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Since OneNote 2007 notebooks have some compatibility issues in OneNote 2010, that's why it doesn’t encourage editing notebooks created in previous versions, however, if you’re dealing with a huge pile of notebooks created in OneNote 2007, they can be easily converted in OneNote 2010 to prevent you from compatibility issues. Read More

OneNote 2010 offers simple options to insert tables and images into selected notebook section. Along with linking with tables in other Office application, it also lets user quickly insert tables in the notebook section. Read More

Unlike other note taking applications, OneNote 2012 provides content containers, which act just like content place holders, allowing users to quickly separate content written within the notebook. Not only does it help you easily organize notes, it also lets you quickly resize and delete container content without having to manually select the text present inside the container. By default the containers are enabled, and OneNote automatically creates one as soon as you add content to your notebook. However, if you want to disable content containers, you can easily do so from OneNote 2010 Options dialog. If you love using containers to separate the content, OneNote offers you a quick way to merge two selected containers, present within a single note sheet. In this post, we will explain how you can merge two containers together. This will append the content from one container to selected container.  Read More

OneNote 2010 lets user attach files seamlessly, no matter which type of file you want to attach, just specify the link to insert it in your notebook section. For inserting an attachment in OneNote, open notebook and from Insert tab, in Files group, click Attach File. Read More

Today, we have a small trick that you can apply to create a hyperlink to any file residing on your local drives/remote locations. You can easily create a link to any file, just write the whole path of a file anywhere in the section. The link must be written in this format;

file://<drive letter>/<path>

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Here we have a small trick which you can apply to your notebook containers to split their content into two. OneNote 2010 lets you easily split the content of the container without having to cut the content and paste into another. To breakdown the text in container into two containers, head over to Insert tab and under Insert group, click Insert Space. Read More

Looking for a way to change the default color assigned to your notebook section? OneNote 2010 automatically applies a random color to your notebook section as well as its pages, sub pages and 3rd level sub pages. Whenever you click the new tab on the tab bar present in the main window, it creates a new notebook section and enables you to tweak the default settings including paper size, rule lines, gridlines etc., of the notebook page from the View tab on the ribbon. Although OneNote 2010 provides you with an option to change the default notebook page color in order to visually differentiate between multiple notebook pages, it doesn't offer a direct way to change the default color while creating a new section. Using the tab right-click context menu, you can quickly change the section color; just click the required notebook section's tab, and from Section Color menu, select the color you wish to apply to your notebook section. Read More

Like its counterparts, OneNote 2010 let users open two windows side-by-side, so they can compare two notebooks sections easily. Let’s see how to open an exclusive window in OneNote. Read More

To capture screen and insert it in specific notebook section, make sure that OneNote 2010 is running in the background. Press Windows key+S on keyboard and draw a box on screen to capture the area. Once box is drawn, it will open OneNote dialog to let you specify notebook section. specify the location and click Send Selected Location. Read More

OneNote 2010 is just like any other word processing application that supports direct mailto links. It is helpful because users don't have to hyperlink the mail address manually. Hyperlinking to any email address is a quick way to email. If you want to create an important note or reminder and also want to start emailing in just one click, then you can use mailto: function. Read More

You might have noticed that on entering data, inserting table, or image, OneNote 2010 encloses every element in a container. Read More

Tagging helps user in finding out specific notebook element easily. If you’ve tagged all of your notebooks elements, OneNote 2010 provides a handy feature which lets you find all the tagged items in a snap. Read More