The most useful OneNote keyboard shortcuts for Windows

A few keyboard shortcuts make you much faster in OneNote: add a page, a to-do list or today's date without touching your mouse. Here are the most useful shortcuts for OneNote on Windows.

Pages and sections

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + N	New page
Ctrl + T	New section
Ctrl + E	Search all notebooks
Ctrl + F	Search the current page
Ctrl + Page Up / Page Down	Previous or next page

Text and formatting

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + 1	To Do tag (checkbox)
Ctrl + .	Bulleted list
Ctrl + /	Numbered list
Ctrl + Alt + 1 to 6	Heading 1 to 6
Ctrl + Alt + H	Highlight text
Ctrl + K	Insert link
Alt + Shift + ↑ / ↓	Move paragraph up or down

Insert

Shortcut	Action
Alt + Shift + D	Insert date
Alt + Shift + T	Insert time
Alt + Shift + F	Insert date and time
Windows + Shift + S	Take a screen clip and paste it with Ctrl + V

Tip

OneNote for Windows 10 is no longer supported; use the OneNote app that comes with Microsoft 365. Hover over a ribbon button to see its shortcut, or press Alt to show letters on every button. Also see getting started with OneNote and Windows 11 keyboard shortcuts.

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