This is the last roundup of my tutorial series from the old domain. Outlines and Tables are very important tools for the way I like to structure my notes.
Outlines:
Outlines are nested paragraphs inside Onenote, be it an indented paragraph or a bullet / numbered list. When you create an outline like this, you can double-click the gripper icon (
) on the parent to collapse the nested content.
Outlines that exist inside tables can still be collapsed and expanded, although sometimes the icons do not show up. You can use the shortcuts alt shift – and alt shift +
Tables:
Tables play a big part in how I format my pages with nice layouts.
I use often use single-cell tables such as this to contain content. Not only does this give you a nice box around the text but you can also change the background color the the table.
Using multiple background colors per table can help make things more readable, especially with the borders are turned off. I highly recommend adding a few table tools (such as Insert Table and the Table Shading tool into your Quick Access bar).
With borders turned off, you can use tables to layout a page rather than have containers everywhere. You can even put tables inside tables, which is how I’ve created all the stat blocks (here is an alternate view with all the tables colored differently).
When do you plan on releasing the third edition of the SRD? 🙂
-An antsy DM
Any plans for the most recent content and races to be included in this?
Not unless the SRD is updated to include them. But as far as personal copies of the notebook goes, it’s relatively easy for users to add in any content that they want.
I see you often have these vertical gold lines on the left of the text boxes. As I am copying and editing your templates those either disappear or get smaller. How to I put those back in?
Hello. I’m not sure what you mean by vertical gold lines as this isn’t something I use when formatting (the closest thing I can think of is that I once made use of some horizontal gold lines back when doing the SKT notes, but I have since phased those out). The only things I have to the left of text boxes are Tags. Could you supply me with a screenshot of what you’re referring to?
The gold lines Joe is referring to are a OneNote feature showing the most recent editor/author of a paragraph or table. Initials appear at the top and to the right of each gold vertical line. If you hover over the initials, it will tell you more about the author and time of last edit. Once a table or paragraph are edited by someone other than “MT,” the lines disappear. For those curious, these can be hidden under the “History” ribbon with “hide authors” button.