages that have features that OneNote doesn't support (like some CSS).
In the input HTML of your request, include and specify the URL of the webpage you want to insert for the src attribute.
Add an image rendered from HTML
When you pass the HTML as a />, where part-name is the unique identifier for the data part in your multipart request that contains the HTML.
Add an image file as an attachment
In the input HTML of your request's Presentation part, include Learn more about file media types. You can embed videos in OneNote pages using , where part-name is the unique identifier for the data part in your multipart request that contains the binary image data. Just send the binary data, don't use Base64 or otherwise encode it.Adding videos
</code> in the input HTML.</p><h3>Supported video sites</h3><ul><li>Dailymotion</li><li>Office Mix</li><li>Sway</li><li>Sketchfab</li><li>TED</li><li>YouTube</li><li>Vimeo</li><li>Vine</li></ul><h3>iframe attributes</h3>
data-original-src
Required. The URL of the video.
Example: data-original-src='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ztr44aKmQ8'
width
Optional. The width of the iframe that contains the video. Default is 480.
Example: width='300'
height
Optional. The height of the iframe that contains the video. Default is 360.
Example: height='300'
Example
In the input HTML of your request, include </code> and specify the URL of the video for the <strong>data-original-src</strong> attribute.</p><h2>Adding files</h2><p>You can add file attachments to OneNote pages using an <strong>object</strong> element in the input HTML. If you're adding a PDF file, you can use an <strong>img</strong> element to render the PDF pages as images.</p><p>Use <code><object .../></code> and send the file in a data part of a multipart request. Adds a file attachment that displays a file icon on the OneNote page.</p><p>Use <code><img /></code> and send a PDF file in the data part of a multipart request. Renders each PDF page as a separate image on the OneNote page.</p><h4>File attributes</h4><p>The <strong>object</strong> element requires the following attributes.</p><p><strong>data-attachment</strong></p><p>The file name and extension to display on the OneNote page.</p><p>Example: <code>data-attachment='filename.docx'</code></p><p><strong>data</strong></p>
The name of the body part in the multipart request that contains the binary file data. Microsoft Graph does not support passing a URL reference here.
Example: data='name:part-name'
type
The file media type, used to determine the file icon to use on the page, and which application starts when the user activates the file on the device from OneNote.
Example: type='application/pdf'
File media types
Microsoft Graph uses predefined file-types icon for attached files, or a generic icon when the API doesn't recognize the file type. The following table shows some common file types that are recognized by the API.
- application/pdf
- application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
- application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
- application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
- image/png
- image/jpeg
- image/gif
- audio/wav
- video/mp4
- application/msword
- application/mspowerpoint
- application/excel
See limitations that apply when creating pages that contain media.
Add a file attachment
In the input HTML of your request's Presentation part, include In the input HTML of your request's Presentation part, include When sending image and file data, be aware of these limitations: The Microsoft Graph REST API has a 4 MB request limit. Anything above this will fail with the error message 'request too large (413)'. The request limit of the underlying OneNote REST API is higher, but you cannot access it via the Microsoft Graph API. The maximum number of images per page is 150. When using the The maximum number of data parts is 6 per POST, including the required Presentation part. Each request can contain up to five img elements that use data-render-src and one object elements that uses data-render-src. Additional image and file references are ignored. The maximum number of images in a single POST is 30, no matter which method you use to send them to the API. Additional images are ignored. If you want to capture a webpage that contains a lot of images, consider capturing the whole page as a snapshot. Snapshot-in-time for historical or archival purposes is usually best done with the data-render-src method. Marking-up a web page design for revisions is one place the data-render-src truly shines. Using OneNote's inking capabilities, you can draw on the image to indicate changes or call out important areas. Having the web page as an image makes that a lot easier. Very large images, or images in formats that OneNote doesn't directly accept, can sometimes be thumbnailed and converted with the data-render-src attribute more easily than by doing it in your own code. Even if the image is also available online, embedding the data in your POST can sometimes make the captured page available to OneNote users sooner, by reducing the total number of round-trips needed to build the OneNote page. Sometimes, the best way to determine which method will work best for your users is to try it both ways as you develop your app. To create or update OneNote pages, you'll need to request appropriate permissions. Choose the lowest level that your app needs to do its work. For more information about permission scopes and how they work, see OneNote permission scopes. A lot has happened with Windows OneNote in the last year around its versioning, and it's now getting confusing for many people. This version confusion can influence several things that 1MTD and MYN users might be doing. So, let me sort out these different Windows OneNote versions for you. First, let me say that I really like OneNote, which is Microsoft's notetaking app, and I recommend it often to my 1MTD and MYN users. I use it for a lot more than just notetaking. I use it for shopping lists, for saving web links, for collecting ideas for books, and more. In my video courses, I also recommend OneNote for small project management and for email archiving. Which video courses? I discuss using OneNote in my One-Minute Project Management Video Course and in my Outlook Inbox Ninja videos. Picking the right version is important for both courses. So for those courses, and for other reasons, let me explain current Windows OneNote versioning. This is a relatively long article by the way, but the first few paragraphs may tell you all you need to know, so at least read the beginning. Two Primary Versions of OneNote There are currently two primary versions of the Windows OneNote application in use. One is called OneNote 2016, and the other is called OneNote for Windows 10. The best place to see these is in the Windows 10 Start Menu. Look at the Start Menu screenshot below. While the OneNote 2016 naming in clear, notice that the OneNote for Windows 10 icon simply shows the name OneNote. Also, you should know that both versions run in Windows 10. When you open these apps, they look quite different., where part-name is the unique identifier for the data part in your multipart request that contains the binary file data. Just send the binary data, don't use Base64 or otherwise encode it.Add images of PDF file contents
, where part-name is the unique identifier for the data part in your multipart request that contains the binary file data. Just send the binary data, don't use Base64 or otherwise encode it.Size limitations for POST pages requests
src='https://...' attribute, the API ignores img tags beyond the limit.When to use HTML versuss just not the same.
Permissions
Permissions for POST pages
Permissions for PATCH pages
See also
data-original-src
Required. The URL of the video.
Example: data-original-src='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ztr44aKmQ8'
width
Optional. The width of the iframe that contains the video. Default is 480.
Example: width='300'
height
Optional. The height of the iframe that contains the video. Default is 360.
Example: height='300'
Example
In the input HTML of your request, include </code> and specify the URL of the video for the <strong>data-original-src</strong> attribute.</p><h2>Adding files</h2><p>You can add file attachments to OneNote pages using an <strong>object</strong> element in the input HTML. If you're adding a PDF file, you can use an <strong>img</strong> element to render the PDF pages as images.</p><p>Use <code><object .../></code> and send the file in a data part of a multipart request. Adds a file attachment that displays a file icon on the OneNote page.</p><p>Use <code><img /></code> and send a PDF file in the data part of a multipart request. Renders each PDF page as a separate image on the OneNote page.</p><h4>File attributes</h4><p>The <strong>object</strong> element requires the following attributes.</p><p><strong>data-attachment</strong></p><p>The file name and extension to display on the OneNote page.</p><p>Example: <code>data-attachment='filename.docx'</code></p><p><strong>data</strong></p><img src='https://filestore.community.support.microsoft.com/api/images/f85b1f0d-e52d-4ed2-87b8-a373d6a4dee7?upload=true' alt='Full' title='Full' /><p>The name of the body part in the multipart request that contains the binary file data. Microsoft Graph does not support passing a URL reference here.</p><p>Example: <code>data='name:part-name'</code></p><p><strong>type</strong></p><p>The file media type, used to determine the file icon to use on the page, and which application starts when the user activates the file on the device from OneNote.</p><p>Example: <code>type='application/pdf'</code></p><h4>File media types</h4><p>Microsoft Graph uses predefined file-types icon for attached files, or a generic icon when the API doesn't recognize the file type. The following table shows some common file types that are recognized by the API.</p><ul><li>application/pdf</li><li>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document</li><li>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation</li><li>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet</li><li>image/png</li><li>image/jpeg</li><li>image/gif</li><li>audio/wav</li><li>video/mp4</li><li>application/msword</li><li>application/mspowerpoint</li><li>application/excel</li></ul><p>See limitations that apply when creating pages that contain media.</p><h3>Add a file attachment</h3><p>In the input HTML of your request's <strong>Presentation</strong> part, include <code><object data='name:part-name' type='media-type/media-subtype' /></code>, where <em>part-name</em> is the unique identifier for the data part in your multipart request that contains the binary file data. Just send the binary data, don't use Base64 or otherwise encode it.</p><h3>Add images of PDF file contents</h3><p>In the input HTML of your request's <strong>Presentation</strong> part, include <code><img ... /></code>, where <em>part-name</em> is the unique identifier for the data part in your multipart request that contains the binary file data. Just send the binary data, don't use Base64 or otherwise encode it.</p><h2>Size limitations for POST pages requests</h2><p>When sending image and file data, be aware of these limitations: </p><ul><li><p>The Microsoft Graph REST API has a 4 MB request limit. Anything above this will fail with the error message 'request too large (413)'.</p></li><li><p>The request limit of the underlying OneNote REST API is higher, but you cannot access it via the Microsoft Graph API.</p><ul><li>The total POST size limit is ~70 MB, including images, files, and other data. The actual limit is affected by downstream encoding, so there's no fixed byte-count limit. Requests that exceed the limit might produce unreliable results.</li><li>The limit for each data part is 25 MB, including the part headers. Data parts that exceed the limit are rejected by Microsoft Graph.</li></ul></li><li><p>The maximum number of images per page is 150. When using the <code>src='https://...'</code> attribute, the API ignores <strong>img</strong> tags beyond the limit.</p></li><li><p>The maximum number of data parts is 6 per POST, including the required <strong>Presentation</strong> part.</p></li><li><p>Each request can contain up to five <strong>img</strong> elements that use <strong>data-render-src</strong> and one <strong>object</strong> elements that uses <strong>data-render-src</strong>. Additional image and file references are ignored.</p></li><li><p>The maximum number of images in a single POST is 30, no matter which method you use to send them to the API. Additional images are ignored. If you want to capture a webpage that contains a lot of images, consider capturing the whole page as a snapshot.</p></li></ul><h2>When to use HTML versuss just not the same.<li><p>Snapshot-in-time for historical or archival purposes is usually best done with the <strong>data-render-src</strong> method.</p></li><li><p>Marking-up a web page design for revisions is one place the <strong>data-render-src</strong> truly shines. Using OneNote's inking capabilities, you can draw on the image to indicate changes or call out important areas. Having the web page as an image makes that a lot easier.</p></li><li><p>Very large images, or images in formats that OneNote doesn't directly accept, can sometimes be thumbnailed and converted with the <strong>data-render-src</strong> attribute more easily than by doing it in your own code. Even if the image is also available online, embedding the data in your POST can sometimes make the captured page available to OneNote users sooner, by reducing the total number of round-trips needed to build the OneNote page.</p></li><p>Sometimes, the best way to determine which method will work best for your users is to try it both ways as you develop your app.</p></h2><h2>Permissions</h2><p>To create or update OneNote pages, you'll need to request appropriate permissions. Choose the lowest level that your app needs to do its work.</p><h4>Permissions for POST pages</h4><ul><li>Notes.Create</li><li>Notes.ReadWrite</li><li>Notes.ReadWrite.All</li></ul><h4>Permissions for PATCH pages</h4><ul><li>Notes.ReadWrite</li><li>Notes.ReadWrite.All</li></ul><p>For more information about permission scopes and how they work, see OneNote permission scopes.</p><h2>See also</h2><p>A lot has happened with Windows OneNote in the last year around its <em>versioning</em>, and it's now getting confusing for many people. This version confusion can influence several things that 1MTD and MYN users might be doing. So, let me sort out these different Windows OneNote versions for you.</p><p>First, let me say that I really like OneNote, which is Microsoft's notetaking app, and I recommend it often to my 1MTD and MYN users. I use it for a lot more than just notetaking. I use it for shopping lists, for saving web links, for collecting ideas for books, and more.</p><p>In my video courses, I also recommend OneNote for small project management and for email archiving. Which video courses? I discuss using OneNote in my One-Minute Project Management Video Course and in my Outlook Inbox Ninja videos. Picking the right version is important for both courses. So for those courses, and for other reasons, let me explain current Windows OneNote versioning. </p><p>This is a relatively long article by the way, but the first few paragraphs may tell you all you need to know, so at least read the beginning.</p><p><strong>Two Primary Versions of OneNote</strong></p><p>There are currently two primary versions of the Windows OneNote application in use. One is called <em>OneNote 2016</em>, and the other is called <em>OneNote for Windows 10</em>.</p><p>The best place to see these is in the Windows 10 Start Menu. Look at the Start Menu screenshot below. While the OneNote 2016 naming in clear, notice that the OneNote for Windows 10 icon simply shows the name <em>OneNote</em>.</p><p>Also, you should know that <em>both</em> versions run in Windows 10.</p><p>When you open these apps, they look quite different.</p><img src='https://i2.wp.com/www.gottabemobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/OneNote-Printer-Driver.jpg?ssl=1' alt='Onenote' title='Onenote' /><p>Here is a screenshot of OneNote 2016 once it's launched:</p><p>And here is a screenshot of OneNote for Windows 10:</p><p>Each of these versions has its strengths and weaknesses. For example, notice in these screenshots that the page and section navigation user interface is quite different between the two, and you may have a preference. But beyond that, there are many other differences between the two versions.</p><p><strong><em>I'll go over many of those differences ahead but let me cut to the chase. For both of my video courses that I mention above, I recommend you use OneNote 2016. It has needed features that are not present in OneNote for Windows 10. </em></strong></p><p>And in general, OneNote 2016 is my go-to choice nearly always. Read on for more details.</p><p><strong>Determining which Version You Have</strong></p><p>Be aware that <em>both</em> versions may already be installed on your Windows 10 computer, but perhaps not.</p><p>And it may be initially hard to tell which versions you have. For example, even if you do have both, you might not have large tiles for both installed on your Start Menu. And text searching on 'OneNote' in the Start Menu sometimes only finds one—even if you have both.</p><p>The best way to tell what you have is to open the Start Menu (e.g. click the Windows key), and then scroll through the alphabetical list of apps on the left side of the Start Menu; that's the vertical list with the small tiles as shown in the first figure above. Scroll down to the section for the letter O. If you have both versions installed, you will see both in that section, as shown in that figure.</p><p><strong>How to Get OneNote 2016</strong></p><p>Again, I recommend you mostly use the Outlook 2016 version. However, if you confirm that OneNote 2016 is not installed on your Windows computer you might be concerned. Well, the good news is you can download it for free from Microsoft at this link:</p><p><strong>Delineating the Two Versions</strong></p><p>Okay, so why is Microsoft distributing two different current versions of OneNote? It's a long story but I'll try to make it short and clear.</p><p>First, let me state that there are two different <em>types</em> of apps represented here. OneNote 2016 is a normal Windows desktop application (also called a Win32 app), like Word, Excel, Photoshop, and so on. These types of apps have been around a long time—literally for <em>decades</em>—and most have accumulated tons of great features over years of updates.</p><p>The second type was started around 2012, and it is what used to be called a Windows Store App, or a Trusted Microsoft Store App, or a Modern App. In the technical press they are mostly called UWP apps these days (I will explain that acronym below). They are simpler and have fewer features than the full-fledged Win32 apps. They are usually designed to work well on tablets. Of the two OneNote apps, the one called OneNote for Windows 10 is a UWP app.</p><p><strong>Why the UWP Version?</strong></p><p>As I said, UWP apps are primarily created to work well in Windows tablet mode (but they have other reasons to exist, as well). In the beginning days of Windows 8, these apps were full-screen, very simple, and primarily designed to be used with touch or a pen. Microsoft released UWP versions of several of its Office software products (Excel Mobile, Word Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile, and OneNote). There is no Outlook UWP app per se, but Microsoft created Mail and Calendar apps that link to your primary servers. Many other software sellers have created simple UWP apps that correspond to their more feature-laden desktop apps.</p><p>However, you also might recall that the tablet version of those apps never really took off with most Windows users. And the count of software developers that bothered to make UWP/Microsoft Store versions of their desktop software was not as high as Microsoft had hoped.</p><p>Furthermore, for those UWP apps that were made to match their older cousins, the UWP versions were usually hobbled and feature-poor in comparison to their desktop equivalent. That's because, to make them work with touch on a Windows tablet, the developers had to eliminate a lot of the features. Many of those features were normally embedded in tiny menus, and such menus did not work well in touch mode. And the tiny dialog boxes that controlled many software features were also hard to work with in touch mode. So, most of these software packages were greatly dumbed-down compared to their original versions. Plus, it can take years to recode an entire application from the ground up to capture decades worth of features—it was a big task.</p><p><strong>Switching Back to the Keyboard</strong></p><p>At first it was a novelty, being able to use a touch-based Windows tablet with their Microsoft Office software. At least with me anyway. But over time, I and most other Office users switched back to the full-featured Win32 desktop apps that worked better with a keyboard and mouse/trackpad. We needed the features there. So, the corresponding tablet business software languished, as did other software categories you'd normally expect to see on a tablet.</p><p>Perhaps the best (or worst) example is this: about two years ago Amazon killed its UWP version of the Kindle app. Amazon now only distributes the desktop (Win32) Kindle app for Windows 10. To me that really represented the decline of the tablet apps in Microsoft Store. If you can't even read a Kindle book when in true tablet mode, what <em>can</em> you do with tablet mode? OneNote might be one answer, which I'll come back to in a moment.</p><p><strong>Catching Up with Tablet Apps</strong></p><p>Microsoft saw the issues and tried several things to supply its users with a true tablet experience in their business software without compromising features. First, they quickly added a <em>Touch Mode</em> to all their standard Win32 desktop Office apps. By clicking a single control in the upper left of the app, you could toggle between a keyboard/mouse friendly interface and a touch friendly interface. There was a huge advantage to this in that the user retained full-feature functionality but could also use touch. In my mind, that was a very good solution, and I still use it today.</p><p>Microsoft also continued trying to improve the simpler UWP/Microsoft Store versions of Office apps, adding over time many features that were missing. Plus, UWP became the common coding platform for Windows Mobile (phone) apps and a lot of other new Windows hardware like Surface Hub, Xbox, HoloLens, and more (thus its UWP name: Universal Windows Platform). So, a single app could run on all these devices. That was pretty useful, and until recently, there was a lot of hope for UWP business apps.</p><p>But perhaps that UWP attention was too little too late for two reasons. First, those tablet apps still never really caught on with PC users. Let's face it, if you are doing typical Excel work you are likely to have your PC in desktop mode, with a keyboard and mouse/trackpad. And you are likely to favor using the desktop version of Excel. That's also true with most of the other Office apps.</p><p>Second, Microsoft abandoned Windows Mobile, and that entire smartphone OS market, which was a primary motivator for creating UWP apps. Given these two realities, Microsoft is reportedly not developing the UWP versions of Office apps any further, at least not now.</p><p><strong>Why OneNote is Different</strong></p><p>But there is one class of products that does make sense to continue expanding and improving for the Windows tablet, and that's ink notetaking and drawing apps. Windows 10 in tablet mode, when used with a pen, is perfect for making ink notes and ink sketches, and the UWP version of OneNote shines in this area. It's optimized for that. And as of recent, the UWP version of OneNote also works <em>okay</em> as a desktop app (though I prefer the user interface and extra features of the OneNote 2016 app).</p><p>Perhaps because it's not bad in its desktop mode, and perhaps to save money and define focus better, Microsoft has decided that the touch-optimized UWP version of OneNote is the primary version they are going to support, develop, and distribute, going forward.</p><p><strong>OneNote Version Detached from Office</strong></p><p>In fact, Microsoft has announced that <em>all</em> new features and app development for OneNote are <em>only</em> being made on the UWP version. The Win32 desktop version will supposedly have no more updates made to it. In fact, at last announcement, there will be no Win32 OneNote 2019 released to accompany Office 2019.</p><h3>Download Onenote 2010 Free</h3><p>Reportedly, OneNote has been 'detached' from the Microsoft Office suite, and the UWP OneNote is now installed as a part of Windows 10 (the OS) instead. Which explains its formal name: <em>OneNote for Windows 10</em>.</p><p>That said, as of this writing, if you go to any of Microsoft's Office products sale sites, OneNote is still shown as being part of the Office suite. So, it's a bit confusing. And note that it's the UWP version that you will get if you install Office 365 or Office 2019 today.</p><p><strong>What does this mean feature wise, and which version should you use?</strong></p><p>I think each of the two OneNote versions has its own strengths and so I keep <em>both</em> installed. The UWP version is being enhanced with many new features that are not in OneNote 2016, most of them ink-based. So, if you use OneNote with a pen on a Windows computer in tablet mode, you should launch that version. Its user interface is optimized for such.</p><p>But in terms of interoperability with other Office apps, the older OneNote 2016 version works better. It also still has way more general features. And I feel its interface works better with a mouse and keyboard.</p><p>So for now, I always launch OneNote 2016 when I use OneNote if I am using a keyboard and mouse/touchpad (which is 99% of the time). Not only does it have more features, but I like the top-tabbed section interface much better than the side-tab design of the UWP version, which seems to eat up much more screen real estate (see the screenshots at the start of this article to see what I mean).</p><p><strong>Why Do I Need the OneNote 2016 Version for my Video Courses?</strong></p><p>Okay, back to why I recommend you use the older Win32 OneNote 2016 app with my video courses. Simple: it has some important needed features that the UWP app does not have.</p><p>For example, in my One-Minute Project Management Video Course I rely on the use of OneNote <em>templates</em> to create project pages. This greatly speeds up adding new project pages to OneNote. But as of this writing, the UWP OneNote <em>does not support</em> such templates. Only OneNote 2016 does. Support for templates is supposedly planned for future releases of the UWP app, but it's not there yet. Other features are missing in the UWP app like the Link-to-Outlook-tasks button.</p><p>Also, in my Outlook Inbox Ninja videos video Lesson 7.4, I show using OneNote as an option for archiving Outlook email. In that video I state that to make that practical you really need to store your mail archive OneNote Notebook file on your local hard drive, not in the cloud. Unfortunately, the UWP version of OneNote does not support local notebook files and never will. It will <em>only</em> support cloud files. So, OneNote 2016 is what I recommend there, too.</p><p><strong>Is Using OneNote 2016 a Dead End?</strong></p><p>You might be wondering, is your using OneNote 2016 leading you to commit to a dead-end app?</p><p>Well, the fact is, even though Microsoft is not further <em>enhancing</em> OneNote 2016, they did say they will continue to <em>support</em> it (think security and OS updates) for many more years to come, reportedly through 2025 even. And they will continue to allow you to download it free (at the link above). Too many people rely on its advanced features to simply drop it at this point, so, it will remain a viable app for some time.</p><p>Also consider that Microsoft has changed its strategy many times around UWP/Microsoft Store apps. Given that the market has been so lukewarm toward them, it would not surprise me if in a few months Microsoft reverses its position again on this and starts releasing new Win32 versions of OneNote.</p><p>And finally, since Microsoft recently announced it is no longer developing the UWP versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint—rather they are currently focused on the Win32 versions (and the Office Online versions) instead—that tells me it's quite possible Win32 OneNote could also get fresh attention in the future.</p><p>In the meantime, I'd say you should continue to use one or both, whichever version best solves <em>your</em> needs on your hardware.</p><p>In the comments section let me know your thoughts. Do you have a favorite between the two versions, and why?</p><h3>Onenote Free Vs Paid</h3><p>Michael</p><br><br><br><br>
