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Student view of filled lecture notes on OneNote Online. Encourage students to click on the Solutions link that you posted in your learning management system. This will direct students to OneNote Online, where they can view your annotated solutions in (almost) real-time. Figure 3 above is a screenshot of OneNote Online, with annotated solutions.

© PeopleImages/GettyImages You can turn a section, page, or entire OneNote notebook into a PDF. PeopleImages/GettyImages
  • You can save a OneNote notebook as a PDF, but if you update the notebook, those changes will not be reflected in the PDF.
  • To save the OneNote notebook as a PDF, choose 'Print' from the menu at the OneNote window's top right.
  • If you have an older version of OneNote, you'll find the PDF option in the Export menu in the left sidebar.
  • The process for saving an entire OneNote notebook, section, or page as a PDF is the same.
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  1. Enable Dark Mode. Apple started rolling out dark mode with the introduction of the macOS Sierra.
  2. Evernote is probably the most popular note-taking app and the best OneNote alternative.

OneNote is a convenient tool for doing research, taking notes, and organizing information. Occasionally, you might want to share these notes with someone else, but you don't want the recipient to make changes to your content.

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Instead of using OneNote's Share feature, you can save a notebook as a PDF instead. OneNote lets you share the entire notebook as a PDF, just a section, or even a single page.

Keep in mind that if you update a notebook, the changes will not be reflected in the PDF. You should also be careful to select just the part of the notebook you want to save as a PDF – if you only intend to save a page as a PDF but save an entire section, for example, you might share information you didn't mean to with someone.

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If you're ready to share your OneNote notebook as a PDF, here's how to do it.

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How to save a OneNote as a PDF

1. Launch OneNote.

2. Open the notebook you want to share by clicking the currently selected notebook and choosing the correct notebook from the drop-down menu.

© Dave Johnson/Business Insider Choose the notebook you want to share as a PDF Dave Johnson/Business Insider

3. If you are sharing the entire notebook, go to the next step. Otherwise, navigate to the part of the notebook you want to share.


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4. Click the three dots at the top right of the window and choose 'Print.'

© Dave Johnson/Business Insider Choose Print because we will be printing the document as a PDF file. Dave Johnson/Business Insider

5. In the Print window under the Printer section, click the currently selected printer and then, in the drop-down menu, select 'Microsoft Print to PDF.'

6. In the Pages section, click the menu and choose whether you want to turn the current page, section, or notebook into a PDF.

© Dave Johnson/Business Insider Select the section of the notebook you want to print. Dave Johnson/Business Insider

7. Click 'Print.'

8. In the Save Print Output As dialog box, choose where to save your new PDF.

How to save OneNote as a PDF if you have an older version of OneNote

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If you are using an older version of OneNote, the PDF feature might be located in a different place. If your version of OneNote has the sidebar menu on the left side of the screen with options for Info, New, Open, Print, Share, Export, and Send, click 'Export' and then follow the directions to choose the part of the document and the PDF option.

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© Dave Johnson/Business Insider You can find the PDF option in the Export section of OneNote's older versions. Dave Johnson/Business Insider

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