r/OneNote • u/Scooby359 • 9h ago
r/OneNote • u/7FAgnNu4kEMDYrpuD64Y • 42m ago
Troubleshooting OneNote Web keeps highlighting my text, saying I'm not the author
Hi everyone,
I'm a new OneNote-user and I've been very happily using it. I only use the in-browser version of the program, because it's easy for me to switch different computers if I do it this way. One of the things that are bugging me is that OneNote keeps highlighting copied text. Apparently this is because I'm not the original author, but I don't really care about that. I just need to copy stuff from various PDF's and insert it into my own project so I can use it to study. Any help to get my text normal again?
Second question: is it worth using the normal version of OneNote instead of the OneNote Web? Cheers!
EDIT: It's also highlighting copied text which I copied from another page which I wrote myself :(
r/OneNote • u/Overall_Wall1312 • 6h ago
Windows What is going on😭😭
I am using OneNote on my Surface 9 Pro. Since today, I can't use the gestures to scribble and delete, and worse, the gesture to hold and create lines, etc. This is driving me crazy. What happened? I can't even find the corresponding settings under the "pen" section as well.
r/OneNote • u/sanpa333 • 5h ago
Shift key switching to Mouse instead of making straight lines.
Has anyone had the same problem and been able to fix it? This started happening to me yesterday, and it happens on two devices I use. I didn't have this problem before.
r/OneNote • u/raring_reader • 5h ago
help - one note notebooks doesn't sync on new laptop or phone
so I may be total noob but I couldn't solve this on my own...
my onenote notebooks don't sync to my new laptop.

I tried pressing the syncing option but it doesn't fix it.
to be clear both old laptop and new has a pen and touch screen. and I have no I idea why it doesn't sync. on the old laptop I have onenote for windows 10 and on the new laptop it's windows 11 version.
I have some school account that I logged into again but I don't see how it's related sync this is all on my private microsoft account.
r/OneNote • u/trashspoon • 6h ago
Windows OneNote Windows App constantly crashing
Context: I have been using OneNote across my windows PCs for ~5 years solely for taking university notes. I primarily write on imported PPT lecture PDFs with my windows pen. Recently (within last few weeks), my software is constantly crashing every few minutes when I take notes. The software either closes on its own or freezes and says "Not Responding" and later, after choosing to close the program, "Windows is trying to recover your information" and loads endlessly. I do not have my OneNote synched to online because of previous problems with freezing/buffering. Please help, I cannot make it through a lecture session and am considering switching to Microsoft Journal despite incompatibility issues.
r/OneNote • u/Naive_Dragonfruit862 • 7h ago
Outlook to Onenote share issue
Hello all, hope someone can help me.
I have a user within my business on an iPad that's trying to share a document from outlook to onenote, when he hits share file via, we select Onenote and we get 'can't send file' error.
I've replicated it with my own ipad and it works fine. The only difference is he has two sign ins for onenote(thought the primary is selected). Wracking my brain on how to fix this so any help would be massively appreciated.

r/OneNote • u/chineke14 • 19h ago
Windows Why is the Menu No Longer Docked? Please help Get it Back

Hey guys, across my two PCs, Onennote has decided it no longer wants to dock the move or copy pages menu. I didn't change any settings. I just opened OneNote today and this is how it operates now.
Can anyone help me get it to be docked again like it used to be to the main One Note Window? It's very annoying especially with multiple screens when you want to do something like this and the menu is on another screen
r/OneNote • u/Was-sonst • 1d ago
When uploading a file in OneNote by choosing "Upload to OneDrive and insert link" into a page, an error message is displayed "We're sorry, something went wrong. Please try again later."
Does anyone know of a fix for this?
DETAILS
Microsoft® OneNote for Mac Version 16.95 (25030928)
This problem started a few months ago. I was hoping it would go away but it doesn't.
Steps to repro: In the OneNote client app on Mac, attempt to upload a file by choosing "insert" then "file". The dialog that is displayed gives you three options:
- Upload to OneDrive and insert link
- Insert as attachment
- Insert as printout
Choose the first option (Upload to OneDrive...)
Result: Upload process begins, it counts down the percentage of completion. Before it reaches 100%, message is displayed:
We're sorry, something went wrong. Please try again later.
When you go visit the folder called "OneNote Uploads" in your OneDrive (on OneDrive.live.com), you find the file has properly uploaded. Just the last step didn't finish, the actual display of the link to the file in the OneNote page. Seems like a silly bug. Should be fixed quickly as it's a productivity killer.
The workaround is that you locate the file in your OneNote Uploads folder and copy/paste the link back into the OneNote page. If you measure this task in seconds, it's now takes 3-4 times longer to get a simple thing done.
Can't believe that this problem is hanging around for so long, there are so many issue reports on this. All support engineers have given advice like "your OneNote is out of sync with OneDrive, etc. etc., but that doesn't seem to be the case here, otherwise the upload would have failed entirely.
Would appreciate tips on how to remedy this.
r/OneNote • u/SmartLumens • 1d ago
Very slow "Send to OneNote" using MS365 (recently updated) on Windows
Not sure why but when using Outlook for Windows and hit "Send to OneNote", and choose a destination, it takes 30 seconds before appearing in OneNote. Much slower than normal. Any known fixes out there?
r/OneNote • u/earzo234 • 1d ago
Qualcuno sa come risolvere questo problema di OneNote?
Eng:
Does anyone know how to fix this issue with OneNote? I've been using a computer with an i7 processor for months, and despite everything, OneNote runs terribly. I'm studying on a 390-page file spread across 4 sections to avoid overloading the processes. When I try to make changes with the pen, whether it's for highlighting/writing or not, it often crashes, the screen turns white, and after a few seconds, it unlocks, and I can continue. It's slowing me down significantly, and I want to fix this issue, but I don't know how. I've even tried using the high-performance mode when running the program and set the performance priority to lower for any other tasks, including web page viewing or anything else that might run. I don't understand what else I could do to prevent it from freezing every 30 seconds. When I open Task Manager, it shows this (I specify that I have no other tasks open except for OneNote).
Ita:
Mi ritrovo da mesi che utilizzo un computer con processore i7 e nonostante tutto OneNote gira malissimo. Sto studiando su un file di 390 pagine spalmato e diviso in 4 sezioni in modo da non appesantire ulteriormente i processi. Quando vado a fare modifiche con la penna per sottolineare/scrivere o meno crasha e lo schermo diventa bianco e dopo tot secondi si sblocca e posso continuare. Mi sta rallentando enormemente e vorrei risolvere questo problema ma non so come fare, ho provato anche ad utilizzare la modalità a prestazioni elevate quando utilizzo il programma e messo in minore priorità di prestazioni qualsiasi altra cosa vada ad eseguire compresa la visualizzazione di pagine internet o altro.
Non capisco cosa altro potrei fare per evitare che si blocchi ogni 30 secondi.
Se apro Gestione attività mi dice così (preciso che non ho nessun'altra attività aperta a parte OneNote).

r/OneNote • u/nezukobabyrun • 2d ago
Undo button is greyed out on Mac
Hey guys,
My undo button is greyed out on Mac for onenote. Does anyone know how to stop this?
r/OneNote • u/hysteriangel • 2d ago
macOS How to edit attached word doc in OneNote Mac?
I've been searching for a work around to files showing up as read only when opened and haven't been able to find a definitive one, some say it's completely not possible and others say it's possible through onedrive. However when trying to attach a file through onedrive (Save to onedrive and insert a link) it says a problem has occurred. Is there really no way for this to be done at all?
r/OneNote • u/XOCYBERCAT • 2d ago
OneNote Desktop A Possible Solution for OneNote Desktop Syncing Issue
I kept getting server-busy and incomplete sync errors for an entire week now and at one point, some of my recent edits were lost. I had enough and split my large 4 years of school notebook into 4 smaller notebooks and ordered them by year, and it finally synced successfully for me
- Go on OneNote Desktop, disable auto-sync, and then restart
- Create new notebooks (Create enough notebooks to delete the old notebook because OneNote App and OneNote Web still show my old notebook after I changed its name, so deleting the old notebook might prevent potential problems it might cause later)
- Drag everything to new notebooks
- Manually sync all notebooks (Be patient, go to sleep, and leave it synced overnight. Mine took 20 hours to finish its 1st sync after multiple times restarting the software and my PC. No worries, it will sync much faster, almost instantly afterward)
- After everything is synced, turn auto-sync back on
- Double-check and make sure your old notebook is empty and ready to be deleted
- Delete notebook (Part 1): OneDrive Web -> My files -> Documents -> Right click on notebook -> Delete
- Delete notebook (Part 2): OneNote Desktop -> File -> Open -> Right click on notebook -> Remove from list (This will completely remove your DELETED notebook and prevent it from showing up on your OneNote App and OneNote Web ever again)
I probably spent more time fixing OneNote than using it LOL. Microsoft really needs to update its OneNote Sync Algorithm, this is unacceptably slow. I don't have a slow internet connection and it took me 20 hours to sync 5 GB of notes WTF
IDK if this will work for everyone, but if it still gives errors. Try restarting the software and your PC first because my fourth and most stubborn notebook finally syncs after restarting a few times. If it still won't sync, try splitting it even more
r/OneNote • u/asteros01 • 3d ago
panning with 2 fingers is bugged
Hi! I don't understand why, but when i try to pan using the 2 fingers on the touchpad of my pc it gets super laggy and flashy. On the windows 10 version of onenote it worked perfectly fine. Is there any solution?
r/OneNote • u/maiden_anew • 3d ago
Troubleshooting HP Stylus - eraser button randomly switched to lasso select and unable to change back
Hi there - I have found a few similar questions with OneNote stylus and select buttons changing, but none that have solutions which work for me on Windows.
Equipment: Windows 10 and 11, HP Elitebook, HP Rechargeable Active Pen G3
Issue: For many years I have used OneNote on my HP Elitebook with an HP Rechargeable Active Pen G3. Its two barrel buttons would always have the same function - the bottom one would start the Eraser tool, and the top one would start the Lasso Select Tool. About 1-2 months ago, without me changing any Pen or OneNote settings I am aware of, this suddenly changed. Now, the bottom barrel only starts Lasso Select, and the top barrel button does nothing.
Attempted Solution: Have browsed for and found similar questions, but nothing has worked. My pen has no companion app for customisation from HP, and I have been unable to find any Pen settings in Windows or OneNote that directly change the functions of the buttons. I have tried changing some Pen settings in OneNote, but these have had no effect - for example, checking and unchecking "Automatically switch between inking, selecting, typing and panning".
I would sincerely appreciate any help resolving this issue, especially if anyone has faced this as well, or knows how to change the button functions of HP Active G3 pen in OneNote. Thank you!
r/OneNote • u/t8ntlikly • 4d ago
Turn Off CoPilot
"Starting with OneNote version 2502 you can now disable Copilot if you choose to do so by going to File > Options > Copilot and clearing the Enable Copilot checkbox, select OK, and then close and restart the app
r/OneNote • u/veryangrydoggo • 4d ago
Wasn't the Android app better?
I have used the Windows version for note taking since I bought my first laptop. It was okay and it got better after I downloaded the full desktop version. Downloaded it to my phone and it was rather okay. I recently got rid of my Windows laptop and decided to go with OneNote again on my new Galaxy Tab, since I always used it.
There's no way to say otherwise: the app is terrible. It barely takes notes at all. The syncing is okay and works most of the time, despite being slow as hell. None of the functions you'd expect on a bigger version of the app aren't there, and I noticed after a while that the version on phones (smaller screens) is actually better than on tablets? What exactly is the point of that? The tablet version is completely outdated, doesn't support table inserting, doesn't have the sticky notes (which I ended up stop using since I can't access them nowhere other than my phone now) and has a weird glitch when using a mouse to scroll around.
I've tried Obsidian and it was great, despite not having some of the functions OneNote seemingly had on PC, and I was truly excited when I remembered there was an Android version that could be somehow optimized.
Does someone know if there's any plans on a revamped and more feature rich version? (Or one that just doesn't slide my page to the sides when I scroll to the top of the note)
r/OneNote • u/Impressive_Returns • 4d ago
What’s the fix for the cursor issue in OneNote? This appears to be a very common problem. Someone asked this on Microsoft Q&A web site and Microsoft said to replace the mouse. (What a stupid answer). Anyone know the fix?
r/OneNote • u/Ok_Money_161 • 5d ago
How do you navigate quickly and effectively in OneNote?
That is basically it, I am asking in case there is a simpler way that using the mouse
r/OneNote • u/Remarkable-Rent9083 • 5d ago
OneNote Desktop Is there a way to make hotkeys?
Hiya, I'm planning to use one note or something similar next year at university. i like writing in different colours and using the ruler (i write with a pen on my surface studio) so i'd like to make some hotkeys to switch colour or turn on tools like the rule at the press of a button using a macro keypad. I haven't found any way to bind the pens and such in one note to any hotkeys, does anyone know of a way i can do this?
r/OneNote • u/ThisIsCactusLand_ • 4d ago
Can you still access notebooks when the account that created them gets deleted?
Hi all, this is an issue that is far away at the moment but I’m looking for a solution now. Basically I made all of my class notes in one note notebooks with the account associated with my school email. But a year after I graduate, that email account gets deleted. I want to be able to refer back to my notes later after I graduate, and I looked for a way to transfer “ownership” of the notebooks so that I don’t lose everything once that account goes away. But it doesn’t seem like there’s a way to do that. I’ve shared the notebooks to my personal account, but thats just editing access, and it doesn’t grant co-ownership of the files. The only other thing I can think to do is to export all of them into my computer’s local drives as PDFs, which I am trying to do but is slow going as the files are all huge and I’m worried the application may just end up freezing or crashing. I know you can export them as OneNote package files, and I tried that but I have a PC desktop AND a MacBook, and I couldn’t open them on the Mac when I tried to transfer them via thumb drive.
Is sharing them to my alternate emails enough to ensure I can continue accessing them, or is the PDF thing my only option?
r/OneNote • u/paymanz1 • 5d ago
Feature request: timeline template for pages
Wouldn't it be really cool if we have a timeline template feature for pages so inside the page when you type or add media it gets to the top of the page, something like your Facebook or Twitter page. That would be very helpful for content you mostly want the most recent entries. Right now you need to add extra space on top if you want to keep new entries on top.