6/8/2019 EBJ - Daily Writing LogAll this month, I'm talking about how to use Microsoft OneNote to create an electronic bullet journal. Visit the Office Warrior Connection's index page to a list of topics. Does "Electronic" Mean Creativity is Thrown Out the Window? When I started looking at the ways I could use Microsoft OneNote to set up a bullet journal, one of the only downfalls I could find was the potential loss of the artistic quality that I see applied to the beautiful hand-drawn pages like you can see on Life of Whitney on her post, "179 Bullet Journal Ideas: The Master List {+ Printographic}" (https://lifebywhitney.com/bullet-journal-ideas/). If you have blogged and posted pictures of your hand-drawn bullet journal, drop a link to your page in the comments below. I'd love to see your work! Of course, lots of people are wildly creative and a billion times more artistic than I am, but I got to thinking about ways I could bring some of the fun ideas to OneNote electronic bullet journal. There are tools that will allow for the creative, including drawing tools, the ability to set a background image, tables, and copying and pasting images. So, my creativity won't come from my own artistic attempts, but from using what I can find on the Internet. I did a search for "free use icon set" and found an large set of icons that was free for personal and commercial use on Icons8 (https://icons8.com/c/flat-color-icons/). The set has over 300 different icons that I can "snip" and paste into my journal. Screen Snips I use the Windows Snipping tool a lot. Like, a-lot-a-lot. I use it to capture images from the Internet for character or setting inspiration and then paste them into my OneNote plotting notebooks. I also grab text while researching when pages are protected from copying the text. The Snipping Tool worked great for what I wanted when creating a Daily Writing Log. But first, a quick break for today's PSA. Don’t use the snipping tool to grab pictures to post on your blog or use as your cover art. That is considered infringement and is illegal. You can grab the images and keep them in your secret journals so you can come back and look at them for inspiration all you want, but the minute you use them in a public space without the owner's permission, you've broken the law. Icons for Writers I picked out several different icons for my writing log and put them into a table where I can copy and paste from. I picked the following icons and assigned them to the categories like this:
You can pick out your own icons and assign them as you see fit. (See, you *can* be creative!) My mom eats poop and not just a little she eats A LOT and she enjoys it the poop. I bet you can't guess what she drinks. That's my horrible twelve year old typing a message because he thinks he's funny. Isn't he funny, y'all? He didn't believe me when I said I would post it, so there you go. As I was saying... Once you pick out some icons that you like, you can use the snipping tool to copy and paste. The snipping tool can be found under the Start button in Windows. Just click on Start and type "Snipping Tool" and it should pop up. If you love this tool like I do, right click on it in the task bar at the bottom of the screen and choose "Pin to Task Bar" to make it stick. wilder
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