Microsoft OneNote 2016 – Create Quick Notes

Think of Quick Notes as the electronic equivalent of a little yellow sticky note. Unlike paper though, Quick Notes are instantly saved to your OneNote 2016 notebook so you can search and organize them.

You can create a new Quick Note while OneNote is running:

1. Choose the View tab > New Quick Note.

2. Type your note in the small note window. You can format the text by using the commands on the mini toolbar that appears. (If you don't see the toolbar, click the ... at the top of the window.)

3. Repeat the previous steps for any additional Quick Notes that you want to create.

You can move Quick Notes anywhere on your screen and leave them there for as long as you need to refer to them. When you’re done with a Quick Note, close the window.

Note:

Closing a Quick Note window does not delete the note.

Like regular notes, OneNote automatically saves your Quick Notes as soon as you’ve created them and whenever you edit them.

Quick Notes are stored in the Unfiled Notes section in your default notebook.

You can find them quickly by opening your Notebooks list (click the down-arrow next to the name of your notebook and look at the bottom of the list for Quick Notes).