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How to Share a Notebook in Onenote

Collaborate with others by sharing your OneNote notebooks securely online

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How to Share a Notebook in Onenote

If you want to give others access to your notebook for collaboration, you'll have to share it on OneDrive.

Create a New Shared Notebook

  1. Click the File tab.
    Create a New Shared Notebooks
  2. Click New.
  3. Select OneDrive.
  4. Type a name in the Notebook Name field.
  5. Click Create Notebook.
    Create a New Shared Notebooks

    After the notebook syncs to OneDrive, it asks if you want to invite people now.

  6. Click Not Now.
    Create a New Shared Notebooks

The new notebook is created and you're ready to start adding notes.

Share an Existing Notebook

Now if you already have a notebook created that you want to share, you can do that too.

  1. Navigate to the notebook you want to share.
  2. Click the File tab.
    Share an Existing Notebooks
  3. Click Share.
  4. Make sure OneDrive is selected and update the notebook name, if desired.
  5. Click Move Notebook.
    Share an Existing Notebooks

    It may take a second, but OneNote syncs the changes to OneDrive.

  6. Click OK.
    Share an Existing Notebooks

The notebook is moved to OneDrive and you're ready to start sharing it with others.