Summary of How to Use OneNote Effectively (Stay organized with little effort!)
The speaker has been using OneNote for a few years to stay organized and shares tips and tricks on how to use it effectively.
- David Allen's quote "your mind is for having ideas, not holding them" is highlighted as a reason to use OneNote.
- The speaker explains how to use hierarchies to organize notebooks, sections, and pages effectively.
- Tags are recommended to categorize and group notes together, making it easier to find information later.
- Sticky Notes can be used to capture ideas quickly and easily, syncing them across devices.
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR) allows for text extraction from images and searching for text within images.
- The Immersive Reader feature helps with focusing on text and proofreading, with options to customize text size, color themes, and voice settings.
- Additional features of OneNote include converting hand-drawn shapes into clean shapes, converting handwriting into typed text, and solving math problems.
- The official version of OneNote is available for free on Windows and Mac, syncing across devices.
- Skillshare is mentioned as a learning platform with classes on productivity and other topics, offering a special link for two months of free premium access.
Speakers/sources
- The speaker in the video, not explicitly named.
Notable Quotes
— 01:34 — « OneNote is a digital notebook, but its much more than that. »
— 09:46 — « is the Immersive Reader. »
Category
Educational