Start a new 'paragraph' without using mouse

[forestial]

If I am typing a series of notes as separate 'paragraphs', how can I start a
new paragraph from the keyboard?

Currently I have to reach for the mouse and click somewhere below the
current paragraph. And if I don't click far enough below, the cursor stays
in the previous paragraph. I really don't want to use the mouse at all for
this; I just want to hit some key combination and keep typing.

 

[John Guin [msft]]

If you press the down arrow a few times, do you get a new outline (I assume
this is what you are calling a "paragraph")?

 

[forestial]

Yes, but:
- It takes several keystrokes; at least two 'down' and (sometimes) one
'left' arrow to get back to the left margin, depending where the previous
outline/paragraph ended.
- It seems to leave a larger-than necessary gap between the
outlines/paragraphs. Then I have to back later and drag things around to
get more information onto the screen.

I would prefer a single key that always did the same thing, and kept the
outlines/paragraphed compactly spaced. Maybe I should be using Word

 

[joljol2]

The use case for OneNote may include multi-task focusing on the action in a
different program, then back to OneNote to write some comment.

When you go back to OneNote, is the cursor "IN" the previous container? Or
in the new container below? Mousing on the screen would show container
outlines, but..

I have the habit of keying in a period at the beginning of a blank container
that I am going away from. Then when I Alt-Tab back in to OneNote it is
obvious where the input cursor is, whether said cursor is flashing or not.

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[forestial]

I do use OneNote in this 'Alt-Tab' way to make notes on information in some
other application. I also use it to jot down notes from a meeting or a
conversation. The cursor does retain its position when I Alt-Tab away and
back (I think it would be very disconcerting if it did not).

But the problem remains how to quickly start a new 'frame' or paragraph or
container or whatever they are called; I can certainly do it with a couple of
down-arrows and a left-arrow or Home key; and I can do it with the mouse but
it just seems to slow me down, and often leaves more white space between the
'frames' than I want.