Notes from OneNote 2003 to OneNote 2007 on different machines

[CaptainCritic]

On one laptop I am running XP Pro with OneNote 2003 and have many notes I
don't want to lose. On the newer laptop I am running Vista with OneNote 2007.
How do I transfer my notes from the 2003 version to the 2007 version on the
newer laptop?

I have backed-up the 2003 OneNote files folder onto a CD-RW and separately
onto a flashdrive but the Help files of the program only discuss upgrading
the older files to the newer version of OneNote if on the same computer when
upgrading from one program to the other.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Rainald Taesler]

On one laptop I am running XP Pro with OneNote 2003 and have many
notes I don't want to lose. On the newer laptop I am running Vista
with OneNote 2007. How do I transfer my notes from the 2003 version
to the 2007 version on the newer laptop?

Just open the files.
They will automatically be converted.

Pls keep in mind that this is a one-way-street: There is no tool fir
converting ON2007 stuff back to the ON2003 format.

I have backed-up the 2003 OneNote files folder onto a CD-RW and
separately onto a flashdrive but the Help files of the program only
discuss upgrading the older files to the newer version of OneNote if
on the same computer when upgrading from one program to the other.

Honestly speaking: I do not understand your problem.
You can copy the files to a wanted place on your new machine and open
them from there.

Or you could open the files from either CD-drive or the flash-drive ad
then use "Save as" to save them to location where you wat to have them.

Rainald

 

[Bernd]

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On one laptop I am running XP Pro with OneNote 2003 and have many notes I
don't want to lose. On the newer laptop I am running Vista with OneNote 2007.
How do I transfer my notes from the 2003 version to the 2007 version on the
newer laptop?

I have backed-up the 2003 OneNote files folder onto a CD-RW and separately
onto a flashdrive but the Help files of the program only discuss upgrading
the older files to the newer version of OneNote if on the same computer when
upgrading from one program to the other.

Any help would be appreciated.

Just create a copy (for safety) of your 2003 notebooks to your new
laptop and open them one by one explicitely with ON 2007. Then they will
be converted to the new file format.

But (an excerpt from MS Help):

About folders and multiple notebooks

Upgrading your notes files to the new OneNote 2007 file format will
promote any folders in OneNote 2003 to their own separate notebooks.
This happens because in OneNote 2007, folders have been replaced by the
ability to create and use multiple notebooks instead of keeping
everything in a single notebook.

Additionally, if you used subfolders (now called "section groups")
within your top-level folders in OneNote 2003, you should consider
creating new notebooks for them in OneNote 2007 and then moving the
sections into the new notebooks. Doing so allows you to navigate through
your notes faster than you can navigate through section groups.

Tip While organizing or reorganizing your notebook structure, you
may want to expand the Navigation bar in the left margin to see the
entire hierarchy of your notebooks and their pages and sections. To do
this, click Expand Navigation Bar.

Bernd

 

[CaptainCritic]

Thank you Bernd. I appreciate the tips.

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Just create a copy (for safety) of your 2003 notebooks to your new
laptop and open them one by one explicitely with ON 2007. Then they will
be converted to the new file format.

But (an excerpt from MS Help):

About folders and multiple notebooks

Upgrading your notes files to the new OneNote 2007 file format will
promote any folders in OneNote 2003 to their own separate notebooks.
This happens because in OneNote 2007, folders have been replaced by the
ability to create and use multiple notebooks instead of keeping
everything in a single notebook.

Additionally, if you used subfolders (now called "section groups")
within your top-level folders in OneNote 2003, you should consider
creating new notebooks for them in OneNote 2007 and then moving the
sections into the new notebooks. Doing so allows you to navigate through
your notes faster than you can navigate through section groups.

Tip While organizing or reorganizing your notebook structure, you
may want to expand the Navigation bar in the left margin to see the
entire hierarchy of your notebooks and their pages and sections. To do
this, click Expand Navigation Bar.

Bernd

 

[CaptainCritic]

Thanks Rainald. I wanted to be sure before I did anything outside of what the
software Help topics suggested.

 

[Rainald Taesler]

Thanks Rainald. I wanted to be sure before I did anything outside of
what the software Help topics suggested.

You're welcome.
Thanks for the feedback.

Raiald

 

[John]

I realize this string is a little old, but I am just now converting from
ON2003 to ON2007.

I backed up my files from ON2003 Old machine(WINXP) to a removable disk.
I opened a section in the new machine (ON2007)(WIN2007). It was a password
protected file, password worked.

I received the message mentioned elsewhere on this site that the note would
have to be converted to be viewed. I agreed. The file was supposedly
converted, and was blank and the remaining notes in the seciton all gone once
it was through.

I have pages and pages of important data in my ON2003. I would like some
advice about what went wrong, or alternatives for upgrading ON2003 to ON2007
without having to manually copy and past gigabites of data. (I think
Microsoft missed the boat by not making the conversion to the new version
easier.).

Anyone that's willing to help is welcome to chime in. If there is not an
easy way, I will be looking for an alternative to Onenote. its a pity,
because I have loved it all these years.

John