


Microsoft is still pushing the line that “On your Windows PC, you can use whichever version of OneNote that you prefer most”. Maybe with a new computer, switching to Windows 11 etc. That said, unless there’s an app feature you like/need, it’s probably a good idea to switch over to the OneNote desktop program at a convenient time for you.

In the second half of 2022, the app will start showing ‘invitations’ to move over to the OneNote desktop program. The UWP app will continue to work for some time. Note that they say ‘key’ features not ‘all’ features. Microsoft says that “new features and key existing features” in the OneNote for Windows 10 app will migrate to the desktop program. The latest announcement confirms that the future OneNote for Windows will be a 32 or 64-bit desktop program with the visual refresh elements coming to all Office 365 for Windows. Even Microsoft itself dropped the idea of Word, Excel and PowerPoint UWP apps (once touted as replacements for the existing desktop programs).ĭespite dropping the other Office apps, Microsoft persisted with the OneNote UWP app over the desktop program.īack in 2019 they reversed course and decided the OneNote desktop program would be the ‘way forward’. Once upon a time, Microsoft said all programs would become UWP apps from their Store. This app won’t be developed any further and will be gradually dropped. “ OneNote for Windows 10” is what Microsoft calls the ‘modern’ or UWP app that can be installed from the Microsoft Store or is pre-installed in some Windows 10. This app or program is what Microsoft has decided is the future of OneNote on Windows 10 or 11.

We’ll call this software ‘ OneNote desktop’ or program to properly distance it from its app cousin. “OneNote” is Microsoft’s decreed name for the traditional desktop program (32 or 64 bit) that comes with Microsoft Office or free download. Microsoft Windows 10: Transition from Microsoft Windows 8.Since Microsoft’s naming hardly glistens with rectitude, let’s clarify the two OneNote software options for Windows 10/11.Microsoft Excel 2010 and Visual Basic for Applications.TOPIC D: Adding Other Elements to a NotebookĪctivity 2-4: Adding Other Elements to a NotebookĪctivity 4-3: Working with Notebook Versions TOPIC D: Managing Pages and Sections, Part TwoĪctivity 1-4: Managing Pages and Sections, Part TwoĪctivity 1-5: Printing and Viewing NotebooksĪctivity 2-2: Adding Images to a NotebookĪctivity 2-3: Adding Tables to a Notebook TOPIC C: Managing Pages and Sections, Part OneĮditing a Notebook in the OneNote Desktop AppĪctivity 1-3: Managing Pages and Sections, Part One TOPIC A: Getting Started with OneNote OnlineĪctivity 1-1: Getting Started with OneNote Online
