Taking and Formatting Notes

Core Training for Microsoft Office OneNote 2003

Taking and Formatting Notes

Creating a Structure for Storing Notes

1	To open a folder, click the Garden Company folder tab.
2	To create a new folder within the Garden Company folder, click the Insert menu, and then click New Folder.
3	To name the folder, for the purposes of this exercise, press SPACEBAR to have the folder name typed for you.
4	To complete the naming of the folder, press ENTER.
5	To open the new folder, click the Garden Expo Notes tab.
6	To create a section in the Garden Expo Notes folder, on the Standard toolbar, click the indicated New Section button.
7	To name the section, press SPACEBAR to have the text of the name typed for you.
8	To complete the naming of the section, press ENTER.
9	To add a title to this page, click the Title area and then press SPACEBAR to have the page title typed for you.
10	To complete the naming of the page, press ENTER.
11	To add another page to the section, click the indicated New Page tab.
12	To name the new page, press SPACEBAR to have the page title typed for you in the Title area.
13	To complete the naming of the page, press ENTER.
14	To create a subpage, click the Vendors page tab, and then click the indicated New Subpage tab.

Adding Notes

1	To enter a note, in the note container where the insertion point is blinking, for the purposes of this exercise, press SPACEBAR to have the note text typed for you.
2	To create another line below the first one in the same note, press ENTER, and then press SPACEBAR to have additional text typed for you.
3	To finish this note and create another note container to its right, move the pointer to the right side of the page as indicated, and then click the page.
4	To enter another note, press SPACEBAR to have the note's text typed for you.
5	To finish this note and create another note container, click the indicated area of the page.
6	To enter text in the active note container, press SPACEBAR to have the note's text typed for you.
7	To finish this note, click an empty area of the page below the active note.
8	To move a note, point to the title bar of the note on the right, and when the move pointer appears, drag the note down and to the left, allowing the page to scroll left, and drop it just below the first note.
9	To combine two notes, point to the title bar of the note on the right, and when the move pointer appears, drag it to the first note, to just below the text Get finalized list of vendors from Kim.

Formatting Notes and Correcting Spelling

1	To make text bold, drag from left to right across July 5. in the first note, and then on the Standard toolbar, click the Bold button.
2	To italicize text, drag from left to right across equipment order form in the third note, and on the Standard toolbar, click the Italic button.
3	To change the font color, double-click Kim in the second note, on the Formatting toolbar, click the Font Color arrow, and then click the indicated Blue box.
4	To highlight text, double-click 25 in the second note, on the Formatting toolbar, click the Highlight arrow, and then click the Bright Green box (2nd box in top row).
5	To change the font of part of a note to make it stand out, drag from left to right across Need at least 25. to select it.
6	To change the font of the selected text, on the Formatting toolbar, click the Font arrow, click below the scroll box in the scroll bar of the font list, and then click Wide Latin.
7	To change the font size of the selected text, on the Formatting toolbar, click the Font Size arrow, and then click 12.
8	To add a note about a presenter, click the Presenters page tab, and note that the cursor is in the empty note container under the page header.
9	To add note text in this note container, for the purposes of this exercise, press SPACEBAR to have the note text typed for you.
10	To correct the spelling of the name Cisco, double-click the word Cysco, and then press SPACEBAR, and the correct spelling will be typed for you.
11	To have OneNote correct the spelling of this word automatically whenever you repeat this typographical error, click the Tools menu, and then click AutoCorrect Options.
12	To enter the text you consistently mistype, in the AutoCorrect dialog box, press SPACEBAR to have the text typed for you in the Replace box.
13	To enter the text that you want to replace the misspelling, click the With box, and then press SPACEBAR to have the text typed for you.
14	To complete the AutoCorrect entry, in the AutoCorrect dialog box, click OK.
15	To create another note about the same presenter, move the mouse pointer to the right of the first note, and then click the page as indicated, to create a new note container.
16	To enter note text and see your spelling corrected automatically, press SPACEBAR, and the text will be typed for you.
17	To view your AutoCorrect options for the word Cisco, click the AutoCorrect SmartTag.

Inserting Special Content

1	To add a note about rotating the podium, click in the indicated area below the first note.
2	To add text here, for the purposes of this exercise, press SPACEBAR and the note text will be typed for you.
3	To view a list of special characters and symbols that you can insert, click the Insert menu, and then click Symbol.
4	To insert the degree symbol, in the Symbol dialog box, click once below the scroll box on the scroll bar, click the indicated º symbol, click Insert, and then click Close.
5	To insert a date-and-time stamp at the bottom of the active note, press ENTER to move to the next line in the note, and then on the Standard toolbar, click the Date and Time button, as indicated.

Creating Notes with a Mouse or Stylus

1	To change the pen tool, on the Standard toolbar, click the Pen arrow (fifth from the right), and then click the Black (thick) felt tip pen.
2	To add a rock to the garden plan, for the purposes of this exercise, press SPACEBAR and a circle will be drawn for you using the pen tool.
3	To turn off the pen so that you can add a label to the drawing, on the Standard toolbar, click the indicated Type/Selection Tool button, click below the word Water in the note on the left, and then press ENTER.
4	To label the rock, for the purposes of this exercise, press SPACEBAR to have the label text typed for you.
5	To switch to the pen tool so that you can draw an arrow, on the Standard toolbar, click the Pen arrow, and then click Black (thin).
6	To draw an arrow from the label to the rock, press SPACEBAR, and wait as an arrow is drawn for you.
7	To make a change to a note from your Pocket PC, double-click the word short in the fourth line, and press the DELETE key.
8	To highlight some handwritten note text, on the Standard toolbar, click the Pen arrow, click the Yellow highlighter, and drag across heterolepsis.
9	To turn off the highlighter, on the Standard toolbar, click the Pen button, and then click the title bar of the page to see the results.