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!
Highlights
Before I go in to the nitty gritty, I wanted first highlight some of the benefits of this approach over the others I've seen. Thanks to 65d1…4d7a AOL user for the suggestions.
Unlike other approaches, this approach…
- Allows you to select where each note is placed when the note is created. Many approaches always place the note into the Unfiled Notes section, requiring you to move the note to the proper place later.
- Creates editable notes. Some popular approaches "print" the web page to OneNote. The causes the note page to be a set of un-editable screenshots of the web page, not the actual web page text.
- Sets the note title from the web page title. Some approaches create note pages without a title.
- Includes both text and images. Some approaches copy just the text. Getting the images is really important for me since I take notes on guides that include lots of screen shots (like this post).
- Keeps text formatting. Most web pages use headings and other text formatting to organize the page content. It's important to keep that formatting on the note page.
- Includes the page Url. If the note came from a web page, you want to know the Url. Enough said.
Ok, enough
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
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Update:
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If you get an error with the IE plugin after the install, try restarting Chrome.
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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
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Update:
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Make sure you are right clicking inside the actual web page contents inside the IE Tab. Don't right click in the blue / grey IE Tab toolbar.
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- The page opens in OneNote, just as if it were sent from Internet Explorer!
That’s it.I am now very happy.
