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I've got a Dropbox account where I store my OneNote files. On my Windows boxes this makes it really handy to work with the same files on multiple machines, however I would also like to be able to view them on my Mac's too (I'm not so bothered about editing them).

So does anyone know if there is a OneNote file viewer for Mac OS X?

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From what I have seen, the only thing that comes close is importing the OneNote files into Evernote in Windows, and then synchronizing that with your Mac. – fideli Feb 19 '10 at 0:23
@fideli - Thanks for the suggestion, I didn't know Evernote could do that. I already use Evernote for personal stuff whilst OneNote is for work. I think I'll give the import a try! Can you put your comment as an answer please so I can upvote it :). – Pauk Feb 19 '10 at 9:15

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Adding my comment as an answer. From what I have seen, the only thing that comes close is importing the OneNote files into Evernote in Windows, and then synchronizing that with Evernote on your Mac.

OneNote Import Wizard

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Thanks fideli. I've gone with this approach and whilst the importer does a good job, its not perfect. Specifically links to other notebooks and sections you may add don't get converted and any embedded files (like PDFs, Word Docs, Excel spreadsheets) are not copied over. It just creates a screen shot of the file so you have to manually copy them over. But for me, I can live with that. Gives me a chance to do some tidying up. Plus I like how its tagged the individual notebooks so they're actually easier to find now. Anyway, I don't know why I didn't think of using Evernote! – Pauk Feb 19 '10 at 14:47
Hey, that's great. I don't use OneNote myself so I wasn't aware about how the functionality is decreased with this import method. Having said that, the screenshot style method is good enough for when someone sends me OneNote files. – fideli Feb 19 '10 at 16:54
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OneNote files format is proprietary, so finding a viewer is not easy.

You could always export your notes as PDF to view them easily on a Mac.

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Interesting idea, but I have a lot of notebooks and sections, so there would be quite a lot of export. I'd like to be able to view them as needed. Thanks for your answer though. – Pauk Feb 19 '10 at 9:20
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You can use Growly Notes, a very well-rated freeware solution.

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From Growly Notes FAQ: Does Growly Notes read OneNote® files? No – Siim K Mar 14 at 18:44

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