Look & Feel of the OneNote App
Easy Navigation with Notebook, Section, and Page panes narrowing down selection from the left.
Key Features
Features available only in OneNote for Windows 10
Customize your favorite pens and sync them across OneNote, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on your Windows PCs and iOS devices
Move across devices and platforms with ease, thanks to a new look designed for simplicity, consistency, and accessibility on Windows 10, Mac, iOS, Android, and Web
Quickly access your notes with a faster and more reliable sync
Mark key information and find it later with tags and tag search. Tags you create will now roam with you to any device you have, and OneNote will even show you tags other people have used in a shared notebook (coming soon!)
See live previews of Office files in OneNote, work together on attached documents, and save space in your notebooks with cloud files (coming soon!)
Easily share notes with any app using the Share button
Ensure your notes are more accessible with the improved Accessibility Checker
View all your notes sorted by when you last updated them
See who’s working with you in a shared notebook and jump straight to the page they’re on
Improve reading comprehension with Immersive Reader
Use Researcher to find relevant quotes, citable sources, and images to start your outline
Write or type an equation, and OneNote will help you graph or solve it step-by-step with the Ink Math Assistant
Use pencil ink to draw or sketch (requires the free Windows 10 Anniversary Update)
Jazz up your notes and annotations with new ink colors like rainbow, galaxy, gold, and more
Convert handwritten ink to typed text with retained color and style formatting
Transform your drawings into shapes automatically
Draw straight lines and measure distance on touch screens with the virtual ruler
Use your device’s camera to capture documents, whiteboards, receipts, and more right into OneNote
Quickly find ribbon and menu commands and related Help content with Tell Me search
Replay your handwriting forward and backward to hide and reveal content, to provide step-by-step instructions, or to better understand the flow of others’ thoughts
Maximize drawing space by hiding the page list and ribbon
Pin your favorite pages to the Start menu for easy access
Click the button on a digital pen to open OneNote, even when your device is locked
Write on a web page in Microsoft Edge and save your annotations to OneNote
Tell Cortana to take a note for you with your voice
Updated 4/30/21 JC