

You can change this: In Settings > Advanced, check the box marked “Make OneNote 2013 (desktop) the default OneNote application for OneNote links, notes, and clips.” On a tablet like the Surface Pro 3, clicking the stylus launches the Metro/Modern version of OneNote, which lacks the Record Audio feature. But two-party consent states (California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington) require you to either ask for explicit permission or at least inform the others that you’re recording.įirst, ensure you’re working with the desktop version of OneNote: OneNote 2013 (or OneNote 2016, later this year). Thirty-eight “one-party consent” states allow you to record conversations at will. While journalists may be afforded slightly more latitude to record phone calls and conversations in the course of their work, recording a conversation falls under the federal “wiretap” laws, and may in fact be illegal without the explicit consent of the others in the room. With OneNote’s Record Audio feature, the notes I take are automatically synced to the audio recording, cutting my processing time immensely. But I then have to scrub through the recording to double-check the quotation. Sure, I can record audio of an hour-long meeting, and jot down notes at the same time. OneNote 2013 is one of my secret weapons.
