Tagging notes and other items for follow-up
To make sure that you follow up with notes, consider tagging them. Tagging a note means to mark it with an icon.
For example, you can use the To Do tag to mark a note as a task. By using tags, you can quickly identify important notes. Moreover, you can use the Find Tags command to search for notes that you tagged.
OneNote 2013 offers some two dozen tags (To Do, Important, and others) in the Tags gallery on the Home tab. Some of the tags highlight notes rather than mark notes with icons. Some tags change the font color of notes. You can create your own tags to supplement the tags in the Tags gallery, or customize existing tags.
You can tag a note, paragraph in a note, or page title. You can tag other items, too, such as pictures and audio you’ve recorded. You can remove a tag when you no longer need it.
Tag a note, other item, or page
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Click a note (or other item such as a paragraph or table) or page title. Ctrl+click notes or other items if you want to tag several at once (not page titles, however).
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On the ribbon, click the Home tab.
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In the Tags group, click the More drop-down arrow on the Tags gallery.
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In the gallery, select a tag.
Tip
The first nine tags in the Tags gallery are assigned the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+9. Press one of these keyboard shortcuts to assign a tag listed at the top of the Tags gallery.
Tip
You can also tag a note or other item by right-clicking it, pointing to the Tags gallery on the mini-toolbar, and then, in the gallery that opens, selecting a tag.
See Also
To learn how to search for items that you tagged, read Finding tagged items.
Remove a tag from a note, other item, or page
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Click a tagged note (or other item such as a paragraph or picture) or a page title. Ctrl+click items to remove the tags from several notes or other items at once (not page titles, however).
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On the ribbon, click the Home tab.
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In the Tags group, click the More drop-down arrow on the Tags gallery.
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In the gallery, select Remove Tag.
