This document discusses how to enable collaboration in Microsoft OneNote 2010. It describes sharing notebooks on a network or online, creating new shared notebooks, and emailing pages. The benefits of shared notebooks include collaborative projects, sharing information across locations, and building collective knowledge. The main methods are sharing an existing notebook, creating a shared notebook, and using the Share tab in the ribbon. [/SUMMARY]

1. How to Enable Collaboration
in Microsoft OneNote 2010

2. Introduction
In this slideshow we look at the various ways in which
you can share Microsoft OneNote 2010 notebooks.
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3. Benefits of Shared Notebooks
Being able to share notebooks is useful for:
•Collaborative research projects
•Quick sharing of information with people in
different geographic areas
•Building collective wisdom
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4. Sharing Notebooks
OneNote enables users to share:-
•An existing notebook
•Create a shared notebook on the fly
Notebooks can be shared:-
•On The Network
•Online
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5. The Share Tab
• All sharing command buttons, are on
the Share tab of the Ribbon
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6. How to Share on a Network
• To share on a network click on the Share
This Notebook command from
the Share tab of the Ribbon. This opens up
the Share menu in the File tab.
• Select which notebook you wish to share
and how - either network or on the web.
Click Share on Network.
• Use the Browse button to locate where you
would like to host the notebook so that
other users can access it.
• Click the Select icon and then select the
Share Notebook button. The notebook is
now accessible from within your network.
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7. How to Share Online
• Tip: Without Office 365, you can still share a
notebook online. You will require
Microsoft SkyDrive which you can get with a
free Windows Live account.
• Go to the Share tab of the Ribbon and click
on Share this Notebook. Select which
notebook you wish to share and whether
you are sharing your notebook on a network
or on the web.
• Select Share on Web. In section three
choose whether you want to share the
notebook publicly or not.
• When complete, click the Share
Notebook button.
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8. Create a New Shared Notebook
• Go to the Share tab of
the Ribbon and click on the New
Shared Notebook command.
• Select where you want the notebook
to be stored - on a network, on the
Internet, or on your computer.
• Name the new notebook in the
Name box.
• Choose the location and, once the
three fields are complete, click
the Create Notebook button.
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9. Emailing a Page
• When you send a copy of the page
using email, you only sending them
a static copy of one of your pages.
• First make sure that the OneNote
page that you wish to email is open
on your screen, then click the Email
Page command on the Share tab of
the Ribbon.
• A new email from your Outlook
account appear with a copy of the
page in it. Fill out the email and
click Send to ping it off to your
recipient.
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10. Password Protecting Sections
• You can Password Protect sections you only
want certain people to have access too.
• To put a password on a section, right-click the
tab of the section in the relevant notebook and
select Password Protect this Section. This will
open a pane on the right-hand side of the page.
• Use the Set Password button to enter and
confirm the password. Please note that you
must unlock password protected sections to
search within them.
Caution: If you lose or forget your password,
OneNote cannot recover your data.
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11. Wrap Up
In this article we have looked at the various ways in
which you can share Microsoft OneNote 2010
notebooks with other people.
Now you can comfortably collaborate with colleagues,
or family members, on any number of projects, from
anywhere in the world.