OneNote PowerToys

A Collection of PowerToys for OneNote

OneNote Search and Replace

June23

Dan has posted Jeffrey’s OneNote Search and Replace PowerToy

How it works

  1. Download the application from here: OneNoteSearchReplace.zip
  2. Extract the application and run the setup.exe
  3. You will now have a new toolbar button in OneNote which looks like this:
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  4. Click the button and you will see a window like this:
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  5. Now you can choose your search terms and what scope.
  6. Click Preview and Replace to try it out!

Additional Note: Dan also included a disclaimer that PowerToys posted on his blog [and all other blogs too] are not supported by Microsoft and are use at your own risk.

Matlab to OneNote

June21

Stephen Lawrence shared with Dan Escapa how to export via a script from MatLab to OneNote…

I took your Send file to OneNote powertoy code and adapted it for Matlab. I have attached my code below so that you can get an idea of how it works.

I had to switch from creating Matlab XML to Matlab HTML…the result works well. All I had to do to publish my file in OneNote was type:

   OneNotePublish(’test.m’);

in the command window.I got the resulting page:

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You can download the source for this by downloading it here: Matlab2OneNote.

Jeremy Lewi’s SendTo OneNote PowerToy

June18

via Dan Escapa

Jeremy Lewi from Georgia Tech has the following powertoy available on his site: SendtoOneNote

Overview: This addin provides a program to create links to files on OneNote pages. Shortcuts are created in the SendTo folder. This allows files to be sent to OneNote by right clicking on them and selecting SendTo. Two links are created which allow the sent files to be added to the current page or a new page. If the file is an XML file, an XSL transform is applied which outputs OneNote xml which is then incorporated into the current page.

This program was originally based on Daniel Escapa’s sendToOne powertoy. However, instead of embedding the files in OneNote it creates a link. It also automatically applies an XSLT transform to any XML files you send.

Download:

Source code

Setup

Updated: “Clip to OneNote” Firefox Extension

June18

Patrick Schmid has updated Gmx Lee’s “Clip To OneNote” FireFox Extension. [via Escapa]

Patrick’s post and updated .xpi file (up to v3).

Gmx Lee’s OneNote page with instructions.
I’ve also updated the copy hosted on http://adminid.com/powertoys/GmxLee/clipnote.xpi

Send To OneNote Mobile

June11

Both John Guin and Dan Escapa had a similar, but unfinished PowerToy, so they combined code and released “Send To OneNote Mobile”.
They both have written about it… Links to John’s Post and Dan’s Post

Features…

  • Adds a button to copy the currently viewed page to the OneNote Mobile folder.
  • Click Twice and it will store the GUID in an xml file to avoid duplicates.

Files:

Import texts from Project Gutenberg

May31

John Guin has completed his tool to import texts from Project Gutenberg.

Features…

  •  Choose a Notebook (w/ tree navigation)
    • Includes some basic fuzzy-logic to guess one or it will default to Unfiled Notes.
  • Status Bar and completion notification.

Limitations…

  • Not all texts have the same delimiters and may end up garbled.
  • John has tried to account for this and also left it extensible…
    • “I left this slightly extensible for users without Visual Studio who do not want to re-write or add to the code to get around the limitation of using the word “Chapter” to break out individual chapters. You can add new words to use as separators to the string registry key at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Guinsoft\GutenWin named “delim”. Just add your new keywords you want to use as separators to the end of the list, and use a comma as a separator.”

More Info on John’s Blog

Downloads:

OneNote Text Importer

April30

John Guin gives us yet another requested and useful PowerToy… (where was this guy two years ago during the “contest”?)

It will allow you to navigate to a folder on the hard drive and import all the TXT files in it to OneNote. It will create a new section with the name of the folder on the hard drive as the section name. And here I hit a snag. I never really liked the behavior of putting all new information into Unfiled Notes by default. While it makes sense most of the time, in this case I really saw a need to control where the imported text files would go. I decided to implement a tree control to let the user choose which notebook the files would be imported. So now you can choose into which notebook you want the imported files to go.

Here are the links.

For the setup program: http://johnguin.com/Documents/OneNote_Text_Importer_Setup.zip

And the source code (C#) http://johnguin.com/Documents/OneNote_Text_Importer_Source.zip

Outlook 2007 Add-in = Launch OneNote instead of Notes

April17

John Guin, a OneNote Tester, has started his own blog!

The first entry is an Add-in for Outlook 2007 which launches OneNote (2003 or 2007) instead of the Outlook Notes.

Josh Einstein’s OneNote Calendar

March25

Via GottaBeMobile (Warner Crocker)…

Josh Einstein, the developer of TEO 3.0, has created a nifty new application for OneNote. The OneNote Calendar gives you a calendar view of all of your notes, allowing you to view them by when they were created or modified. There is a preview pane that allows you to view your notes. More good news. It is free.

Check it out or download it here.

Installation comment by Josh Einstein: “the issue with the app manifests is because the ClickOnce installer currently requires you to use IE to download and install the app. Doesn’t have to be your default browser, but to do the initial installation you need to be using IE.”

ReadOnly Section Addin (OneNote 2007)

March11

OneNote ReadOnly Section Addin

OneNote 2007 addin which will make the currently selected section ReadOnly, so that that section cannot be changed (unless you hit the ReadOnly button again then it will be editable again).

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