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• You can save articles with the Microsoft OneNote Web Clipper extension to organize your web-based research more efficiently.
• You'll need to download Web Clipper, a free browser extension, before using it with OneNote.
• Web Clipper lets you place clips from the web into your OneNote notebook, for quick and easy reference.
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The OneNote Web App lets you capture and access notes and ideas from any web browser. With no download required, you can use it anywhere: at your friend’s house, at the airport, or even on a device that doesn’t have OneNote already installed. If you’re new to OneNote, it’s fast and easy to give OneNote a quick spin on the web.

OneNote is a Microsoft program that's every researcher's friend, given how important organization is when conducting well-sourced research.

• In OneNote for the web, you can share notes with others in a couple of different ways, depending on your needs. You can either invite others to view and make changes your notebook, or you can create a link to a page of notes that you can paste in an email, blog, or web page.
• Microsoft OneNote often makes the list of best note-taking apps irrespective of which blog you land on, and for a good reason. You can create text, voice, video notes and attach pretty much any.

One feature that helps your organization is the OneNote Web Clipper, a free add-on you can install - and you'll want to, if you use OneNote for internet-based research.

With the Web Clipper browser extension, you can clip and place a web page or article directly into your OneNote notebook for quick and easy reference, rather than rely on bookmarking or leaving another tab open in your browser.

Here's where you can find and download the Web Clipper, and how it works with OneNote to make the Microsoft program more effective.

How to download the Microsoft OneNote Web Clipper

1. Go to https://www.onenote.com/clipper in a web browser.

2. For the download, your browser type should be detected automatically. Click 'Get OneNote Web Clipper for' followed by the browser you're using.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions for download, and be sure to give the Web Clipper extension any requested access to your browser.

4. Once downloaded, you'll configure OneNote Web Clipper with your copy of OneNote. Click the extension icon in your browser toolbar to start.

5. Sign in to your associated Microsoft account when the purple pop-up window appears.

6. If prompted, allow the OneNote the needed permissions to use the OneNote Web Clipper.

How to save articles with Microsoft OneNote Web Clipper

1. After downloading the Web Clipper extension, navigate to the webpage where you want to clip information to save in OneNote.

2. Select the Web Clipper icon in your browser's toolbar.

3. Select if you want to clip the 'Full Page,' a selected screenshot with 'Region,' just the text with 'Article,' or 'Bookmark' for a link and headline.

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4. Choose a notebook and section location in OneNote to save the piece, then click 'Clip' to finalize.

The option to view your clip in OneNote will pop up. Click 'View in OneNote' to open the application at the notebook and section where your new clip lives.

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