Share and sync in OneNote

11/29/2019

​​​​​​Share your notes with others

• Share a page or notebook
• Hide authors

Password-protect private notes

• Add a password
• Lock sections
• Unlock sections
• Remove a password

Share your notes with others

Share your notes with others

Share a page or notebook

1. Select the page you want to share.
2. Select Share.
3. In the first drop-down, choose if you want to share This notebook [name of notebook] or This page [name of page].

Important: Work or school accounts can only share notebooks. If you want to share a page using a work or school account, select Send a copy to email a copy of the page.

4. Enter the email address for who you want to share with.
5. In the second drop-down, choose if recipients Can edit or Can view.
6. Select OK to send the invite.

Hide authors

1. Select View.
2. Select Hide Authors.

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Password-protect private notes

Password-protect private notes

Add a password

1. Right-click on the section you want to protect.
2. Select Password Protection > Add Password.
3. Type the password you want and confirm it.
4. Select OK to create the password.

Lock sections

1. Right-click the section you want to lock.
2. Select Password Protection > Lock Section.

Or, select Password Protection > Lock All Protected Sections to lock all sections with passwords.

Unlock sections

1. Select a section that is locked.
2. Type the password.
3. Press Enter.

Remove a password

1. Right-click on a protected section.
2. Select Password Protection > Remove Password.
3. Enter the password for the section.
4. Select OK to remove the password.