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OneNote is a free-form information gathering tool.

OneNote is a free-form information gathering tool where the user can collect text, images and sound clips.

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Possible to disable spell checking in OneNote for a specific page only?

In OneNote, I'd like to disable spell checking for a single page which is written in a fictional language and thus full of squiggly lines. I'd like to keep spell checking on for all other notebooks / pages. Is that possible in OneNote 2013?
Borek Bernard
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How to insert a html type separator line in a OneNote page?

If such functionality is at all offered by this software. I'm talking about
Horizontal Rule. Currently using OneNote 2013 Preview, if this makes a difference.
ntt
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OneNote local copy of web notebook?

Does OneNote 2010 maintain a local copy of a web notebook? If so, where? I'd like to ensure my notebooks get backed up
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Is there a way to change background color for a table in onenote?

In word or excel or power point you can change the background color of a table or selected rows or columns of a table, but I can't find a way to do this is onenote. Is there a way to do this?
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How to Handle too many tabs (sections) in MS OneNote?

I've been using OneNote for more than a year. My problem is that number of sections (tabs) are growing and I have more than 70 sections in one of my notebooks which makes it hard to navigate and find relevant materials. I don't want to delete them…
Kamran Bigdely
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Table math in OneNote?

Is there a way to get Onenote (2010) to do simple table math like sum the numbers in a row or column? The calculating math on the fly for entered text stuff is really cool, but overkill for what I need at the moment. A simple sum($above) or…
matt wilkie
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Keyboard shortcut to change font colour on onenote 2013?

Is there a way to change the colour of the font in onenote using a keyboard shortcut? (I want it to turn both highlighted font into a different colour and such that if i start to type it will change colour).
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How to reset containers in Microsoft OneNote

When I create a new page in OneNote using the Windows desktop client, the container works in such a way to be 'responsive' when viewing in a mobile device (Android in this case). I.e. the text reflows to fit the width of the screen. However, if I…
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pen cursor in OneNote can be hard to see when using tablet peripheral

When the pen tool is selected, it happens very often that an interval after doing some inking, I cannot see where the cursor was/is, since it's just so tiny. This is difficult even if I shake the tablet pen. Is there a way to make the cursor more…
GuoLiang Oon
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OneNote invading my privacy?

I downloaded a OneNote file from our work Sharepoint server. This file contains information relating to a work project. So far so good. I noticed though that in my download folder, OneNote (without my permission) has created a Onenote file in…
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Any way to change the fontsize shortcut in Microsoft OneNote?

I have been using Microsoft OneNote for months and using it as it should have to be used. When I started to use OneNote, whenever I needed to increase or decrease font-size, I tried to apply the common MS Word shortcut, but it didn't work for…
muhammad tayyab
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OneNote search all behaviour stopped working

Using current version of OneNote (O365?). The way search has always worked since the beginning of OneNote is: ctrl+e focuses in the search box with search scope set to all open notebooks. After typing the search string, a drop box of pages…
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How do I get note containers to display all the time in Microsoft Office OneNote?

I'm using OneNote 2007. There is a check box on the Tools->Options->Display configuration page labeled, "Show note containers on pages", which I have checked, but it only displays the containers when you mouse over them. Is there any way to…
raven
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OneNote is laggy and takes too long to respond

I have a ThinkPad Yoga and I use it for taking notes in class. The problem is, OneNote is not as good as expected. I'm using Office 365 University (so I'm not on the metro app). I'm also always in the Auto-Papersize-Mode. The problems are: -When…
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Onenote multiple instances?

Is it possible to run multiple instances of OneNote (any edition)? I.e. run two separate instances on same machine, but they both use either different user accounts or opened up different sets of separate notebooks. I know you can open multiple…
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