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Copy Text From Picture versus Select Text from Image in OneNote
A fellow member of the Victoria Office 365 Users Group recently shared his excitement at discovering the Optical character recognition (OCR) functionality in Microsoft OneNote. He was particularly excited about the “Copy Text From Picture” function that gives you the ability to copy text from an image or screenshot you’ve pasted onto a Page. It just takes one right …
Read onHow to Insert Multiple Links to Multiple Pages in OneNote
I use the Copy Link to Page every day to point my colleagues to various OneNote pages in our Corporate OneNote Notebooks. Here’s an example of what I’m talking about using one of my personal Notebooks that I use for storing recipes: Right click on the page you want to make a hyperlink to. Select …
Read onHow to Draw a Straight Line in OneNote
I wanted to annotate a PDF to clearly point out the required revisions to a colleague. I usually use Snagit Editor as it has powerful annotation tools – there are varied options and the result is polished and precise. I find that my attempts to use the drawing tool in OneNote end up sloppy. It’s …
Read onThe Dos and Don’ts of Naming OneNote Sections
Breaking best practices for file naming conventions has long been one of my pet peeves. And I see a lot of it – enough to throw my hands up in the air and scream: “ ? * \ / : < > | & X ” %“ ! So the other day while attempting to pair down my OneNote Notebook …
Read onKeep OneNote To Do Lists Tidy Using the Subscript Keyboard Shortcut
There are hundreds of keyboard shortcuts to explore. I recently happened upon one by accident that has changed how I work with To Do lists in Microsoft OneNote. I use the To Do tag to place a checkbox beside each item in my list so I can mark a task complete when I’m done. Next …
Read onMicrosoft OneNote Page Link Broken – Couldn’t Open That Location Solution
Recently I had a few colleagues complaining that the Microsoft OneNote hyperlinks I was sending them via Outlook emails and Lync instant messages weren’t working. One of two things was happening: 1. The Notebook was opening to the correct section, but not to the correct page, and they’d need to look back at the link …
Read onKeyboard Shortcut to Clear Formatting in Microsoft Office
I love keyboard shortcuts! My top three favourite keyboard shortcuts that I use every single day and could not live without are: Ctrl + K Windows + S Windows + right arrow / left arrow I spent the majority of my workday toggling between Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Lync, and Microsoft SharePoint – but the one program I never shut down – even …
Read onFixing Formatting of OneNote Quick Notes
I use Quick Notes in OneNote every single day via the Send to OneNote feature to jot down bits of information that I don’t want to misplace or accidentally close without saving (i.e. the great Notepad disaster of September 2013). Up until recently I thought there was no way to “convert” a Quick Note to a Page …
Read on“OneNote 2013 (desktop) is not currently my default OneNote experience” Warning
A new popup greeted me when I opened the desktop version of OneNote 2013 (desktop) today… check it out: Wanting to see what would happen if I clicked “Ask me later,” I later discovered that the next time I opened the program, it was slow to load… (There was a moment of panic when I thought I was …
Read onBe Wary of Using Cut/Paste to Move Pages in Microsoft OneNote
I have discovered one potential issue for unschooled users who like to cut/paste pages instead of move/copy pages that could cause OneNote to not function as expected. Therefore I my best practices recommendation is to use the Move or Copy function instead of the Cut function whenever possible. Here’s why: You don’t have the option to …
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