Quick Start Guide: New To Onenote? Use This Guide To Learn The Basics
Quick Start Guide: New To Onenote? Use This Guide To Learn The Basics
Explore the ribbon Discover contextual commands Instantly find everything Stay organized with Feed
Quick Access Toolbar
See what OneNote can do by selecting the Select any part of a table or an Search the current page or all View a feed of your sticky notes
Keep favorite commands
ribbon tabs and exploring available tools. inserted recording to reveal additional notebooks at once and and OneNote pages all in one
permanently visible.
tabs. navigate the results with ease. place.
Notebook Sections
Select these tabs to switch
Control the ribbon
between sections in the
Select the arrow to switch
current notebook.
between the Classic
Ribbon and the Simplified
Ribbon.
Notebook Pages
Select these tabs to switch Type anywhere on a page
Notebooks List between pages in the OneNote’s flexible canvas
Select the notebook name to current notebook section. isn’t constrained in the ways
switch between notebooks or that other apps are.
select the pin icon to keep the
Notebooks pane open.
To create a new section in the current notebook, select the small tab with the plus
sign [+] to the right of the section tab bar, or right-click any section tab and then
select New Section.
To create a new notebook, click File > New, and then select where to store the new
notebook. You can create new notebooks on your local hard drive, or you can store
them on your free OneDrive account so your notes are always accessible on all your
devices. The choice is yours!
OneNote
OneNote
Tag important notes Organize in tables
The Tags gallery on the Home tab lets you visually prioritize or categorize selected Whenever a spreadsheet is overkill, use simple OneNote tables to make sense of
notes. Tagged notes are marked with icons that prompt you to follow up on your information. Start on a new line of text by typing a word, phrase, or number, and
important action items or to check off completed tasks on your to-do lists. then press the Tab key to create the next column. Alternately, you can select Insert
> Table on the ribbon to draw a table.
Once your table is created and selected, use the commands on the Table tab on the
ribbon, or right-click any part of your table for more options.