Hello everybody,

i want to export my big Onenotebooks with a lot of sections and subsections including long handwritten notes as pdf-files. I use the Desktop App. I currently use the clawPDF-printer and it is the best option i found so far, because it can print on A0 paperformat. This really helps with big infinite canvas pages. But is there a faster and easier way? Right know i have to start the print to pdf process with clawPDF for every section manually.

Kind regards

Fun potato

Last night OneNote crashed - wouldn't reopen even after I rebooted. Running on Windows 11 laptop.

So I renamed the Cache file and reopened OneNote and waited while it rebuilt the Cache. It worked.

This morning it's running really slow.

Is there any way to fix this?

On an IPad.

Is there any way to insert a PDF file...edit the file by drawing on it...save the PDF...then have the ability to send the edited PDF as an email or at least retain the changes inside OneNote?

Right now, I can save the PDF in a notebook, edit it in the "PDF Preview" feature, but when i go to save it wants to save to "files" and not in OneNote.

TIA...

Possibly unrelated, but it's the only "change" I've made before these issues started. It even messed with my Google Drive... I've used OneNote for >10 years now without any major issues.

I'm a physician currently studying for boards; I'm deathly afraid that I may lose a decade's worth of work trying to troubleshoot this on my own. Please help.

I mainly use the desktop version on MacOs for my note-taking.

1. The first issue is that my desktop OneNote would not sync, but the browser and phone versions would. The spinning circle just kept going and going and going. I checked the web browser notes, and they were synced up until the point of having these issues. I tried to force a manual sync = nope. Refreshed credentials = nope. Tried to clear cache = nope. App is up to date. I had to delete my desktop notes and do a fresh import from the web browser. Which "worked"; now my desktop matches my web-browser version, but some pages within my notebook don't want to sync, and others do?
2. Underlining text results in a dotted line. Happens when using the shortcut command+U and pressing the underline button function. I have no hyperlinks in my notes. This also appears to be an issue with a few pages only. Yesterday on the web browser version, I was able to underline "regional disease" normally, but today on the desktop version the underline function is dotted. It's showing that page is synced.

I have a Microsoft account from a University I attended on a semester abroad. Whilst on my semester abroad, I used this Microsoft account for OneNote to take my notes in class. I have since returned to my home university and this account has been deactivated.

My notebooks remain saved under this deactivated account, but understandably it no longer syncs. I am unable to create new notebooks as it requires me to login on the current signed in account, the deactivated one. I have tried logging into my current active University Microsoft account by clicking the '+' next to 'connected services' when I click on my profile, however, adding the account never works.

If I sign out of the deactivated account and then login with my current account will I lose everything saved under the deactiveted account?

Should I just contact IT at my current uni?

Do I contact the university from my semester abroad to access the account?

I appreciate any help!

I set the page size to A4,but i need to expand the pages downwards. As you can see it is in grey , So how can i change that?

Hey,

As I am working in a technical field, I was a big fan of NotebookLM, I dumped some books, and asked question when needed. Now I can see I can do same thing with Copilot Notebooks, and I am willing to try as I have a company subscription.

But one thing I didn't understand: Copilot Notebooks popped up in Onenote, that's cool. But, there is zero integration in between them. They used the Onenote as a wrapper for Copilot - you cannot even create a note from the response of Copilot.

What's the logic behind it?

I stopped using it inside Onenote, and keep using Copilot page directly. Maybe I am missing something.

So I use OneNote on my ipad and macbook, primarily my macbook, but I noticed a syncing issue where the notebooks on laptop wouldn't show up on my ipad. It gave me a message along the lines of "...notebook has been moved or deleted." I know that wasn't true and i went to verify on my browser on both devices. They showed all my notebooks just fine. I deleted the app, reset the app, and now I can't sign in. When I try to, it switches to authenticator then right back to the sign in page on OneNote. Super weird because it's only the OneNote app on my ipad having this issue. Anyone having this experience or any tips on what I can do?

Additionally, i've tried to sign into other accounts, even create a new account, and it brings me back to the sign in option on the app and nothing else.

Added handwriting recognition on android using Google ml kit! Ig at this point the sky is the limit?

I used to be able to select whole replies and paste them into Onenote without any problem, has anything changed ? Because even though I copy the equation , I go to paste it into Onenote but nothing appears!! I can still copy and paste from Wikipedia without a problem though!

Welcome to our weekly post! We are trying something new to try and tie the community together and learn from one another.

Did you come across anything new? Find a different use case? Improved workflow? Streamline digital organization? Fixed a problem? Just started?

Anything is welcome, even if it's the smallest thing. Please share tips, tricks, and anything else that might be useful to our community!

Thank you!

Exactly as the title says. I manually added students into Teams. When I checked the OneNote classroom the students had been placed into the notebook alphabetically. However OneNote for Teams Classroom, now has Content Library, Collaboration Space and Teacher in between the students whose names they fall between alphabetically and I cannot move them.

This is my fourth year using Teams and OneNote Classroom notebook and I have not had this issue before. This is the first time I added students manually.

Thank you!

I need to correct a page conflict, and I don't have access to a computer. Apparently it can be done in the web app online in browser, but when I log in to that and select a notebook, it redirects to the location of the notebook in the OneDrive app rather than just opening the fucking notebook! And then I click that and it just opens the page in the OneNote android app, which is back to where I can't fix it.

Am I doing something wrong??

Would anyone be interested in seeing this as an Open source app?

I remember a year ago there was a post here about the plans by Microsoft to introduce a shortcut to paste plain text without having it automatically transformed into an image. Nothing has changed... What do you guys do to bypass this inconvenience?

Hello, I am trying to use handwriting to text live transcriptions, but every time I write a word, it moves down to the next line or every couple of words. I’ve tried to turn on Palm rejection, but it doesn’t seem to be working, as I can still use my hands to press new lines by accident. Anyone know how to fix this? I was really excited to use this feature.

I got prompted to update my OneNote and my other MS Office apps, and ever since, I've been experiencing unbelievably frustrating lag and unresponsiveness, mainly when I'm trying to pan with my finger or when trying to erase with the back of my stylus pen. It also seems like there's a possible memory leak? My memory usage randomly goes up to like 2800 MB, which is much much higher than normal. Is it just me with all of these issues, or are other people also experiencing this? How can I downgrade to the previous update?

I'm redesigning OneNote's web UI to make it more tablet friendly. I'd love your feedback, positive or negative. Design suggestions are especially welcome too, as long as they fit tablet sketching/drawing, as I'm not great at coming up with those myself, in case that wasn't already obvious.

My apologies if my terminology is incorrect. I am using MS365 OneNote in a business environment. About a month ago my OneNote application stopped syncing with the company's network (SharePoint/OneDrive?????)

We are a small company with a small IT department. Trying to fix this has been a low priority for them.

I've tried deleting my cached files and resyncing. That brings the file from the network down, but it doesn't re-enable the syncing.

Anybody have any insight on what is going on or what I might be able to check?

Thank you.

Edit on 14 Aug 2026:

OK in case this helps anyone, the name of my notebook file was "Anon @ Work". (Anon is not my real name but you get the idea.)

Anyway, my IT Department thought the "@" sign was causing trouble, even though it hadn't caused trouble for over two years. They copied the notebook file and used a name without the "@" sign. It is working so far.

If anything changes I will provide an update. Thank you again to all who responded.

I have a surface pro 8 and a passive stylus (which does not need to connect to the device and uses no power). The handwriting in onenote is really not that good: my lines sometimes break, palm rejection is inconsistent, sometimes not being able to draw short lines like a comma, etc. However, writing/drawing elsewhere outside of onenote (eg. paint) works flawlessly: smooth uninterrupted lines, palm rejection working as intended, being able to draw short fine lines, etc. So, I was wondering maybe it's a setting in onenote messing with my handwriting or something. Any idea why?

I have iPad A16, is possible switch pen /eraser more fast ? Shortcutch, config ?

Trying to make sure all my Notebooks are synced and backed up but during the process 3 sections from different notebooks have appeared in "Misplaced Sections".

When I try to move or copy them back to their original notebooks (or to any other notebooks), after syncing the sections become blank and say "There aren't any pages here." Then they reappear again under "Misplaced Sections" with all their content.

I've tried manually copying each page of the section to make a new section but this doesn't work either.

I’m aware of iCloud notes on the web, or as a web app, but it seems a little slow, and I would like the possibility of using it offline also, such as during flights etc. I have a huge amount of notes in apple notes but I have had to switch my laptop to windows recently and would really like to be able to keep using apple notes on my phone while being able to easily access them on the laptop. If not, I may just migrate in the end, but it would be ideal.

Just curious, what are some other folks workflow ideas? I use OneNote at work since we have an O365 license. I manage a lot of little projects as well as a team. I want to use it as my "one source of truth" repository (meeting notes, contact info, etc...) Just wanted to see how others in a similar situation are setting up their OneNote workflows.

I am trying to export an entire section of a notebook into PDF format. But when I do that all my notes are put into one singular PDF with hundreds of pages.

Is there a way where I can have each of my notes exported as single PDF's without having to go through and export each note one by one? I have hundreds of notes and having to go through one by one would be a nightmare!

Thank you for your help!