"Favorites" Functionality in OneNote

[JackNYC]

I have many OneNote folders, sections, and pages. There are a handful of pages that I use 80% of the time, which are located a very different places throughout my hierarchy. I'm wondering if any one knows of a way to quick access to these key pages while being able to leave each of them where they currently are? (I find the pulldown not very helpful because it exposes my entire hiearchy which I then still have to wade through.) I guess what I'm asking if there's anyway to create the equivalent of Favorites in IE within OneNote?

Thanks so much for any help.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

I created shortcuts to the ones on my quicklaunch bar... it's not perfect,
but it's better than nothing.

 

[JackNYC]

Thanks Diane
Excuse my ignorance but is the QuickLaunch Bar funtionality within OneNote or XP? Is it part of XP's "Start" tool

Jack

 

[Erik Sojka]

Diane's solution is implemented outside of OneNote and
she is indeed referring to the Quick Launch toolbar in
Windows XP (and earlier versions). Right-click on the
Task Bar and ensure "Quick Launch" is selected under the
Toolbars menu.

Then open up your "My Notebook" folder in Explorer, and
navigate through the folder structure (which should match
the same structure you see within OneNote) until you find
the *.ONE files you want to add to this "fake favorites"
list. Drag the files to the QL Toolbar and a shortcut
will be created.

Then if you click on the shortcut, the corresponding page
will be opened in OneNote (even if the application is
already open and focused on another page).

BTW, this solution (putting shortcuts to documents on the
QL toolbar) works on any kind of document, not just
OneNote files.

-----Original Message-----
Thanks Diane,
Excuse my ignorance but is the QuickLaunch Bar

funtionality within OneNote or XP? Is it part of
XP's "Start" tool?

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote]

Diane's solution is implemented outside of OneNote and she is indeed
referring to the Quick Launch toolbar in Windows XP (and earlier
versions). Right-click on the Task Bar and ensure "Quick Launch" is
selected under the Toolbars menu.

Then open up your "My Notebook" folder in Explorer, and navigate
through the folder structure (which should match the same structure you
see within OneNote) until you find the *.ONE files you want to add to
this "fake favorites"
list. Drag the files to the QL Toolbar and a shortcut will be created.

Then if you click on the shortcut, the corresponding page will be
opened in OneNote (even if the application is already open and focused
on another page).

BTW, this solution (putting shortcuts to documents on the QL toolbar)
works on any kind of document, not just OneNote files.

You can also create your own desktop shortcuts to the entire OneNote folder
if you want to. Right-click the taskbar and choose Toolbars | New Toolbar.
Then navigate to your "My Notebook" folder (or any sub-folder you want)
and select it. Voila, it'll create a new toolbar with shortcuts to the
folders and .ONE files (sections) inside.

 

[Steve Silverwood]

You can also create your own desktop shortcuts to the entire OneNote folder
if you want to. Right-click the taskbar and choose Toolbars | New Toolbar.
Then navigate to your "My Notebook" folder (or any sub-folder you want)
and select it. Voila, it'll create a new toolbar with shortcuts to the
folders and .ONE files (sections) inside.

All I can say is, Wow! Great idea!

<insert sound of me smacking my head here>

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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email: (e-mail address removed)