Onenote Tips
Microsoft OneNote is a simple program underused by most Microsoft Office users. Conceptually, it is a virtual tabbed notebook in which you can keep and organize all the digital notes you like. When you open a OneNote page, you can drag-and-drop nearly anything, easily record sources of clipped information from websites, and make notes and annotations anywhere on your page. Microsoft OneNote comes bundled with every current version of Microsoft Office.
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Dock to Side
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The simplest way to work with OneNote is by having it open as a sidebar, while you're working in another program. Open OneNote, then look for the sidebar icon at the very top of the program window. It should be the fourth icon, and look like a gray upright rectangle with a smaller white rectangle containing lines. Hover your mouse over it, and it will say "Dock to Desktop." Click this. You can resize the window as you like.
Drag and Drop
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With OneNote docked to side, pull URLs onto OneNote by clicking the URL in the navigation bar once to highlight it. Then simply drag-and-drop over to your OneNote file. To quickly copy anything else to your OneNote, select the object and drag it just like the website URL to the OneNote page. For example, you can quickly drag-and-drop items from your iTunes catalog, or a file listing of image files to OneNote. You can just as easily drag selected text or images from a website to OneNote. When you do this, the source page will appear with the copied selection as a footnote.
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Tag Items for Categorical Searching
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Right-click the item, then hover over "Tag" in the QuickMenu to see pre-installed tag options. You can also easily add your own categories by going to "Customize Tags" at the bottom of the QuickMenu, and choosing "New Tag." Then create a "Display Name" and make any modifications you wish. Search for tagged items later by going to "Menu View," then "Normal View" and using the search box in the upper right of the screen.
Change Images to Searchable Text
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This is useful when you have an image or scan that includes text you would like to search. Right-click the image and select "Make Text in Image Searchable," then the appropriate language for the text. If you want to use the text somewhere else, you can right-click the OCR'd image and select "Copy Text from Picture." This will place the text on your clipboard, and from there you can simply paste into any text program. Because formatting is partially stripped in this process, you will probably have some clean-up work to do.
Record Searchable Audio and Video
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On the right end of your Home ribbon toolbar, you will see three icons, including a microphone and a video camera. Click the microphone to insert a recording you make directly from your computer. The menu into which you just clicked will change to a recording menu. Your computer, if it is equipped with a microphone, will automatically begin recording audio. If you want your audio to be searchable, make sure your microphone is of good quality and close to the speaker. Video recording works exactly the same way for computers with webcams, but make sure the camera is pointing the right way before starting.
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