Using Onenote On Ipad

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More people than ever are bringing their iPads to work, and the quickest way to make the tablet ready for business it to outfit with Microsoft’s powerful productivity tool, OneNote. The time is never better, as a recent feature update brings OneNote for iPad up to par with its cross-platform cousins. Here are a few cool ways the app can make you more efficient around the office.

Scan whiteboards

Instructions for Downloading and Using OneNote 1. Go to the iOS App Store on your iPad. Search for the OneNote application (it is a purple icon) and install it. Note: OneNote is more compatible with Google Chrome than Safari, so you may need to download the Google Chrome web browser. Open the Google Chrome browser and go to the Canvas page to download the pdf of the lab. The app you’ve got: Apple Notes. Apple’s Notes app works quite well with an Apple Pencil, but it is.

Whiteboards are now as much a fixture of corporate conference rooms as speakerphones and glazed-over eyes. But, unless you can take notes with a stenographer’s speed, the products of your meetings and brainstorming sessions may never make it back to your desk. With OneNote for iPad’s scanning feature, you can easily capture the contents of the whiteboard.

Start with a new OneNote page, tap the Insert tab, then tap the camera icon to photograph the whiteboard. There’s no need to line up edges; OneNote will automatically crop and rotate the image, courtesy of Microsoft’s Office Lens technology. Along the bottom of the screen, you’ll see three scanning options: Whiteboard, Photo, and Document. Select the first one, and OneNote will enhance the image to make those colored-ink scribblings jump off the white background. Next, tap the check mark in the bottom right corner to save the image to One Note, so you can annotate and share it with your colleagues later.

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Hand write notes

For many, iPads have replaced paper pads for capturing notes from meetings and presentations. But typing on the iOS keyboard is a tedious exercise for even the most fleet-fingered. Earlier this year, Microsoft brought relief by adding handwriting capability to OneNote for iPad.

To write notes using your finger or a stylus, tap the Draw tab on the OneNote ribbon and select a pen, marker, or highlighter, as well as ink color and thickness. If you’re using a stylus, you should also tap Palm Rejection from the ribbon and select the image that best resembles the way you hold a pen. This will prevent the iPad from mistaking your palm resting on the screen for digital input. From here, you can jot down notes, draw a draft of a flow-chart, or doodle in the margins of your meeting agenda while your coworker blathers on.

Annotate images

Say you get back from a meeting and you want to turn some of that whiteboard brainstorming into action items and share it with your colleagues. Or you get a screenshot of a webpage mockup that requires your feedback. Ordinarily, you’d have to create a whole new document or email message to convey your comments. But using OneNote for iPad’s drawing tools, you can just make notes directly on these images and forward them to the appropriate parties. Just open the note with the image, and tap the Draw tab to access the drawing tools. It saves you time, and the marked up files minimize any confusion over your instructions.

Search scanned documents, web clippings, and other images

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Microsoft also recently added OCR to iPad for OneNote. This feature makes text in any images you’ve captured searchable. Now you’ll be able to search for specific content in a web clipping or a specific item in a scanned receipt.

To make sure an image can be searched, just add it to a notebook saved on OneDrive. Once it’s indexed, you’ll be able to search for it from any OneNote client.

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Scan a document

  1. Open Notes and select a note or create a new one.
  2. Tap the Camera button , then tap Scan Documents .
  3. Place your document in view of the camera.
  4. If your device is in Auto mode, your document will automatically scan. If you need to manually capture a scan, tap the Shutter button or one of the Volume buttons. Then drag the corners to adjust the scan to fit the page, then tap Keep Scan.
  5. Tap Save or add additional scans to the document.

Learn how to use the Continuity Camera to scan notes from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac.

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Sign a document

  1. Open Notes, then tap the document in the note.
  2. Tap the Share button , then tap Markup .
  3. Tap the Add button , then tap Signature and add a saved signature or create a new signature. Then you can adjust the size of the signature box and place it wherever you want on the document.
  4. Tap Done.

To manually sign your document, follow steps 1-2, then select a tool to use and sign the document with your finger or an Apple Pencil with a compatible iPad.

Do more with Notes

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Learn more about Notes on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.