1. Introducing Web Applications
OneNote Web App is a web application, also called an online application.
Web applications work a little differently from other applications.
Instead of running from software that is installed on a computer, they
run from software on a web server on the Internet. To run a web
application, you open your web browser, go to the website where the web
application is, start the web application, and give commands through
your browser to the web application.
What’s the advantage of
doing that? For one thing, you don’t have to install any software on
your computer. And you don’t have to update the software, either,
because technicians on the web server do that. Web application
software—OneNote Web App included—is always up to date.
Another advantage of
web applications such as OneNote Web App is this: You can store your
files on a web server where you can always get them and where others can
work on them too. Web applications permit many people to work on the
same file. OneNote Web App is especially good in this regard. A person
running OneNote 2010 and another running OneNote Web App can coauthor
the same notebook at the same time.
OneNote Web App is one of four web applications in the OfficeO Web Apps. The others are Word Web App, Excel Web App, and PowerPoint Web App.
2. Getting Ready to Use OneNote Web App
OneNote Web App is the
online version of OneNote. On its Home, Insert, and View tab, OneNote
Web App offers many, but not all, of the commands in OneNote. However,
if you can’t find the command you need in OneNote Web App, you can open
your notebook in OneNote, work on it there, and save it to the Internet
folder where your notebook is stored.
Office Web App software and notebooks you share using OneNote Web App are stored on Windows Live, a Microsoft
website that offers web-based applications and services. On one of
these services, called SkyDrive, you can store and share OneNote
notebooks.
2.1. Signing Up for Windows Live
Sign up for Windows Live at this web page: http://home.live.com. If you want to share notebooks, get a Hotmail account when you sign up. You can use your Hotmail account to send invitations to others to share your notebooks.
Go to http://home.live.com to sign in to Windows Live. To sign out, click the Sign Out link in the upper-right corner of the Windows Live window.
Tip:
OneNote Web App is also
available to businesses and organizations that subscribe to Office 365.
The features are nearly identical to those in Windows Live.
2.2. Creating SkyDrive Folders for Storing Notebooks
On Windows Live, files are
kept in SkyDrive folders. SkyDrive is where you create OneNote
notebooks, create and manage folders for storing notebooks, and invite
other people to collaborate with you.
Click SkyDrive on the
Windows Live taskbar to open SkyDrive. Then, on the Create taskbar,
click the Create Folder button to create a folder. After you enter a
name for your folder, be sure to click the Change link and choose a
Share With setting if you intend to coauthor notebooks with others:
Everyone (Public): Windows Live friends and guests whom you invite to the folder can see notebooks but not edit them.
My
Friends and Their Friends: Your Windows Live friends and friends you
have in common with your Windows Live friends can access the folder.
Friends: All your Windows Live friends, including your limited-access friends, can access the folder.
Some Friends: Your Windows Live friends, except friends with limited access, can access the folder.
Me: The folder is private, and only you can open it.
For more information about SkyDrive, go to this web page: http://explore.live.com/windows-live-skydrive-help-center.
