Microsoft Onenote Save Locally

On Microsoft Windows XP, the Backup folder for your notebooks is located at C: Documents and Settings user name Local Settings Application Data Microsoft OneNote Backup. Change the default location for backup files Click File Options Save & Backup. Under Save, in the Paths list, click Backup Folder, and then click Modify. The sync mechanism of OneNote is independent of the sync mechanism of OneDrive and is somehow 'hidden'. So, you will not see locally (nor online) the single files that constitute a notebook, but only 'stubs'. Nevertheless, the notebook will be actually stored in the cloud and will be actually synced locally in some hidden location. When I used Evernote there was a facility to mark notes or a notebook for storage locally so they can be accessed when there is no internet connection. Is there a way to do similar in Onenote? I am using Onenote 2016 (the free one).

Microsoft Onenote Save Locally
  1. Get started with OneNote for Windows 10. This is due to your computer storing a cached version of them for you locally. How to Save OneNote Notebooks. Here we go, this is the the process which you have to repeat for each notebook you want to open in Windows 10 built-in OneNote app. However, as we have seen earlier, there are some differences between them. OneNote for Mac is part of Office 2019.
  2. The description of Microsoft OneNote: Save Ideas and Organize Notes App Organize your thoughts, discoveries, and ideas and simplify planning important moments in your life with your digital notepad. Microsoft OneNote lets you take notes on your phone and sync them across all your devices.

This article will let you know how to export your OneNote Notebook and Classroom Notebooks so that you are able to transfer them to another user. The current transferring method for OneNote Notebook and OneNote Classroom Notebooks will only export in the Windows operating system using the OneNote 2016 application. The person who the Notebook is transferred to can use Mac or PC to receive the file.

Note: You must use the OneNote 2016 application. The OneNote tablet application does not have the same features.

Exporting Your Notebook

  1. Open the Notebook you wish to export and transfer to a new user in your OneNote 2016 Application.
    • If your OneNote is saved locally on the computer open it as you usually do.
    • If the OneNote is saved only online click Open in OneNote (Figure 1)
    • If it doesn’t already say Open in OneNote 2016 and asks you to choose an application, choose OneNote 2016.
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Figure 1:

Note: If OneNote 2016 is not downloaded on your PC please look at Installing Microsoft Office from Office 365

  1. Once in the OneNote 2016 application click File (Figure 2)

Figure 2:

  1. Click Export (Figure 3)

Figure 3:

Can Onenote Be Saved Locally

  1. Under Export Current: click Notebook
  2. Under Select Format: click OneNote 2010-2015 Section (*.one)
  3. Click Export (See Figure 4 for all three steps)

Figure 4:

  1. Choose a local location to save the Notebook, then change the file name to whatever you would like.
  2. Click Save See (Figure 5)

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Figure 5:

Your Notebook has now been exported and is ready for transfer to another user via email. Once confirmed that the user is able to open the Notebook, you may delete it.

Importing a Notebook Transferred to You

  1. Download and save the file locally to your computer
  2. Drag the file into your OneDrive using your OneDrive folder on your computer or in the Web Browser
  3. Open the file in the Web version of OneNote by double clicking the file in your OneDrive
  4. If you wish to use the OneNote Application from the Web Browser click Open in OneNote

For more information on moving files into your OneDrive look at Uploading Files to OneDrive

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