Move, remove, or copy notes

You can copy topic notes between topics that already have notes.

Move or copy the entire note

1. Click a topic's notes icon to open the Topic Notes window.

2. Right-click the source topic's notes icon.

3. Click Cut Notes (to move) or Copy Notes (to copy).

4. Right-click the destination topic.

5. Point to Paste, then click Paste Notes. If the topic already has a note, the pasted note will be appended at the bottom of the existing note.

Remove a note

Remove a single note

• Right-click on the topic's notes icon, and then click Remove Notes.

Remove the notes from several topics

Select the topics, and then do one of the following:

• Right-click the notes icon on one of them, then click Remove Notes.

• On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click the Clear arrow, and then click Notes.

You can temporarily hide the notes icons in Map View using the Show / Hide command.

Other options

Open the Notes window, then use the Cut, Copy, and Paste commands on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group to:

• Move or copy all or part of a topic note

• Paste text from other applications into the note.

• Paste text from notes into topics. See Edit topic text and Create topics by pasting text for details.