In Windows 11, select the Windows Start icon near the center of the Windows task bar then click on All apps. In Windows 10, select the Start button in the lower left corner of the Windows task bar. To quickly get to your preferred Windows version of OneNote, you can pin its app icon to your Start menu or the Windows taskbar. Both 32-bit and 64-bit editions are available for download.Tip: You may have to repeat these steps for each OneNote file type that you want to change. OneNote 2013 can be installed and used in Windows 7 and Windows 8. Don’t worry! Using your free Microsoft account, you can get 15 GB of OneDrive space for free which will have no limits on the number of notes you create using OneNote. It works whether you’re online or offline. Please note that this free edition of OneNote saves/stores your notes on Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud storage service for easy access across all your devices.

Now all these and other features are available in the free standalone version of OneNote 2013. Embedded Files: You can insert Office documents or other files in your notebooks.Audio Search: You can search for a word in voice or video recordings.Page History: You can view older versions of a page.Password Protection: You can add a password to protect your notes.Following are the new features of OneNote 2013 which were not available in previous restricted version:

Now you can enjoy the full version of OneNote 2013 on your PC without purchasing Office 2013 suite. Now some good news! Microsoft has released a fully functional standalone version of OneNote 2013 for free to public which comes without any restriction. In that restricted version of OneNote several features were disabled or removed. Last year, Microsoft decided to provide OneNote 2013 as a standalone program and they released a restricted version of OneNote to public as a free download.

Users had to purchase and install the full Office suite to use OneNote program. In past, OneNote was not available as a separate program. It allows users to save notes in various formats such as typed, handwritten, drawings, clips, audio, etc. OneNote is a to-do and note taking program from Microsoft which comes bundled with Microsoft Office suite.

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