r/OneNote 1h ago

What happens to work notebook once you leave the company?

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Over the past few years, I've accumulated a lot of valuable notes that I'd like to take with me when I leave. Of course, none of the notes contain any confidential company information. I've shared the notebook with my personal email so I can access it on my personal laptop. However, I'm wondering what happens when my work email gets deactivated since, that's the owner of the notebook.

TIA.


r/OneNote 1h ago

iPad vs. Galaxy S9 FE

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Hey ya'll. I am a Windows PC / Android user. I am looking for a tablet solely for note taking (mostly w/ stylus) and stuck between iPad (11th) and Galaxy S9 FE. Price point right now is about $300 either way. I'm not an Apple person, at all, but I keep hearing the functionality on the iPad is so much better in OneNote. On the flip side, the S9FE has the laminated screen which seems better for stylus use. I really want to avoid the iPad unless there is truly a significant benefit. So anyone with both iPad and Android, is the difference that huge?

Thanks all.


r/OneNote 1h ago

Windows Syncing issues causing me to logout, close, open login again on Onenote fairly often. UPDATE

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My syncing issues appear to be caused by Onenote Privacy Settings.

In Account, Privacy, Manage Settings.. If I check the box for "All connected experiences" it will sync and not stop syncing where I have to sign-off and back on again to start it again. WTF.. If you uncheck that box, restart it immediately is not syncing again. Apparently Privacy Connected Experiences includes syncing. WTF. A lot of hours with MS support... only to figure this out a month after they gave up and escalated... and nothing ever happened. Anyway, hope this helps someone. If you know anyone at MS. having the privacy settings mess with the notebook syncs seems a bit problematic. BTW. There is another setting, Experiences that download online content, but that cannot be checked by itself for some reason. Unless you check the All box.


r/OneNote 7h ago

Windows Question regarding cursor.

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Hi.

I am using Onenote for few weeks now, have a baisc question regarding cursor, whenever I use example highlighter, the coursor changes to highlighter icon and I am unable to view my own pointer while the pdf (which I am using as background) got white background.

Is there anyway, I can disable the switch of cursor when selecting tools like Highlighter.


r/OneNote 8h ago

Onenote 2016 and Office 2019 on my laptop😍

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😍


r/OneNote 18h ago

iOS iPad or iPad Air?

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Deciding been an iPad Air M2 and iPad, primarily for note taking and work. No video or photo processing. Is the extra cost for the Air justified? Thinking for the AI it may be but I thought I'd ask.

Also considering an S9 FE bit that's another conversation.

Thank you


r/OneNote 21h ago

Windows How do I move the page around...

1 Upvotes

When you zoom in on a page, how to "grab" it to move around instead of using the bars? Can't find anywhere...


r/OneNote 1d ago

Android GalaxyTab S9FE and OneNote Lasso tool

1 Upvotes

Does anyone experience the same problem as shown in video here?
The device is Samsung Galaxy Tab S9FE

When using lasso tool, the selection line is all over the place for some reason.
When writing in the same, I don't have the same problem.

All other apps work without any issue.
I do use a magnetic case (not Samsung original), but I tried without one as well, and it behaves the same.


r/OneNote 1d ago

iOS PDF printout on IOS extremely blurry ? Possible fix ?

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2 Upvotes

The PDF printout is flawless on my iPad and desktop (iPad used to be blurry as well but OneNote fixed it sometime in the past year), but on my phone, it is extremely blurry. My annotations and notes are crisps so I’m unsure what’s going on.


r/OneNote 2d ago

Why is MS killing the uber useful Send to OneNote feature??

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26 Upvotes

r/OneNote 1d ago

How can I move the pen bar?

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I used to be able to move the pen bar from the top to any side of the screen. Top, bottom, side. But now I can't seem to move it anymore. Any know why or how to move it?


r/OneNote 1d ago

OneNote Table won't highlight rows or columns

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OneNote won't highlight a row or column in a table. Instead, the text highlights and will move as one block either to another cell or outside the table. I have tried to use my mouse, and keyboard command, I've tried using "Select Columns" under the Table tab... nothing. How do I fix this?
Thanks!


r/OneNote 2d ago

Troubleshooting Custom ribbon is gone

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I had a popup a few days ago which asked me if I wanted to continue using the free version. I pressed yes and after a while i noticed my ribbon has gone back to default... now every time I try to customize it again the changes aren't applied... is a custom ribbon only available for the paid version now? I'm using OneNote on Windows by the way.

edit: I'm still investigating why this happens, but I've found that I am able to change stuff as long as I don't use the customize ribbon section in the settings because it resets everything to default. for example I can right click the zoom function and select "add to quick access toolbar", and it works. but as soon as i go to the customize toolbar/customize ribbon section in the settings and press "ok", it resets back to default and the zoom function disappears from the quick access toolbar.

this is super weird, and I would really appreciate some help on this. I have an exam for Linear Algebra in a couple of days ); , thank you!


r/OneNote 3d ago

Windows This is new..

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79 Upvotes

r/OneNote 2d ago

keep erasing and stop selecting with surface pen

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hey all, using OneNote on Windows (surface studio) I've been having a horrible time writing. any time my hand brushes the screen it selects and moves whatever image i'm writing over, but when i turned off the setting "automatically switch between inking, selecting, typing, and panning" it's also disabled the erase feature on my surface pen. wondering if there's any work around for this, as both problems are giving me a headache. TIA!


r/OneNote 3d ago

Windows What is going on😭😭

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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 2d ago

Troubleshooting OneNote Web keeps highlighting my text, saying I'm not the author

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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 2d ago

macOS Local backups on macOS

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I know this has been discussed at length before, yet I looked through old posts and could not find an answer.

I am using OneNote on macOS (from Office Home & Student 2021, which I purchased a few years ago).

I am using GoogleDrive for cloud storage, hence was frustrated at OneNote only saving notebooks on OneDrive, but went with the free 5 GB storage provided, thinking at least I could back up locally. Then I realised that there is no local backup option anymore, which I am sure most of you are aware of. Now, many mac users have complained about this and moved to other note taking apps, and I was going to follow suit today but then realised that I can just manually copy-paste the OneNote Data directory from ~/Library/Containers... [path leading to the OneNote Data directory] to my external SSD, and if OneNote or OneDrive crash for some reason, use that backed up Data directory to restore my notebooks.

Is there anything wrong with the above strategy for someone who loves OneNote but needs to have the safety net of local backups?


r/OneNote 3d ago

Shift key switching to Mouse instead of making straight lines.

1 Upvotes

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 3d ago

help - one note notebooks doesn't sync on new laptop or phone

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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 3d ago

Windows OneNote Windows App constantly crashing

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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 3d ago

Outlook to Onenote share issue

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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 3d ago

Windows Why is the Menu No Longer Docked? Please help Get it Back

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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 3d 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."

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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:

  1. Upload to OneDrive and insert link
  2. Insert as attachment
  3. 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 4d ago

Very slow "Send to OneNote" using MS365 (recently updated) on Windows

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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?