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I’ve been organizing notebooks and refining ways to keep a notebook organized my whole working career (and before that – for college and university notes). Instead of using the Templates sidebar, just make copies of your note templates in OneNote for Mac and Web
If you’re anything like me, you won’t want to spend a lot on something when there is a stationary cupboard with the ‘standard’ office notebook selection in. These are normally inexpensive, spiral notebooks in my experience. And they do the job just fine. If you have a Windows computer, consider turning on Focus. This will mute any notifications so you can focus on taking great notes. Keep your thoughts, content, and lists handy with OneNote Learn More Taking meeting notes with OneNote Mainly my notes are for To-Do lists, meeting prep, and thinking plus ad hoc notes for meetings. It’s often a mess, but it works for me. You can be even more structured by following the bullet journal method. There’s a lot to cover with that technique so I have a separate article about using a bullet journal system. 7. Mark notes with action symbolsDon’t write down every single word discussed in your class or meeting. Only write down the most important facts. It’s okay to paraphrase. Select the location in OneNote where you would like to save your meeting notes. From here, you can create a new location to keep your notes if you wish. If you're a fan of The Bullet Journal system of organizing your tasks and notes, you can grab a template to turn a OneNote notebook into your Bullet Journal, with instructions for the template I wrote up on Lifewire (formerly Mobile Office at About.com).
I’ve read dozens of books on time management and personal productivity and researched many techniques for work organization during the process of researching my own books. Managing Multiple Projects has a whole chapter on personal productivity.
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Three sections to organise your meetings by topic or project (eg. meetings with your boss, clients or team / meetings about sales, products or HR) First, let’s think about how you’re going to make this work for you. I can share my best tips for notebook organization (and I do, below) but everyone’s brain is different. It’s really important to personalize how to organize your notebook notes so they work for you. I can jot down a note whenever I want because it’s always open and available – no need to open another app When you schedule a meeting in Outlook, you can easily create notes for that meeting. To get started:
It'd be great to have full OneNote templates on Mac, Web, and mobile, but for now this workaround gives you most of the features of templates today. Then you can always find it, regardless of how many notes and doodles you do. 3. Put important information on the inside front cover You can also add new sections to your notebook. This can come in handy if your class moves on to a new unit. Each section looks like a tabbed file folder, so you can easily switch between different sections. To create a new section in your OneNote notebook: I couldn’t be bothered with that, personally, but if it works for you, keep a few colored highlighters or pens in your bag. Underline or box important notes in a different color, or switch pens to write in different colors. 10. Make it fit with your online toolsWhile I do love a Moleskin-style notebook, I only tend to use them for ‘fancy’ occasions at work when either I’m trying to impress (e.g. job interview) or I’m going to a conference. However, I wouldn’t spend a lot of money on a notebook. Most of my nicest ones have been given to me as gifts. Write important, project-related information inside the notebook’s front cover. Again, this is a tip to help keep your notebook organized and make it easy for you to find stuff again. I’m a ‘single notebook at a time’ kind of person when it comes to daily work. Flex and improve as you go I rarely use colors to highlight things in my notebook, but I’ve worked with plenty of people who bring a whole pencil case to meetings and change pens regularly to write in different colors. Just make your template note as normal, writing the text and adding the formatting you want to the note. Add as many template notes as you want to that notebook to keep all of your templates together.
OneNote Gem is the best place to start. It has a collection of 20+ free OneNote templates, from a "Things To Do List" to a Cornell Notes template to seven complete notebook templates.Personally, I draw the line at anything smaller than A5 except in certain circumstances such as a non-work book for making personal notes and journal entries while I’m on holiday. Your notebook should be part of a whole productivity and task management system. It should fit alongside your online tools. When you’re thinking about how to use a notebook for work, the next step is to think about how and when you are going to use it. Is it going to travel around with you or mainly be on your desk? I make time to rewrite the important lists in my book (the actions) on a regular basis. It isn’t strictly necessary, but it helps me clear my mind and focus on what is still to do. For example, I don’t use sections in my notebooks because I don’t know how much I want to put in each section and I’m very much against waste.
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