"Insert link to file"- where did this go?

Anonymous
2013-02-06T22:04:23+00:00

I'm an attorney, and I created a great litigation and trial-management system using only OneNote.  We put it to use in a large "mass action" case with over fifty plaintiffs and tens of thousands of exhibits.  The system allowed us to completely outmaneuver the plaintiffs at trial, and we were able to line up exhibits, deposition citations, and both direct and cross examination questions from a single program.   We all credit a great deal of our defense verdict to the system.

The key feature that let us build the various pages for trial quickly was the ability to drag and drop exhibit pdfs into the onenote pages as links to files.  Due to the sheer volume of exhibits, as well as the ease of using tables, links were far more effective than inserting the files directly, and certainly more effective than inserting printouts. 

With OneNote 2013, this mission-critical feature appears to be missing.  I can only insert the file, or insert a printout.  I don't want to do either- I want to insert a link.  I know that I can insert links using the manual "insert link" function, but that is slower and more error prone than the simplicity of the previous versions.  Am I missing a key option to trigger?  Or is this a missing feature from OneNote 2013?  If the latter, I suspect we will stick with 2010....

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-04-17T01:10:22+00:00

    I found a new workaround that even kind of improves upon the missing file link feature.

    Install "Everything" from voidtools.com which is a file indexer and search tool.

    Be sure to check to register the "es" - URL protocol handler during setup.

    create links of the form es:searchterm in your pages to start searches using Everything upon clicking such links.

    I wrote everything up on my blog with some screenshots:

    http://www.atcw.de/blog/2016/MsOneNoteFileLinksWorkaround/

    Have fun with more powerful and resilient file links!

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-11-06T21:57:46+00:00

    Well, I will stick with OneNote 2010 then.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-11-06T20:26:22+00:00

    Has anyone tried Office 2016 yet? Does the OneNote in Office 2016 bring back this function?

    Yes I have tried, and no it doesn't bring back the function.  I still have to shift+right click/copy as path, then paste the path in Onenote.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-11-06T20:25:56+00:00

    Yes, and still the same problem.

    Dragging one file into OneNote gives options to insert print or file.

    Dragging several files simply pastes the file into OneNote.

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