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OneNote 2016 data files location
As already said, if you want to sync a notebook on different devices, then you should create it in OneDrive, not in a local folder.
See https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-a-OneNote-2016-for-Windows-notebook-on-OneDrive-8de0408e-48cc-4216-9df2-b57eca486c77?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
I have just started using OneNote.
I too am confused as to file location. I want to store the Notepads that I am creating now in the cloud. BUT I also want to see them in my local one drive folders. RIght now I just see a shortcut.
If I can't use these Notepads offline, when not connected to the net, then they are of little use. I opted for local replication of OneDrive so that I could work offline, which is a very common situation for me.
It sounds as though I need to do everything locally and avoid the cloud altogether, except for possibly pushing a backup of my Notepads from time to time.
I do hope that I have this all wrong! Can someone advise please?
I appreciate whatever you can tell me.
thx! MF
If you create the notebook in the cloud, using the procedure in the article, it will be automatically synced locally and you will be able to use it offline.
Hope it helps...
Hi Salvatore.
I'm sorry for not getting this! I did create my Notebooks in the cloud, by specifying a folder within my OneDrive local store. Was that the problem? i.e. that I specified the local store?
When I create NoteBooks it asks if I want to share with others so I do seem to be in the cloud.
But I cannot find a OneNote file anywhere on my PC (looking for extension ".one") All I have are shortcuts to the cloud.
Ireally need to have this data locally and it sounds as though that is do-able ... I just don't understand how to do it! I *am* willing to do whatever it takes if you can point me or otherwise advise.
I really appreciateyour help.
Many thanks,
MF
Hi Mike.
The sync mechanism of OneNote is independent of the sync mechanism of OneDrive and is somehow "hidden".
So, you will not see locally (nor online) the single files that constitute a notebook, but only "stubs".
Nevertheless, the notebook will be actually stored in the cloud and will be actually synced locally in some hidden location. Please follow carefully the steps in the article I posted above.
If you want, you can also create a local backup of the notebook, and in such a case you will get in the backup folder the single files that constitute the notebook (at a point in time, of course - not live).
Hope it helps...