Onenote Tagging Kit Documentation

The OneNoteTaggingKit is a free to-use add-in to add page tagging to OneNote for the desktop.

Feature Summary

Page Tags

  • Page Tags can be added/removed from one or more pages on-the-fly.
  • Built-in OneNote paragraph tags and hashtags contained in page content can be imported as Page Tags and can participate in Faceted Search
  • Page tags are automatically shared to all connected OneNote clients and are fully functional if the add-in is installed.
  • Page Tags are available to the built-in OneNote paragraph tagging system, even if the Tagging Kit add-in is not installed.

Tag Management

  • Tagging Kit dialogs to apply and manage Page Tags are integrated with the OneNote user interface.
  • Tagging operations run in the background. The user can continue to interact with OneNote while tagging is in progress.
  • A dialog to find pages by Faceted Search is integrated with the OneNote user interface
  • Search result can be saved to a OneNote page and updated on request.
  • The search dialog can be used to automatically provide information related to the OneNote page currently being viewed.

System Requirements

To instructions on how to check the OneNote version refer to OneNote Version Check

Installation and Upgrade

The add-in can be installed or upgraded in one of the following ways:

Direct Installation / Upgrade

  1. Verify that the system requirements are met.
  2. Download the installer (*.msi) from Releases.
  3. Make sure OneNote is not running! Exit OneNote if necessary.
  4. For first time installation and upgrade execute the downloaded installer (*.msi)
  5. Start OneNote.

Installation / Upgrade via the Chocolatey Package Manager

Chocolatey can be installed here.

If you are wondering why you would want to use Chocolatey, here is why

  1. Verify that you have a supported version of OneNote. See OneNote Version Check on how to do that.

  2. Make sure OneNote is not running! Exit OneNote if necessary.

  3. Open a new PowerShell command prompt with admin privileges.

  4. Excecute one of the following commands

    First Time Install

    PS C:\> choco install onenote-taggingkit-addin.install

    Upgrade

    PS C:\> choco upgrade onenote-taggingkit-addin.install

Installation / Upgrade via the winget Package Manager

The winget Package Manager is bundled with Windows 11. For Windows 10 you can install the App Installer App Installer includes the production version of the winget tool.

If you are wondering why you would want to use winget, here is why.

  1. Verify that you have a supported version of OneNote. See OneNote Version Check on how to do that.

  2. Make sure OneNote is not running! Exit OneNote if necessary.

  3. Open a new PowerShell command prompt.

  4. Excecute one of the following commands

    First Time Install

    PS C:\> winget install wethat.onenotetaggingkit

    Upgrade

    PS C:\> winget install wethat.onenotetaggingkit

Upon successfull installation the OneNote Tagging Kit actions should now be available on the Home tab in the Page Tags command group (next to the built-in Tags command group)

Home Tab

If you do not see this ribbon extension please refer to Tagging Kit Actions Not Shown in Ribbon

OneNote Tagging Kit User Manual

Tagging Kit Development

The developer documentation can be found at here.

Following tools are required to develop your own version of the TaggingKit: