LFCDSONENOTE

PRIMERA quick guide to using OneNote for

LFCDS Lower School teachers

OVERVIEW1. Arranging Notebooks2. Parts of a Notebook3. Features in OneNote4. Syncing the Notebook5. Habit Forming Tips

ARRANGING NOTEBOOKS On the left-hand side of OneNote, you

will see a sidebar with a list of currently open notebooks:The list might be expanded

or collapsed (see examples)

To move a notebook up or downin the list, left+click and holdon the notebook and drag itup or down to the order ofyour choice

Expanded

Collapsed

PARTS OF A NOTEBOOK Think of your OneNote Notebook as a physical notebook.

When viewing a notebook in OneNote, you will see the following items:SectionsSection GroupsPages

WHAT IS A SECTION? A Section is a collection of pages. Imagine you have a divider in a physical

notebook. A Section is the space between two dividers, which contains many pages

Sections are displayed along the top of the notebook as Tabs. This is like the tabs that you label on a divider in a physical notebook

Notebook Name Sections

WHAT ARE SECTION GROUPS? Think of Section Groups as folders. Many sections can be placed within a

Section Group for organization purposes.

Section Groups appear at the top next to other sections.

Click on the Section Group to view the sections it contains.Sections Section Groups

NAVIGATING BACKWARDS Use the Green Arrow to navigate back to the parent section group

WHAT ARE PAGES? Pages are where you enter data of

various types Pages are displayed on the right-hand

side of the section you are viewing

BASIC FEATURES OF ONENOTE

Menus &Toolbars Typing Pen Input Graphics Recording Sound & Video

MENUS & TOOLBARS Along the top you will see the

standard Menus. Below them are configurable

ToolbarsRight+Click on an empty space to

add or remove toolbarsDrag toolbars into desired positions

TYPE ANYWHERE! Just click anywhere in a page to

start typing. Drag text boxes around for

organization. Warning: OneNote is not

necessarily made for beautiful printed document creation. It is for organizing your thoughts and gathering information.

PEN INPUT GALORE! Use your tablet stylus to begin writing in the notebook.

Enable the My Pens toolbar to easily change between common pen sizes and colors

GRAPHICS? WHERE? Copy and paste pictures from your web

browser right into the notebook Drag a picture from your web browser

into the notebook pageOneNote will automatically put a link to the

page you grabbed the picture from Use the Snipping Tool to capture screen

elements into the notebookStart -> All Programs -> Accessories ->

Snipping Tool

MULTIMEDIA Head to the Insert menu, and select

Audio Recording or Video recording to add audio or video clips to the page.

NOTEBOOK SYNCING OneNote automates synchronizing the

notebook! As long as you open OneNote while on

campus, everyone’s recent changes will sync to the network, and sync out to everyone’s computer.

You can work on the notebook away from campus, then just open OneNote once you return to campus to sync your updates to everyone else

NOTEBOOK SYNC STATUS The left-hand sidebar will show you the

sync status of a notebookThe notebook is up to date, indicated by the

large green checkmark:

The notebook is synchronizing changes when the green circle is rotating:

The notebook cannot synchronizeindicated by the red circle-slash

GET IN THE HABIT! Pin OneNote to the taskbar!

While it is open, right+click and select “Pin this program to the taskbar.”

Open OneNote every day, and leave it open until you shut down to leave!Treat it as being just as important as

Outlook.Keeping it open ensures you have the latest

information available when you leave campus.

Use the notebook as much as you can. Create new notebooks for other

purposes! Have fun with it!

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