Questions tagged [microsoft-onenote]
OneNote is a free-form information gathering tool.
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How to allow Microsoft OneNote in Windows Firewall?
I have a Windows Firewall set to block all outbound connections by default. I want to allow OneNote to go through.
Currently, I have these firewall process rules:
%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\root\...
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How do I change the default font for Chinese in OneNote?
I know it is possible to change the default font for all languages in OneNote, but is it possible to change the default font for Chinese, or is it a systemwide setting? It currently defaults to "...
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OneNote freezes?
I've got a user whose OneNote freezes everytime they use the interactivity of a SMART MX075-V3 smartboard. They have nothing running in the background. The version of OneNote that they use is ...
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"Times" font on Mac's font book is missing
I am using Times font on one note Mac.
but could not find the same font "Times" on iPad.
so I tried to find it on the Mac's Font book so I can install this same font on iPad too. but there ...
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Opening a new instance of a OneNote notebook via Windows Batch Commands?
I'm attempting to use a batch file to open up a OneNote notebook .url shortcut, however, the notebook always ends up opening in the existing OneNote instance, replacing the existing view in the ...
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OneNote Drawing problems
I'm using OneNote and used the pen tool then but when I change sections, my drawing carried over, like the drawing exists in a layer above the notebook and I can't use the eraser tool:
I used the pen ...
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Signing OneNote for Windows into second account breaks the first one
In OneNote for Windows (Office365) I signed into 2 work accounts on different domains (let's call them A and B).
Now OneNote is complaining about "Account Error" on account A but when I ...
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Can onenote have runners
Is there a way to make OneNote recognize snippet of code (of tsql) and execute sample (top 50 of the select) of the output and include the answer like jupyter for python?
a. Native method to run a ...
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How does one search for an exact phrase in Microsoft OneNote
Is it possible to search for an exact phrase in Microsoft OneNote in Windows? E.g., "The Fast and the Furious"
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Why do I have twin notebook with similar content?
How do I delete one?
Where do all those notebook stored anyway? When I click property they said it's stored in onedrive when I go to one drive directory this is what I see
However, those seems like a ...
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How to get rid of a pop up window saying that not all sections were completely synchronized when synchronizing OneNote Notebooks
I get a pop up window when I try to synchronize OneNote Notebooks in the desktop OneNote with the online OneNote. When clicking on Files -> Show synchronization status in the desktop OneNote, one ...
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Windows onenote file: migrating to mac
I have created some onenote files in my windows 11 computer, and now I want to open them in mac. I am following this and several online resources.
But I am not able to achieve much here. I first need ...
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Why can't I share (personal 365) OneDrive files with people signed into a work account?
I am trying to share files (and OneNote's) from my personal (Office 365) OneDrive account. If the recipient isn't signed in at all, it works fine. If the recipient is signed into a personal Microsoft ...
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Size of Icons In OneNote notebook when document is inserted as link: is there a way to change that?
When I add in a OneNote page a document but as a link, I cannot change the size of the icon.
Insert->Document (paperclip): Insert as printout or as link
-> Then you get an incon with a pdf ...
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Why OneNote show files in Chrome icon?
I save my notebook on OneNote and the icon of the project is Chrome icon and when I click it it opens the project online rather than in my PC. How can I solve this?
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How to permanently change proofing language in OneNote v. 16.70?
My proofing language is set to Norwegian, however, I would like to permanently change it to English (United Kingdom). I am able to set it to English, but every time I make a new document, it changes ...
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OneNote How to Disable Alt+Shift shourtcut
Help pls. When I switch between languages this menu appears (yellow help rectangles) and stuck text input, how to switch off this function?
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How to fix OneNote: This section isn't available yet?
How to solve the following error message from MS OneNote:
Statement is not true I am seeing it on the original device.
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MS OneNote Link To Paragraph links to page, not paragraph
If I Copy Link to Paragraph and then paste that into my browser, it just loads the Page containing the paragraph rather than actually going to that paragraph.
Repro steps:
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How to make OneNote for Windows 10 / Android auto sync more frequently
I'm using One Note in 2 devices:
OneNote for Windows 10 Version 16001.14326 on Windows 11 PC
Microsoft OneNote for Android on a Samsung Galaxy S9 Version 16.0.15726 (updated Nov 8, 2022)
In the ...
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How to make pdf and content searchable again in Onenote
A year ago, I could use the search option in every OneNote documents very efficiently (to be more precise I'm using "OneNote for Windows 10" (software version)), it would find words in pdf's ...
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Create shortcut from a link to a specific paragraph in OneNote document: the URL seems too long for a shortcut
I am using the OneNote version with Office 365 for Windows. OneNote has long allowed users to generate links to specific paragraphs. When these links appear in other OneNote documents or in Word ...
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Why is "use pen as pointer" not working in OneNote?
I have Microsoft 365 and I use a Wacom tablet with a stylus to take notes on my computer. The cursor when using the pen on OneNote is very small and I cannot locate it so I use the "pen as ...
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Save .webp images atuomatically as .jpeg/jpg images, when adding/saving web pages directly to onenote
I have searched across since last few days, but could not find a solution.
I want to save web pages which displays images as .webp converting those to .jpg automatically and send to OneNote app.
At ...
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Is it possible to change the shortcut for Office format painter from ctrl + shift + v to something else?
I am using Ditto to hotkey Ctrl + Shift + V as paste text only and it works great, however this conflicts with Onenote and paste formatting hotkey. I was wondering if it's possible to change the ...
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Prevent Windows 10 from installing OneNote printer
OneNote printer is a nightmare for me. I removed it from Printers countless of times. It always comes back. Sometimes as a default printer, sometimes as a regular one. How can I get rid of it once and ...
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OneNote displays wrong name for contributor
I shared my own OneNote notebook with another account of mine, lets say [email protected]. It uses my actual name both for the email adress and the display name "Bruce Wayne". I created ...
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OneNote 2016 cannot get my notebooks after Windows update
I am using Windows 7 and MS Office Professional Plus 2016. Everything works fine until Windows pushed me to update which includes many MS Office updates yesterday. I did and then OneNote stopped ...
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Copy & paste of text from OneNote (for Mac) to OneNote is EXTREMELY SLOW, while copying from outside remains fast
Copy & paste of even small snippets of text from WITHIN OneNote to the same or another page WITHIN OneNote is EXTREMELY SLOW.
Oddly, when copying text from OUTSIDE of OneNote, e.g. from Chrome or ...
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OneNote search all behaviour stopped working
Using current version of OneNote (O365?).
The way search has always worked since the beginning of OneNote is: ctrl+e focuses in the search box with search scope set to all open notebooks. After ...
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How to create a backup of a single OneNote notebook on a network drive that will also sync?
I have a OneNote notebook in my local Document folder. My employer does not use OneDrive or Sharepoint. I need to keep a copy of this OneNote on a network drive for backup purpose. I will usually use ...
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How to change default app to open file from Office 365 OneDrive?
I use OneDrive Office 365 in the browser and open files via desktop app. I have 2 versions of OneNote desktop app and browser opens file in a wrong version.
How do I change default desktop app to open ...
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OneNote notes lost?
Is oneNote 'pro' discontinued? It does not (seem to) come with the office package anymore. I ran the installer several times and it did not install it. Also, the logo does not show up in the list of ...
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How to re-add date and time into OneNote page?
You have an option to delete the date and time on a OneNote page under the title on the native application (not the UWP that comes free with Windows 10)
My question now is, how do I re-add it to the ...
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How to fix 'To sync this notebook, sign into OneNote'
The message 'To sync this notebook, sign into OneNote' shows on a yellow bar across the top of my OneNote application. How can I fix this?
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OneNote seems to filling up my diskspace when I leave OneNote open and I don't know why?
I have changed backups to 0 and it still happens. Multiple users are accessing the same notebook. My hard drive will go from 120G free to > 1G free.
The way I recover the lost disk space is by ...
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Onenote for windows 10 doesn't have "File" tab
I was trying to change the default file location of onenote notebook.
According to this help page, I need to go to file tab to change the setting. However I couldn't find the file tab anywhere as ...
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How to improve the visibility of stylus cursor in OneNote
I record my lectures on a Windows 2in1 using OneNote. And I have the issue of the tiny dot cursor from the stylus which has been brought up elsewhere (as pointed out by music2myear below). The tiny ...
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Bengali font not showing correctly in One Note for Windows 10
Today, for the first time I was trying OneNote for Windows 10. While I was taking notes in English, it was working perfectly. But when I tried to type in Bengali, it became terrible.
As you can see ...
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Can't delete "Microsoft OneNote Namespace Extension for Windows Desktop Search" from desktop - automatically gets restored
After installing onenote on Win-10 (latest update), Microsoft OneNote Namespace Extension for Windows Desktop Search icon appears on desktop:
And even after deleting, it automatically restores back ...
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How to prevent dark mode from changing OneNote pen color on PDFs?
In OneNote for Office 365, system-wide dark mode generally causes pen colors to change to their 'dark' counterparts, most notably black to white.
However, for annotations on embedded PDFs, this is ...
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Incomplete selection in OneNote
When I select text in OneNote, it happens quite often that it looks like a part of the text hasn't been selected, like in this screen shot:
As you notice, the text If you select t has no grey ...
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Insert Non-Static Excel Document In OneNote
How do you allow an Excel worksheet to be visualized in OneNote, without making a shallow copy of it.
To be clear, I do not want to copy the Excel worksheet into OneNote, like the simple Insert ...
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Unable to find add-ins in OneNote
I have OneNote installed on Windows 10 and I can’t for the life of me figure out where this add-in I installed is. On the GitHub people recommend trying to run as an administrator, but upon right ...
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Screen Clipping, The Size of Clipped Area
I am using OneNote in order to take screen clipping. It is so easy and helpful for me. But I am searching for an additional quality such that when I start screen clipping, I want to see the size of ...
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How to take notes that expedite reverse search?
I write a diary entry every day and list what I have learned that day there but I often remember I once writing something related to a certain topic but cannot find that entry by keyword searching in ...
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Setting to open all OneNote windows in "normal view"?
Is it possible to have all OneNote windows open in a particular view mode?
For example, I would like to be able to have each window open in Normal View.
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Copying text online, link follows when pasting
Is this a Windows/Chrome feature? How can I disable this?
Edit: It's a OneNote feature, see solution below.
When I copy text from any site, when pasting it in OneNote the link follows. For example:
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OneNote Randomly Closing
Have any of you experienced Microsoft OneNote randomly closing 3-5 seconds after it opens?
I've tried uninstall / reinstalling it.
I've also tried doing online repair.
Finally, I have tried clearing ...
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How to make "enter" unindent bullets in OneNote?
As long as I've ever used onenote it's been like this, but it's possible that it was updated in the background or something.
When I click enter like in something like this:
it usually deindents to ...
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