> OneNote is definitely an option for you, but not OneNote 2003. You
> definitely need OneNote 2007 for what you are trying to do. 2007 has a
> new fantastic syncing feature that can sync entire notebooks for you
> across networks onto multiple computers, keep everything offline, etc.
> For some intro about the syncing feature, see
>
http://blogs.msdn.com/chris_pratley/archive/2006/06/07/621692.aspx>
> In your particular scenario, you can do one of the following:
> a) Store all your notebooks (the actual .one files) on a file server.
> Make sure all your ON users have access to the share(s). All you need to
> do then is have each ON installed on the computers of your sales people
> open the appropriate notebooks. ON will take care for you of syncing the
> contents and keeping them in sync. If your sales people use laptops and
> travel to client sites e.g., all they need to do is pack their laptops
> and open them at the site to get full access to all open notebooks (and
> hence the full database). Any edits they make while there (meaning
> offline) will be synced back to the files on your server and to everyone
> else once they are back.
> b) I haven't tried it yet, but I think you can also store the notebooks
> on a sharepoint server. It's just a different storage mechanism than a)
> though.
>
> a) is probably the cheapest scenario, as all you need is a file server
> that has at least one UNC share for your notebooks.
>
> The only catch with this is that ON 2007 is currently still in beta. It
> works well for quite a few people, but it has its collection of crashes,
> minor and major annoyances, hassles etc. Especially the new instant
> search feature is a major pain to get working. You can get a preview
> version from the MS Office Preview site (google "Office Preview").
> 2007 will be released "early next year" in retail. If you are a volume
> license customer, you might be able to get it a month or two before the
> retail version is out.
> The beta is stable and reliable enough for you to give it a try and see
> if it would fulfill your needs. You'll have to make the call yourself
> though whether you want to roll it out while still in beta (especially
> with zero tech support from MS during the beta phase).
>
> If you get the beta and need any help with getting your scenario
> realized, just post again.
>
> Patrick Schmid
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>
> "Disnoid" <Disnoid[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1FD848F9-E86C-46CF-95A8-86E5A9FE268A[ at ]microsoft.com:
>
> > I am working on a massive note taking archive for my company, and am
> > wondering if OneNote is even the correct program for this job.
> >
> > My company answers many "Request for Proposals" (RFPs) from potential
> > clients. Currently, for every question asked, the sales team searches through
> > multiple old RFPs to locate the answer and then copy and pastes it into the
> > new RFP. Many times they will have to go through multiple documents before
> > finding the answer they are looking for. This takes them days if not weeks.
> >
> > I proposed making a single archive of every answer we have ever given to
> > every question we have ever been asked. Each of those answers would then be
> > catagorized by topics such as "Services," "Architecture," "Training,"
> > "Support," etc. Then they could easily search in one location to find the
> > answers to their question.
> >
> > Someone suggested OneNote for this project, and after a day of getting
> > familiar with the program, and inputing many of the questions from old RFPs,
> > I'm starting to question if this will work.
> >
> > I want the Sales team to be able to access all the files from OneNote at
> > anytime, day or night. I would also like for them to be able to edit any of
> > the notes that they feel are no longer accurate. Is there a way to export the
> > entire database to make it available on our network server? Everything I've
> > come across seems to only allow me to export individual pages, not the entire
> > database. Is OneNote the program I should be using? Is there another program
> > that would be better, or interface with OneNote. My IT department offered
> > using SharePoint, but I'm not sure if that's the way to go either. Any
> > suggestions?
>
>