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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

Chapter 2: Exploring Screen Layout and Toolbars

Now it's time for the big questions: what can OneNote do? How do I use it? When you learn the screen layout of OneNote and understand what is included in the ribbon (toolbars), then you can find out what OneNote can do. What's available to you on the screen and in the ribbon will give you countless ideas on how to use OneNote.

When you take the time to learn all about the OneNote layout and ribbons, you will increase your efficiency in the program and become more excited about what OneNote has to offer you!

In this chapter, you will learn the following:

  • Understanding the layout of the OneNote screen on a computer
  • Understanding OneNote toolbars on a computer
  • Exploring OneNote's right-click menus
  • Understanding the layout of the OneNote screen on mobile devices
  • Understanding the layout of the OneNote screen on an iPad or Galaxy tablet

Starting with the parts of the OneNote screen, let&apos...