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Learn How to Prioritize and Stay Organized with Microsoft OneNote

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Why use Microsoft OneNote?

Meet Microsoft OneNote, a digital notebook tool where you can take notes, organize your thoughts and ideas, and share your content with others. Read on for our top five tips for using OneNote to boost productivity and organization. Using OneNote, you will remember where you jotted down that vital note. You will have an organized and clean workstation and won't have a desk full of sticky notes.

Stay organized with notebooks, sections, and pages

  • Take advantage of OneNote’s hierarchical structure to organize your ideas efficiently.
  • You can start by creating notebooks. Each notebook can represent a broad category or project.
  • You can add sections. Within each notebook, create sections to categorize information further. Sections are like dividers within a notebook.
  • You can add pages to your sections. You can use pages for specific pieces of content within your sections. This could be a meeting agenda, project outline, or class notes.
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