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OneNote 2016 data files location
Look in the Information pane in the backstage (File menu): there you will see where your notebooks are stored.
Probably they are saved in the cloud (OneDrive or OneDrive for Business)...
I do not understand what the "backstage (File Menu)" means.
I am not sure how to do that.
thank you - I appreciate your time
Click on the first menu to the left (File): what you see now is the "backstage".
The first choice at the top of the left bar is Information: there you will see the notebooks and their location. :-)
I'm confused by the reference to File menu. The only items on the menu line are Home-Insert-Draw-View. Must be missing something? Thanks!
I also only have Home-Insert-Draw & View menus in the top toolbar?
I have been using OneNote for many years but now when I open OneNote 2016 I am forced to login with a MS account. Why? I can store my Excel and Word files wherever I want and has always been the same with OneNote. On our large network external accounts are not permitted so in its current state I will have to tell the entire organization that the OneNote files they have been building for years are now unusable?????
It shows that the data files are on oneDrive.
How do I get them on my own hard drive and to sync with the cloud-based files like I configured in the options of OneDrive?
OneNote sync mechanism is different from usual OneDrive sync mechanism, so you should not save directly notebooks to the local sinc folder.
You can find the correct procedure here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Move-a-OneNote-2016-for-Windows-notebook-to-OneDrive-8b8c5a16-1d75-4637-9299-d3d22e54d5a6?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
And this blog article explains some of the details: https://bealers.com/2016/11/15/onenote-sync-onedrive/
Hope it helps...
