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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

Chapter 13: Making OneNote a Habit

Now that you have learned all the ins and outs of using OneNote, I would really like to take some time to encourage you to use it.

Just as breaking a bad habit is tough, it's equally hard to embrace and take on a new one. I recommend making OneNote a habit because, with full buy-in, it is a powerful tool. Using OneNote should be a regular part of your routine. Using it sporadically or applying it sometimes makes it another place to look for things, which could in fact add to your problems. Consistency is key to making anything a habit, and using OneNote for everything will ensure you reap the benefits.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Making OneNote a habit
  • Replacing other methods
  • Moving to unconscious competence

Through this chapter, our goal is to help you create habits and the necessary momentum to make OneNote work smarter for you.