The popular tags feature from OneNote 2016 is coming to OneNote for Windows 10 “later this summer,” Microsoft says. Microsoft says that it will soon add the following features to OneNote for Windows 10, closing the functional gap with Office 2016: And highlighting a few features that are present in OneNote for Windows 10, but not in OneNote 2016.įor example, OneNote for Windows 10 provides a better inking experience than its desktop-based sibling, with unique features such as ink effects, dramatically improved ink-to-text, Researcher, a notification center, and deep integration with Windows 10.Īdditionally, OneNote for Windows 10-like OneNote for Mac, iOS, Android, and web-now features a much-improved sync engine so you can sync more quickly and reliably across your devices.įinally, OneNote for Windows 10 offers better performance, reliability, and battery life than OneNote 2016, Microsoft says.Īnd they’re not done improving it, of course. And it is addressing complaints that OneNote for Windows 10 doesn’t provide the full OneNote 2016 feature-set. We’ll continue to offer support, bug fixes, and security updates for OneNote 2016 for the duration of the Office 2016 support lifecycle, which runs through October 2020 for mainstream support and October 2025 for extended support.”īut Microsoft is hoping you will switch, of course. If you currently use OneNote 2016, you won’t notice any changes when you update to Office 2019. “OneNote 2016 is optionally available for anyone with Office 365 or Office 2019, but it will no longer be installed by default. “OneNote 2016 will still be there if you need it,” Microsoft explains.

That said, old-timers and power users who prefer to keep using OneNote 2016 can, of course, keep doing so for the foreseeable future. OneNote 2016, by comparison, uses the old-fashioned, legacy UX found on Microsoft’s traditional Office applications. And it shares the same modern UX found in OneNote on Mac, Android, and iOS. While some OneNote power users may decry this change, the reality is that OneNote for Windows 10 has improved in leaps and bounds. “We’re no longer adding new features to OneNote 2016.”

“Beginning with the launch of Office 2019 later this year, OneNote for Windows 10 will replace OneNote 2016 as the default OneNote experience for both Office 365 and Office 2019,” a new post by the OneNote teams notes.

Confused why Microsoft is maintaining two different versions of OneNote on Windows? Well, that’s about to end.

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