Spotlight: Microsoft OneNote

Elevated Note-taking with Microsoft's OneNote

As a law student, you already know (or are about to learn, if you're a 1L) the importance of taking and keeping organized notes from the start of the semester so that you are not scrambling when the time to outline rolls around. Microsoft OneNote is one of several free tools available to students that provides a single place for organizing all your notes and research. Not only that, but OneNote also allows you to add images, audio, video, scans, photographs, attachments, and ink-to-text to any of your notes. Because OneNote offers syncing across devices, you can access your notes virtually anywhere.   

Taking your notes digitally with Microsoft OneNote gives you a limitless number of notebooks with a limitless number of sections and pages. Begin typing anywhere on the page to create a content box – OneNote allows you to resize or drag and drop the box wherever you need it.

OneNote’s cloud-based notebook system means that multiple people can edit a  notebook in real-time simultaneously, and edits will immediately sync across all accounts and devices, making group projects that much easier. Tag important notes to prioritize action items or visually categorize your notes.

Not sure where to find a particular note amongst many? No problem – you can easily search within a single notebook or across all notebooks. OpenNote can even search audio by turning on the Audio Search feature.

For more information on how to download and use OneNote, check out the Taggart LibGuide on OneNote and other note-taking tools here.