Notebooks in OneNote or iPhone or iPad are made up of sections and pages. Pages contain your actual notes, whereas sections contain collections of related pages. Each notebook can have as many sections as you want, and any section can have as many pages as you want.
Depending on your preference, you use a single notebook and fill it with additional sections and pages over time, or you can choose to create several additional notebooks to keep the information in your life organized separately. For example, you could create separate notebooks for the things you care about at home, at work, and at school. There’s no wrong way to stay organized in OneNote — it’s up to you!
Create a new page
To create more space in your notebook, you can add as many pages as you want.
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Do the following:
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iPad: At the bottom of the page list, tap + Page.
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iPhone: At the bottom of the page list, tap + Page. If you’re currently editing a page, first tap the
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When you’re ready to use one of the new pages, type a page title into its page header area. Meaningful page titles make it easier to find information whenever you search your notebooks.
: You cannot currently create a page using a template in OneNote for iPad or iPhone.
Create a new section
Sections in OneNote are like the color tabs in a typical 5-subject paper notebook that hold a separate collection of pages. However, in OneNote, you can have as many sections as you want.
: You can't currently create subsections or grouped sections in OneNote for iPhone or iPad.
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To create a new section, do the following:
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iPad: At the bottom of the section list, tap + Section.
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iPhone: At the top right of the section list, tap the plus ( +) icon . If you’re currently editing a page, first tap the
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Type a name for the new section, and then tap Done.
New sections always contain one blank new page. You can start taking notes on this page, create your own, or move pages from other sections into the new one.
Create a new notebook
You can create additional notebooks at any time to keep your work and your projects organized separately. Multiple notebooks also make it easier to keep personal notes private while at the same time sharing selected notebooks with others whenever you want to collaborate on a project or plan.
To create a new notebook, do the following:
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If necessary, sign into the account where you want to create a new OneNote notebook.
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iPad: At the bottom of the notebooks list, tap + Notebook.
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iPhone: At the top of the notebook list, tap the plus ( +) icon . If you’re currently editing a page, first tap the
: To quickly see all notebooks, tap the Notebook button at the bottom (available only when the section or page lists are displayed).
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Type a descriptive name into the Name box.
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Tap Create.
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A new notebook is automatically opened as soon as OneNote creates it. You can find all of your open notebooks and easily switch between them by tapping the Show Notebooks button
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By default, new notebooks are created on the OneDrive account that you’re currently signed in with. If you skipped Step 1 and you want to create a notebook on a different account, you must first sign into the account you want before following the rest of the preceding steps.
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