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How I use OneNote to Organize my Travels

I never thought I would be such a proponent of a Microsoft product, but here I am: I LOVE Microsoft OneNote (it’s free; I’m not getting any kickbacks) and use it to organize many things in life, including my travel plans. This is how I use it for my vacation planning.

Overview of OneNote

OneNote is part of the Microsoft Office suite and is laid out like a digital series of notebooks and folders. It allows you to organize your thoughts, ideas, photos, etc. in several layers. It’s also cloud-based, so it can sync with all of your devices (computers, phone, iPad, etc.).  GoogleDocs and DropBox are also cloud-based, but I like the organization of OneNote better.

For a quick overview of OneNote, check out this  YouTube Video .

Note about Templates: Microsoft used to have themed templates for OneNote, including a travel planner with budget tool, etc., which is what many similar blog posts show in their examples. However, Microsoft has removed these templates and only provide travel planner templates for Word/Excel.

Personally, I don’t think you need a template; the program is already so flexible and customize-able that you can insert tables, to do lists, photos anywhere.

Step 1 – Jot Down Ideas

I keep a notebook for general travel ideas with a section for each place I’d like to go. Then, I jot down ideas as I hear or find them: things to do/see, hotel/restaurant recommendations. Think of it like a brainstorm, or a bulletin board or Pinterest page for each destination. Most of my pages are a disorganized smattering of notes/photos, or an empty page with one or two half-baked ideas: ex. “Spring time is best for flowers!” “So-and-so says it takes 2 days to get from Marrakesh to the Sahara”

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Step 2 – Location Decided

When I start to get serious about a trip, the section grows, but still in a pretty disorganized fashion. These sections become landing pages for ideas, links and tips to save for later:

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Tip: You can share notebooks with others to make it a collaborative trip, or keep your family back home in the loop for your itinerary. For instructions on sharing notebooks, watch this  Microsoft Video .

Step 3 – Planning & Confirmations

As a trip starts to take shape, I expand the section and add other pages for sample itineraries, budget, research on flights, hotels, getting there, etc. And it forms into a to do list – “Book flight, book hotel”. Things start getting more organized, and it becomes an official itinerary with flight info/confirmations:

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Tip: If you type an equation, OneNote will automatically calculate it for you after you type equal (=), which can help you in budget planning. Ex. Flights: $762+183+92+95=(One Note will insert the total $1,132.00!)

Step 4 – During the Trip

Because it’s easily accessible and syncs automatically with my phone or iPad, it becomes my life source during the trip with confirmation numbers, notes, etc. (I also print out hard copies of the itinerary/confirmations as back-up).

You can also write your travel journal using OneNote, though I prefer the classic  Moleskine Notebooks .

Step 5 – After the Trip

After the trip, I keep the section archived in another notebook as an easy reference in case someone asks for advice or where I stayed, etc.

Example Page Ideas

The best way to learn OneNote is to explore and start using it. You’ll figure out what organization works best for you. Here are some ideas for sections/pages to get you started:

  • Overall Itinerary
  • Packing Checklist
  • Budget table to keep track of expenses
  • One page/section per city or day of your trip (Stockholm, Helsinki, Day 1, 2, etc.)
  • Places to visit with hours of operation/ticket prices
  • Day Trip Ideas
  • City/Metro Map
  • Transportation Info/Getting There
  • Reservation Email Confirmations
  • Medication or Tourist Visa Information
  • Tips (ex. sit on left side for best views, tipping restaurants, taxis is/is not expected)
  • Quick Translation Reference Guide

Other Uses of OneNote

I have also used OneNote to organize my recipes, moving plans, and even ideas for this blog! Here’s an example of a page from my recipes with sections organized by type (entrée, soup, sides, dessert, etc.). I reference the ingredients list from my phone while I’m at the store, and then can prop my iPad on the kitchen counter to see the directions while I cook:

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For more information or to download OneNote for FREE online,  click here .

Let me know how you organize your travels, or if you use OneNote differently.

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Trip Planning: Using OneNote to Stay Organized

For the first time, I’m actually jealous of SVV for having a PC, as his Office 365 suite has OneNote while mine doesn’t (it’s not yet available for the Mac, though it might be in the next year or so). Still, while planning my upcoming two-month European cruise —my version of a very extended “Spring Break” (even though I will be working)—I hopped on his desktop and started plotting out my voyage so he can keep a record of where I am at every moment until he joins me on our anniversary in Dublin. And even though my Mac won’t run the program, we can share our OneNote docs through SkyDrive , both on our web accounts and via our iPhones (so all is not lost!).

Using OneNote for trip planning

This was my first time using OneNote , which I assumed was only a note-taking device. Au contraire , I couldn’t have been more wrong! So to learn the ropes, I downloaded the travel notebook for a tutorial, which walked me through each tab and function step-by-step. You can add as many pages as needed to customize your own planning, but the travel form already had every list I wanted to lay out my 50 days at sea.

Using OneNote for trip planning

Maybe the most useful function is the ability to keep a record of your scanned documents. I always have a copy of my passport and vaccinations saved on my travel laptop, but if that were stolen, I’d be SOL. I’m thus moving them over to OneNote, so I can access them via the web browser should I be stuck at some embassy overseas in a bind. (Let’s be honest, with my luck? It could so easily happen.)

Using OneNote for trip planning

OneNote can be used for many other purposes, such as tracking your finances, keeping tabs on your home remodel, etc., but for avid travelers, it’s definitely useful for simple organizational purposes. The only big drawback, as I already mentioned, is that Mac users can’t take advantage of it (yet). That will change soon, I hope!

Using OneNote for trip planning

What resource do you find most handy in keeping all your ducks in a row while you travel?

**This is part of an ongoing partnership with Microsoft Office in which I am given a one-year subscription to test out the features for the new Office 365 and figure out how they best apply specifically to travelers. Blog post topics and opinions are all my own.

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OneNote looks super handy! Too bad I have a Mac as well, so I can’t take advantage right now. I think being able to keep my scanned documents, budget info, random research, and packing list all in one place would be nice. Though a packing list is always something I pretend like I’m going to follow, but ultimately I end up waiting until the last minute and throwing random things into my suitcase the night before I leave.

I’ll keep you posted when it launches on Mac!

If I had a PC, I’d be all over this! I love list-making ohsomuch.

That’s why we’re friends!

Ah! I love the idea of this.

I use Evernote to plan recipes, blog posts, travel tips, etc – but it’s difficult to organize. The pure look/outline of this is PERFECT! 🙂

I’ve never used Evernote–actually, this is my first time using any list-making app, as I’m typically more of an old-school pen-and-paper kind of girl!

Hi Brandy OneNote is available for iPad and iPhone, and accessible from your Mac using OneNote Web app and SkyDrive. Yes, OneNote for your desktop is fuller-featured and it is coming for Mac. But a combination of these OneNote options will get you going and help you manage your lists and plans from your desktop and on the go.

Oooh I hadn’t even thought about downloading it for my iPad. Good call…

Thanks Darrell! I have an iPhone and an iPad so I’ll have to look into that.

I’ve been showing groups and organizations how to use OneNote interactively as a whiteboard, collaborative note and research tool and in meetings. Good fit for schools, not just as an individual student, but the whole class can connect to it and share notes real-time. I’ve blogged a bit about it here if you’re interested. http://bit.ly/WnVgG8 OneNote for Mac won’t be far away now 🙂

If you have a mac and want to run a PC, why not use a virtual machine? I do every day for the PC software I need, it works just fine.

That seems complicated when I already have four Mac computers cluttering my work desk, ha!

Oh! I love the feature that I can drag and save all various info I search online for the trip. Plus it looks so nice. I’m a visual person so I’m in love already. Will need to investigate more on this since we are a Mac family but we do have virtual machine. But I just hate switching back and forth to access window-only software. Are all these features you show available on the web version of OneNote?

I also do an obsessive amount of pre-trip planning so this looks like a perfect tool for me. I LOVE that you can grab and paste website pages. Currently I’m printing out my resources, old school, so this could help me considerably!

I’m a sucker for anything easy that lets you drag and drop. That’s probably my favorite part about this app.

Oh, I just installed OneNote onto my laptop last night and was wondering if I’d ever use it… so now I just might! I’m intrigued by your overnight trip from Le Havre to Paris though – it’s only about a two-hour drive.

We are docked in Le Havre for two nights while on the ship this spring, so I’m taking a group on a two-day tour of Paris until Segment II starts up.

As a devoted and life long Mac user I cannot comprehend why a program would be developed only for PCs 🙂 Get an apple friendly version running asap please, Microsoft!

It’s in the works, so that’s the good news!

I adore OneNote. I use it for everything. My favourite feature is the screenshot ability from any website. Saves me time copying images and url’s. Such great features. And they now have the highlighter and Send To from websites as well as Sub-tabs on the right wing. I could go on and on. I didn’t know they had these templates. I’ve made lots of travel ones myself but this makes this super convenient.

My daughter uses OneNote for her school work but I had no idea that it could be used as a travel planning tool. I may have to try it out!

Kids these days–so advanced!

Oh wow what a cool program!

hmmm..! this is very interesting! having a travel planner will help us organize our schedules and will not forget our important travels. I want to have this program as soon as possible.

WoW! That’s a cool idea.

That drag-and-drop of the web sites alone is priceless. I can think of a million ways to use that!

This tool seems great! I used OneNote when I was in college for actually taking notes, but this is so much cooler. My husband and I are planning a 12 month trip around the world where we’ll spend one month in a different country so this could be very useful. Thanks so much for the tips!

I just use my iPhone notes to keep all my info and just started using the iPhone 5 Passport for tickets which is great, but One note looks much more dynamic. I hope it comes to Mac soon!

This is a system after my list-loving little heart.

I’ve been loving my MacBook Air and didn’t think I was really missing anything when I got the new Office. Now I’m jealous, but it’s probably for the best – I’m sure I could lose hours making the perfect little travel notebooks.

Hope this one’s available with Mac soon enough. It is summer here in our place and I am wait to be planning for my summer getaway. I’ll just use another tool instead.

Organization is my biggest downfall but this sounds like a great program.

I used to use OneNote when I had my PC. Now that I’m Mac people I kinda miss it…

Sounds like a very useful program, too bad not for OSX yet. Hopefully in the next year as you say. I’ve been using Catch Notes on our Android and it’s been ok, but nothing like the functionality of this. This might be a tool that will push me to plan more, I’m horrible at that.

Seems a very useful program, just heard of it. Usually I take notes on notebooks, just the points then I rewrite the whole story when I got back home. Here I say I’m not entirely nomadic. But I like this program, perhaps I’d give it a try. Thanks for sharing!

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I’ve heard a lot of good things about OneNote but have never used it for myself even though it’s on my phone. Thanks for the review!

An excellent post. I have OneNote on my laptop but have never used it. I think I’m now going to be a OneNote addict, much to my boyfriend’s ‘Apple are the best’ despair

This OneNote looks amazing! I recently went on Spring Break to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and wish I knew of this before I left! Before going on vacation, I find it so stressful making sure that you have everything you need. Days before the trip, I find myself making note after note and posting them all around the house. Too bad I have a Mac, because this tool seems too good to be true! If you are going on vacation why would you not want to have an application like this? Hoping they eventually come out with a user friendly app for the Mac because I would love to use this next year for my vacation to the Bahamas!

As weird as this sounds, I use a combination of Excel spreadsheets, Pocket (use to be called Read-it-later), Dropbox, and the Notes app on my iPhone. Between all of these and the fact they they are all accessible from any device anywhere in the world. I dont have to worry about losing my itinerary if I left my phone on the bus or my laptop got stolen. I’ve always got my important documents with me.

Can you help me get the onenote travel template? All the links I use just download office or onenote but I can’t find the travel notebook any\where

Hi, I have been looking for this famous OneNote travel notebook too and I was not able to find it, however after doing a lot of research I finally was able to find it, and I want to leave the link below just in case other people also want to have it and are having problems to find it. This is the link: http://bit.ly/OneNoteTripbook I hope this helps, and happy travelling!

Hi, I have been looking for this famous OneNote travel notebook and I was not able to find it, as you link is broken, however after doing a lot of research I finally was able to find it, and I want to live the link below just in case other people also want to have it and are having problems to find it.

This is the link: http://bit.ly/OneNoteTripbook

I hope this helps, and happy travelling!

I am a faitnful OneNote user and have looked everywhere for this without any luck. I am a travel agent and would love to use this when creating itineraries for my clients. Is there anywhere that still offers this?

I don’t know, unfortunately! I only used it for a very short time and have since upgraded all my software =(

Fantastic post however , I was wanting to know if you could write a litte more on this subject? I’d be very grateful if you could elaborate a little bit further.

Many thanks!

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Travel planning with Microsoft OneNote

May 23, 2011 | Steve Clayton - Editor - Microsoft News Center Staff

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I travel a fair amount and I’m always looking for a good way to organize everything I need when I go – I use services like TripIt and Dopplr but think I may have found another tool to add to my kit bag – using OneNote to create a TripBook.

A new site from the OneNote team hosts TripBooks from 40 bloggers who are way ahead of me  – each publishing a one-day traveller’s log for a different city, for Around the World in 40 Days . A new destination shows up each day with New York, Jerusalem, Melbourne, Oslo, Reykjavik and many others already there. The bloggers have used OneNote to organize reservation and schedule information, take notes on their experience, add photos and video, and collect relevant links in one place. Nice.

I like what the team has done with the site too – the way Bing maps flow in to the background as you click o a city and you can download the TripBook for each city if you have OneNote already, view in the web app if you don’t or download a trial version.

Not so keen on sharing? No problem, you can keep it private and sync it with your smartphone to ensure you have all the essentials with you when and add pictures that you snap on the go.

I’ve never totally got the OneNote bug but this may be the start.

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I am a huge believer in planning ahead.  “Those who fail to plan, plan to fail,” could probably be my motto.  At least my kids think so anyway.   Spur of the moment plans are rare in my book.  That’s why when we planned a week vacation to Mexico two years ago I began planning six months in advance.  I had lists, spreadsheets, and every other conceivable method I could think of to help with my travel plans.  This year I have found an easier way to plan – the OneNote Travel Notebook, available free from Microsoft.  Once downloaded, it can be stored on my personal computer for individual use or stored online so I can access it from my mobile devices.

Here are some of my favorite features:

The Trip Itinerary allows me to plan my schedule day by day, entering  the times, activities and reservations I might have.   I love that I can enter a link so I will be able to find directions or locations. Believe me, this is a big problem in my family.

A Customizable Packing List.    Now I can make a list for everyone in the family.  No more will I have to worry about someone forgetting to pack their underwear or their toothbrush.  There’s a section for kids and parents, for the plane, for the humidity and heat, and for the water. All of these can be personalized and changed to adapt to different trips.

A research section.  I spend a lot of time finding educational activities for trips, much to my children’s dismay.  I’m also a fan of trying local cuisine.  How many times have you heard of a great little restaurant you want to check out but forgot the name?  I know I have! This section lets me record my notes on places I want to visit,  eat or stay.  Believe me I have some hotels on my “do not ever stay at again” list and I make a note so I won’t forget where it was and why.

Tips and Tricks.

Each page has added tips on how to optimize use of the features in the OneNote Travel Planner.  I can clip and save information from the web using the  Send To OneNote Tool.  I can send screenshots, entire web pages and more to my notebook, meaning I have all the information I need when I’m on location at my fingertips.  There are plenty of travel tips too. OneNote Travel Planner works in conjunction with Travel and Leisure Magazine.  They have plenty of practical tips to save money on airfare,  hotels and more.  Naturally, I checked out all the money saving tips first.

I can even share the notebook with others so if there is anything that needs to be added, changed or deleted, they can let me know. Although I am not letting them delete anything I might deem  fun (read that as educational.)

Have you used Microsoft OneNote Travel Planner? Let us know how you used it and how you liked it.

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The link to the OneNote travel notebook is not working….where can I access it to download please ….

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Did you find a link to this notebook?

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The link is not working, can someone share the template through email or post a new link . Please..

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How have I never heard of this before?! Thanks for sharing!

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I haven’t used the planner yet but love the ease that comes along with using it. Very neat!

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This sounds really neat. I have heard of it, but I haven’t got to use it yet.

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How cool is this. I’ve accidentally opened it at the office and freaked out, I had no idea what it was; now thanks to you I know and will sooo start using it. It looked super cool and I loved the layout; super excited. Hope it will help me plan our summer fun…

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What a great tool! We’re planning a road trip so I’ll check this out!

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i haven’t used it but enough friends and family are using it that i feel like i need to at least try it

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I didn’t know it was integrated with T&L. That’s interesting! I do like One Note though. I use it A LOT!

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We are planning a big road trip in July. I will have to get this to make my life easier.

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We love OneNote! It’s such a cool program.

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Getting ready for our summer vacation, totally going to use this!

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I recently started using OneNote myself and boy is it handy!

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This looks so handy and helpful!! I can’t wait to check out the OneNote Travel Notebook for the next time we travel.

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I love this! I was just commenting to someone that I always leave myself alerts on my phone to stay organized. This would definitely make my trip much easier.

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That looks awesome!!! I need to try that out because I love things like this!!

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How cool is that! Thanks! We need this since we will be traveling a lot this summer!

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OneNote is intimidating at first, but once you figure it out, it’s pretty awesome. I used the travel planner and it was so much fun!

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I’m going to admit – One Note totally intimidates me! But this post made me realize that I need to check it out! Thanks!

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Oh my gosh — I totally need this! I’m taking several trips this summer and this will be great for getting the kids’ stuff all organized!

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Oh this looks neat. I might try it this summer..

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Cool tool! Haven’t used it yet, but I can certainly see how I would regularly for travel. Really love the custom packing list.

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Planning a trip is always a huge deal especially for a family of six. There are so many details and lists that need to be made. In this sponsored post , I will show you how using Microsoft OneNote to plan my family’s dream vacation to Aruba made my life easier. We love to go to the beach, so someday soon, I plan to take my family to Aruba. It was a lot of fun planning it.

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I’m a very visual person so I want to see pictures of hotels and activities before I decide which is best for my family. With Microsoft OneNote, it was so easy to take a screen clip from a web page and send it to OneNote .

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OneNote Travel Template

Using the Microsoft OneNote Travel Planner template  ( download the template ) , I took clippings of the different hotels that were family friendly so I could compare them side by side. Each clipping included a link directly to the page where the screen clip came from if I needed more information.

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OneNote Screen Clips

I found that there were many activities we could do in Aruba, so I took screen clips of the activities. Next, I shared the OneNote travel notebook with everyone in my family . Each person could see the activities and put their name next to the activities they wanted to do. It was easy for me to see who wanted to do what so we could plan our days.

I included a map of where Aruba is and of the island, so that my kids would know exactly where we are going. We can familiarize ourselves with the island before we go.

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Access On-The-Go

I discovered there is a lot of important information about travel documents and things we would need to know once we are on the island. Having access to my information on my phone and tablet through the mobile versions of Microsoft OneNote means I will never be without the information . I use SkyDrive to keep all my devices synced with the latest information.

Sharing OneNote Notebooks

I created packing checklists so no one in my family could say they didn’t know what they needed to bring. It was right in the shared OneNote Travel Notebook. I created a tab for each family member with information that was specific to them such as meds they needed to bring, etc. Each person could also add notes to their section that they wanted to remember.

Since this isn’t a trip we will be taking in the next few months, I can continue to add notes, pictures and links when I come across the information and I always have it with me in a very organized way. Much better than my “print and hope I can find it” method I was using before. If I find something offline, I can take a picture of it and add it to the OneNote Travel Notebook.

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Password Protected Information

It’s always important to have copies of your important travel documents. I plan to take photos of our passports, tickets and any other important confirmation numbers. If something happens and we lose the documents, I will have easy access to the copies in my OneNote Travel Notebook. I do not want those copies to fall into the wrong hands, so I will password protect that section of the Notebook, so it can only be accessed with the password .

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The 7 Best Sites to Download Microsoft OneNote Templates

Microsoft OneNote templates help you organize your notes. Here are the best sites for getting Microsoft OneNote templates!

OneNote is a powerful and organized note-taking system that helps you track everything without burdening your mind. But because it's powerful, it can also be complicated, especially if you just want to start taking notes.

Thankfully, the app has a built-in template feature, allowing you to focus on your content instead of its layout. But although the OneNote templates come in different categories, they do not cover every need.

Nevertheless, we can easily solve this problem with ready-made templates on the web. So, let's check out the best websites where you can download OneNote templates for use in your different projects.

Installing Templates in OneNote

There are different template installation steps in OneNote, depending on the operating system you use. If you're a Mac user, you should check out the Essential OneNote for Mac Guide to get the most out of it. But if you're on Windows and use OneNote 365, it's much easier to install a OneNote template.

Most template sites let you download a .ONE file which contains the template. All you need is to open it with OneNote from File Explorer, and you'll see the template appear under Open Sections in your notebook dropdown menu.

downloaded templates found in open sections in OneNote

Just right-click on the section's tab and click on Move or Copy... You can then choose the notebook where you want to place the template in the next window and hit Move or Copy to add it to your chosen notebook.

move or copy downloaded template section to existing notebook

To avoid having to go through opening the template in the future, you can the downloaded template to OneNote's templates. To do so, go to Insert > Page Templates .

OneNote Page Templates insert

Then, in the Templates pane, click on Save current page as a template at the bottom. OneNote will then ask you to name the template, and after doing so, click Save . You'll then find this template under My Templates in the Templates pane.

save as template in onenote

With that, you can then easily create new sections straight from the OneNote app using the templates you've downloaded or created.

OneNote App for Windows 10

Although OneNote for Windows 10 is slowly being integrated into the main OneNote app, it still has some users out there. So, if this is the OneNote version you're using, you should go to OneNote Notebook Importer from any browser.

Import Saved Notebook for OneNote for Windows 10

On the website, click Import and navigate to the folder that contains your template files. Select the folder, then click Open to import it. Alternatively, you can browse File Explorer, right click on the .ONE file, and choose Open with > OneNote for Windows 10 . This will load the template into your Quick Notes, allowing you to use it and save it to your other notebooks.

Now that you know how to load templates into OneNote, it's time to find them. These are the seven best websites to download OneNote templates from.

Auscomp probably has the largest collection of paid templates for OneNote. You’ll find templates for virtually everything, be it a particular niche, hobby, project, or managing life.

It also lets you download ten free templates. These include the Diary template, Finance, Family Tree, Travel Checklist, Moving House, Insurance, Cooking Recipes, Cocktail Recipes, Legal, and Fitness templates.

Aside from the various one-time purchase bundles for home and business users, Auscomp also offers several subscriptions. These passes give you at least 70+ templates for almost every aspect of your life. The templates include Calendars, Planners, Vacation Organizer, Address Book, Client Portals, Business Suite, myLIFE, Personal/Professional Development, Teams, and more.

Here are some templates you might find useful:

  • Kanban Task Template : This template uses the Kanban task management technique as inspiration. It displays a title, description, symbols, and a due date.
  • Get Things Done : Templates to keep track of goals related to finance, health, work, family, and more. You can manage your projects and track improvements with weekly reviews. To know more about this productivity system, you should read our guide on the Get Things Done (GTD) method .
  • Productivity Maximizer : This 16-template notebook contains various productivity strategies, goal tracking, procrastination management, short-term goals, long-term goals, weekly plans, and more.
  • myLife Template : A range of templates to store your personal data. If privacy is an issue, you can copy these templates to a password-protected notebook.
  • Address Book : A template for painless contact management. There are four different layouts available, including single page, grid, simple, or extended list.

Each template is pre-configured with all the parameters, including the template, resources, and documentation. They're easy to download and install, so you can straightaway start getting into managing your life, work, and business. If you want to fill in more data, OneNote lets you create a copy of the page template.

You can also tweak each PRO template as needed, allowing you to fit it exactly to your needs. You also get the calendar and planner templates for free with each purchase. So, if you're looking to buy the templates in bulk, check out the Auscomp pricing page for more details.

2. Notegram

screenshot of Notegram website

Notegram is a web app that offers you a dashboard of OneNote templates and allows you to install them for free. Sign in with your Microsoft account and click the Save button. Templates get automatically saved to your default notebook section—usually Quick Notes .

Since Notegram is platform-independent, you can install them from any device. Here are some OneNote templates you’ll find useful:

  • Monthly Calendar : It lets you create a calendar for any month and year. With it, you can block time for a particular task, see what tasks are important, link tasks to another OneNote page, and more.
  • Planner Templates : You can use these planner templates to plan your day and week. The trip planner template keeps essential travel-related information in OneNote.
  • Journal Template : For those who like to maintain a journal, Notegram has a journal and accounting journal template. You can even use Google Calendar as a personal journal if that’s the app of your choice.
  • Customer Service : These are templates for maintaining the survey form from customers and recording their parameters.

So, if you want to get templates you don't need to install them and all, pick one from Notegram. You'll find them conveniently saved as pages in the Quick Notes section of your default notebook.

3. OneNote Gem

onenotegem template collection

OneNote Gem is a specialized site that offers you add-ins to enhance the functionality of OneNote. Here, you’ll find a collection of 15+ templates for personal projects, managing your life, and systemizing your work.

It includes weekly assignments, appointments, time management, and a GTD template. You’ll also find homework assignments, Cornell Notes, and a daily schedule template invaluable for managing day-to-day class activities for students.

There are 5+ ready-made notebook templates with all sections and placeholder text pre-filled. But more than that, you’ll find notebooks for professionals, students, hobbyists, and more.

4. Onetastic

Onetastic is a multipurpose add-in for OneNote. It's more than just a template; instead, it uses macros, which are blocks of executable programming code that instruct OneNote to perform repeated tasks.

The Onetastic Macroland includes many macros to create calendars, weekly planners, and task list templates for free in OneNote. These are some of the most useful macros we found on Onetastic:

  • Monthly Calendar macro: inserts a calendar in the OneNote page. Just select a month, year, and the first day of the week. Optionally, set the width, height, and header color of the cell.
  • Monthly Calendar With Task List macro: inserts a calendar with a task list. You can put a tag and manage to-do lists right from the calendar.
  • Weekly Planner macro: inserts a page with a section for each day of the week. Choose the starting day of the week, the layout, and the number of weeks you want to use in a planner.
  • Weekly Planner With Task List macro: inserts a page with a section for each day in the week with Done, Problem, and To Do.
  • Daily Planner Page : A daily planner with a task list and a daily notes page.

Once you have downloaded and installed this add-on, you should see a Onetastic and a Macros section in the Home menu ribbon. From here, you can download, manage, edit, and add new macros.

One advantage of using Onetastic macros instead of templates is that you can insert them on any page, section, or notebook. This makes it easier for you to customize and organize your OneNote notes.

youtube planner template from etsy

Although many equate Etsy with knick-knacks and other physical creative products, you can also purchase ready-made templates there. There are many OneNote templates available on this marketplace, mostly made by indie designers for a specific purpose. These are some of the best we found that you should check out:

  • OneNote Daily Planner : A template with a goal setter for seeing the big picture, tracking progress, monthly action items, and reviewing them. It also includes planner templates for tracking habits, logging journals and emotions, tracking fitness, and more.
  • YouTube Planner for OneNote : A set of templates, guides, and resources to help you plan and manage the progress of your YouTube channel through various production stages.
  • OneNote Business Planner : A set of templates to plan your business objectives and strategies. You can describe the decision-making process, brainstorm problems, and record meeting notes.
  • OneNote Academic Planner : A set of customizable templates to plan your lectures, assignments, and courses for an academic session. You can record important dates, and timetables, decide on a career path, and journal to record working experience, skills, and strengths & weaknesses.
  • OneNote Teacher Planner : A template made specifically for teachers to organize lesson schedules, track student progress, plan lessons, and record the teaching schedule for an academic session.

These are just some of the few OneNote templates available on Etsy. If you use the right keywords, you can find so many more that'll fit your specific niche.

6. Calendarlabs

OneNote calendar templates from calendarlabs

Calendarlabs offers several ready-made calendar templates for various apps, including OneNote. There are weekly, monthly, and quarterly templates in landscape format with large boxes for recording events.

All the templates include federal holidays in the United States, so you can plan the week or month in advance. But if you want to create a calendar template of your own, you should go through our guide on creating a OneNote calendar template manually first.

Download : Monthly Calendar | Quarterly Calendar | Quarterly Planner | Weekly Planner (Free)

7. The Better Grind

OneNote templates from better grind

The site has selective, well-designed templates for OneNote in categories like project collaboration, academics, and project management. Each template consists of a basic set of customizable pages.

For example, the project collaboration template includes key contacts, a project timeline, links, a task list, meeting notes, and a journal.

Use OneNote Templates to Organize Your Life

A template can help you focus on taking notes, keep track of everything, and prevent forgetfulness. If you already use OneNote, the templates discussed in this article will help you earn great rewards in the long term.

If you like creating templates, then OneNote offers you plenty of features. All you need is thorough planning, your requirements, and how you will use the template. But if you find OneNote too complicated for your needs, why don't you check out Google Keep instead?

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Travel Made Easy with Microsoft OneNote Travel Template {Giveaway}

This is a sponsored post from one2one network and microsoft office 365. all opinions stated are my own..

School  is out for Summer and that means it is time to start planning some family fun!  This year, we plan to take two vacations both including various parts of our extended family.  As a compulsive list-maker, I generally find myself in charge of travel details, research and planning.  While I typically gravitate to a colorful notebook, pens and highlighters, I was thrilled to check out the new OneNote free travel template.

onenote for travel planning

If you are not familiar with OneNote, it is part of the Office 365 Home Premium subscription along with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher and Access.  One license allows you to use the software on up to five devices in your household including tablets, PCs and Macs along with 20 GB of SkyDrive cloud storage (3 times more than a free account!).   With the automatic save to SkyDrive, your documents and personal settings are always available no matter where you are!

With Office 365 Home Premium and the new features in OneNote, planning your next trip is a breeze.  The new free travel notebook with expert tips from Travel + Leisure allows you to access all of your ideas, notes, reservations, confirmation numbers, directions, website links, and more virtually anywhere by saving on SkyDrive.

I downloaded the free OneNote travel template and started planning my upcoming trip to the blog conference, Reviewer’s Retreat at Callaway Gardens in Georgia.  My first impression was that it was bright, colorful and just plain fun!  I couldn’t wait to get started.

onenote for travel planning

First, I started to input my Itinerary.  I love that I can highlight certain “don’t miss” appointments of change the colors and fonts.  You can also add or delete rows depending on our needs.  Notice the travel tips on the right?  Love!

onenote for travel planning

Next, I decided to start my packing list.  I said I was a compulsive list-maker and I wasn’t kidding!  You can also add webpage snapshots and even handwritten notes (admittedly, I need more practice with handwriting using my mouse).

onenote for travel planning

Now that my packing list is organized, I started getting all of my paperwork in order.  On the screen above, you can directly add flight itinerary, hotel info and confirmation numbers.  Never fumble through your bags for that confirmation number again!

onenote for travel planning

Before, during and after the trip, there is even a spot to journal your thoughts, add pictures and even narrate with audio clips.  Adding audio brings the trip to life and lets you relive the moments even after the trip is over.

The OneNote travel template is great for planning a trip with family, too.  Simply give your friends and family access to your travel notebook on SkyDrive and let them add their own travel tips, ideas or suggestions.  You can even see where others make changes and revisions throughout your notebook with OneNote 2013 identity profiles . Each authors’ initials are marked next to their work for better collaboration!

Are you planning an upcoming family vacation? Ready to try OneNote and the free travel template?  One lucky reader will win a one year subscription of Office 365 Home Premium (US $99.99 value).

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a Disney world vacation, with 3 young boys its going to take a lot of organizing

I have been saving for a trip to Italy, so I could use a way to organize my trip.

I would use it when I go to Europe

Our next vegas trip

I would plan a trip to Disney World.

We just got back from Disney World in May and we’re already thinking about when to go back!

maybe disneyland or hawaii

out to visit my sis

probably myrtle beach and walt disney world

We are taking my mom and sister to Virginia and going to the beach (they have never been) so planning is super important.

I would plan a summer trip to Erie

We could use this on our beach vacation this summer.

I would plan a trip to Europe

I am going to use it to plan my vacation to Niagara Falls!

Can you please check the link ? I am trying to download to plan for a trip, but it keeps taking me to One note website instead of the template

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How to use OneNote as an excellent travel planning tool and travel guide. Based on my own experiences as almost all my trips are supported by OneNote.

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OneNote as personal travel guide: Introduction

When going to travel then well done home work is must be – otherwise you spend a lot of valuable time on trip to find information and do time consuming planning. Poor planning means also way bigger expenses on mobile data traffic and most of your trip will be mess. I had problems like these when I was beginner traveller. For now I have elegant solution to this problem and here is how I use OneNote.

OneNote as personal travel guide: Discovering places

When you know where you want to travel you can start with gathering information. This is time consuming process and I start with this as early as possible. This step in process produces a lot of information and you need some good way how to organize it so you don’t get lost. It’s easy for short trip to somewhere but when you plan to move around about week the situation is totally different. Let’s see how OneNote can help you out here.

OneNote as personal travel guide: Planning

In previous post we gathered and organized information about places we want to visit and we have now pretty good overview about what is where, how we can move around and what delicious things we want to try. It’s time now to make guiding plan for our trip, work out informative pages and share our travel guide with our friends.

OneNote as personal travel guide: Using OneNote on trip

We are ready to go and use OneNote as our main source of information when travelling around. Before going we have to make sure we have our travel guide available in our pockets. We need also some good plan how to use it and how to update it if needed. This posting tells you how to travel with OneNote effectively.

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Microsoft 365 Life Hacks > Writing > How to use OneNote to create a personal journal

How to use OneNote to create a personal journal

You can adapt OneNote for your daily journaling with regular jotting, sketches, links, and images to capture your thought process. Embrace your creative side and start a OneNote daily journal.

A photo of a journal

Organizing your daily thoughts with OneNote

You may know the benefits of daily journaling already: Writing down your thoughts can improve mental health and strengthen your memory. On top of that, you might already use Microsoft OneNote to take meeting notes at work, follow along with classroom lectures, or create to-do lists for your daily life. You can combine these tools into one.

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Keep your thoughts, content, and lists handy with OneNote

Like any daily routine, journaling takes practice and repetition. You can either take notes periodically through the day or dedicate a set amount of time at the end of each day to gather your thoughts—the key is to make it as easy as possible to begin writing until it feels like second nature.

Fortunately, OneNote makes it easy to begin journaling. Its pages, sections, and notebooks offer near-endless versatility. Create sections by year or month and organize your pages by day—which is handy if you find days where there’s a lot on your mind. You can also categorize your pages by years and seasons, and tag sections based on important events or holidays. Unlike an actual journal, your OneNote notebook will grow with enough room for a lifetime’s worth of writing.

Embrace multimedia versatility

No two people’s journals are the same: there is no structure or set rules for what you can put into your journal. And you don’t have to just write in OneNote: rather, your self-expression can take on all forms.

Upload a video from your mobile device if you see something noteworthy, for example. Insert an audio recording whenever an idea strikes you—if you’re driving and you think of something worth noting, you don’t have to wait to pull over to insert a clever thought. Sketch directly in OneNote and embrace the creative and cognitive benefits of doodling . If you are using OneNote from a Surface tablet and its built-in Slim Pen 2 , it’s even easier.

Use OneNote as a traveling diary

The travel diary is a centuries-old tradition, and some of the great travelogues have remained staples of classical literature. OneNote’s ability to capture photos, videos and scribbles are ideal for sharing your travel experiences. Send your daily updates to your friends via Teams or Outlook and introduce them to new destinations, street food, locals and fellow travelers alike, and your greatest memories. Use OneNote pages to serve as a catch-all for your spontaneous recordings, then filter and edit select photos, videos and captions to post to social media.

And with Microsoft Cloud compatibility , you can back up your notebook from anywhere in the world with a strong Internet connection.

Journaling templates can make it easy

OneNote comes with built-in templates that can further organize your daily journaling. Under the Insert menu, click on Page Templates to open a panel that shows templates based on category. Add decorative flourishes to your pages, or structure your thoughts with multiple lists and structures. It’s easy to create and save your own journaling templates , too.

With its versatility and near-endless ability for expansion, OneNote makes an ideal platform for journaling. What’s more: these habits may just last you a lifetime.

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12+ OneNote Templates for Productivity

Sandy Writtenhouse

Microsoft OneNote is a terrific note-taking tool, but you can do so much more with it. Whether you want to use it for managing a project, planning your workday, or keeping up with tasks, check out these OneNote templates for a quick start.

Quick check: did you optimize your desk for productivity , yet?

1. Project Overview

2. meeting notes, 3. to-do list, 4. daily work schedule, 5. weekly planner, 6. quarterly planner, 7. four quadrants of time management, 8. work notebook, 9. shared notebook for group project, 10. diary / journal, 11. cornell notes, 12. monthly calendars, onenote templates on etsy, frequently asked questions, built-in onenote page templates.

One of the best places to start with OneNote templates is the application. You can use the built-in project overview template and choose from a variety of meeting notes and to-do list page templates.

Page Templates on the OneNote Insert tab

Open your notebook and go to the Insert tab. Select Page Templates in the “Pages” section of the ribbon. You may see a few listed but can also choose Page Templates at the bottom to view them all using the Template sidebar.

In the sidebar, you’ll see the templates grouped by category. Expand the Business category and choose the Project Overview template to add it as a page in your notebook.

Project Overview in the Templates sidebar

Take advantage of the fields in the template for project, company, and presenter name. Add a description, project goals, resources, procedures, a schedule of milestones, current status, and related documents.

Project Overview template in OneNote

Also in the Business section of the sidebar, you’ll see several meeting notes template options. From simple to detailed to formal, each template offers something a little different. Select Detailed Meeting Notes .

Detailed Meeting Notes in the Templates sidebar

Start with the meeting details, including the date, time, location, and agenda. Then, add the attendees, announcements, status of old items, a summary, and information for the next meeting.

Detailed Meeting Notes template in OneNote

Expand the Planners section in the sidebar to see a few different to-do list templates. The “Simple To-Do List” template gives you checkboxes with spots for your items, while “Project To Do List” offers a section for each project.

Prioritized To Do List in the Templates sidebar

“Prioritized To Do List” uses three columns to divide your tasks by importance. Add items to the High, Medium, and Low Priority columns as you see fit.

Prioritized To Do List template in OneNote

Good to know : you can also find a selection of productivity templates for Notion !

For a neat schedule that helps you plan your day, look at this Daily Work Schedule from OneNote Gem .

Add the date at the top, then enter each task, meeting, appointment, and break. You can enter items in 30-minute increments but easily carry items over for long periods.

Daily Work Schedule template from Onenote Gem

For the following day, either change the date and adjust the schedule or copy the page to start a new day from scratch. To make a copy, right-click the page name and select Move or Copy .

Move or Copy in the OneNote page shortcut menu

In the pop-up box, choose a notebook, then click Copy .

Copy box for a OneNote page

Struggling to manage tasks? Try the RICE prioritization method to decide what to do first.

If a daily work schedule isn’t your thing but planning your week is, then this Weekly Planner from Calendar Labs is for you.

Enter the week’s start date at the top, then plan your week with a section for each day. Use the lines within the sections to add appointments and to-dos for your business or personal items.

Weekly Planner template from Calendar Labs

Like the Daily Work Schedule above, you can make a copy of the template for the upcoming weeks.

Quarterly Planner from Calendar Labs is perfect for planning your year in three-month increments. It comes complete with U.S. holidays in the Notes section, with matching red dates on the calendars for each corresponding month.

Quarterly Planner template from Calendar Labs

To switch to the next quarter, just select the page on the right or left, depending on your notebook layout.

Quarterly Planner template pages

The Four Quadrants of Time Management template from OneNote Gem is great if you practice the Eisenhower method of task management. It allows you to easily prioritize everything on your plate.

Four Quadrants template from OneNote Gem

You’ll see helpful prompts for the types of tasks you should add to each quadrant. For example, the Crisis (urgent and important) quadrant should include items like pressing problems, reworking, and rush deadlines.

Four Quadrants template Crisis section

For more on this technique, take a look at our article on how to use the Eisenhower matrix to manage your tasks .

For a different type of template, take a look at this Work Notebook from OneNote Gem . This is a preassembled notebook with pages for meeting notes, planning, travel, projects, and research.

When you visit each page, you’ll see helpful examples of what to include, as well as useful tips and keyboard shortcuts for OneNote .

Work Notebook template from OneNote Gem

Rather than create a notebook and add all of its pages from scratch, you can get a jump start with this Work Notebook template.

Similar to the Work Notebook template, look at this Shared Notebook for Group Project template from OneNote Gem . You’ll find several sections for you and your team to keep up with your next project.

You can enter goals and a schedule, drafts, research items, tasks and issues, team information, and meeting notes – all in one handy notebook.

Shared Notebook for Group template from OneNote Gem

Share your notebook as you would anything else in OneNote. Select Share at the top, then Share Entire Notebook . Upload it to OneDrive if you haven’t already, and share the link with your team members.

Shared Notebook Share settings

Remember, you can choose from Edit or View permissions or adjust those sharing settings later.

For jotting down your thoughts, activities, and memorable events, you can use this Diary / Journal notebook template from Auscomp . The notebook offers sections for both Monthly and Daily entries.

In the Monthly section, you’ll see spots for your entries to the right of the dates. To move to another month, simply choose the page. You can use the helpful instructions at the top to add a new day and remove or modify entries.

Diary template Monthly tab from Auscomp

In the Daily section, choose the month and date in the pages area on the left or right, then just add your diary notes. Similar to the Monthly section, you’ll see instructions to add a new day, month, and year, which is a good way to keep your diary updated.

Diary template Daily tab from Auscomp

For a diary notebook that you can quickly jump to while working in other areas of OneNote, this template is just right.

If you use the Cornell Note Taking System , then you’ll like the Cornell Notes template from OneNote Gem . This nicely color-coded template offers red, yellow, and blue for your Cues, Notes, and Summary.

The Cues and Summary each have a few bullet points to get you started. The “Notes” area has “Record,” “Predigest,” “Recite,” “Thinking,” and “Review” ready for you to add your items.

Cornell Notes template from OneNote Gem

Remember, you can make a copy of the page to use for other days or note-taking sessions. Right-click the page, choose Move or Copy , pick a notebook, and click Copy .

Notegram offers a few useful templates, including a quick way to add monthly calendars for the whole year to your OneNote notebook.

Rather than manually downloading a template, log into Notegram using your OneNote account, click Save on the template you’d like to use, and it will automatically show up in your default OneNote notebook , typically under Quick Notes .

Notegram Templates Download

If you’re downloading the monthly calendar, select the month and year before saving a copy. You can make the weeks start on Mondays by unchecking Sunday first . The calendar template itself is basic, which makes it a great printable or an empty canvas for your annual event or vacation planning.

Notegram Monthly Calendar Template

While all of the options on this list are free as of this writing, there are some wonderful paid OneNote templates on Etsy . The templates vary in price, starting around $2.

OneNote templates on Etsy

Visit Etsy and type “OneNote template” into the search or check out some of these affordable options.

  • OneNote Digital Planner : daily, weekly, and monthly interlinked planners with both Sunday and Monday versions
  • OneNote Project Management Planner : scope of work, schedule, budget, organization chart, and project trackers
  • OneNote Project Management Template : project proposal, risk management, issue tracker, schedules, and contacts
  • OneNote Planner for Professionals : calendars, tasks, vision board, to-do list, journal, and trackers for tasks, habits, and ideas

Couldn’t find the right template? You can find more OneNote templates on these sites.

Is Microsoft discontinuing OneNote?

OneNote for Windows 10 will continue to receive support until October 2025. After that, you’ll need to use the OneNote application. It comes with Microsoft 365 but can also be downloaded from the Microsoft Store.

To see which version you have, look for the “File” menu. If you see this menu, you are using the OneNote application. If you do not see this menu and see “OneNote for Windows 10” in the title bar, that’s the version you’re using.

Can I save a page I create as a template in OneNote?

Absolutely! If you create a page that you want to use as a template, go to the “Insert” tab and select “Page Templates -> Page Templates.” When the Templates sidebar opens, click “Save current page as a template” at the bottom and give it a name.

Can I automatically open a template with a new page?

You can set a default template to open each time you add a page to a section in your notebook. Go to the “Insert” tab and select “Page Templates -> Page Templates.” In the sidebar, use the drop-down box near the bottom to pick a default template.

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    Use Microsoft OneNote to keep track of information like confirmation codes, links to activities, a copy of your itinerary, and more. You can even divide your "vacation notebook" into color-coded sections and pages for easier navigation. OneNote is shareable and collaborative, so you and your travel partner can add information to the same place.

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  10. Organize your next Vacation with OneNote

    Create a OneNote notebook with to-do checklists weeks before, days before and the day you travel - so nothing is left to chance. Weeks before - take care of the "big ticket" essentials which can take time to arrange (like Visas, passports and vaccinations etc if you travel overseas) - so get onto them ASAP. Days before - double ...

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    OneNote can be used for many other purposes, such as tracking your finances, keeping tabs on your home remodel, etc., but for avid travelers, it's definitely useful for simple organizational purposes. The only big drawback, as I already mentioned, is that Mac users can't take advantage of it (yet). That will change soon, I hope!

  13. Travel planning with Microsoft OneNote

    A new site from the OneNote team hosts TripBooks from 40 bloggers who are way ahead of me - each publishing a one-day traveller's log for a different city, for Around the World in 40 Days. A new destination shows up each day with New York, Jerusalem, Melbourne, Oslo, Reykjavik and many others already there. The bloggers have used OneNote to ...

  14. Vacation Organizer powered by OneNote

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  15. #Travel Plans made Simple with Microsoft OneNote

    OneNote Travel Planner works in conjunction with Travel and Leisure Magazine. They have plenty of practical tips to save money on airfare, hotels and more. Naturally, I checked out all the money saving tips first. At the Chattanooga Barbque Festival, May 26th, 2013. I can even share the notebook with others so if there is anything that needs to ...

  16. Microsoft OneNote Makes Planning a Family Vacation Easier #Spon #

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  18. Using OneNote as a Travel Planner Notebook

    There is a fantastic travel tool that you might already have: Microsoft OneNote. This multi-functional software has helped me keep track of all the research for this trip, down to every detail. The structure is simple: Create a notebook (called "Italy Trip" or whatever). Open tabs (called sections) titled for each part of your trip (Rome ...

  19. Travel Made Easy with Microsoft OneNote Travel Template {Giveaway}

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  21. How to use OneNote to create a personal journal

    Journaling templates can make it easy. OneNote comes with built-in templates that can further organize your daily journaling. Under the Insert menu, click on Page Templates to open a panel that shows templates based on category. Add decorative flourishes to your pages, or structure your thoughts with multiple lists and structures.

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