Questions tagged [microsoft-onenote]
OneNote is a free-form information gathering tool.
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Where would my emails go if I set an alias?
I have a microsoft account that I have some files on. Now I want to add my other microsoft account that I have some files on that too as an alias to the first account. What will happen to my files? ...
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One Note Windows 10: Type face changing to Heading 1 after I press return
In One Note (Windows 10 version), I am using tables. When I press the return key when I am typing inside of a cell of a table, the typeface changes to Heading 1. However, Normal is still selected in ...
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Type calligraphic letters in Microsoft Office Equation Editor
Is there a command in Microsoft Word or OneNote Equation Editor, analogous to LaTeX \mathcal, which makes a letter calligraphic? I could copy-paste the Unicode script characters from https://en....
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Can you see when something was drawn on Microsoft One-Note
I had to complete assessment on Microsoft One-Note and after it was marked I realised that not all of my work had been saved for marking. Of course, it is very hard to verify that I had completed the ...
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OneNote for Windows 10 won't work - perhaps because of lingering “ghost” installation
For a long time and across many reinstallations of my machine, I've had getting the OneNote windows 10 app to work.
Right from the beginning on a fresh Win 10 installation, the app doesn't do ...
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How can i also share my custom OneNote templates in a shared notebook?
I have created a OneNote notebook with custom templates that I'm sharing with external partners. When one of these partners creates a new page in a notebook-section, the custom template is not applied....
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How can I find text in the middle of a word with OneNote?
I am having trouble searching for text in the middle of a word. For example if I search for mat, words like matrix will be found, but words that don't start with the search phrase, like tomato, will ...
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Microsoft One-note keyboard shortcut for make subpage
Make subpage is the option you get when you right-click on page name, it is used to indent the page name to the right. What is the keyboard shortcut for this?
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I can't export my notebooks in onenote
I cannot seem to find a simple way to export my notebooks from the windows App (Downloaded from the Microsoft Store, not the Office 360 one).
When I read their documentation on the support website, I ...
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Can latest OneNote files (2016 / 2019 / 365) be read without issue by OneNote 2010? Are the files backward & forward compatible?
Can latest OneNote files (2016 / 2019 / 365) be read without issue by OneNote 2010?
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/office_file_formats/ms-one/73d22548-a613-4350-8c23-07d15576be50
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disable all auto-corrections, mistyping correction, and spellchecking in all microsoft applications
Microsoft applications have by default a lot of auto-corrections, spellchecking, etc enabled. Those are sometimes difficult to find (as it changes with each versions, and it is sometimes hidden behind ...
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OneDrive Access on Company Network
While on my home or any open network, I am able to connect to my Microsoft OneDrive account through desktop applications like OneNote. However, while in my office and on my company's network, the ...
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How to enter text containing “[[” and “]]” in Microsoft OneNote without it creating and linking to a new page?
I use OneNote to keep track of useful coding resources and templates in R and Python. This is not usually a problem but I am having difficulty typing any code with indices containing double square ...
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Windows OneNote app ediditng local files
Can OneNote app (the one from Microsoft store, not OneNote from Office suite) edit local notebooks (*.one files) without synchronizing them with cloud storage?
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Can I pass commands to “Run window” from Windows Command Prompt?
According to this post, Command Prompt takes the following command and will open a "Run window"
explorer.exe Shell:::{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
The "Run window":
How to further pass a ...
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Add OneNote page to active Microsoft Teams meeting
In Microsoft Teams, I can add a OneNote page to a chat or team, but I'd like to add one to a meeting so that all participants can view/edit. How do I do this? I would prefer this to a whiteboard as ...
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Multiple clipboard hotkeys within OneNote
In OneNote, I can copy my pen's drawings and repaste it in. When repasted in, the stroke properties are maintained, so I can erase and edit whatever I need.
This is very helpful when writing math ...
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OneNote resizes section when inserted as a Table
I am a big fan of MS OneNote and use it for all my note taking. One thing that is bothering me for quite a while, is the following.
I have a section that I would like to add as a table. But every ...
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Where does OneNote save its contents when the file is not reachable at the moment?
Most of our employees use OneNote with a notebook residing on their network user share. Sometimes, the user share is not reachable, however, OneNote does not seem to have a problem with that: data is ...
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How to edit the URL in hyperlink in mass?
Say I have a text like this:
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Notice that all the URLs has this format http://example.com/text_to_change/fixed_text
Now I want to edit them to this:
Link 1
Link 2
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Does Macbook allow To Do items to sync between OneNote and Outlook?
I understand that Windows PC have the ability to create and share tasks in Outlook while working in OneNote. I absolutely love working in OneNote and would like to have this ability on my macbook.
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Users Cannot Edit Onenote Notebook After Moving File
I have moved a Onenote notebook from one server to another. In the new location a user was able to open the notebook but not edit it. I checked the permissions and users only had Read and Open. I ...
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OneNote for Windows 10: How to Hyperlink to Another Note?
I am using OneNote for Windows 10. I know that by pressing Ctrl+K on a word/phrase I can hyperlink it to a URL.
However, I want to do something different: I want to hyperlink a word/phrase to ...
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Why does it take 9.5 seconds to paste text into a large Microsoft OneNote notebook page?
Example:
I copied the title text from a pdf document in Preview on Mac OS X. Here is the clipboard content after the copy:
Paste into Microsoft OneNote using
Regular paste (Ctrl-V)
Menu: 'Paste -> ...
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How can I open OneNote files in a text editor?
Noob here, hi. Reading diagonally the specification for oneNote files (here and here) it seems that oneNote notes are in an XML-like format.
Opening them (.one and .onetoc2 files) with a text editor ...
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How to convert a list of HTML links to a list of URL only?
I have a list of HTML links (stored in OneNote 2016), and I want to convert them to text form, with both title and url. So for example, I want to convert
Super User
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Super User: https://...
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Issue changing notebook synced account
I've been using OneNote for some years now to collect Notes. My organization needed to delete all Microsoft accounts and remake them at one point, so the notebooks I had synced to that account now no ...
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Microsoft OneNote crashing on MacBook Air
I'm having an issue with Microsoft OneNote version 16.31 (19111002) crashing on my MacBook Air 2017 model :
Model Name: MacBook Air
Model Identifier: MacBookAir7,2
Processor Name: Intel ...
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How to make onenote translate the zotero app url as a hyperlink rather than plaintext
I use onenote for note taking and zotero for reference management, so I usually make a hyper link in onenote pages with zotero APP URI for rapid redirection to the target item in zotero. Zotero APP ...
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OneNote does not jump to correct paragraph when the link is clicked in Planner
When I want to send a link to a OneNote entry to someone, I can just right click the entry somewhere and select "Send link to paragraph", and send this link to someone e.g via E-Mail.
When the other ...
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Why Copying CMD commands from OneNote to CMD adds folder name starts with “.”?
When I copy CMD command within OneNote Table and pasted into Command Prompt in Windows 7. It automatically adds first folder within current directory starts with ".".
This is the command in OneNote:
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How to reinstall OneNote for Windows 10 without using the Microsoft Store?
I am working with a bunch of computers that were imaged by someone who removed all the built-in Windows 10 apps -- including the Microsoft Store app. Whoever removed them didn't just uninstall them ...
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Remapping the Right-Click key on my Surface pen in One Note 2016
How can I remap the Right-Click key of my Surface pen (I do NOT mean the button on top of the pen, I mean the one which is directly under your index finger when you write) to the Eraser in One Note ...
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Create links to RDP servers in Excel
I'm in the process of putting together an excel spreadsheet that contains a list of windows servers. I would like to create a link which is a shortcut to connect to each server via RDP. Unfortunately,...
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Change Layout of OneNote App - Move Tabs Horizontal instead of Vertical Left Pane
I'm finding it difficult to transition from OneNote 2016 to the OneNote App. I typically use a Vertical Monitor and so my Horizontal space is limited. With OneNote 2016 I didn't have any issues.
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OneNote - Orphaned notebooks still listed
Microsoft OneNote (Version 16001.12026.20112.0) lists still orphaned, means already deleted notebooks. I would say I created them using OneNote 2016 Desktop, by the way I'm using the Microsoft Store ...
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Creating Shared OneNote Notebook for My Company
I'm working as a web developer contractor. Unfortunately I have found very little documentation in my new role.
Is there any way to create a shared Microsoft OneNote Notebook so that my teammates and ...
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Sticky Notes error “We couldn't verify your sign-in info”
On a Windows 10 v1809 PC, I'm trying to sign into Sticky Notes v3.6.76.0 (latest) using my Office 365 user account. Consistently, it prompts for and accepts the credentials (password then MFA / TFA ...
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How does a person create a section group hierarchy in OneNote?
I can create a new section fine in OneNote.
I can create a new page fine in OneNote.
I am wondering how I create a new section group?
It seems to be a bit obscure ..
Online help mentions Ctrl+...
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Does OneNote not support Sticky Notes on Mac?
I noticed recently that OneNote on my Android phone has gained support for something called Sticky Notes. I find them pretty useful but when I open OneNote on my Mac, I cannot see them. I believe I'm ...
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Onenote - Reducing Storage Footprint on PC
Is there a way to reduce the size of the Onenote folder size on my PC - Outlook 2016 MSO 64 bit)?
I love Onenote and use it extensively. The one downside is that the local copy of my notebook is ...
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How do you open a second window in OneNote 2019 / Windows 10?
I've been using OneNote 2016 on my desktop, and OneNote 2019 on my laptop. There are many differences between versions one of which is in OneNote 2016, if I open a new instance of the program I'll ...
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One Note Equation
I'm using the online version of One Note (I have a 365 educational license).
I use the Maths option to convert any text having equations (e.g dy/dx = 2 or \matrix [@@@]) to look like actual equations....
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Chronologically list the last pages edited in order in OneNote 2019?
Does OneNote 2019 have a way to list chronologically the last n pages edited in order?
Wiki's tend to have this feature, and I prefer wiki's to OneNote for many reasons, but employers, at least in ...
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Can you do file printouts of attachments in OneNote
I'm currently on version 16001.11727.20076.0 of OneNote.
I use Scanbot to scan my notes and automatically upload them to OneNote.
When I originally started doing this, the PDFs would be printed out ...
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MS OneNote on Mac: how to print landscape?
I would love to print a page of a notebook in landscape, as when I write in it with iPad pen it always breaks the page when I export it as PDF or print it. Do you guys know how to do so?
In general, ...
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How do I import .onepkg file into one note for windows 10?
I exported the .onepkg file from onenote 2016 but cannot import into onenote (version Version 16001.11727.20076.0) for windows 10. Tried to move it to onedrive but it was not possible to open it. How ...
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How to copy lists from word to OneNote?
I have a multilevel list in word, like this
1. abc
a. abc
b. abc
2. abc
a. abc
b. abc
But the list cannot be copied into OneNote as a whole, you can only select part of the text in ...
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Why are bullets and TODO items turned into § and ? when copying and pasting paragraphs in OneNote 2019 O365?
Why are bullets and TODO items turned into § and ? when copying and pasting paragraphs in OneNote 2019 O365??
That's my question, that's it.
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How do I remove “Send to OneNote 2016” from the Windows 10 print dialogue?
For years I've found it annoying that every time I need to select a printer in Windows 10 that "Send to OneNote 2016" always appears. I don't ever use OneNote, period. How do I get rid of it for good?
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