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Creating and working in shared notebooks is the best way to collaborate with others. However, if you don't want other people to have permission to see your whole OneNote notebook, you can send notes in email.

Send a page of notes in Outlook

  1. On the OneNote page that has the notes you want to send, choose Home > Email Page.

    Screenshot of the Email Page button in OneNote 2016.

  2. In the message window that opens, fill in the To, Cc, Bcc (if available), and Subject lines.

  3. Add any comments for the recipients of your notes, and then click Send.

Attach notes to an email message

There are two ways in which you can attach notes to an email:

By sending the notes as attachment:

  1. On the OneNote page that has the notes you want to send, chose Files > Send.

  2. Click Send as Attachment or Send as PDF Screenshot of Send as Attachment and Send as PDF buttons.​​​​​​​

  3. This will open an email with the page attached.

    1. Send as Attachment: attaches the page in .one format, which can be opened with OneNote on Windows.

    2. Send as PDF: attaches the page in .pdf format which can be opened with a PDF reader.

By exporting the notes:

  1. On the OneNote page that has the notes you want to send, choose File > Export.

    Screenshot of how to export a page of notes in OneNote 2016.

  2. Under Export Current, choose whether you want to create a copy of the current page, the whole section, or the entire notebook.

  3. Under Select Format, choose the type of file you want to create.

  4. Click Export, choose a location for the file (such as your computer's desktop), and then click Save.

  5. In your preferred email service, create a new message and then attach the file you created.

If you want others to be able to access a notebook (or you want to get to a notebook on other devices), you can create a notebook on OneDrive. If you've already created a notebook on your computer, you can choose to move it anytime. You can always change permissions and decide who can read and who can edit, and you can stop sharing at any time.

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