Why You Should Use OneNote and What You’ll Learn from This Course

Microsoft OneNote is a versatile, all-in-one note-taking tool that helps you stay organized, whether for personal or professional purposes. Unlike traditional note-taking apps, OneNote lets you integrate a variety of media into your notes, including audio, video, handwritten content, and even Outlook tasks. The ability to sync your notes securely on the cloud ensures your information is accessible anytime, anywhere, and on any device. Whether you’re at work, on the go, or at home, OneNote offers a seamless way to stay organized and productive.

After completing this course, you’ll have a solid understanding of how to manage your notes effectively. You’ll learn how to organize your notebooks by creating, opening, deleting, renaming, and even exporting them. You’ll also understand how to manage sections and pages, including password protection for sensitive information and organizing content into logical categories.

A key part of the course focuses on note-taking techniques. You’ll learn how to insert different types of content such as handwritten notes, audio recordings, video clips, and even Outlook tasks and meeting details. Formatting your notes will become second nature, and you’ll be able to create templates, restore deleted content, and add visual elements like images or files.

Additionally, the course will teach you how to search your notes efficiently, share them with colleagues, and even send pages via email. You’ll be able to customize how others view your notes, offering read-only access or the ability to edit, making collaboration smooth and easy.

By the end of the course, you’ll not only master the interface of OneNote but also unlock the full potential of the app to help you stay organized, productive, and creative.

Basics

• Knowledge of the Windows environment
• Access to a computer and Microsoft OneNote (versions 2013, 2016 or OFFICE 365)

• Take your notes on the OneNote app
• Organize and structure your notes
• Search your notes efficiently
• Share your notes
• Save your notes in OneDrive and access them from any device connected to the internet

Introduction to OneNote

• Introduction
  • What is One Note?
  • Overview of the possibilities of use (audio notes, manuscripts)
  • Privacy of your notes on the cloud
• Overview of the interface
  • Description of the window
  • Commands
  • Clipping notes (notebooks, sections, pages)

Managing your notes

• Manage notebooks
  • Quick notes
  • Create, Open, delete a notebook
  • Change the location of a notebook
  • Rename and change the color
  • Export a notebook
• Manage sections
  • Create sections and section groups
  • Organize, move, and export sections
  • Password protection of sections
• Manage pages
  • Create, rename, delete pages
  • Organize, move, and export pages

  • Format your pages

Take notes

• Note-taking
  • Insert handwritten, audio, or video content
  • Create Outlook tasks in OneNote
  • Insert your Outlook meeting details
  • Insert or create an Excel worksheet
  • Insert files, images, or links
  • Translate text into another language
• Formatting your notes
  • Formatting options
  • Styles in OneNote
  • Reproduce formatting
  • Indicators
  • Create a page template
  • Restore a page or section deleted by mistake
• Find your notes
  • Search for your notes via a keyword
  • Search for your notes via an indicator
  • Search by author
• Share your notes
  • Send a page by email
  • Share a notebook with or without editing rights
  • Share notes with an online meeting
  • Hide authors

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