Creating a desktop shortcut to a Microsoft OneNote notebook or section can be a real productivity and organizational boost for users who frequently access specific notes or projects. A desktop shortcut enables instant access to important information, bypassing the need to navigate through the OneNote app or search among multiple notebooks.
Below is a step-by-step process to creating a shortcut to your notebook or notebook section.
Creating a shortcut to a OneNote notebook
Creating a shortcut to a OneNote section
The process is very similar to the instructions above, except you are selecting only the section instead of the entire notebook.
Open your notebook with the section needed
- Navigate to your desired notebook
- Open the notebook with the page that contains your section
Get the link to the section
- From the list of notebooks, right click on the section needed
- Select “Copy Link to Section”
- Open Notepad (Quick navigation tip: Press Ctrl-Esc, or tap the Windows key. Type “N” – Notepad should be displayed, if not type the full word “note”. Then double click on Notepad)
- Press Ctrl-V to copy the link into Notepad
You will see a line similar to the link below, where “bookname” will be the name of the book you selected:
https://yourcompany-my.sharepoint.com/personal/you_at_company/_layouts/OneNote.aspx?id=%2Finfo%2Fyou_at_company%2FFolder%2Fbookname
onenote:https://your_company/otherinfo/you_at_company/Documents/bookname/
Key point: The link is actually 2 lines. We need the second line that starts with the word “onenote” - Copy the entire second line, starting with the word “onenote”
Create desktop shortcut to section
- Go to your desktop (Quick navigation tip: Press Windows Key+D)
- In an empty spot on your desktop, right click on your desktop
- Select “New” then “Shortcut”
- In the “Type the location of the item” text box, paste in the OneNote link copied above in step 5.
- Click “Next”
- In the “Type a name for this shortcut” text box: Enter the name you want to use for this shortcut (in this case the notebook name would probably be best)
We hope this guide was helpful!