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Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft OneNote is a digital note-taking application by Microsoft for capturing, organizing, and sharing notes across devices.

Frequently used shortcuts

Create a new page
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N
Undo the previous action
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Z
Redo the previous action, if possible
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Y
Cut the selected content to the clipboard
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X
Copy the selected content to the clipboard
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C
Paste the contents of the clipboard
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V
Open a notebook
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O
Enter or exit the full-screen mode
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F
Close the current notebook
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W
Synchronize this notebook
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S
Synchronize all notebooks
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S
Select all items on the current page
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A
Select the page title
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T
Increase the paragraph indent
or
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]
Decrease the paragraph indent
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or
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[
Zoom in
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=
Zoom out
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-
Reset the zoom magnification
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0
Collapse an expanded outline
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Expand a collapsed outline
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Open the selected link
or
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Copy the selected formatting
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C
Paste the copied formatting
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V
Find text on the page
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F
Find text within all open notebooks
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F

Navigate within pages

Move one word to the left
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Move one word to the right
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Move to the beginning of the line
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Move to the end of the line
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Move up one paragraph
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or
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Move down one paragraph
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or
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Scroll up in the current page
Pg Up
Scroll down in the current page
Pg Dn
Move the cursor up in the current outline
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Move the cursor to the title of the current page
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T

Edit text and graphics

Cut the selected content to the clipboard
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X
Copy the selected content to the clipboard
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C
Paste the contents of the clipboard
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V
Copy the selected formatting
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C
Paste the copied formatting
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V
Start creating a bulleted list
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8,
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8,
Start creating a numbered list
1,
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/
Promote (indent) the selected list item
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]
Demote (decrease indent) the selected list item
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[
Apply superscript formatting
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Apply subscript formatting
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Insert a line break
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Insert the current date
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D
Insert the current date and time
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D
Insert equations (or convert the selected text to a math equation)
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Search for the selected text using the Smart Lookup task pane
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L
Insert emoji
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Delete the character to the left of the cursor
Delete the character to the right of the cursor
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Delete the word to the left of the cursor
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Delete the word to the right of the cursor
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or
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Increase the paragraph indent
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Decrease the paragraph indent
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Move the selected image or object up
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Move the selected image or object down
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Work with tables

Create another table row
Create a table column to the right of the current column
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R
Create a table column to the left of the current column
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L
Create a table row below the current row
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Create another paragraph in the same cell
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Work with notebooks and sections

Switch between sections in a notebook
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[
or
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]
Switch between pages in a section
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G,
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or
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G,
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or
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G,
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Pg Up
or
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G,
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Pg Dn
Open other notebooks or create new ones
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O
Review the list of your open notebooks
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G
Create a new notebook page
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N
Open the OneNote app preferences
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Move the current page to another location
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M
Copy the current page to another location
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C
Enter full-screen mode
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F
Synchronize this notebook
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S
Synchronize all notebooks
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S
Move the keyboard focus to the page list
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G
Move the keyboard focus to the section list
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G

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