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17 August
Some People Are Afraid Of OneNote 2010
The Unknown Can Be A Wonderful Thing
by
SoftwareGuru
If you've seen Toy Story 3 in the cinema recently you may have caught the short animated film "Day and Night" that runs before it.
The voice used in this film is from Dr. Wayne Dyer and was taken from a lecture he gave in the 1970s.
The director of the film incorporated the ideas taken from Dyer's lecture in order to show that the unknown can be mysterious and beautiful, and doesn't at all have to be something to fear.
So what has this got to do with OneNote 2010?
Well, let's say you've bought Office 2010. As soon as you install it, you see a list of new programs available.
Now curiosity will persuade some of you to click on the OneNote program because it sounds like it could be useful.
But
what's this? When OneNote 2010 opens in front of us we are presented
with an unfamiliar layout and the mind suddenly has a pattern of
thought.
- This isn't like Word at all!
- I know how to use Word but this looks totally different.
- I started typing some text and a box appears around it, what's that about?
- I don't understand this.
- I'll leave it for now.
We close the program, and more than likely don't open it again.
Sound familiar?
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The Challenge
Have
we become so accustomed to instant gratification and the safety and
familiarity of our day to day existence that we deem it inconvenient
to learn new skills?
Are we too lazy or is it fear of the unknown? Could it be a deeper fear such as what if we fail?
How would that make us feel? Better then not to try at all...
Fear
of failure holds us back in so many aspects of our lives that using
software skills as an example is simply the tip of the iceberg.
Overcoming
this fear in relation to new software however, can be the first small
step towards embracing new ideas and challenging our own boundaries.
If I had to sum up the difference between OneNote and Word in terms of how I use them, it would be as follows:
I use Word 2010 for information which has yet to be created.
I use OneNote 2010 for information which already exists and I will need to call upon.
Obviously
you can archive Word documents for reference and create brand new ideas
in OneNote but I find this is how I use these programs personally.
As
a result, I now use OneNote every day and much more so than
Word. Having a digital notebook for every topic or project I start is
incredibly useful and productive.
Every student should use OneNote 2010.
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OneNote 2010 Resources
Getting started with OneNote is easier than you think.
- overview brief clip
- Using OneNote 2010 video
- Getting started with OneNote 2010
- Help with basic tasks
There are many more useful video tutorials on YouTube that will help you get started.
My
main suggestion to new users is have data you need to store and
organise before you launch the program. Otherwise you have all of these
great features and no information to insert!
For students,
the ability to insert random notes and ideas while maintaining an
overall searchable structure is a powerful learning tool.
You don't have to copy paste info into notepad or Word files and hope you can remember to find it at a later date.
Get into the habit of launching OneNote after startup and then it's there whenever you need it.
For many web users, managing lots of different types of existing information is more common than creating brand new information.
This is where OneNote truly excels.
If
you only take the time to learn ONE new program this month, make it
this one. A few months from now you'll look back and wonder why you
didn't do it sooner.
OneNote 2010 is included in our Office 2010 Professional Plus package. Order Now!
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Some People Are Afraid Of OneNote 2010