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OneNote Beginners Tutorial
Key2Success Dec 17
By Branden Bodendorfer 0 Comments

OneNote Beginners Tutorial

Learn how to use OneNote on the iPad in just a few minutes with this helpful video. Maximize your digital planning, note-taking, and journaling experience on the iPad using OneNote.

OneNote is a free app. It works across Apple devices and Windows devices, allowing you to easily sync across devices. Designed like a binder, OneNote has sections, tabs, and pages.

In today’s video, I walk you through some of the basic tips to get you started with using OneNote for digital note-taking. I cover:

  • How to navigate through OneNote
  • The handwriting experience in OneNote
  • The typing experience in OneNote
  • How to use the lasso tool to move notes around
  • How to insert more pages and templates
  • How to share pages

Many of our planner users requested these basic tips on how to use their iPad as a digital planner and note-taking device. I illustrate how to write, type, select, copy and move content. Learn with me in less than 10 minutes on how to use OneNote for digital note-taking.

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What is OneNote?

OneNote: OneNote is a versatile note-taking app developed by Microsoft. It is available across multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android. Some key features of OneNote include:

  1. Organizational Structure: OneNote uses a hierarchical structure with notebooks, sections, and pages, allowing for easy organization and navigation.

  2. Rich Media Support: You can insert various types of content, such as text, images, audio, video, tables, and files, into your notes.

  3. Collaboration: OneNote offers robust collaboration features, enabling real-time collaboration and sharing of notebooks with others.

  4. Integration with Microsoft Office Suite: OneNote seamlessly integrates with other Microsoft Office applications, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Key2Success Planners

Choose the Application that you plan to use for digital planning.

OneNote

OneNote logo featuring a purple notebook icon, representing a digital planning tool for effective organization and note-taking.

Application works across Windows, Android and Apple. Also Web version all available. Great for Desktop, Laptop and Mobile users.

GoodNotes

GoodNotes app icon featuring a notepad with lines and a stylus, representing digital planning and note-taking tools for Apple devices.

Application works across Apple devices. Great for iPad, Mac and iPhone users. PDF Annotation App designed for Note-Taking

Noteshelf

Noteshelf app icon featuring a blue background with a white pen, representing digital planning and note-taking tools for Apple devices.

Application works across Apple devices. Great for iPad, Mac and iPhone users. PDF Annotation App designed for Note-Taking

Notability

Notability app icon featuring a pencil on a blue background, representing digital note-taking tools for Apple devices in the context of digital planning.

Application works across Apple devices. Great for iPad, Mac and iPhone users. PDF Annotation App designed for Note-Taking

Samsung Notes

Samsung Notes application icon, designed for digital planning on Samsung devices, highlighting note-taking features.

Application works across Samsung devices. Great for Samsung Tab and Samsung Galaxy Users. Including Z Fold 3, S6, S7, S8 and S22. 

reMarkable

reMarkable logo on a black background, representing ePaper devices for digital note-taking and PDF annotation.

Works with ePaper Devices, like the reMarkable, SuperNote and many more. A PDF Annotation Planner allows users to take digital notes.

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