Microsoft OneNote 2010 (Windows)

Searching Notes

While searching the current page, move to the next result.

enter or f3

All hotkeys for Microsoft OneNote 2010 (Windows)

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Manage Audio and Video in OneNote
Start playback of a selected audio or video recording.

ctrl + alt + p

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Manage Audio and Video in OneNote
Stop playback of a selected audio or video recording.

ctrl + alt + s

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Manage Audio and Video in OneNote
Rewind the current audio or video recording by a few seconds.

ctrl + alt + y

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Manage Audio and Video in OneNote
Fast-forward the current audio or video recording by a few seconds.

ctrl + alt + u

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Special language settings
Set writing direction left to right.

ctrl +left shift

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Special language settings
Set writing direction right to left.

ctrl +right shift

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Special language settings
Increase indent by one level in right-to-left text.

tab

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Special language settings
Decrease indent by one level in right-to-left text.

shift + tab

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Sharing Notes with other People or Programs
Send the selected pages in an e-mail message.

ctrl + shift + e

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Sharing Notes with other People or Programs
Create a Today Outlook task from the currently selected note.

ctrl + shift + 1

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Sharing Notes with other People or Programs
Create a Tomorrow Outlook task from the currently selected note.

ctrl + shift + 2

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Sharing Notes with other People or Programs
Create a This Week Outlook task from the currently selected note.

ctrl + shift + 3

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Sharing Notes with other People or Programs
Create a Next Week Outlook task from the currently selected note.

ctrl + shift + 4

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Sharing Notes with other People or Programs
Create a No Date Outlook task from the currently selected note.

ctrl + shift + 5

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Sharing Notes with other People or Programs
Open the selected Outlook task.

ctrl + shift + k

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Sharing Notes with other People or Programs
Mark the selected Outlook task as complete.

ctrl + shift + 9

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Sharing Notes with other People or Programs
Delete the selected Outlook task.

ctrl + shift + 0

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Sharing Notes with other People or Programs
Sync changes in the current shared notebook.

shift + f9

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Sharing Notes with other People or Programs
Sync changes in all shared notebooks.

f9

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - Sharing Notes with other People or Programs
Mark the current page as Unread.

ctrl + q

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - The Rest
Check spelling.

f7

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - The Rest
Open the research pane and thesaurus for the currently selected word.

shift + f7

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - The Rest
Execute the action suggested on the Information Bar if it appears at the top of a page.

ctrl + shift + w

Various Other OneNote Shortcuts - The Rest
Lock all password-protected sections.

ctrl + alt + l

Basic Editing and Formatting
Undo / Redo the last action.

ctrl + z / y

Basic Editing and Formatting
Move one character to the left / right.

arrow left / arrow right

Basic Editing and Formatting
Move one word to the left / right.

ctrl + arrow left / ctrl + arrow right

Basic Editing and Formatting
Move one line up /down down.

arrow up / arrow down

Basic Editing and Formatting
Move to the next/ previous paragraph.

ctrl + arrow down / ctrl + arrow up

Basic Editing and Formatting
Move to the beginning / end of the line.

home / end

Basic Editing and Formatting
Scroll to the top/ bottom of the current page.

ctrl + home / ctrl + end

Basic Editing and Formatting
Scroll up/ down in the current page.

page up / page down

Basic Editing and Formatting
Delete one word to the left / right.

ctrl + backspace / ctrl + delete

Basic Editing and Formatting
Cut/ Copy/ Paste the selected text or item.

ctrl + x / ctrl + c / ctrl + v

Basic Editing and Formatting
Apply or remove bold formatting from the selected text.

ctrl + b

Basic Editing and Formatting
Apply or remove italic formatting from the selected text.

ctrl + i

Basic Editing and Formatting
Apply or remove the underline from the selected text.

ctrl + u

Basic Editing and Formatting
Select all items on the current page.

ctrl + a

Basic Editing and Formatting
Select to the beginning / end of the line.

shift + home / shift + end

Basic Editing and Formatting
Select the whole line (when the cursor is at the beginning of the line).

shift + arrow down

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Copy / Paste the formatting of selected text (new in Outlook 2010)

ctrl + shift + c / ctrl + shift + v

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Highlight selected text in yellow.

ctrl + shift + h or ctrl + alt + h

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Apply or remove strikethrough from the selected text.

ctrl + -

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Apply or remove superscript formatting from the selected text.

ctrl + shift + =

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Apply or remove subscript formatting from the selected text.

ctrl + =

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Apply or remove bulleted list formatting from the selected paragraph.

ctrl + . (Period)

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Apply or remove numbered list formatting from the selected paragraph.

ctrl + /

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Apply a Heading 1 - 6 style to the current note.

ctrl + alt + 1 ... ctrl + alt + 6

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Apply the Normal style to the current note.

ctrl + shift + n

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Indent a paragraph to the right / remove indent.

alt + shift + arrow right / arrow left

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Right-align / left-align the selected paragraph.

ctrl + r / ctrl + l

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Increase / decrease the font size of selected text.

ctrl + shift + ; / ctrl + shift + ;

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Clear all formatting applied to the selected text.

ctrl + shift + n

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Bring up the context menu for any note, tab, or any other object that currently has focus (Simluate right mouse-button).

shift + f10

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Insert a hyperlink.

ctrl + k

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Open a hyperlink. The cursor must be placed anywhere within the formatted hyperlink text.

enter

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Jump to the title of the page and select it.

ctrl + shift + t

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Cancel the selected outline or page.

esc

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Move the current paragraph or several selected paragraphs up / down.

alt + shift + arrow up / alt + shift + arrow down

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Move the current paragraph or several selected paragraphs left / right (decreasing/ increasing the the indent).

alt + shift + arrow left / alt + shift + arrow right

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Select the current paragraph and its subordinate paragraphs.

ctrl + shift + -

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Insert a line break without starting a new paragraph.

shift + enter

Specific OneNote Shortcuts for Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
Select all items on the current page. Press ctrl+a more than once to increase the scope of the selection.

ctrl + a

Work with the OneNote Window(s)
Show or hide the Ribbon.

ctrl + f1

Work with the OneNote Window(s)
Show or hide the Navigation Bar.

alt + f1

Work with the OneNote Window(s)
Open a small OneNote window to create a side note.

ctrl + shift + m

Work with the OneNote Window(s)
Turn full-screen view on or off.

f11

Work with the OneNote Window(s)
Dock/ Undock OneNote program window to Desktop.

ctrl + alt + d

Work with the OneNote Window(s)
Open a new OneNote window / replicate window.

ctrl + m

Work with the OneNote Window(s)
Create a new side note.

win + n

Work with the OneNote Window(s)
Open a new OneNote window.

ctrl + m

Managing Pages, Notebooks and Sections
Show or hide rule lines on the current page.

ctrl + shift + r

Managing Pages, Notebooks and Sections
Go back to the last page / forward to the next page visited.

alt + arrow left / alt + arrow right

Managing Pages, Notebooks and Sections
Go to the next / previous section.

ctrl + tab / ctrl + shift + tab

Managing Pages, Notebooks and Sections
Go to the next / previous page in the section.

ctrl + page down / ctrl + page up

Managing Pages, Notebooks and Sections
Go to the first / last page in the section.

alt + home / alt + end

Managing Pages, Notebooks and Sections
Go to the first / last page in the currently visible set of page tabs.

alt + page up / alt + page down

Managing Pages, Notebooks and Sections
Create a new section.

ctrl + t

Managing Pages, Notebooks and Sections
Open a notebook.

ctrl + o

Managing Pages, Notebooks and Sections
Open a section.

ctrl + alt + shift + o

Managing Pages, Notebooks and Sections
Move or copy the current page.

ctrl + alt + m

Managing Pages, Notebooks and Sections
Put focus on the current page tab.

ctrl + alt + g

Managing Pages, Notebooks and Sections
Select the current page tab.

ctrl + shift + a

Managing Pages, Notebooks and Sections
Put focus on the current section tab.

ctrl + shift + g

Managing Pages, Notebooks and Sections
Move the current section.

ctrl + shift + g , shift + f10 , m

Managing Pages, Notebooks and Sections
Switch to a different notebook on the Navigation bar.

ctrl + g , then press arrow down or arrow up to select, then enter

Creating and Manipulating OneNote Tables
Create a table by adding a second column to already typed text.Create another column in a table with a single row.

tab

Creating and Manipulating OneNote Tables
Create another row when at the end cell of a table. Press ENTER a second time to finish the table.

enter

Creating and Manipulating OneNote Tables
Create a row below the current row in a table.

ctrl + enter

Creating and Manipulating OneNote Tables
Create another paragraph in the same cell in a table.

alt + enter

Creating and Manipulating OneNote Tables
Create a column to the right of the current column in a table.

ctrl + alt + r

Creating and Manipulating OneNote Tables
Create a column to the left of the current column in a table.

ctrl + alt + e

Creating and Manipulating OneNote Tables
Create a row above the current one in a table (when the cursor is at the beginning of any row).

enter

Creating and Manipulating OneNote Tables
Delete the current empty row in a table (when the cursor is at the beginning of the row).

press del twice

Adding Items to a Page
Insert the current date.

alt + shift + d

Adding Items to a Page
Insert the current date and time.

alt + shift + f

Adding Items to a Page
Insert the current time.

alt + shift + t

Adding Items to a Page
Insert a document or file on the current page.

alt + n , f

Adding Items to a Page
Insert a document or file as a printout on the current page.

alt + n , o

Adding Items to a Page
Show or hide document printouts on the current page (when running OneNote in High Contrast mode).

alt + shift + p

Adding Items to a Page
Insert a picture from a file.

alt + n , p

Adding Items to a Page
Insert a picture from a scanner or a camera.

alt + n , s

Adding Items to a Page
Insert a screen clipping. The OneNote icon must be active in the notification area on the Windows taskbar.

win + s

Adding Items to a Page
Insert a line break.

shift + enter

Working with Outlines
Show through Level 1 - 9.

alt + shift + 1 ... 9

Working with Outlines
Expand all levels.

alt + shift + 0

Working with Outlines
Increase / decrease indent by one level.

tab / shift + tab

Working with Outlines
Expand a collapsed outline.

alt + shift + +

Working with Outlines
Collapse an expanded outline.

alt + shift + -

Working with and inside Pages / Side Notes
Expand or collapse the subordinate tabs of a page group.

ctrl + shift + *

Working with and inside Pages / Side Notes
Print the current page.

ctrl + p

Working with and inside Pages / Side Notes
Add a new page at the end of the selected section.

ctrl + n

Working with and inside Pages / Side Notes
Increase / Decrease the width of the page tabs bar.

ctrl + shift + [ / ctrl + shift + ]

Working with and inside Pages / Side Notes
Decrease / Increase indent level of the current page tab label.

ctrl + alt + [ / ctrl + alt + ]

Working with and inside Pages / Side Notes
Create a new page below the current page tab at the same level.

ctrl + alt + n

Working with and inside Pages / Side Notes
Create a new subpage below the current page.

ctrl + shift + alt + n

Working with and inside Pages / Side Notes
Select the current page. (If the selected page is part of a group, press ctrl+a to select all of the pages in the group.)

ctrl + shift + a

Working with and inside Pages / Side Notes
Move the insertion point to the page title.

ctrl + shift + t

Working with and inside Pages / Side Notes
Zoom in.

alt + ctrl + + on the numeric keyp or alt + ctrl + shift + +

Working with and inside Pages / Side Notes
Zoom out.

alt + ctrl + - on the numeric keypad or alt + ctrl + shift + -

Working with and inside Pages / Side Notes
Move the insertion point up / down in the current page, or expand the page up.

ctrl + alt + arrow up / ctrl + alt + arrow down

Working with and inside Pages / Side Notes
Move the insertion point left / right in the current page, or expand the page to the left / right.

ctrl + alt + arrow left / ctrl + alt + arrow right

Working with and inside Pages / Side Notes
Go to the next note container.

alt + arrow down

Tagging Notes
Apply, mark, or clear the To Do tag.

ctrl + 1

Tagging Notes
Apply or clear the Important tag.

ctrl + 2

Tagging Notes
Apply or clear the Question tag.

ctrl + 3

Tagging Notes
Apply or clear the Remember for later tag.

ctrl + 4

Tagging Notes
Apply or clear the Definition tag.

ctrl + 5

Tagging Notes
Apply or clear a custom tag.

ctrl + 6 ... ctrl + 9

Tagging Notes
Remove all note tags from the selected notes.

ctrl + 0

Searching Notes
Move the insertion point to the Search box to search all notebooks.

ctrl + e

Searching Notes
While searching all notebooks, preview the next result.

arrow down

Searching Notes
While searching all notebooks, go to the selected result and dismiss Search.

enter

Searching Notes
Change the search scope.

ctrl + e , tab , space

Searching Notes
Open the Search Results pane.

alt + o after searching

Searching Notes
Search only the current page. You can switch between searching everywhere and searching only the current page at any point by pressing CRTL+E or CTRL+F.

ctrl + f

Searching Notes
While searching the current page, move to the next result.

enter or f3

Searching Notes
While searching the current page, move to the previous result.

shift + f3

Searching Notes
Dismiss Search and return to the page.

esc

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Find next occurrence of search term.
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