Docking New Side Notes to the Desktop
The small OneNote windows that resemble
the yellow sticky notes you might still be in the habit of pasting all
over your computer’s monitor. Because side notes are a great way to take
notes on top of other documents or programs, you might prefer to have
OneNote automatically dock new side note windows to the desktop.
To dock new side notes to the desktop, do the following:
1. | Click the File tab and then click Options.
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2. | In the OneNote Options dialog box, click the Display category on the left side.
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3. | On the right side, under the Display heading, select the Dock New Side Note Windows to the Side of the Desktop check box.
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4. | Click OK to save your changes.
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Now when you open a new side
note by clicking the New Side Note button on the View tab, OneNote will
automatically dock it to the side of your Windows desktop. Though docked
side notes don’t look like little yellow sticky notes, they’ll still
work the same as side notes that aren’t docked.
Keeping OneNote Visible over Other Windows
If you’re taking
notes on information displayed in other windows (such as documents or
web pages), you can choose to have OneNote stay on top of such other
windows so you can still see your notes even when you switch control to
any of your other open windows.
To keep OneNote visible over other windows, do the following:
1. | Click the View tab.
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2. | In
the Window group, click Keep on Top. The button turns orange, letting
you know that this window will now stay pinned on top of other windows.
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3. | To restore normal window behavior at any time, click the Keep on Top button again.
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The Keep on Top option is a
separate control for each OneNote window you have open. This way, you
can control which window should always appear over the other windows.
For example, if you’re taking notes in your main OneNote window but need
to reference information in a side note, you could pin the side note to
the top so that this information remains visible even while you’re
typing your notes in the main window.
Displaying Page Tabs on the Right or Left
By default, the page tabs column
appears to the right side of the OneNote program window. If you want to
display your page tabs on the left side instead, do the following:
1. | Click the File tab and then click Options.
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2. | In the OneNote Options dialog box, click the Display category on the left side.
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3. | On the right side, under the Display heading, select the Page Tabs Appear on the Left check box.
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4. | Click OK to save your changes.
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If you frequently work in both
the full version of OneNote 2010 (which displays the page tabs on the
right) and the OneNote Web App (which displays the page tabs on the
left), you can use this option to match the appearance of the page tabs
between the full version and the Web App.
Turning the Floating New Page Button On or Off
In previous versions of OneNote,
if you wanted to insert a new page between two existing pages, you
would first have to create the new page and then drag it from the end of
your page tabs list to the position where you wanted it.
In OneNote 2010, you can
move the mouse pointer over any existing page tabs and then click the
small New Page icon that appears just to the left of your position (see Figure 8). OneNote will then insert a blank page between those pages.
If
you don’t want this shortcut icon to be displayed when you move the
mouse pointer over your page tabs, you can turn it off by doing the
following:
1. | Click the File tab and then click Options.
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2. | In the OneNote Options dialog box, click the Display category on the left side.
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3. | On the right side, under the Display heading, uncheck the Show the Floating New Page Button Near Page Tabs check box.
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4. | Click OK to save your changes.
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Displaying the Navigation Bar on the Left or Right
Much like you can switch the
side on which the page tabs appear, you can swap the position of the
navigation bar (the area on the side of the OneNote program window that
shows the notebooks that you currently have open) from the left side of
the OneNote program window to the right side.
Do the following:
1. | Click the File tab and then click Options.
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2. | In the OneNote Options dialog box, click the Display category on the left side.
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3. | On
the right side, under the Display heading, uncheck the Navigation Bar
Appears on the Left check box. This will place it on the right side
instead.
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4. | Click OK to save your changes.
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Displaying the Vertical Scrollbar on the Left or Right
As any notes page fills up
with notes past the bottom edge of your OneNote program window, a
vertical scrollbar appears to the left of the page tabs. This lets you
quickly scroll through the contents of long notes pages, the same way
scrollbars work elsewhere in Windows.
If you don’t want the
scrollbar so close to the page tabs (for example, if you tend to
accidentally click a random page tab instead of the scrollbar), you can
swap its position.
To display the vertical scrollbar on the left, do the following:
1. | Click the File tab and then click Options.
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2. | In the OneNote Options dialog box, click the Display category on the left side.
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3. | On the right side, under the Display heading, select the box labeled Vertical Scroll Bar Appears on the Left.
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4. | Click OK to save your changes.
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When active, the vertical scrollbar will now appear to the left of the page.
