OneNote structure
To take advantage of OneNote's features to save everything you need in your day-to-day tasks without turning it into a mess, you need to understand the tool's architecture.
OneNote is made up of three main components: notebooks, sections, and pages:
- Notebooks are like college notebooks but with the advantage of having infinite pages and not getting heavier with notes every day. The idea here is to divide your notebooks by thinking about who will be able to access them; I commonly see people having at least one personal, one family, and one business notebook.
- Sections are like your notebook's material dividers; it's through them that you group the pages of your notebooks by themes, categories, or products.
- Pages are where you freely create your notes.
Once you are comfortable with working in OneNote, you can begin to play with two additional features, section groups and subpages.
Section groups give you the ability to...