Chapter 19. Using OneNote Web App
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Anyone can use OneNote Web App, the online version of Microsoft OneNote 2013. You don’t have to pay a fee or even install Microsoft Office 2013 on your computer. All you need is an Internet connection and a Microsoft Account (formerly Windows Live ID).
OneNote Web App is an abridged version of OneNote 2013. It doesn’t offer as many commands, but it does offer an excellent opportunity to coauthor notebooks with others. Because the notebooks are kept online, not on someone’s computer, anyone with an Internet connection and a Microsoft Account can access their own notebooks and notebooks that others have shared with them. Hundreds of people can coauthor a single shared notebook. What’s more, they can work on a notebook at the same time, and if they need a command that isn’t in OneNote Web App, they can open the file in OneNote and edit it there.
You can share notebooks on SkyDrive, a free file-hosting service from Microsoft, or on Microsoft Office 365, a subscription-based service from Microsoft that provides either storage capacity on SkyDrive or a SharePoint team site designed for collaboration.
OneNote Web App is the online version of OneNote 2013 that you use through your web browser to edit notebooks stored on SkyDrive or an Office 365 team site (SharePoint site). 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 SkyDrive or SharePoint folder where your notebook is stored.
To use OneNote Web App on SkyDrive (and to share notebooks with others if you want), you need a Microsoft Account (formerly called Windows Live ID). Having a Microsoft Account entitles you to web-based applications (such as OneNote Web App) and services such as SkyDrive for storing and sharing OneNote notebooks.
You can edit notebooks stored on SkyDrive or an Office 365 SharePoint team site by using OneNote Web App, OneNote, or OneNote Mobile. Because the notebooks are stored online, you can edit them from your home, office, or anywhere else, as long as you have a browser and an Internet connection. You can share the notebooks you store on SkyDrive or an Office 365 team site (although you don’t have to share notebooks to edit them with OneNote Web App).
Tip
You can sign up for a Microsoft Account at https://signup.live.com. After creating an account, you can log on to SkyDrive and access your files and OneNote Web App at www.skydrive.live.com through a web browser.
See Also
To learn how to create a notebook on SkyDrive, read Creating a notebook on SkyDrive. To learn how to create a folder on SkyDrive, read Creating SkyDrive folders for storing notebooks. To learn how to create and share notebooks on an Office 365 team site, read Creating a notebook in Office 365.