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[Don Z]

I just downloaded the trial version. I want to create several different projects that will likely run for years. When OneNote opens, the only title is My Notebook. The help section did not give me an option of creating multiple notebooks. Can this be accomplished? Appreciated in advance.

 

[Erik Sojka]

You can only create one notebook, as you've seen, but the folders,
sections, pages and subpages that can be placed inside of that notebook
are more than sufficient (IMO) for organizing projects and other
documentation.

You can also link to other *.ONE files found outside of your "My
Notebook" folder (File | Open) but they will appear as linked documents
inside the "My Notebook" folder.

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote]

I just downloaded the trial version. I want to create several different
projects that will likely run for years. When OneNote opens, the only
title is My Notebook. The help section did not give me an option of
creating multiple notebooks. Can this be accomplished? Appreciated in advance.

Insert | New Folder.

 

[Peter Engrav \(MS, OneNote Dev Manager\)]

A few details:

Your "Notebook" is really just the folder (in the ordinary file-system
sense) that contains "all the stuff you see in OneNote". By default it's
"My Documents / My Notebook", but you can declare some other folder to be
your Notebook in Tools/Options/ Open&Save.

As Ben points out, the simplest way to create heirarchy (for separate
projects, meetings, classes, etc.) is just Insert / New Folder. This
creates a new folder (a file-system one) in your Notebook folder.

If for some reason you want one of your folders stored elsewhere you can (in
SP1) put in your Notebook folder a _shortcut_ to a folder. You can do this
in OneNote (File / Open Folder) or you can just do it in Explorer.

One reason to do this would be if you wanted to share one Folder with other
users - you each have your own Notebook on your own machine but all of you
have a shortcut to \\server\share\SharedNotes.

- Peter Engrav (MS, OneNote Dev Manager)