File system going from One Note 2003 to 2007

[Len Egan]

I had One Note 2003 on my machine. Beta One slowed my tablet down to a crawl
so I uninstalled it and went back to 2003. When Beta 2 came around, I
downloaded it and itran greatIt stopped working just the other day. As I
result, I removed Beta 2 and went back to One Note 2003.

My problem is that my file system is all wacked out. Some files that I
originally used in 2003 and then in Beta 1 wouldn't open in Beta 2. I
started new folders in Beta 2 and now they won't open in 2003. I read
somewhere on the site that 2007 isn't backward compatible, but when I open
One Note, I receive a message telling me to go to the One Note site because
there may be a fix that will "convert" the files for me. Does such a thing
exist? Are my original files just gone and I will never be able to search
them again? That would be terrible and defeat the whole purpose of One Note.
That is, having a digital notebook that I will never lose!

Please let me know what, if anything, I can do to use my files. If this
occurs everytime there is an update, I might be better off just using Windowd
Journal for notetaking instead of One Note. I shudder to think about that
because I love ON. Still, I can't be losing my valuable data each time a new
version coming out. That would be like Office 2007 causing the inability to
open Word 2002 documents, for example.

Thanks so much.

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

If you have access to MSDN or TechNet (or volume license downloads), get
the RTM version now. Otherwise, you might want to reinstall Beta 2
followed by the B2TR patch. If that doesn't sound like fun, wait till
December 1 for the trial versions.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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[Grant Robertson]

ON 2003 can't edit 2007 notes (you
can view them, however).

ON 03 cannot view ON 07 files. You can view 03 files in 07 without
changing them. If you want to chane 03 files in 07 then you must convert
them to 07 format. After that they can no longer be opened in 03.

 

[Grant Robertson]

I guess that RTM is now
out--did you try that, as well?

um... Where?

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

Volume License customers, MSDN and TechNet

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