OneNote Gem Add-Ins

Create Form with Content Controls in OneNote

Gem for OneNote v30 will add Content Controls for OneNote.

What is Content Controls?
Content controls provide a way to design documents and templates that have these features:
  • A user interface (UI) that has controlled input like a form.
  • Restrictions that prevent users from editing protected areas of the document or template.

Creating a Basic Form in OneNote
For Example:
We are creating a form in OneNote, and want to add Content Controls to provide a UI that is optimized for user input.
Creating a Basic Form in OneNote
Creating a Basic Form in OneNote
Insert a Date Picker Control into OneNote Page
  1.     Put the cursor in page to ready insert content control.
  2.     Click ""Cooperation" tab -> "Controls" group -> "Date Picker" Control.
  3.     In "Gem Control Properties" window, input "Title" value ( Like "Date Picker" )
  4.     Click "OK" button, Gem will insert [Date Picker] control into OneNote page.
Insert a Date Picker Control into OneNote Page
Insert a Date Picker Control into OneNote Page
How User Use This Date Picker Control?
After Gem insert [Date Picker] content control, a user just simple click on the [Date Picker], a Date Picker dialog will pop up to help the user to choose a date.
How User Use This Date Picker Control?
How User Use This Date Picker Control?
Insert a Drop Down Combo Box Content Control
  1. Put the cursor in OneNote page
  2. Click "Cooperation" tab -> "Controls" group -> "Combo Box" Control.
  3. In "Gem Control Properties" window, input:
        *  Title value will insert into page as display text, example: Choose Status.
        *  Caption, prompt inside combo box window.
  4. Items, Click … button to edit the items in Items Editor, a line as an item. Example:
            Single
            Married
            Civil union
            Divorced
            Widow
  5. Click "OK" button to insert Combo box control into OneNote page.
Insert a Drop Down Combo Box Content Control
Insert a Drop Down Combo Box Content Control
How User Use This Combo Box Control?

You can see the [Choose Status] after Gem insert comb box control into OneNote page. 
A user just simple click on the [Choose Status], it will pop up a choice window to help to choose an item.
How User Use This Combo Box Control?
How User Use This Combo Box Control?
​A Finished Form
Follow is a form with content controls.
  • [Date Picker],Select a date from date picker for Date: value.
  • [Choose Status],Marital Status combo box, user can choose a item among the "Single", "Married", "Civil union", "Divorced", "Widow"。
  • [Choose],Combo box for "Do you have children?", user can choose Yes or No.
A Finished Form
A Finished Form
User Fill in a Form with Content Controls

Send this form to a user, user can easy to fill in it.
Follow is an example after fill in.
User Fill in a Form with Content Controls
User Fill in a Form with Content Controls
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Insert GemControls.exe with Form, Help Respondents Fill Out Form without Gem Installed
How do Respondents Use Content Controls to Fill Out OneNote Forms without Gem Installed?

[2018.2.20] Release Gem for OneNote v44 to support insert GemControls.exe.
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