OneNote 2013 A Complete Guide

Explore how OneNote acts as a free-form note-taking app with pages, sections, notebooks, and notes. Understand auto-save, cross-device sharing, and online vs desktop differences, including search and tags.

Navigate OneNote by creating a notebook in backstage view, choosing a save location or OneDrive, naming it, and understanding sections and pages for flexible, content anywhere note taking.

Create a new OneNote notebook from the backstage view, choose OneDrive or computer save, name the notebook, then add, rename, delete, and reorder pages within sections.

Organize your OneNote 2013 notebook by adding, renaming, reordering, deleting or merging section tabs, changing colors, and creating section groups for streamlined navigation.

Create subpages of an original page to organize notes in OneNote. Use drag-and-drop, right-click, and promote subpages to manage multiple levels and collapse or expand them.

Use page templates in OneNote 2013 via the Insert tab and templates pane to create meeting notes, apply decorative templates, and save custom templates as default templates.

Add text notes anywhere in OneNote, drag to move, auto save; copy from the web with control + Z and paste with control + V, including the source link.

Learn how OneNote uses containers to enclose content, resize, expand, and move items, and how to copy, paste, or delete containers across pages.

Apply basic formatting in OneNote 2013 using the home ribbon to set font style, size, color, bold, italic, and bullets, and copy formatting with the format painter.

Learn to insert, resize, and reposition pictures in a OneNote page from computer, online sources, or scans, and set images as backgrounds or capture screen clippings with Windows hotkeys.

Learn to capture ideas in OneNote by recording audio and video notes from the Insert tab, then play back and share WMV files with colleagues.

Learn to insert and customize tables in OneNote, manage rows and columns, add date or timestamp with keyboard shortcuts, and convert tables to Excel for expanded features.

Explore drawing tools in draw tab, pens, highlighters, shapes, and color and thickness, then switch to the type tool, erase, and use panning hand, lasso select, and ink to text.

Learn how to organize your OneNote 2013 notes by using built-in and custom tags, apply to-dos, questions, and critical items, and search and customize tags with hot keys.

Master the OneNote search tool to locate content across notebooks, sections, or pages, using the search bar and keyboard shortcuts like Control + F and Control + E.

Explore how to insert and manage links in OneNote 2013, creating web, file, and notebook navigation links, updating broken paths, and building a connected table of contents.

Share a OneNote 2013 notebook by inviting others via email or link from the file tab, after signing into OneDrive or SharePoint, with view or edit permissions in OneNote Online.

Explore how to view, restore, and manage page versions in OneNote 2013, using the history tab and Show Page Versions to recover earlier page edits and delete older versions.

Explore how to export a page, a section, or an entire notebook from the file tab, choosing OneNote, Word, or read-only PDF formats to share or archive.

Send a OneNote page using the Send feature from the File tab, choosing email, attachment, read-only PDF, Word, or a blog, with Outlook handling messages.

Learn to insert and attach files in OneNote using the insert tab and files group, including Excel, Visio, and Word printouts, and view content inline.

Use the dock to desktop view to take notes beside other windows in OneNote. Explore linked notes to link notes to source documents in Word, PowerPoint, or other apps.

Learn how to integrate OneNote with Outlook to send emails, meetings, contacts, and tasks into OneNote, drag and drop, printouts or attachments, and set a default location.

Learn to use OneNote on tablets and mobile devices with a stylus to take handwritten notes in the draw tab and convert ink to text or math.

Open OneNote options from the File tab, use the Save & Backup tab to set the backup folder and default notebook location, and adjust backup frequency and copies.

Learn to customize pages in OneNote 2013 by changing page color, adding rule or grid lines, and controlling the page title for a professional notebook look.

Customize the OneNote interface using the file backstage options, setting default fonts, colors, and username for shared notebooks. Explore display, backup, view options like full page and always on top.

Learn to customize OneNote’s ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar by creating a new tab, renaming groups, adding features, rearranging items, and hiding unused tabs for faster access.

Proof your OneNote notes with spell check and the research pane, then print with preview and options while protecting sections with time-based password settings.

Sync shared OneNote notebooks saved to OneDrive or SharePoint with automatic or manual options. Sync individual or all notebooks, work offline with offline copies, and resync when online.

Discover how OneNote 2013 acts as a freeform note taking app that consolidates information in one location, with notebooks, sections, pages, tags, sharing, and cross-device use.