How to Create a Microsoft Office OneNote Notebook

The Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 notebook is a convenient, easy-to-use application with all the benefits of a notebook and the added convenience of being in an electronic format. Your NoteBook can be organized into sections, pages and sub-pages. You can save type in notes, record audio notes, copy files, and add hyperlinks among other types of data. What's more, your NoteBook is searchable. It takes just a few clicks to create a Microsoft Office OneNote notebook.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Launch Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 Notebook. Click on "File," "New" then "Notebook."

2. Type in a name for your notebook and choose a template for it as well. You have the option of using one of the generic templates that comes with OneNote, or you may choose a blank one and create one of your own. You can change the template at any time.

3. Click on "Next." Select "I will use it on this computer." Choose a location on your hard drive to save the Notebook. Click "Create." This will create you very first Notebook.

4. Add features to your Notebook to make it more useful, for example adding sections. Right-click on the tab labeled "New Section 1." Give the new section a name. You may, for example, give it a name related to the particular task you'll use it for.

5. Create additional sections if you want, a different section for each different task. Click on "File" and then "New" then "Section." Alternatively, click on the icon labeled "New" and select "Section" from the drop-down menu. Each tab you create will show up immediately.

6. Create some pages and sub-pages. Click on "New Page" which will open a new, blank page. There are also a number of colorfully designed page templates that you could use instead of the blank page.

7. Use the drop-down box that is next to "New Page" and select "Subpage" to create your sub-pages. This is another great feature to use to organize your Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 notebook.

Tips & Warnings

• Much like Microsoft Word, there is no seeming limit to the amount of information you can add to a particular page. However, to stay organized, it is more effective to use several pages and sub-pages under different sections. You can choose one from the drop-down box to the right of your window.
• You can delete a page imply by right-clicking on the particular page and selecting "Delete."

[zapped]

on 12/22/2009 Thanks for the information.