Microsoft OneNote's screen save feature is a quick and easy way to take a screenshot. Learn how to use the function with the following step-by-step manual.
Steps
Method 1 of 3: Saving the screen
Step 1. Open Microsoft OneNote
The start page has a top bar. Select "Insert" and then "Save screen".
Step 2. Your previous screen will appear
The screen will be dimmed and diagonal bars will appear. You can choose to save the entire page screen or crop only a portion. Use the diagonal bars to enclose the area you want to save, and then release the mouse.
Step 3. OneNote will reappear and show the section you just saved
From there, you can press CTRL + V to paste the screenshot into your email or Word document or any other project. You can right click on the screen to save it to another location.
- Click on the corner of the image to drag and resize it.
- The image will be saved in OneNote in a sidebar, in case you need it again.
Method 2 of 3: Use a shortcut to save the screen
Step 1. You can use the save tool without opening OneNote
Right-click on the OneNote icon in the notification area of the taskbar (if you don't see the OneNote option, follow these instructions to put it there: Tools> Options> Category> Other> Place OneNote icon in the notification area).
Step 2. Click “Save Screen” in the quick menu
Step 3. Use the Save tool as in steps 2-3 above
Method 3 of 3: Use the Windows hot key
Step 1. Use the WINDOWS + S shortcut to save the screenshot
Step 2. Once the screenshot is saved, OneNote asks for the location
Create a new note and make it default (also indicate not to ask again).
Step 3. All screenshots are saved in this note; moreover, each time it is kept in the clipboard for quick access
Advice
- OneNote includes a shortcut to save your screen: if you have the program running on your PC, you can press Windows + S to use the tool without having to open OneNote at the same time.
- Screenshots or images with words can be indexed. Just right-click on the image in OneNote and select "Make text indexable".
Warnings
- Screenshots obtained in OneNote are always saved in.png. They can be bulky, in the case of images with many pixels (they are smaller for small images, compared to other formats).
- In OneNote 2003 there is no right-click menu to save the screen as an image file.
