Microsoft OneNote is a great program for creating and organizing notes, data, web sites and much, much more!  The basic navigation of OneNote emulates a Notebook with “pages” inside the notebook that can accessed via tabs in the notebook. But what if there is relevant information across pages or notebooks that should be link together or relates to each other? Welcome to hyperlinks.

A hyperlink is a shortcut or “address” to a location or piece of information. For example, the links on a website are hyperlinks. These links allow quick and easy access to content that is spread or located over several locations.

Hyperlinks in OneNote

Hyperlinks in OneNote can be used to link between pages, notebooks, notes in OneNote along with email addresses, web sites and files located on the local computer. Hyperlinks can also be used to create a table of contents or inline definitions. Hyperlinks are a great way to link relevant information that is located in separate locations.

To Add a Hyperlink to OneNote Section:

1. Right-click on the Page Tab
2. Select Copy Link to Section
3. Navigate to the page where link should be inserted
4. Right-click on the location for the link then select Paste

To Add a Hyperlink to External Site:

1. On the page where the link should appear, right-click on the location where the link should be inserted
2. Select Link
3. Type the text to be displayed for the link
4. Type the web site address or select the Browse the Web icon to browse to a web site
5. Click on OK

To Add a Hyperlink to a File:

1. On the page where the link should appear, right-click on the location where the link should be inserted
2. Select Link
3. Type the text to be displayed for the link
4. Click on Browse for File icon (yellow folder) to browse to the file location
5. Click on OK

Additional Notes:

• If the name of the page to be linked to is known then a hyperlink to the page can be added by typing [[name of page]] directly in the page.
• Links to website can also be pasted directly into a page. Copy the URL of the website and paste into a page in OneNote.
• If linked pages are moved OneNote will automatically update the links to the page.