Being a one-stop solution for organizing your notes, you must know OneNote shortcuts. Hence, to increase efficiency, save time, improve productivity, and streamline your work, learning the Microsoft OneNote shortcuts is a worthy endeavor and a timesaver.
Below is a list of OneNote shortcuts, including the usual as well as the essential ones. These shortcuts will help you get the job done. You don’t have to memorize the shortcuts; you can download the Microsoft OneNote Shortcuts list for Windows users in PDF form and use it for future reference.
Most used OneNote Shortcuts
Action OneNote Shortcuts
Move to the beginning of the line
Home key
Move to the end of the line
End key
Move to the top of the current page
Ctrl + Home
Move to the bottom of the current page
Ctrl + End
Move one page up on the current page
Page Up key
Move one page down in a current page
Page Down key
Cut
Ctrl + X
Copy
Ctrl + C
Paste
Ctrl + V
Undo
Ctrl + Z
Redo the last action
Ctrl + Y
Move one word left
Ctrl + Left Arrow key
Move one word right
Ctrl + Right Arrow key
Move to the next paragraph
Ctrl + Down Arrow key
Move to the previous paragraph
Ctrl + Up Arrow key
Delete one word to the right of the cursor
Ctrl + Delete
Delete one word to the left of the cursor
Ctrl + Backspace
Select the beginning of the line
Shift + Home
Select the end of the line
Shift + End
Select all of the Line
Ctrl + A
Select current paragraph
Ctrl + Shift + –
Check to spell
F7
Window Shortcuts
Action OneNote Shortcuts
Show or hide Ruler lines
Ctrl + Shift + R
Increase the width of the page tab
Ctrl + Shift + [
Decrease the width of the page tab
Ctrl + Shift + ]
Show or hide section tab
Alt + F1
Zoom in
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + +
Zoom out
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + –
Show or hide the Office ribbon
Ctrl + F1
Turn the full-screen view on or off
F11
Dock or Undock OneNote program window
Ctrl + Alt + D
Replicate OneNote window
Ctrl + M
Open a small OneNote window
Ctrl + Shift + M
Create a new side note
Win + N
Create a new page below the current page
Ctrl + Alt + N
Create a new subpage below the current page
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + N
Tag Notes Shortcuts
Action OneNote Shortcuts Windows
To-Do tag
Ctrl + 1
Important tag
Ctrl + 2
Question tag
Ctrl + 3
Remember for later tag
Ctrl + 4
Definition tag
Ctrl + 5
Custom tag
Ctrl + 6
Remove all note tags
Ctrl + 0
Add items Shortcuts
Action OneNote Shortcuts
Insert Current Date
Alt + Shift + D
Insert Current Time
Alt + Shift + T
Insert current date and time
Alt + Shift + F
Insert Picture from file
Alt + N than P
Insert picture from Scanner
Alt + N than S
Insert screen clipping
Win + S
Formatting Shortcuts
Action OneNote Shortcuts
Bold
Ctrl + B
Italic
Ctrl + I
Underline
Ctrl + U
Strikethrough
Ctrl + –
Subscript
Ctrl + =
Superscript
Ctrl + Shift + =
Increase the font size of selected text
Ctrl + Shift + >
Decrease the font size of selected text
Ctrl + Shift + <
Highlight selected text
Ctrl + Shift + H
Apply the Normal style
Ctrl + Shift + N
Apply bullet
Ctrl + .
Apply numbered list
Ctrl + /
Apply heading style 1…6
Ctrl + Alt + 1…6
Indent paragraph
Alt + Shift + Right Arrow key
Outdent paragraph
Alt + Shift + Left Arrow key
Align Right
Ctrl + R
Align Left
Ctrl + L
Select the Title of the page
Ctrl + Shift + T
Move the current line or selected lines up
Alt + Shift + Up Arrow key
Move the current line or selected lines down
Alt + Shift + Down Arrow key
Insert a line break
Shift + Enter
Insert a hyperlink
Ctrl + K
Manage Pages & Notebooks Shortcuts
Action Microsoft OneNote Shortcuts
Create new section
Ctrl + T
Move or copy the current page
Ctrl + Alt + M
Go to the next page in the section
Ctrl + Page Down key
Go to the previous page in the section
Ctrl + Page Up key
Go to the next section
Ctrl + Tab
Go to the previous section
Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Go to the first page in the section
Alt + Home
Go to the last page in the section
Alt + End
Go back to the last page opened
Alt + Left Arrow key
Go back to the next page opened
Alt + Right Arrow key
Open notebook
Ctrl + O
Open a section
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + O
Select the current page tab
Ctrl + Shift + A
Outlines Shortcuts
Action Microsoft OneNote Shortcuts
Show Level 1…9
Alt + Shift + 1…9
Expand all levels
Alt + Shift + 0
Increase indent by one level
Tab
Decrease indent by one level
Shift + Tab
Expand collapsed outline
Alt + Shift + [
Collapse expanded outline
Alt + Shift + –
Outlook Integration Shortcuts
Action Microsoft OneNote Shortcuts
Send selected pages in an Email
Ctrl + Shift + E
Create a Today Outlook task
Ctrl + Shift + 1
Create a Tomorrow Outlook task
Ctrl + Shift + 2
Create a Next Week Outlook task
Ctrl + Shift + 3
Create a No Date Outlook task
Ctrl + Shift + 4
Open the selected Outlook task
Ctrl + Shift + 5
Mark the selected Outlook task as complete
Ctrl + Shift + K
Delete selected Outlook task
Ctrl + Shift + 9
Sync changes in the currently shared notebook
Shift + F9
Mark the current page as unread
Ctrl + Q
Evernote is one such software, similar to OneNote, that helps you collect notes of all kinds into one notebook. The notes collected in Evernote can be of different types, like web page notes, clippings, photos, videos, audio recordings, handwritten notes, and much more.
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