Use OneNote Mobile
Keep on top of things at home, work, or school using text, pictures, or audio in Microsoft OneNote Mobile. Whether you need to pick up a few things from the grocery store on the way home, review notes from a meeting or class, or plan something, you can stay organized and get things done from your phone using OneNote.
To create a new note
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In the App list, tap OneNote
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In a section or page, tap New
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If you want to enter a title, tap Enter title, and then type a title.
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Tap below the title, and then type your notes.
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When you're done, press the Back
button twice to go back to your notes and save your changes. If you have a Microsoft account set up on your phone, your changes will be saved in your default notebook on SkyDrive. If there isn't a default notebook on SkyDrive, a new notebook named My Notebook will be created and your notes will be saved there. To learn more, see Sync documents with SkyDrive.
If you don't have a Microsoft account set up on your phone, your changes will be saved on your phone in the Quick Notes section.
Notes
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Like Microsoft OneNote on your computer, your changes are saved
automatically when you leave OneNote Mobile, such as when you press the
Back or Start
buttons on your phone.
- If you don't type a title, the first line of text in your note will be used as the title.
Tip
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Want to take a note with your voice? Press and hold the
Start button to start
Speech, and then say
"Note" followed by what you want to note. For example, "Note don't forget milk
and bread."
To open a note
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In the App list, tap OneNote
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Tap the note to open it. If you don't see the note, do one or more of the following:
- Tap Search
, type a word or two that might be in the note, and then tap Enter 
. Tap a page to open it. - If you see a list of notebooks on the OneNote screen, tap the notebook that contains the note, navigate to that page, and then tap to open it. The notebooks that appear can be on your phone, SkyDrive, a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 (or later) site, or a SharePoint Online site, which is available with Microsoft Office 365.
- Tap Recent
to view a list of notes you’ve recently opened, and then tap a page to open it.
- Tap Search
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To view different parts of the note, zoom in and out by stretching and pinching your fingers, and scroll by flicking up or down.
Notes
- OneNote Mobile doesn't support all the features that are found in Microsoft OneNote Web App or Microsoft OneNote 2010 or later. If a note has content that's not supported in OneNote Mobile, you can still open the note and view it on your phone, but the unsupported content won't be displayed.
- If you open a OneNote file that was attached to an email, you can't save or edit that file on your phone.
- If the note you want to open is in a closed notebook, tap the notebook under Closed notebooks to open it, and then navigate to the note or search for it.
Tips
- Have a note you use a lot, such as one with your to-do list in it? Pin it to Start so you can open it quickly. In OneNote, tap and hold the note, and then tap Pin to start.
- You can copy content from a note and paste it into other files, apps, or messages on your phone.
To create a to-do list
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Tap in the body of a note, tap To do
, and then type the first item. -
Tap Enter
, and then type the second item. -
To end the to-do list, tap Enter
twice.
To create other kinds of lists
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Do one or more of the following in a note:
- To create a bulleted list, tap List
. - To create a numbered list, tap More
> Numbered list.
- To create a bulleted list, tap List
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Type the first item.
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Tap Enter
, and then type the second item. -
To end the list, tap Enter
twice.
To insert a picture in a note
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In a note, tap Picture
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Do one of the following:
- To take a new picture and insert it, tap Camera
, press the camera button or tap the screen to take a picture, and then tap Accept. - To insert an existing picture, tap the album that contains the picture you want to insert, tap the picture (or pictures), and then tap Done
.
- To take a new picture and insert it, tap Camera
Tip
Want to create a new note that has some pictures you took on your
phone? On Start , tap Photos 
> Camera roll > Select
> tap the pictures you want to include in your note
> Share 
> OneNote.
To add audio to a note
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In a note, tap Audio
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Speak and record what you want to say.
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Tap Stop when you're done.
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To play the audio, tap Audio note
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To format text in a note
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In a note, tap a word, and then drag the circles at each end of the selected text to include the first and last words you want to format.
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Tap More
> Format. -
Under Format, tap the text formatting you want to use.
The text formatting options include Bold
, Italic 
, Underline 
, and Strikethrough 
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To stop formatting text, tap after the selected text, tap More
> Format, and then tap the icon for the formatting that's currently being used to turn it off.
Tip
You can apply more than one formatting option. To do this, select
the text to format, tap More > Format, and then choose the first
formatting option. After that, tap More > Format again, and then choose another
formatting option.
To start a new page in a specific notebook
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On the OneNote screen, tap a notebook (it can be opened or closed), tap a section, and then tap New
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To delete a page
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In OneNote, open the section in the notebook that has the page you want to delete.
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Tap and hold the page, and then tap Delete.
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Tap Yes in the Delete page? message box.
If the notebook is on SkyDrive or SharePoint, the page will be deleted on both your phone and the server.
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To delete a page that's currently open, tap More
> Delete > Yes to confirm.
Tip
You can also delete more than one page at a time. In the section
that has the pages you want to delete, tap More > Select pages > tap the pages you
want to delete > Delete 
> Delete to confirm.
To send a note in email
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In OneNote, open the note you want to send as an attachment in email.
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Tap More
> Share, and then tap the email account you want to use to send the note. -
Add the recipient and any other information to your email, and then tap Send
.
