"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
    2017-01-19T10:10:00+00:00

    That's brilliant! This is now my method of choice. Thank you!

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-01-19T10:49:59+00:00

    I still don't get why this is still an issue.

    If I drag a file in that's in my OneDrive for Business folder, or on a sharepoint server, OneNote should create a real URL link to the file (not to the local copy on my PC, or worse to a duplicate); so that I can access it from wherever I can get to the OneNote file.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-08-31T19:18:46+00:00

    One of the simple powerful features of Microsoft Windows and related programs has almost ALWAYS been the ability to drag and drop files. It's just beyond belief that you don't have the option to insert a link to a file by dragging and dropping it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-09-07T20:55:12+00:00

    Agree with practically all previous comments, in my case using OneNote quite happily, but then found that I needed Home Office, so paid real money to get a retarded version of OneNote forced in by the installation process. Which by the way uninstalled Chrome, without my consent. Not very impressed. Will be seeking alternates.

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-09-11T17:54:19+00:00

    This is not nearly as convenient as dragging and dropping to create a link.

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