OneNote Ribbon

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What is the OneNote Ribbon?

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When you try the new design, you'll discover that the commands you already know how to use are grouped together in ways that make sense to you. The ribbon bar contains the sections: File, Insert, Draw, View, and Help (as you can find in other Microsoft programs.) 


There are three basic components to the Ribbon:

  1. Tabs: There are five of them across the top. Each represents core tasks you do in OneNote
  2. Groups: Each tab has groups that show related items together
  3. Commands: A command is a button, a box to enter information, or a menu

 
How do you get started? Start at the beginning, with the first tab.
 
The principal commands in OneNote are gathered on the first tab, the Home tab. The commands on this tab are those that Microsoft has identified as the most commonly used when people do basic tasks with notebooks.
 
For example, the Paste, Cut, and Copy commands are arranged first on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group. Font formatting commands and alignment commands are next, in the Basic Text group. Commands to format the style of text is in the Styles group.  Different tag commands are available in the Tag group and the ability for sharing pages via email is found in the Email group.
 
Groups pull together all the commands you're likely to need for a particular type of task, and throughout the task they remain on display and readily available, instead of being hidden in menus. These vital commands are visible above your work space.
 
The commands on the Ribbon are the ones you use the most. Instead of showing every command all the time, OneNote for Windows 10 shows some commands when you may need them, in response to an action you take.
 
For example, if you don't have a table in your notebook, the commands to work with the table aren't necessary.  However, if you insert a table a new tab will appear, Table Tools.

For more information about OneNote, please view the full tutorial from the CTL here: OneNote for Windows 10

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