How to use the Make Body Text feature in OneNote 2003 (828606)

SUMMARY

This step-by-step article describes how to use the Make Body Text outlining feature in Microsoft Office OneNote 2003.

For more information about outline structure in OneNote 2003, click Microsoft Office OneNote Help on the Help menu, type outlining in the Search for box in the Assistance pane, and then click Start searching to view the topic.

The Make Body Text feature in OneNote 2003 is used to create a structure under top level items that is not part of the level or heading. After you mark (flag) the the text as body text, you can select to hide the body text and still view your top level items.

Levels in OneNote 2003 are created automatically when you press TAB before the text, or when you click Increase Indent on the Formatting toolbar or on the Outlining toolbar.

Note To show the Outlining toolbar, point to Toolbars on the View menu, and then click Outlining.

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Mark Body Text

To mark text as body text, select the text that you want as body text, and then do one of the following:

On the Edit menu, click Make Body Text.
On the Outlining toolbar, click Make Body Text.

After you mark your text as body text, you can select to either show or to hide the body text.

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Hide Body Text

To hide body text, select the text that contains body text, and then do one of the following:

On the View menu, point to Hide Levels Below, and then click Hide Body Text.
On the Outlining toolbar, click Hide Body Text.

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Show Body Text

To show hidden body text, select the text that contains hidden body text, and then one of the following: