Master Microsoft OneNote. The Ultimate Course

Open a notebook and tour the OneNote desktop interface, understanding the ribbon, quick access toolbar, and the structure of sections and pages across insert, draw, history, and view tabs.

Learn how to create and save a new OneNote notebook, choose shareable locations (OneDrive, SharePoint, or local), name it, and manage multiple notebooks with automatic autosave and synchronization.

Modify notebook properties by changing the display name, color, and location, noting that the display name doesn’t change the folder. Close notebooks by right-clicking the dropdown, then reopen from recent.

Learn how to permanently delete a OneNote notebook stored in OneDrive by deleting it from the Microsoft 365 online portal, not just from File Explorer.

Learn to create and manage locally stored notebooks in OneNote, contrasting cloud-synced notebooks on OneDrive and the sync icon. Delete local notebooks via file explorer and adjust colors and names.

Learn to structure a OneNote notebook with sections and pages, including creating and renaming sections. Move, copy, color-code, and delete sections, and understand how deletions affect contained pages.

Learn to organize notes in OneNote by creating section groups, adding sections within them, and moving or copying sections into groups, with notes on the notebook recycle bin.

Learn how to create and organize pages and subpages within OneNote sections, rename pages, drag and drop to structure hierarchies, and use right-click options and keyboard shortcuts to manage content.

Explore OneNote for Windows 10, preinstalled on Windows 10 devices, and learn to navigate the compact ribbons, manage notebooks, and organize pages with drag-and-drop and sort.

add and format text notes on OneNote pages using movable placeholders, the insert tab, and home tab styles; organize with headings, bullets, highlighting, and format painter.

Learn to send content to OneNote with the send to OneNote tool, installing it and sending emails, Excel spreadsheets, or Word documents to a specific OneNote page.

Install the OneNote Clipper browser extension and clip web content by selecting regions or full pages, sending clips to a notebook section with a link back to the source.

Learn to use OneNote's screen clipping utility to capture any content—from maps to documents—and paste into your page, then resize and manage the clipping, including making text searchable later.

Insert local and online pictures into OneNote pages via the insert tab, managing placeholders, alignment, and resizing. Use Creative Commons filters and consider licensing for commercial use.

Embed online videos in OneNote by pasting a URL from YouTube, Vimeo, or TED Talks into the online video option, then view and play directly in the page.

Insert and manage files in your OneNote notebooks using file printouts, attachments, and spreadsheets, with the ability to refresh printouts after updating the source documents.

Learn to record audio and video in OneNote, insert them on a page, and bookmark notes to the recording for easy navigation and playback with targeted segments.

Learn how to insert links in OneNote notebooks, including web links, file links, and links to other sections, using the insert tab, the links group, and the keyboard shortcut ctrl.

learn to insert equations and symbols in OneNote using the built-in equation editor, predefined equations and symbols, and handwriting conversion for touchscreens.

Master Microsoft OneNote shows how to copy and paste from Word and Excel, using paste options like keep source formatting, merge formatting, keep text only, or insert as picture.

Learn to insert items in OneNote for Windows 10 using the insert tab—tables, files, printouts, pictures, and online video—then format text with the home tab.

Master one note font formatting to improve readability and structure, using the mini toolbar and ribbon. Apply fonts, sizes, colors, highlighting, bold, italic, underline, superscript, subscript, and alignment across paragraphs.

Learn to format notes in OneNote with bullets, numbering, and bold headings for clear structure, and use the format painter to copy formatting across text.

Learn to apply and manage styles in OneNote to create a consistent, readable notebook. Use heading levels, subheadings, quotes, and the format painter for fast, cohesive formatting.

Organize notes in OneNote by inserting and formatting tables, resizing columns, and applying shading and alignment. Copy and paste data, sort rows, and convert tables to Excel for advanced handling.

Use the OneNote to-do tag to create a simple project checklist, add items, and tick them off, while customizing the tag with symbol, color, and highlight.

Master OneNote’s spell and grammar checks, enable as-you-type or end-of-page review, add terms to the dictionary, and correct errors individually page by page for professional notes.

Format notes in Windows 10 OneNote with heading styles, to-do tags, and custom tags; use format painter, manage lists, and check spelling settings.

Explore OneNote's search tools, from across all notebooks to on-page text and image content. Use quoted phrases, scope controls, and commands to locate notes, even in audio or video.

Learn to tag notes in OneNote to organize information, quickly locate important items, customize tags, find tags, and generate a tag-based summary page for streamlined collaboration.

Explore one note interface organization on the view tab, switching between normal and full page, docking windows, creating new windows, and using quick notes and linked notes for efficient work.

Dock OneNote beside your workspace to create linked notes that automatically reference documents or web pages, and manage them with options to save snippets and thumbnails.

Search by tags in OneNote for Windows 10 to locate items and view recent notes, while organizing the interface with the view tab, immersive reader, and page defaults.

Explore OneNote's page setup options to customize fonts, colors, lines, and print settings from the view tab for a streamlined workflow.

Explore how to customize OneNote pages with background colors or images, set a background image for better readability, and use rule lines or grid lines to organize notes.

Set the default font to Sugo UI at 12 points with dark purple color for new pages. Adjust the office background and theme, and tailor page tabs and navigation options.

Explore papacies (paper sizes) in OneNote, adjust margins and orientation from the view tab, preview prints, and learn to save page templates for consistent formatting.

Explore Windows 10 OneNote page setup: adjust page color, apply rule or grid lines, enable automatic pages with rules, and customize theme (dark or light) via settings.

Apply OneNote templates to new pages to create consistent layouts, backgrounds, and built-in to-do checklists, and browse and select templates from the insert tab.

Design and save a custom OneNote template with a light blue background, tags, and notes, then apply it as the default for new pages in a section.

Discover how to use templates in OneNote for Windows 10 by creating a page template and setting it as the section's default, while noting limited desktop functionality.

Master OneNote's drawing tools to handwrite notes, draw shapes, and convert handwriting to text, switching between pen mode and typing with touch, stylus, or mouse, and adjust color and thickness.

Discover how to insert and edit shapes in OneNote using the draw tab, shape gallery, and pen options, including color and thickness, erase and delete tools, and touch mode drawing.

Enable rule lines for neater handwriting on touch devices, then convert handwriting to typed text with ink to text in the draw tab, including ink to math.

Explore how to use drawing tools in OneNote for Windows 10, including draw with touch, pen options, color, shapes, ink to shape, and basic editing tools.

Tag action items in OneNote and sync them with Outlook tasks to manage deadlines, using tags for today, tomorrow, this week, next week, or custom dates.

Learn to pull meeting details from Outlook into OneNote, including subject, date, time, attendees, and a calendar link. Refresh details as needed and share notes with participants.

Email a single OneNote page to Outlook using the email page feature, and use export options to save or share the page as PDF, Word, or blog post.

Learn how to insert meeting details in OneNote for Windows 10 by signing in with a Microsoft account to access Outlook calendars, select a day, insert details, and refresh.

Save your notebook to a shareable location like OneDrive to enable collaboration. Move it from a local drive to OneDrive when sharing with teammates.

Learn how to share notebooks by saving to a shared location like one drive, inviting people, setting can view or can edit permissions, generating sharing links, and managing access.

Upgrade legacy OneNote notebooks from 2007 to the latest 2010-2016 format using the notebook properties and default format option. Be aware that you cannot downgrade to older versions.

Export OneNote content by selecting the current page, section, or notebook in Word, PDF, or OneNote package formats. Name the file and note how to unpack a packaged notebook.

Learn to synchronize OneNote notebooks across desktop and cloud with Microsoft 365, enable automatic syncing, view sync status, and use manual or sync all options.

Set up OneNote for Windows 10 by linking your Microsoft account to OneDrive, enabling automatic syncing, and sharing notebooks with others via email links and permissions.