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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)
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Section 1: The Anatomy of OneNote
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Section 2: Navigating, Searching, and Shortcuts within Notebooks
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Section 3: Inserting Information and Links into Your Notebooks
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Section 4: Integrating OneNote with Other Microsoft 365 Apps
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Section 5: Making Lasting Changes with OneNote

Summary

In this chapter, you learned about the settings that help you customize OneNote on any of your devices. You discovered options for background color, when to sync, and how to pin notebooks as shortcuts, just to name a few. Be sure to activate the OneNote badge if you have an Android device, as this provides an amazing shortcut.

You were also introduced to the Class Notebook and learned about how special this custom notebook is, and why it is a must for teachers, enabling collaboration between teachers and students alike.

Finally, you learned how to use Sticky Notes in OneNote on your phone, tablet, or desktop application. One of the neat things about Sticky Notes in OneNote is that they integrate so well with Notes applications on your phone, as well as within Windows and Outlook. Now, there is no excuse; if you have a quick note to make, OneNote is the place for it. Whether you choose to use a notebook page, Sticky Notes, or a Notes application, you have a fast method...