A conversation about OneNote

In Episode 57 of the Microsoft 365 Voice, Antonio, Mike, and I discuss (and debate) how we use and organize our OneNote notebooks. This was an interesting conversation…and it came with clear differences in how #TeamMike, #TeamSarah, and #TeamAntonio work.

Topics covered in this episode include:

Methods for organizing OneNote notebooks

• Using a single shared notebook for each client or project we’re engaged in
• Moving older notes to an “archive” notebook
• Using OneNote sections, pages, and notebooks to sort & distinguish content

Methods for finding content in our OneNote notebooks

• Building out an information architecture & organizational system (#TeamMike)
• Using search to find content across our notebooks (#TeamSarah)

Trends we see

• Each of us have 15–20 work notebooks we access regularly
• We all have different methodologies for creating and storing shared OneNote notebooks
• We regularly see users bypass email retention limits by saving emails to OneNote
• We use OneNote differently at home than at work…

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Originally published at http://blog.splibrarian.com on August 4, 2021.