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Work Smarter with Microsoft OneNote

By : Connie Clark
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Work Smarter with Microsoft OneNote

By: Connie Clark

Overview of this book

Do you want to take your information and note organization to a new level? This book will show you how to use Microsoft’s organizational app, OneNote, to store endless amounts of information in a productive and organized way, including solutions for creating your notes and then sharing them easily with your team or department. You’ll be guided through everything you need to set up a notebook and customize it to suit you or your team. The book will show you how to navigate through OneNote and search for virtually anything, as well as save time with all the shortcuts. You’ll discover that inserting information into your notebooks goes far beyond text, images, and videos, and also includes emails, links to documents, and clippings from the web. But it doesn’t stop there. Integration with other Microsoft products is key for making your experience successful, and this book demonstrates how to use OneNote with Microsoft Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams. Beyond instructions and essential topics, this book also provides you with the motivation you need to make OneNote a habit as well as real-life examples of notebooks you can use. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to use OneNote for everything and from every device. Even if you start a notebook on your laptop and continue it on your phone, you’ll find working with the app seamless.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1: The Anatomy of OneNote
6
Section 2: Navigating, Searching, and Shortcuts within Notebooks
10
Section 3: Inserting Information and Links into Your Notebooks
14
Section 4: Integrating OneNote with Other Microsoft 365 Apps
17
Section 5: Making Lasting Changes with OneNote

Sending information to OneNote from your smartphone

You can send any picture or screenshot from your smartphone or tablet to OneNote. When you select that picture, choose the Share button at the bottom of the device. Then, you will see OneNote as an available destination.

Let's start with sharing a picture or website page from an iPhone or iPad.

Sharing with OneNote from an iPhone or iPad

Here are some instructions on sharing a picture or website page from an iPhone or iPad:

  1. Navigate to select the picture or go to the website that you wish to share with OneNote.
  2. Choose the Share icon at the bottom of your screen.

You will see several choices for what to do with that picture. On the application line, you may need to scroll to the left to find and choose the OneNote icon, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 12.4 – Sharing a picture with OneNote from your iPhone

Figure 12.4 – Sharing a picture with OneNote from your iPhone

  1. You are now prompted with a few details...