Summary

In this chapter, you learned some examples of where OneNote can help you stay organized, such as with projects, in meetings, when capturing your ideas, and even with helping to track information in your personal life. You also saw the advantages of OneNote with regards to searching, organizing, and accessibility, and how it compares to other notetaking methods. The differences between the OneNote versions were covered to help you to identify which OneNote version you have on your computer. Furthermore, information detailing the best place to store your notebook was presented so that you can understand your options for sharing and how OneNote integrates with other Microsoft products such as Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive.

You also learned how to install OneNote on other devices so that you can open any notebook(s) from anywhere you choose. Last but not least, you were introduced to the OneNote web application so that you can open your notebook(s) anytime, anywhere.

Take the time now, before moving on to the next chapter, to get OneNote installed on your computer as well as on your smartphone and tablet. Then, you can easily follow along with the instructions in this book moving forward.

In this chapter, you discovered that the first installation of OneNote created a default notebook. In Chapter 3, Creating Notebooks, Sections, and Pages, we will go into detail on creating more notebooks and why that will be of benefit to you.

All of this sets the foundation for the rest of this book, starting with the next chapter, where we will explore more about using OneNote by identifying the parts of the screen, toolbars, and menus. We will look at all these different areas of OneNote as they appear on the computer, the smartphone, and the iPad.