Included in the package are the latest ersions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher and Access.
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He also likes the new computers for communications apps like Skype, Lync and OneNote.
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Microsoft has a similar product - OneNote - and there are smaller rivals such as Springpad and Catch.
Simplenote (in conjunction with Notational Velocity and ResophNotes), OneNote, Tomboy, Zim, Springpad... they've all left me feeling a little meh.
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The pen works anywhere in the OS, but it's best-suited to the graphics and various other creative apps, including OneNote.
Having Microsoft Office Mobile built-in means using Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote from your phone to create, edit and view documents.
Microsoft have created an app for OneNote, but other than this, users are forced to rely on web versions, which don't work offline.
Along with these broader features, there are significant changes to Office 365's programs, which include Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher and Access.
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You can also create documents from within the browser, letting you work on a Word, Excel, PowerPoint or OneNote file directly in your storage space.
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Word mobile, PowerPoint mobile, Excel mobile to manage documents, and OneNote mobile to capture notes, ideas, pictures and voice memos make working on the go easier.
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The basic, Office 365 Home Premium subscription package also comes with PowerPoint for presentations, OneNote for note-taking, Outlook for e-mail, Publisher for desktop publishing and Access for databases.
Microsoft says that Office Home and Student 2013 RT, which contains new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote applications, will be included on ARM-based Windows 8 devices, including Microsoft Surface.
New and enhanced features of Parallels Desktop 8 make life even better for people who love their Macs and want to simultaneously run Windows apps like Internet Explorer, OneNote, Quicken and more.
Consumers can access Office web apps via SkyDrive for free although there is a 25 GB storage limit and 50 MB file size limit for Word, PowerPoint and OneNote files and a 2 MB file size limit for Excel.
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In OneNote, at least, the pen seems to be aware of what you mean to erase: after drawing an Engadget logo in blue ink, we started to erase it and after a few swipes, the whole thing disappeared from the screen.
The one that caught the most attention was called OneNote, which is aimed at letting users take notes in an unstructured way, either by writing them down on a tablet PC screen or typing them on a keyboard and to organize them later.
At the moment, at least, there is no version of Office for iPad. (They do offer an iOS version of the note taking app OneNote, however.) Announcing an iOS version of Office just ahead of the Surface launch would be a monumental PR boo-boo.
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The new tablet is powered by Intel's Atom system on a chip and can run Windows 8 Snap Mode, allowing students and teachers to easily multi-task between two applications, such as interacting with a remote teacher via Skype while taking notes in Microsoft OneNote.
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Tips on the site include, for example, an idea for organizing your grocery list with OneNote on your phone, a pointer on how to pick the right-sized TV for your living room, and ways to use Office applications to help plan a child's birthday party.
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