Office 2016 Onenote

Posted : admin | On 01-05-2021

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There are two versions of OneNote that you can deploy to users in your organization who have devices running Windows:

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The OneNote desktop app (previously called OneNote 2016) is now installed by default alongside Word, PowerPoint, and Excel for Microsoft 365 subscriptions that include the client apps and Office 2019. If you do not see OneNote as part of your installation, please see Install or reinstall OneNote for Windows.
Microsoft Office 2016 (codenamed Office 16) is a version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite, succeeding both Office 2013 and Office for Mac 2011 and preceding Office 2019 for both platforms. It was released on macOS on July 9, 2015, and on Microsoft Windows on September 22, 2015, for Office 365 subscribers. Mainstream support ended on October 13, 2020, and most editions have extended.

OneNote: the desktop version, which was previously named OneNote 2016.
OneNote for Windows 10: the Microsoft Store app that's available only on Windows 10.

While both versions are supported and can be installed on the same device, OneNote is the recommended version for enterprise environments. OneNote provides more features and allows you to customize user settings through Group Policy.

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OneNote still appears as OneNote 2016 for the following installations:

Version 2003 or earlier of Microsoft 365 Apps
Volume licensed versions of Office 2019, such as Office Professional Plus 2019.

OneNote deployment guidance

You can use the Office Deployment Tool or enterprise deployment software, such as Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, to include or exclude OneNote when you deploy Office in your organization.

As of March 2020, OneNote is included alongside the other Office apps, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, when you deploy Microsoft 365 Apps or Office 2019. There are no additional steps you need to take to include OneNote with new installations of Office. But, always be sure to check the deployment settings before you deploy, for example when using the wizards in Configuration Manager (current branch) or Microsoft Intune.

To add OneNote to an existing installation of Office

If Office is already installed on the device, but OneNote didn't get installed previously, you can run the Office Deployment Tool on the device and use the following configuration.xml file to add OneNote.

Although you're deploying the freemium version of OneNote, the first time the user opens OneNote after it's installed, the license will update automatically to the same license as the version of Office already installed on the device.

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Using OneNoteFreeRetail isn't supported with volume licensed versions of Office 2019, such as Office Professional Plus 2019 or Office Standard 2019. To add OneNote back to those versions of Office, you can run an Online Repair.
If you deploy the freemium version of OneNote, when you go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features, OneNote will appear as a standalone entry named Microsoft OneNote Home and Student 2016.

To exclude OneNote from being installed

There are different ways to exclude OneNote from being installed with Office, depending on which deployment method you're using, as shown in the following table.

Method	Instructions
Office Deployment Tool	You can use the ExcludeApp element in your configuration.xml file. We recommend that you use the Office Customization Tool to help you create your configuration.xml file.
Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (current branch)	In the Office 365 Client Installation wizard, you can set OneNote to the Off position when you configure the Office settings.
Microsoft Intune	On the Configure app suite page, you can clear the check box for OneNote in the Select Office apps drop-down list.

But, if you're allowing your users to install Office for themselves from the Office 365 portal, there is no way to exclude OneNote from being installed.

OneNote for Windows 10 deployment guidance

OneNote for Windows 10 is installed by default on computers running Windows 10. Users can also install it directly from the Microsoft Store, if you allow them to install apps from there. In either case, updates to OneNote for Windows 10 come directly from the Microsoft Store.

If you don't want your users to install apps directly from the Microsoft Store, you can set up the Microsoft Store for Business in your organization. This option allows you to control which Microsoft Store apps your users can install, including OneNote for Windows 10. For more information, see Microsoft Store for Business overview

If your users already use OneNote for Windows 10, they may continue to use it. We recommend excluding OneNote for Windows 10 for new deployments. We don't recommend uninstalling OneNote for Windows 10 for existing users because uninstalling an app permanently removes any notebook changes in the local cache that haven't been synchronized. If you plan to uninstall OneNote for Windows 10 for existing users, ensure that all open notebooks have finished synchronizing before uninstalling.

All notebooks supported by OneNote for Windows 10 are also fully supported by OneNote. All cloud-based notebooks associated with their user account will be accessible in OneNote after they sign in with that same user account.

To exclude OneNote for Windows 10 from a Windows image

To remove OneNote for Windows 10 from a Windows image so that OneNote for Windows 10 won't be installed when a new user account is created, you can use the Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage cmdlet. For the package name parameter, you should use Microsoft.Office.OneNote_2015.9126.21251.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe.

Additional information about deploying OneNote

OneNote training resources We're providing free and shareable eBooks to help your users transition to the user interface and functionalities in OneNote.

Configure OneNote settings: You can use Group Policy to configure certain OneNote settings for your users. To use Group Policy, download the latest Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) for Office from the Microsoft Download Center and implement the policy settings by using Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

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Group Policy requires the devices with OneNote to be joined to an Active Directory domain.
Most of these same policy settings can be applied by using the Office cloud policy service, which doesn't require the device to be joined to a domain.
Neither Group Policy nor Office cloud policy service can be used with Microsoft 365 Apps for business or with OneNote for Windows 10.

Support dates: In November 2019, we announced that mainstream support for OneNote will continue until October 2023. Extended support remains the same, ending in October 2025. These dates align with the support dates for Office 2019. These specific support dates apply only to OneNote included with versions of Office, such as Office Professional Plus 2016, that are available as a one-time purchase or through volume licensing agreements.

Supported languages: While both OneNote and OneNote for Windows 10 are available in most of the same languages, there are a few differences. The lists of the supported languages are available here: OneNote, OneNote for Windows 10

Other platforms: There are also versions of OneNote for Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android, and for web browsers. For more information, see What's the difference between the OneNote versions?

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Microsoft Onenote 2016 User Guide

Summary: Provides admins with information about which features in Office 2016 for Windows have been changed or removed since Office 2013 was released.

Each of the following tables describes features that are changed or removed in the applications in Office 2016 for Windows.

There are tables for the following applications: Access, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Word. The Office suite table lists features that are changed or removed from several or all apps.

If you're looking for information about the new features in Office 2016, see Microsoft 365 Training.

Office suite

The following table lists features that are changed or removed in Office 2016.

Area	What's changed	More information
Clip Art	The Office.com Clip Art and image library has been removed.	Clip Art now powered by Bing Images Add online pictures or clip art to your file
Document Information Panel	The Document Information Panel has been removed.	Where is the Document Information Panel in Office 2016?
EPS images	The ability to insert images that use the EPS file format is no longer supported.	If you have an Office file that contains an image that uses the EPS file format, the image will be replaced by a red X placeholder. Support for EPS images has been turned off in Office for Windows
Equation Editor	Microsoft Equation Editor 3.0 isn't supported in Office 2016.	You don't need to install anything to write or edit math equations in Office 2016. Just choose Insert > Equation. For more information, see Write an equation.
Localized languages	Language packs that allow the user to display the Office user interface in a specific language are no longer available for the following languages: - Central Kurdish - Hausa (Latin) - Igbo - isiXhosa - isiZulu - K'iche - Kinyarwanda - Punjabi (Arabic) - Sesotho sa Leboa - Setswana (South Africa) - Tajik - Tigrigna - Wolof - Yoruba	Proofing tools are still available for the following languages: - Hausa (Latin) - Igbo - isiXhosa - isiZulu - Kinyarwanda - Sesotho sa Leboa - Setswana (South Africa) - Wolof - Yoruba For more information, see Language Accessory Pack for Office 2016.
Themes	The following changes have been made to Office themes: - The light gray theme has been removed. - The dark gray theme has been updated. - A black theme has been added.	The black theme is only available to Office 365 subscribers.
Version information	The version information shown under File > Account > Aboutapplication name no longer shows the version information for the application's .exe file.	This only applies to Windows Installer (MSI) versions of Office 2016. The version number that is shown is for the Mso20win32client.dll file.

Access

The following table lists features that are changed or removed in Access 2016.

Area	What's changed	More information
Web apps	Microsoft no longer recommends creating and using Access web apps in SharePoint.	This feature will be retired from SharePoint Server in ten years and from Office 365 in one year. Access Services in SharePoint Roadmap

Excel

The following table lists features that are changed or removed in Excel 2016.

Area	What's changed	More information
Azure Marketplace connector	The following options have been removed from the ribbon and are no longer available: - Data > Get External Data > From Other Sources > From Windows Azure Marketplace - Data > Get Data > From Azure > From Azure Marketplace	Data services are no longer available from Azure Marketplace.
Power View	The Power View button has been removed from Insert > Reports on the ribbon.	Roadmap for Power View in Excel If you want to continue to use Power View, you can follow these steps to turn on Power View.

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