A OneNote for every pot – OneNote to be included in every Office 2010 version

OneNote and Education - OneNote 2010 Tech Preview is Live!

“Hi everyone - it's been an exciting week with the launch of the Office 2010 Tech Preview build. We've been working on this version of OneNote for the last couple of years and we're glad to make it available to our customers to try out.

For those of you who want to sign up for the tech preview, go to this Connect site and sign up. They may still have a few spots left.

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OneNote 2010 is in every Office SKU (version) and every browser.

OneNote 2010 is in every SKU! That means no matter which version of Office 2010 that you buy, OneNote will be included. No more worrying about what Office version the students, teachers, or faculty have on the machines. OneNote will always be there. To read more details about each SKU, check out Dan Escapa's blog. Also, with the new OneNote web application, no matter what OS a person has, s/he will have access to OneNote. Now Mac and Linux students will be able to join in the fun.

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Daniel Escapa's OneNote Blog - OneNote included in all Office editions!

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I thought you all would like to know that OneNote is now included in all Office editions! That means no matter what Office box you buy or what you company purchases OneNote will be on the disc!  I remember when I first started on the team OneNote 2003 was a stand alone version of and even though we were a part of Office but wasn’t in the box.  I would tell people what product I worked on and people would ask “is OneNote in standard?” or “I have pro I don’t see OneNote”.  Then when we found that we were included in the Home & Student and Enterprise editions we were overjoyed and excited to be in the box.  But now I can tell people that no matter what version of Office they buy they will have OneNote!  I feel like we have really come along a long way from a standalone app to being a core part of the Office experience.

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Yes, you read the right, OneNote will be in every and all versions, SKU’s, editions, etc of Microsoft Office 2010 (even the free web based ones!).

OneNote is awesome, but due to it’s somewhat limit distribution model (i.e. not being in all SKU’s, etc) not everyone has been able to take part in the awesomeness. Well no longer.

This is something that will make Office 2010 the break out, coming of age, edition for OneNote (and that’s besides all the very cool features coming in 2010 ;)