[darekkay]

> when the one with a Onenote license died

OneNote has been free for the last few years.

> port those notes in an exportable format

You can export your notes in a HTML-like format. I haven't tried to convert it into a different format yet, though.

[diffeomorphism]

> OneNote has been free for the last few years.

Not in my experience. The online, UWP, feature-reduced version that comes with windows is gratis, but ... .

The proper desktop version requires an office license. It then is "gratis" on top of the cost you already paid for office.

[darekkay]

> The proper desktop version requires an office license

That's not true in my experience. I'm running a proper "OneNote 2016" version without any license or subscription. This is also stated on a Microsoft support site [0]:

> OneNote (formerly called “OneNote 2016”), the _free_ desktop app which runs on all supported versions of Microsoft Windows and which is part of Office 2019 and Microsoft 365.

Further down, it's stated:

> Download OneNote as a free standalone Windows desktop app (some features may be limited).

[0] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/what-s-the-differ...

[diffeomorphism]

The link to the "free standalone app" just gives me OfficeSetup.exe (7.0MB), which did not give me a standalone app when I last tried it, but if that works now. Great!

[whimsicalism]

No?

[at-fates-hands]

> You can export your notes in a HTML-like format. I haven't tried to convert it into a different format yet, though.

You can export as a .pdf, .xps or into most MS office doc formats like .docx

OneNote isn't great if you want to regularly export to a different format. Especially if you want to make your notebooks accessible to other non-MS software. Right now, I sync my notebooks between several different devices which is kind of a pain.

[benhurmarcel]

> OneNote has been free for the last few years.

Only if you store your notes in OneDrive.

[darekkay]

> Only if you store your notes in OneDrive.

Do you have a source for that? I don't believe this is true. When creating a notebook, I can specify if I want a OneDrive-synched notebook or a local one (OneNote 2016). Such a limitation _might_ be part of the Store version of OneNote, but that's just a guess. Also a Reddit thread I found discussing this topic stated there's no such limitation in OneNote 2016.

[darekkay]

I can't edit my post, but my guess was correct:

> [OneNote 2016/Desktop] is the only version of OneNote that supports local notebook storage on your PC’s hard drive in addition to cloud storage.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/what-s-the-differ...