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What is New in OneNote for Windows 10

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OneNote for Windows 10

Note: This article applies to the OneNote for Windows 10 app, which is pre-installed on all editions of Windows 10 and is also available as a free download from the Microsoft Store.

New Features in OneNote for Windows 10

If you’re not using the free OneNote app, you’re missing out in a great organizing tool that Microsoft continues to improve with cool, new features. A few are listed below and for more, see the link at the bottom of this post.

Improved printouts of Office files as images in OneNote

Insert Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, or PowerPoint presentations as a virtual printout to include their pages as images in your notes.

Click Insert > File, choose an Office file to insert, and then click Insert as printout. You can move, resize, delete, and annotate any of the printout images that appear.

Insert Office files in OneNote

Easily navigate and organize your notebooks

The OneNote for Windows 10 app window now offers more note-taking space by providing an easier way to control the navigation interface.

You can choose to display the notebook, section, and page navigation panes only when you need them, while always keeping immediate access to the Search and Recent Notes buttons.

Organize OneNote Notebooks

Improved Print to OneNote

In Windows 10 Settings, select “OneNote” as your default printer and then print files from any app or browser on your PC.

Instead of printing out the information on a real printer, the printout is sent to OneNote, which lets you choose where to add the page. You can add in any section of your open notebook, or in any other notebook that you choose.

Set OneNote as default printer

Mark your notes with custom tags

Using tags in your notes is a great way to visually call out and categorize important notes for follow-up. (For example, track action items after a meeting).

To create your own custom tags, click the Tags menu dropdown on the Home tab (next to the text alignment buttons), and then click Create New Tag.

Create custom tags in OneNote

Search for tagged notes

Searching for tags in your notes (for example, “Important” or “Question”) now displays matching tags in a separate search results pane. Makes it even easier to find and follow up on important notes.

Search for tagged notes in OneNote

Search for text phrases, not just keywords

In addition to searching your notes for specific keywords, you can now enclose any search phrase in quotation marks. This allows you to find those exact words anywhere in your notes.

Click the Search button, enter your phrase into the Search box, and then press Enter.

Search for text phrases in OneNote

Why am I not seeing some of the OneNote updates mentioned here?

Microsoft reports that new and updated features in OneNote for Windows 10 may be released on a gradual roll-out basis. They may not make their way to your computer or device immediately.

What version of OneNote do I have?

In OneNote for Windows 10, click the Settings and More button , click Settings, and then click About.

The full version number is displayed immediately under the product name.

Screenshots and descriptions were taken from the Microsoft website and there are many more recent features added to OneNote. Check out the improvements and additions at: Microsoft OneNote Updates

Microsoft is also looking for feedback to make future improvements and you can do that at the above link.

For more OneNote tips and what OneNote can do for you, see my blog at: https://gaylelarson.com/?s=OneNote

Thanks for reading! Leave me a comment below if you are using OneNote or are going to start taking advantage of this powerful free tool, now that there are so many cool features available.

10 Reasons to Organize with OneNote

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Organize with OneNote

If you’re not using OneNote to capture notes, pictures, web clippings, audio and video, and just plain organize all types of information, you might want to give it a look. Free is a great draw, especially when it applies to a valuable tool that just might save your sanity.

Here’s Why You Want to Organize with OneNote:

  1. Available free on all platforms and devices.
  2. Create your own notebooks and color coded categories and reorganize with drag and drop.Multiple Content Oval photo 5 inch
  3. Type or insert text, audio, images, video anywhere on a page.
  4. Grab web pages or screen portions with Web Clipper from any browser.
  5. Insert PDF’s or file attachments.
  6. Format with MS Word built-in Styles for headings.
  7. Automatic date and time stamps for all entries.
  8. Share or link Notebooks, and export Sections or Pages and password protect Sections of a Notebook.
  9. Touchscreen and stylus friendly.
  10. Auto save and sync across all devices.

These are just a few of the features in OneNote. You can even insert equations; no need to find a calculator or fire up Excel at that meeting!

The Many Versions of OneNote

There are several varieties of OneNote and they are all free, including the full, desktop version. You can download it from Microsoft and, of course, it is included in the Office Apps available from any Microsoft account. Also, if you have purchased any version of Office, it is part of that suite. A subscription to Office 365 has it and will have automatically been upgraded to the latest version (currently 2016).

OneNote is available for all platforms and devices and the mobile app is integrated with Windows 10. It is designed for use with touch screens, tablets and phones but you can also download the full desktop version for free at www.onenote.com. Notebooks created in the app version automatically save to OneDrive, not to your computer. Those created in the desktop version can be saved anywhere. There are differences in the features of the two so you might want to test and see which one suits your needs and use it if you don’t want to be switching back and forth. Keep in mind that the online app does not have all the features of the Desktop version.

Not Your Daddy’s Notebook

OneNote’s structure is a digital version of the traditional multi-tabbed binder but before you stifle a yawn, it is no boring note-taking or storage device although it does both extremely well. Arrangement is divided into three levels and is organized much like the file and folder hierarchy you are used to on the computer. Allows for flexibility of organizing your way:

Top level: Notebooks. The big overall subject. You can create as many as you want and assign different colors. Keep it simple with one or two, or go crazy and create a gaggle. You control it. The list of created Notebooks displays at left.

Second level: Sections. Sub-categories. Are also color-categorized. These display as tabs on the top bar in the current Notebook..

Third level: Pages. Individual pages that display within the Section. The page names display at right.

Make OneNote Fantastic with OneTastic

Really make OneNote pop with this free Add-in to OneNote 2010 and above Desktop versions. This was a garage project by a Microsoft employee who used his bus time to create these great extra features to expand on OneNote’s already ample offerings.

You can create a monthly calendar of all your notes; resize and crop images and create a Table of Contents for a notebook, to name a few. If you want a sampling of what it can do, scope out this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rveq0S9mFH0.

If you like what you see and want to download Onetastic, go here: Download at website: https://getonetastic.com/

Evernote into OneNote

If you are an Evernote user and want to try out OneNote, Microsoft has an app for that! You can import your Evernote entries into OneNote here:

https://www.onenote.com/import-evernote-to-onenote

Most of us are always looking for a better and faster way to organize so let me know how OneNote is working for you!