But for all that I use OneNote, there is a lot I don't know. I'm aware of this because I've accidentally created things like Subgroups without knowing how I did it, which means I can't do it again.
This is where serendipity comes in.
I have a headset with a microphone plugged into my docking station. I was working from home and in a Teams meeting when everything froze on my screen. I couldn't move the cursor or get the keyboard to work. I had to turn the docking station off and back on again to get things to work again, and when I did, my headphones were squealing.
Not cool. I made it through the meeting, but only because I realized the left ear wasn't as bad as the right one. I would have done some troubleshooting on my work computer, but there's only one USB port and my docking station is plugged in there.
After work, I plugged the headset directly into my laptop, but I needed something with sound. I headed to YouTube and found a video made by someone who's an expert in Microsoft products. I think it was recommended because of all the Excel searches I did as I tried to figure out a formula that I'd never seen before.
So I played her video and no squeal on my headphones. They weren't the problem. I closed YouTube and started to work on other things when I had a thought. What if it's the USB plug on my docking station that's causing the squeal?
I unplugged from my laptop, plugged back in to the docking station, and headed back to YouTube. They recommended another video from the same woman titled: How to Use OneNote Effectively.
She talked about the subgroups that I'd accidentally created. Now I can purposely create them. She talked about subpages and I was like, whoa! That might come in handy. So I can do that now, too. And in the sidebar, YouTube suggested other OneNote videos. I watched a couple more and realized there's a heck of a lot I could be doing that would help me stay organized.
I'm excited to try some of these new skills out.
