There are several benefits of creating links in OneNote notebooks.

By using this feature, you can link difficult and important terms with one another. Hence, you can save your and your readers’ time.You can link the Table of Contents to different topics and chapters in your notebook.You can also embed a web link in your notebook.

Here, we will describe how to create links to: The procedure that we will describe here to create links to notebooks, sections, pages, and paragraphs is applicable for the OneNote app for Windows 10, OneNote, and other versions.

The following steps will help you create links to notebooks in OneNote. When you click on the link, OneNote will open the linked notebook automatically. You can also add this link to a custom text. For this, select the text and press Ctrl + K keys, and then paste the link in the Address section. When you are done, click OK.

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In OneNote, you can link one section to the other section and pages by creating links. For this, you have to follow the steps given below:

We have listed the steps to create links to pages in OneNote below: Read: Fix OneNote Error 0xE0000007, We ran into a problem syncing your notebook.

The following steps will guide you on how to create links to paragraphs in OneNote: By using the Link to Paragraph option, you can also link the Table of Contents in your notebook.

You can embed a web link in your notebook by following the steps below: When you click on the hyperlinked text, OneNote will open the link in your default web browser.

Above, we have described the process to link OneNote notebooks and their elements, such as pages, paragraphs, etc., with one another. But do you know, you can also link a file to any custom text in OneNote? This file can be a Word file, an Excel file, a PDF file, or a simple text file. After linking a file to a custom text in OneNote, when you click on that text, OneNote will open that file on your computer. Here, we will explain how to link a file in:

The steps that we will list here are also applicable to other OneNote versions, like OneNote 2013, 2010, etc. We have explained here the steps to link a Word document to OneNote 2016. By following the same process, you can link a file with any extension to OneNote. When you place your mouse cursor over the hyperlinked text, OneNote will display the complete path of the linked file. Do note that, if you move the linked file to another location on your computer, you will receive an error by clicking on the hyperlinked text in OneNote. In this case, you have to update the link in OneNote.

If you link a file in the OneNote app for Windows 10 by following the same process as explained above, it will not work. Every time you click on the hyperlinked text, the OneNote app for Windows 10 will display the following error message: Hence, if you want to link a file to OneNote app for Windows 10, you have to upload it to OneDrive.

The following steps will help you with that: When you click on the link, the file will open in OneDrive in your default browser. But for this, you should have an active internet connection.

You can also link a folder to a custom text in OneNote. Here, we will explain how to link a folder in:

The following steps are applicable to OneNote 2016 and other versions including OneNote 2013, 2010, etc. Now, clicking on the hyperlinked text will open the targeted folder.

To link a folder in OneNote app for Windows 10, first, you have to upload it to OneDrive. After that, copy the link and paste it into the targeted text. Read the steps below to know the process in detail: Now, when you click on the hyperlinked text in the OneNote app, the folder will be opened in your default web browser. You should be connected to the internet to access your folder in OneDrive. That’s it. Related posts:

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