Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft® Office OneNote™ 2003

Backing Up OneNote Files

You'll probably notice that there's no save button on any of OneNote's toolbars. That's because OneNote automatically saves your pages, sections, and folders when they are open. OneNote acts very much like a notepad; once you've written or typed the information, it's saved almost immediately. This greatly reduces the possibility of losing your OneNote information if your computer crashes. While there's still a possibility you could lose a few minutes of information, the vast majority of your information will be retained. In addition to saving your notes continuously, when you exit OneNote, it performs an additional save of all open sections and pages.

Just because OneNote saves your information continuously doesn't mean ...