Thanks for one notable decade

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David Rasmussen is the Partner Group Program Manager of OneNote and coincidentally has been working on OneNote for almost exactly 10 years. :-)

This month OneNote celebrates 10 years of helping users capture notes at home, school, work and anywhere in between. In that time, OneNote has grown and added features for managing everything from recipe collections, to class notes, to projects and events--across phones and tablets, as well as the PC. 

Here are just a few stories that highlight the amazing things people are doing with OneNote.

Screenwriting twins, Chad and Carey Hayes, wrote this summer's blockbuster horror film The Conjuring, using OneNote. Using tablets and inking, the Hayes brothers were able to develop the killer script. See how OneNote made The Conjuring a success, and why the Hayes twins can't imagine working without it. 

Milwaukee pro baseball announcer, Joe Block, uses OneNote to keep track of 750 players over 162 games every season. See how Joe keeps tabs on stats, player information, and fun facts in OneNote so he's able access them in a moment's notice, and call the perfect game.

Wedding planning can be stressful under normal circumstances, but add 300 miles between any recently engaged couple, and you've got a whole different challenge. See how Ambir and George were able to overcome distance to plan the wedding of their dreams. 

We'd love to hear how you use OneNote at home, school, or work or anywhere in between. Share your OneNote story with us in the comments below, and who knows; maybe you'll be the focus of our next OneNote video profile.

And be sure to check out OneNote.com for ways you can better organize ideas and information to channel your inner script writer, baseball announcer or wedding planner.

--David Rasmussen and the entire OneNote team

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Thanks a million

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Today, thanks to you, the new Office is officially the best-selling Office edition yet, with more than one sold every second on average since it launched.

And if that wasn't enough, in just over 100 days, you've made Office 365 Home Premium a hit with more than 1 million subscribers, putting it on pace with some of the most popular services around.

  

However, the numbers are only part of the story. At its core, Office exists to help people get things done, and people tell us they are choosing the service because it delivers full Office, it keeps them always up-to-date and it's a fantastic value.  

What's truly exciting is how people are using the service and their newfound flexibility to do great things. From entrepreneurs who are realizing their dreams to families who are finding more time to connect. One of these people is Suzanne, a mom of 6 (gulp) and full-time support manager. She writes on the Office blog about how Office 365 Home Premium is working for her family. 

 "I feel like Office 365 Home Premium helps me be a better mom overall and more focused on the relationships in our house, not keeping up with schedules, schoolwork and the mountain of paper."

--Suzanne Emberton

At the end of the day, that is what technology should do for us--give us time for the things that matter most. For Suzanne, that's spending time with her amazing family. 

We'd love to know your story too. Tell us how you use Office to make your life and family run better on our Facebook page. We'll publish a few of our favorites on the Office blog to help inspire others. 

Thanks for inspiring us and for being part of our story.

--John Case

Editors Note:

 John Case is the corporate vice president of marketing for the Microsoft Office Division. In this capacity, John's responsible for product management, pricing, packaging and advertising as well as sales and partner strategy for Office, Office 365, SharePoint, Exchange, Yammer, Project and Visio. "The new Office" refers collectively to the Office 365 subscriptions, including Office 365 Home Premium, Office 365 University, Office 365 ProPlus, and the Office 2013 suites, including Office Home & Student 2013, Office Home & Business 2013, Office Standard 2013, Office Professional 2013.The new Office sales figures are for sales to organizations and individuals.

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Review: Synchronize any Windows folder on your PC with Dropbox, thanks to Dropbox Folder Sync

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Dropbox is a useful service that proves its worth time and time again. But to sync your data to other computers and mobile devices, you need to get that data into the default Dropbox folder in the first place, and sometimes that can prove problematic. Some data—such as browser profiles (Firefox), games points and profiles, Outlook data files, and password manager files (such as KeePass)— can't be moved. For this, you will need Dropbox Folder Sync.

The simple little app requires you to just insert the location of your default installed Dropbox folder.

Dropbox Folder Sync is a small, free app that integrates itself into your Explorer right-click menu, and allows you to create what is called a "symbolic link." What this means is that a folder on your computer can be connected to your Dropbox account, and nothing needs to be moved at all. In fact, your computer won't even be aware that there is a link in the first place.  The symbolic link will create a clone folder in your Dropbox account and when something changes in the original folder, the clone folder in Dropbox will update instantly.

After installing the software, all you have to do is find the folder you want to clone and right-click on it.  You will see two new options, sync with Dropbox and unsync with Dropbox. Choose the first one, and a Windows shortcut arrow will appear on the folder. A copy of the folder will also now appear inside your Dropbox account. It goes without saying that you need to check beforehand if you have enough space in your Dropbox account to handle the extra files. If not, you may need to consider upgrading—for a fee.

Now everytime you drop something into the original folder, or when an existing file changes in any way, that change will instantly be reflected in the cloned folder in Dropbox. And nothing needs to be moved from the original installation files, which means nothing will inconveniently break.

If you decide that you no longer want the original folder linked to Dropbox, just right-click on it again and choose “unsync with Dropbox”. The cloned folder will be deleted in Dropbox and the original folder will remain as it was.

To create a Dropbox symbolic link, just right-click on the folder and choose "sync with Dropbox." To remove the symbolic link, right-click and choose "unsync with Dropbox."

The developer says that a new version is in the pipeline with small improvements such as syncing to an already existing folder in your Dropbox folder. Currently you are not allowed to specify where the cloned folder goes, which can lead to a messy Dropbox folder. Another planned feature is consolidating the right-click menu options into a single sub-menu.  The app is constantly being refined and tweaked and the developers seem very responsive on their website with regards to feedback, feature requests, and potential bug reports.

If you are a Dropbox user and you want to start syncing data that you normally wouldn't be able to move into Dropbox, then give Dropbox Folder Sync a try.

Note: The Download button on the Product Information page takes you to the vendor's site, where you can download the latest version of the software.

Expatriate Scotsman now living in Wurzburg, Germany, freelance writer, frustrated future bestselling author, obsessed bibliophile. Other interests include trying to understand The Architect in the Matrix movies, decrypting codes and ciphers, and trying to persuade my landlord and my wife to let me have a Highland Cow for a pet.
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