The biggest downside (for me) is the lack of equation editor support in the web version. Unfortunately, while OneNote supports a plethora of features, it does have some downsides, also. It also supports Ink to Math, which lets you see your drawings be automatically be converted to equations. The drawing tool supports lasso selection, erasing, typing, a lot of different colors and thicknesses, highlighting, and shapes drawing.

You can draw with your mouse, your finger (on touchscreen devices), or a pen (either a stylus on touchscreen devices or using a special pen, like the ThinkPad Pen Pro, the Surface Pen, or the Apple Pencil. The equation editor lets you type equations, including, but not limited to, fractions, square/cubed/etc roots, exponents, Pi, and a lot other mathematical symbols.Īnother big reason to choose OneNote is for the built-in drawing feature. One of the biggest reasons to choose OneNote is for the equation editor. For instance, I have a School notebook, with a Math section, and then my notes from today are in a page. If you haven’t tried OneNote yet, OneNote is grouped into “notebooks” which have “sections”, which have “pages”. If you like lots of features, such as password protection, advanced reviewing, drawing, built-in integration with Microsoft Excel, and a lot more, OneNote is definitely for you. OneNote is Microsoft’s note-taking program. However, I chose these three because they are very popular, sync across all of your devices, and support more formatting than others like Google Keep. There are a ton more – Simplenote, Google Keep, and a lot I haven’t listed. OneNote, Evernote, Dropbox Paper, and Google Docs are four of the biggest note-taking programs.

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