To pin the OneNote desktop app, right-click the icon labeled OneNote, and then select Pin to Start. Scroll down in the list of installed apps until you see OneNote. In Windows 11, select the Windows Start icon near the center of the Windows task bar then click on All apps. In Windows 10, select the Start button in the lower left corner of the Windows task bar. To quickly get to your preferred Windows version of OneNote, you can pin its app icon to your Start menu or the Windows taskbar. Important: OneNote attaches only static snapshots of the source documents or files you insert into your notes it doesn’t maintain a link to the source file.Tip: You may have to repeat these steps for each OneNote file type that you want to change.

Changes you make to the copy in OneNote won’t show up in the original. And changing the original won’t update the copy. It’s possible to embed two types of Microsoft Office files into OneNote that maintain a relationship between their embedded version and their source files: You can add an Excel spreadsheet to a page or add a Visio diagram to a page. Inserting a file as a printout places a picture of its contents on a page in OneNote. You can’t edit printouts like regular notes, so they’re a good choice if you want to keep the original formatting. The inserted printouts work just like inserted pictures. You can resize them and move them anywhere on the page. You can add notes or annotations to the image, and even copy text from a file printout and paste it as editable text. In OneNote, click anywhere on the page where you want to insert a file printout. In the Choose a Document to Insert dialog box, click the file you want to insert, and then click Insert. Note: OneNote attaches a copy of the source document or file. OneNote does not maintain a link to the source file.

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