Anyone using Microsoft OneNote to take notes during nursing school?

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I posted this thread in another forum, and then I realized that I would probably get a better response if I posted this in the "students" forum.....

I will be starting nursing school in about a month, so I recently purchased a laptop that came with Microsoft OneNote. I'm curious if any of you nursing students, or former nursing students are using or have used that program. Did you find it helpful? How did you utilize it? The gentleman who sold me the laptop had just graduated college and told me that he used it religiously during school...not in nursing though. Any insight, comments, suggestions?

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I have OneNote 2007 and Vista Ultimate...I haven't had any trouble at all and I used it for every lecture all year long.

Have you tried to "print" powerpoint lectures directly to OneNote? Have you had any problems with that? Mine has the option greyed out when I try it.

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I'm glad I stumbled across this post - this looks like a program that would benefit me and I'd never heard of it before now :) Thanks everyone for the information!

... another reason why I love this group :)

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Have you tried to "print" powerpoint lectures directly to OneNote? Have you had any problems with that? Mine has the option greyed out when I try it.

Are you using a trial of OneNote Melissa? It definitely sounds like OneNote's printer driver isn't installed.

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i just ordered. it looks like it will be a great tool for me. especially because my final is cumulative and i tend to loose papers and notes all the time. this way i'll always know where they are.

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Are you using a trial of OneNote Melissa? It definitely sounds like OneNote's printer driver isn't installed.

No, Microsoft Student (including OneNote) came with my laptop when I purchased it in November. It says on the OneNote box that "Send to OneNote 2007 print driver not available on a 64 bit operating system". I hate not to be able to use the powerpoint with it, although I am using Vista. :rolleyes: I just don't know how to fix it.

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No, Microsoft Student (including OneNote) came with my laptop when I purchased it in November. It says on the OneNote box that "Send to OneNote 2007 print driver not available on a 64 bit operating system". I hate not to be able to use the powerpoint with it, although I am using Vista. :rolleyes: I just don't know how to fix it.
Try this:

Install a generic printer driver, and then configure it for Microsoft Office OneNote 2007

Windows Vista

  1. Install the generic printer driver in Windows Vista. To do this, follow these steps:

    1. Click Start, type printers in the Start Search box, and then click Printers in the Programs list.
    2. On the left side of the page near the top, click Add a printer.
    3. In the Add Printer dialog box, click Add a local printer.
    4. Click to select the Use an existing port option, select the appropriate port, and then click Next. For example, you can select LPT1.
    5. Under Manufacturer, select Generic, select Generic / Text Only under Printers, and then click Next.
    6. If you receive the following message, click to select the Use the driver that is currently installed (recommended) option, and then click Next: Which version of the driver do you want to use?
    7. Click Next, and then click Finish.

      8. [*]Configure the generic printer for OneNote. To do this, follow these steps:

      1. In the printer list, right-click the Generic / Text only printer, and then click Properties.
      2. Click the Ports tab, and then click to select the Send To Microsoft OneNote Port check box.
      3. Click the Advanced Tab, select Send to Microsoft OneNote Driver in the Driver list, and then click Print Processor.
      4. Under Print processor, select OneNotePrint2007, select RAW under Default data type, and then click OK.
      5. Click the General tab, change the name of the printer to Send To OneNote 2007, and then click OK.

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I am at work right now, but when I get home to my laptop I will definately try this and let you know what happens! Thanks for you help CuriousMe!!!

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try this:

install a generic printer driver, and then configure it for microsoft office onenote 2007

windows vista

  1. install the generic printer driver in windows vista. to do this, follow these steps:

    1. click start, type printers in the start search box, and then click printers in the programs list.
    2. on the left side of the page near the top, click add a printer.
    3. in the add printer dialog box, click add a local printer.
    4. click to select the use an existing port option, select the appropriate port, and then click next. for example, you can select lpt1.
    5. under manufacturer, select generic, select generic / text only under printers, and then click next.
    6. if you receive the following message, click to select the use the driver that is currently installed (recommended) option, and then click next: which version of the driver do you want to use?
    7. click next, and then click finish.

      8. [*]configure the generic printer for onenote. to do this, follow these steps:

      1. in the printer list, right-click the generic / text only printer, and then click properties.
      2. click the ports tab, and then click to select the send to microsoft onenote port check box.
      3. click the advanced tab, select send to microsoft onenote driver in the driver list, and then click print processor.
      4. under print processor, select onenoteprint2007, select raw under default data type, and then click ok.
      5. click the general tab, change the name of the printer to send to onenote 2007, and then click ok.

      awesome tech support.....lol!:yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah:

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I finally got it to work!!!!! Thanks CuriousMe!!!!

Part of it was that I have never used OneNote and so I didn't really have a clue what I was looking at when I opened it up. I kept inserting the files, not seeing anything. I didn't realize that it was "inserting" the powerpoint as a page on the right hand side. LOL Good thing I'm not a computer tech....I'd be fired. :lol2:

This is going to be AWESOME to use during nursing school. I am so excited. I wish they would post stuff at our school so that I can go ahead and set up my notebooks and tabs. We are such nerds. LOL :typing :lol2:

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Heehee! You sound like me, Hope! I've been buying school supplies off and on for months and am looking forward to at least orientation so I will have an idea what notebooks I need to set up for specific subjects.

26 days till...

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hey curiousme,

re: Click the Ports tab, and then click to select the Send To Microsoft OneNote Port check box.

i got all the way to part2 step2 of your instructions to get vista to print to onenonote, and there is no 'sent to microsoft onenote port' option. is this because of the 64 bit problem? i have rerouted it before using different instructions, but it prints each powerpoint page onto a separate page (which sucks for 100+ page powerpoints we often have to download)... any suggestions?

by the way, i didnt have my tablet pc with onenote in lvn school, but have since used it in all of my prereqs and love it! i usually need 6+ notebooks for math and i didnt need any paper at all! it was awesome for micro, especially powerpoints and the snipping tool for google images! i am def going to use it for rn school!

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