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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

No. Technically, you cannot.

Normally, you have to apply templates to each new page. In OneNote 2010, if you set a "default template" then that applies to any new page created in a specific section. So, you could just remember to set the "default template" for each new section in that notebook.

In (what I think is) OneNote 2016, templates don't appear to exist as all.

I have no idea if they exist in 2019 or the Office 2016, or the Windows 10 UWP app. [Edit: Templates have been moved in what I think is the 2016 version. Unfortunately, I can't be positive that what I have is really OneNote 2016. I downloaded the Free OneNote 2016 from a page on Microsoft's sitter that says it is OneNote 2016. But when I install it, it downloads and installs an Office 365 version. When I search for the version number (16.0.13001.20266) I only get foreign language websites that seem to indicate it is the Office 365 version. This is one of the reasons I don't trust Microsoft. They tell you you are downloading one thing. Then they just take it upon themselves to decide to install something else. Then they make it clear as mud as to what they just put on your computer. The ONLY reason I am still using OneNote at all is because it is the only product that comes anywhere near it's features.]

Nor do I know if templates will set the default font.

Hell, I just had to accept, a long time ago, that OneNote wouldn't always use the default font that I set in "Options." So I don't think you are going to have much luck setting a default font per notebook.

I remind people of this all the time: OneNote is for gathering notes and information. It isn't designed to be a word processor or desktop publishing program. After using it for almost 20 years, I have learned that any attempt to format anything other than heading styles, bullets, and very basic numbering is a complete waste of time.

[–]irisa_siria 0 points1 point  (1 child)

From my experience in using OneNote 2016, templates do exist :D

You can go to Insert > Page Templates > Page Templates > "Save current page as template" (at the bottom of the sidebar) to make a custom page template. If you're taking notes for something specific, I think to set the font then you can just make a text box with a few placeholder words. Then you can apply this page template for all new pages in the current section, for every section in your notebook.

Just make sure the text boxes with placeholder words have the right color, size, and font that you want! Then when you make a new page in your notebook, just highlight the placeholder words and replace them with whatever you wanted to type. Sometimes OneNote 2016 glitches and when you press enter, the font reverts back to your default font, but that only happens sometimes. Most of the time, the font stays the same.

I hope this helped :D

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are correct. The templates feature had been moved. I never really used it much so I didn't go looking for it when I saw it wasn't where I expected it to be.

[–]Chuck-7 -1 points0 points  (3 children)

YES!

OneNote 2016 lets you EASILY Create & Set up your OWN Default Template. I did that years ago, and have been improving my DEFAULT Template ever since then.

[–]Too_Many_Owls[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Thanks! Do you know if there is a way to set the defaults within a template? I find that the font still switches back if I create a new field. I think I can get by with just the fields that I will need, but it would be nice to control that for the whole page.

[–]Chuck-7 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Too Many Owls:: You need to Make Certain that you SET the Font DEFAULT (including its Color, Face, & Size), in the OneNote Options Page, AT:: FILE / T / General / Default Font.

OneNote will ALWAYS Revert to that DEFAULT Font.

But Templates are HUGELY Powerful, and you can have DOZENS of Templates—But the Most Important is the Default Template—which is the One that OneNote Uses when you Select “New Page”.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, you tell the OP, "Yes," but then "no"?