How to open a .NOTEBOOK file online
Three steps, a few seconds, no Office licence.
Choose your .NOTEBOOK file
Drag your .NOTEBOOK file onto the box, or click Choose file.
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Your .NOTEBOOK file is checked and laid out as a clean page right.
Read, search, save
Jump between headings, find any word, print it, or save the text as HTML or TXT.
What is a .NOTEBOOK file?
Everything worth knowing about SMART Notebook File files.
A .notebook file is a SMART Notebook lesson, a whiteboard document with pages of ink, text, images, audio and video, created by SMART Technologies for SMART Board classrooms. Open it with SMART Notebook on Windows or macOS (free basic tier after sign-in), or upload it to SMART Learning Suite Online in any browser without installing software. It is not a Jupyter or programming notebook.
Programs that open .NOTEBOOK files
| Full name | SMART Notebook File |
|---|---|
| Developer | SMART Technologies |
| First released | 2000s (SMART Notebook software for SMART Board interactive whiteboards) |
| Category | Documents |
| MIME type | application/x-smarttech-notebook |
| Signature | 50 4B 03 04 ("PK" - ZIP local file header) |
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Is my .NOTEBOOK file uploaded anywhere?
No. Your .NOTEBOOK file is read and converted for you. The first time, a small open-source conversion component is downloaded and then cached.
Why does my older .NOTEBOOK file look plain?
Some older word-processor files keep their formatting in a complex binary layout. The viewer shows all the text and tables reliably; richer formatting for those files is coming with server-side conversion.
Are macros in a .NOTEBOOK file safe here?
Yes. The viewer never runs macros. It only reads the document text, styles and images, and tells you when a file contains macros.
Can I edit my .NOTEBOOK file?
This is a viewer. You can copy the text or save it as HTML/TXT and edit it elsewhere. An online editor is on our roadmap.
It says my .NOTEBOOK file is something else. Why?
We check the file's signature, not just its name. If a file was renamed, the viewer tells you what it really is and which tool opens it.
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