I use Google Chrome because it loads most pages much faster than Internet Explorer. Still, there is one feature IE has that I really miss in Chrome: Send to OneNote. That is, I missed the feature, until now. Here are the very simple instructions on getting Send to OneNote feature in Google Chrome, without any code!
Setup (do this once)
In order for Chrome to get the Send to OneNote option, you will need some software loaded on your machine. You will only have to do this once.
- Install OneNote 2010
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Update (thanks Bruce):
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It looks like this will only work with OneNote 2010. OneNote 2007 apparently does not add the Send to OneNote command on IE’s context menu. I guess that’s one more good reason to upgrade to Office 2010.
-------------------------------- - Install Google Chrome
- Install IE Tab Chrome extension
Usage (do this for every page)
Once you have everything setup, you are ready to start using Send to OneNote from Chrome. Just follow these steps from any page that you want to send to your OneNote notebook.
- Navigate to a page in Chrome
- Click on the IE Tab icon in the toolbar – notice that after you click on the icon, you will now have a second address bar in Chrome
- Right click on an empty spot inside the page in the IE Tab, and select Send to OneNote from the context menu
- The page opens in OneNote, just as if it were sent from Internet Explorer!
That’s it.I am now very happy.
Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, "Send to OneNote" doesn't appear in the context menu in Internet Explorer or in Google Chrome after I installed IETab. It does appear in IE's command bar. Any idea how I can configure IE to display it in the context menu when it's missing?
ReplyDeleteFound this from John Guin's blog - brilliant idea. Works like a charm!
ReplyDeleteJohn, I'm not sure why the Send to OneNote does not appear in the context menu for you. Perhaps it has to do with the version of OneNote you are running. I am running OneNote 2010, 32-bit edition, with IE 8. I have not tried this with OneNote 2007. Maybe you can try installing the latest Office service packs and patches?
ReplyDeleteIf someone else validates that this is working with OneNote 2007 please post. Thanks.
Mr. Rosenfeld is THE MAN! You don't know how much I detested using IE and how easy OneNote makes life for me ...
ReplyDeleteThank you very much; and thanks for responding to my request email so that I knew about it.
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QQFarmer brought up the point in the Google Chrome Forum that some people will start to grumble because this approach is not a native Chrome feature.
ReplyDeleteTo those people I respond with the fact that this approach is really very painless to setup. I imagine that everyone interested in the tip will already have IE, Chrome, and OneNote installed. So the only thing that remains as far as one-time setup goes is installing the IE Tab Chrome extension, which takes all of 10 seconds. From then on, it only takes 2 clicks per page to Send to OneNote.
The bottom line is that this approach works today and sends the page title, content, and Url to OneNote, just as if it were coming from IE. The page in OneNote is represented as true, fully editable, fully searchable OneNote content rather than a screen print that the print to OneNote approach generates.
I've been using this approach for a couple of weeks now, and it has made me love Chrome again.
Just to second an earlier comment: OneNote 2007 does not put an item in the IE context menu, so this tip unfortunately won't work with it.
ReplyDeleteBruce, thanks for the info. I've updated the post to indicate that OneNote 2010 is required.
ReplyDeleteDoes this fix work with Win7 on a 64 bit machine?
ReplyDeletefdrzym, Yes it does. I'm running Windows 7 x64 with Office 2010 x86.
ReplyDeleteThanks, fantastic solution. Hadn't thought to try this : )
ReplyDeleteYou ROCK!
ReplyDeleteI like Google but think they are becoming another stack like Microsoft and Apple. Chrome is better than IE but OneNote is awesome and I can't live without it. Now I can start to use Chrome again (maybe!!)
I also started using onenote and have fallen in love with it. It's a huge time saver when you are grabbing data from a number of sources.
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Thanks a loooooooooooooooooooooot!That is very helpful.
ReplyDeleteGood article!
ReplyDeleteIs anyone else not seeing the page open in onenote? I have onenote 2010, chrome, and ie tabs installed. I go to a page and select the IE icon and wait for the page to reload. Then I right click on an empty area within the content and select the option to send it to onenote. But then when I switch to onenote there is no content. Anyone else having this problem?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip! You just eliminated the only reason I had for keeping a ton of bookmarks. It was too much of a hassle to put one article or tidbit of info into onenote, but now it's so much easier!
ReplyDeleteGreat thanks for the tip :)
ReplyDeleteHow about this https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/akmphbadflhibamnhbgofnmogplllabh?hl=en
ReplyDeleteTom, I tried that extension first. The main issue I had with with it is that it only saves the text. No formatting, no images, no page title, or date. Also, you do not get the option of where to store the note. You have to manually move the note from unfilled notes section to the desired section.
ReplyDeleteDon't get me wrong, it's great that someone is working on a true Chrome OneNote extension, but in my opinion it's not yet comparable to the IE OneNote experience. So for now, I'm sticking with my method, at least until the extension is updated.
Thank you so much....makes research for training courses so much easier....:)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! I'd only recently discovered the joys of OneNote, but almost gave up on it because I hate IE and love Chrome. So glad I found this.
ReplyDeleteAimee
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brilliant - 5 seconds to install, worked immediately
ReplyDeleteeasy to do and LOVE that it's working
ReplyDeleteOnce at the web page in the IE extension tab, I have to select "print" and THEN "print to One Note." It works fine. (Right-clicking didn't bring up the option.) I'm using Win7 and One Note 2010.
ReplyDeleteI have OneNote 2010, with Win 7 64 Ultimate. I installed the IE tab extension but do not get any right click menu option to send to OneNote. If I do print, I do not get the OneNote printer as well. The last issue may be something in IE I will check on that but does anyone know how to enable the OneNote output in the context menu of IE tab for Chrome??
ReplyDeleteI would gladly drop IE if I can get this to work. But I find it impossible to live on the net without OneNote.
@blewis999, the first thing I would do is to test whether you get the send to OneNote menu option in a regular window of IE. If you don't you probably need to check your OneNote install. Once you have that working, recheck the availability of OneNote menu from within a page that is being viewed in an IE tab. You won't see the menu on pages viewed in Chrome normally.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the OneNote printer, that should not be specific to IE. You should see it as an available printer from any Windows application.