
We’re excited to share that OneNote on Windows will get a series of updates over the next 12 months. Be sure to choose "OneNote" (and not "keep using OneNote (desktop)") from the pop-up that appears.Update : We have a new blog post! Check it out here You can also deselect this option to change back to OneNote Modern. Under "Default OneNote Application," select "Make OneNote 2013 (desktop) the default OneNote application for OneNote links, notes and clips." Then click OK to close the Options window. Open OneNote for desktop and select File, Options and then Advanced. If you don't see this dialog, or previously dismissed it, you can also make the change manually. (If you don't own OneNote for desktop, you can get it for free at .) You will see the following dialog when you run the application.Ĭlick the "Make this version default" button to use OneNote for desktop for all Surface Pen defaults. To use OneNote for desktop instead of OneNote Modern, simply launch OneNote for desktop. But with a recent update to OneNote, you can now choose whether to continue using OneNote Modern for these integration features, or you can use OneNote for desktop instead. (OneNote Modern is included with Surface Pro 3.) The second feature requires a software update that came as part of the June 20 Patch Tuesday updates. The first of these features was provided out-of-box with Surface Pro 3, though it only worked with OneNote Modern originally. When you do so, the captured area is pasted into a new note in Quick Notes. If you double-press the button on the top of Surface Pen while using Windows on Surface Pro 3, an overlay will appear so you can use the pen to select the area of the screen you wish to capture, or "clip".

If you press the button on the top of the Surface Pen-even if you're signed out of Surface Pro 3 or the device is locked or asleep-OneNote will launch into a new note in Quick Notes so you can instantly capture notes.ĭouble-press screen capture. To be clear, there are two primary Surface Pen/OneNote integration features: Note: This tip only applies to Surface Pro 3 with Surface Pen, not previous Surface Pro models. With Surface Pro 3 now arriving in stores, the firm has come through on that promise, and you can now choose between OneNote Modern and OneNote for desktop. But some reviewers wondered about using OneNote desktop instead, so Microsoft promised a way to configure that. When Microsoft first launched Surface Pro 3, it touted some interesting integration features between Surface Pen and the Modern version of OneNote.
