Microsoft Office OneNote – Develop Digital Note-Taking Skills

One Day • Instructor Led

In our fast-paced digital world, the need to capture ideas, meeting notes, and to-do items is ever present. Microsoft Office OneNote provides a way for you to efficiently create and collect your notes in an electronic notebook. This course will introduce you to using OneNote notebooks to store a wide variety of content in an organized structure, access the content from anywhere, and also share it with others. Additionally, learning how OneNote and the other applications in the suite are integrated increases your productivity with Microsoft Office.

Course Objective: In this course, you will develop digital note-taking skills by creating, modifying, and managing OneNote notebooks that work with other Microsoft Office programs.

You will:

  • Navigate and customize the OneNote interface and environment.
  • Add and format text, images, audio, links, and drawing objects to a notebook.
  • Embed Excel spreadsheets and attach other files to a notebook.
  • Categorize, organize, and search notebook content.
  • Check spelling in, print, and password-protect notebooks.
  • Use Outlook and OneDrive to send and share notebook content.
  • Export notebook content and manage notebook history and backups.

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Getting Started with OneNote

  • Navigate the OneNote Environment
  • Use Templates
  • Customize the OneNote User Interface

Lesson 2: Adding and Formatting Notebook Content

  • Apply Formatting to Notebook Content
  • Insert Images and Audio into a Notebook
  • Add Quick Notes and Links
  • Use Drawing Tools

Lesson 3: Embedding and Attaching Files

  • Embed Excel Spreadsheets
  • Attach Other File Types

Lesson 4: Organizing and Searching Notebooks

  • Use Tags
  • Organize and Search Notebooks

Lesson 5: Finalizing a Notebook

  • Proof and Print a Notebook
  • Configure Password Protection and Notebook Properties

Lesson 6: Managing Notebook Files

  • Export Content from OneNote Notebooks
  • Back Up and Restore Notebook Content

Lesson 7: Sending and Sharing OneNote Content

  • Send OneNote Content in Other Formats
  • Share OneNote Content by Using OneDrive

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