Use Microsoft OneNote sharing link without a Microsoft account

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I would like to share a OneNote 2013 notebook with a user who does not have (and does not want!) a Microsoft account. I can create a "Sharing Link" in the notebook's "Share Notebook" options, and this link allows the user to open/edit the notebook on https://onedrive.live.com. This works ok, but I would really like to find a way for the user to use his native desktop OneNote 2013 app with this shared notebook. Is there any way to do this?

Best Answer

Just use a file synchronization software, like Dropbox, Google Drive, Bittorrent Sync, etc., and create the Notebook in a directory shared by both of you.

Example with Dropbox:

User1 creates the Notebook in the shared folder: OneNote -> File -> New -> Computer -> Create in different folder ->

User2, wait for the files to sync, and just open the notebook: OneNote -> File -> Open -> Computer -> Browse -> c:\users\user2\dropbox\sharednotes\ -> select Open Notebook.onetoc2

Of course, if you are going to share a sensitive data you can always use another layer of security on top of the file sync software, like CryptSync.

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