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• The state of OneNote in 2023

  Posted on December 26, 2023 at 02:44 CST by Mary Branscombe • Comment in the Forums

  ONENOTE

  

  By Mary Branscombe

  Progress on the unified Windows version of OneNote has delivered only a handful of new features this year, but the foundations might finally be finished.

  2024 will mark five years since Microsoft restarted work on the desktop Windows client and three years since it decided to cherry-pick some favorite OneNote features for Windows 10 before it reaches end of life in October 2025. Software development always takes longer than expected, especially with the impact of a global pandemic, so I want to look back at the progress OneNote has made in 2023 and then see where Microsoft has been focusing its investments.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.52.0, 2023-12-26).

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• What the &$@!*& is Microsoft Loop?

  Posted on August 7, 2023 at 02:43 CDT by Peter Deegan • Comment in the Forums

  MICROSOFT 365

  

  By Peter Deegan

  Should you care?

  Microsoft Loop is a new way to collaborate online. A Loop component could pop up in an email, chat, or Word document. I’ll explain what they are and how to work with one, so you’ll know what to do when Loop appears on your screen.

  As usual, there’s a lot of Microsoft hype about Loop.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.32.0, 2023-08-07).

  Microsoft 365 Loop components, Microsoft Loop, Newsletters, Office 365