All very helpful hints, thank you very much.

One thing to be said for this software... I feel sure that the more I am
willing to put into it, the more I will get out of it.


"Kathy Jacobs" wrote:

> Are you by chance using OneNote 2007? If so, check out Format--> Show Page
> title. You still have to do it for every page, but at least that will make
> it a little easier. (I would have suggested this earlier, but I forgot it
> was there.) Oh - now I remember why I didn't suggest it: If you turn it off
> this way, the page title goes away and the first line is used
> automatically... not much help for what you want.
>
> Now.. Here is a cool hint: You can turn off the title page, then save that
> page as a template. When you use it as a template, no title area (tab title
> is picked up from first line).
>
> Another idea: Add your title as white text. Then it won't show on the page,
> but will on the tab. Would combining that with your own template work any
> better?
>
> --
> Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
> Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
> Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com
>
> I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
> if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived
>
> "nomonkey" <nomonkey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4E575D84-246B-4406-8E92-33ADD62BFEAF@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for the reply, Kathy.
> >
> > I've had another couple days to play around with it.., and now see the
> > "first line" business. Hadn't seen that.
> >
> > What I was looking for was a way to rename the tab itself.
> >
> > I was just trying to find a way to make the box go away but keep the
> > title.
> >
> > I'm also trying to find a way to turn the title box off globally. I have
> > to
> > remove it for every page.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > "Kathy Jacobs" wrote:
> >
> >> If you don't have anything in the title box, your page title should be
> >> picked up from the first line of text on the notes page.
> >>
> >>
> >> That said, where would you want OneNote to pick up the title from, if not
> >> from the title area?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
> >> Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
> >> Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com
> >>
> >> I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
> >> if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we
> >> lived
> >>
> >> "nomonkey" <nomonkey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6E8F17E3-2E0A-4867-BFAF-74A0EB3A8347@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Any help would be appreciated. I am new to OneNote and am muddling my
> >> > way
> >> > through most of it. Very cool.
> >> >
> >> > One thing I find frustrating is the page title box on every page. I
> >> > found
> >> > the option to remove it under the "format" tab, but when I do it
> >> > disappears
> >> > from the tab as well.
> >> >
> >> > How do I get the in-page title box to go away, but keep the page title
> >> > in
> >> > the label on the side of the page?
> >> >
> >> > The only thing I could find on the web was someone saying "You can't.
> >> > Period. It's for good reasons. Period." Which struck me as mildly
> >> > insane.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> >>
>