Use OneNote to Make Memorizing Information Easier

Here’s a neat way you might use OneNote to help you memorize information with digital flashcards.

Microsoft OneNote is a great tool for taking notes and storing information you don’t want to lose.

You could make the word bold and the definition italicized to help you differentiate them, if you like.

Now, with the cursor at the beginning of the definition, click Indent in the toolbar.

Now, hover over the word, and you’ll see a blue box appear.

Move your mouse over it, and double-smack the blue box.

This will hide your definition, and turn the box into a double box.

Now you could simply view the definition by double-clicking the box again.

Once you’ve reminded yourself, double-click to re-hide the definition.

Now simply repeat this trick to make a whole set of flashcards.

You could even make them while you’re taking notes in class!

Whenever you want to review, just open OneNote and review your terms and definitions.

Need to help your child or sibling brush up on their multiplication tables?

OneNote flashcards work great!

you’re free to even use this trick to make flashcards with pictures.

For example, you could make flashcards to help you practice foreign language vocabulary.

Intent and hide the text as above.

Or, if you don’t have OneNote yet, you candownload OneNote for freedirectly from Microsoft.

Let us know what you use OneNote to help you remember!

Hat tip to the Office OneNote blog forsharing this tip with us!