Not only that, it would intelligently attach notes to the time they were taken during the recording.

Microsoft OneNote vs OneNote 2016: Which OneNote Should You Use.

New Windows users are being greeted with two versions of OneNote pre-installed on their computer OneNote and OneNote 2016.

Users arent sure whats happening with their favorite note-taking app.

Lets see what they are and what they mean for us, the end-users.

Whats Happening OneNote 2016 is the legacy version which comes pre-installed with Office 2016 suite of apps.

Microsoft released a new version of OneNote for desktop and calls it OneNote or OneNote for Windows 10.

Microsoft wants to phase out OneNote 2016 eventually, and port most its features to the newer universal version.

To give users some time to make up their minds and make the shift, Microsoft will continue to fix bugs and provide security patches for OneNote 2016 until October 2020.

Office 2019 is on the horizon, and OneNote will continue to play an important role in Microsofts Office suite of apps.

It will be the default app for both Office 2019 and Office 365.

That relieves Microsoft from working on two separate products.

Lets see how they differ.

Its easy to read the text in the dark mode thanks to better contrast.

If you are using dark mode on Windows 10, OneNote will automatically suggest you use it the first time you open it.

The sidebar move is a welcome change because now notebooks, sections, and pages are all in the same area instead of being fragmented all over the UI.

Recent Notes Its easy to get lost in a sea of notes even though OneNote does a fantastic job of organizing them neatly by notebooks and sections.

A real time saver.

OneNote 2016 never had it.

Templates OneNote 2016 came with pretty cool templates.

You could use pre-defined layouts for taking different kinds of notes.

Hopefully, they will port it before the OneNote 2016 is discontinued.

Page Color OneNote 2016 allowed users to use colors in sections and notebooks to easily identify them.

That would change the header and sidebar color but not page color.

OneNote mobile app for Android and iOS have a dedicated tab for Sticky Notes.

Anything you copy there will instantly sync to your OneNote for Windows 10 app.

The only note-taking app capable of doing so and its one of my favorite features.

It will not only solve the problem and provide an answer, but also show step by step calculation to help you understand how the answer was derived.

In there, you can click the audio button to read the math equation and answer out loud.

Record Video OneNote 2016 allowed users to record and save audio as well as video.

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