Questions tagged [onenote]
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Highlighting text in OneNote on an iPad with Apple Pencil
I’m trying to highlight typed text on my iPad in OneNote with an Apple Pencil. I am able to do this with the highlighter option on the Draw tab, but the highlights are ink. If I insert a line of text ...
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iPad Air 5th Gen gets massively hot while using ANY notetaking app and Apple Pencil 2
iPad Air 5th gen gets massively hot and drains battery, when using just any note taking app and Apple Pencil.
Even if I do not have any Note taking app active, when I just attach the Pencil to the ...
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Mac keybindings not working in OneNote
I've remapped my home and end keys to behave like Windows using https://damieng.com/blog/2015/04/24/make-home-end-keys-behave-like-windows-on-mac-os-x/
Shift+end highlights text from the cursor to the ...
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Screenshots & pdfs severly scaled down in OneNote
Whenever I take a screenshot (copied to clipboard) in my Macbook Air M1 and paste it into OneNote its dimensions seem to be much less than the original.
Here is an example: (both screenshots below ...
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How to rename Notebook in Microsoft OneNote for Mac
Following these instructions I closed the Notebook in OneNote for Mac (version 16.52), renamed the Notebook in OneDrive and re-opened the renamed Notebook in OneNote for Mac. Unfortunately the rename ...
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Is it a bad idea to have a folder and a notebook in a different folder with same name?
I just realized that I have a folder and OneNote Notebook (that is located in a another folder) with the same name. Is this a bad idea? Could the filesystem mix them up?
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Can I create OneNote links that open in the desktop app instead of the web app?
This question is at superuser.com but I can't get any of the answers to work on macOS.
Onenote gives you two links and the 2nd one should open in the app.
onenote:https://xxxx-my.sharepoint.com/...
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How do I recover OneNote for Mac folders from a Time Machine backup?
I was using OneNote for Mac, and created 30+ folders and content. I have an iMac with Time Machine backup. I took my iMac to a computer shop and got an upgrade to my hard drive. When the computer ...
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iPad Pro Microsoft OneNote: How to get more space below?
I have the latest iPad pro 2020 firmware and the latest Microsoft OneNote installed.
When using OneNote on my Windows computer I can use the little arrow below the scroll bar to get more empty space.
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Sidecar and Microsoft OneNote
I am a little bit confused. I want to use an iPad with Sidecar and OneNote on a MacBook Pro. Everything is working fine, but if I select "Text mode" under drawing, I am not able to control my cursor ...
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Unable to import notebook from my desktop "MAC"
I recently switched from a Windows PC to a MacBook Pro at my job. It's been extremely difficult to try and get my notebooks imported to onenote on my new mac. For someone reason, I don't see any ...
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OneNote seems stuck with keychain. Can't log in
This is what happened: I upgraded my passwords on different services, including Microsoft's, which I only use it to work with OneNote. As expected, all apps with login changes asked me to re-login, no ...
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Prevent a specific app from accessing the Internet
I use Microsoft OneNote on my Mac.
How can I can turn off the Internet access to Microsoft OneNote on my Mac?
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Why macOS dictation commands (select sentence, etc.) doesn't work with Microsoft Office for Mac?
Dictation and dictation commands work fine for all other applications. However, when I try to use them in Microsoft Word or OneNote the literal text like select sentence is typed out, rather than the ...
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Can you search for tags in OneNote for Mac 2016?
Searching for tagged content within a notebook in OneNote for Windows is straightforward. There's a Find Tags menu option.
This option does not seem to exist in OneNote for Mac 2016. There's nothing ...
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OneNote's box-outlines and text caret randomly become unresponsive on Sierra and High Sierra
When you hover your mouse over a "box" in OneNote, it should look like this:
Instead, randomly, the application stops responding with the box outlines (my mouse is in the same place both above and ...
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Can OneNote display all notes sequentially in one window for quick browsing (like Evernote)?
OneNote on OS X displays one note in one section of a notebook at a time. Is there a way I can get it to display all notes in a section in one big vertically scrolling window, like Evernote does?
I ...
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Sync Apple Notes to OneNote online?
Question title pretty much says it all. My wife just started working for a company that uses Office 365 online. When she is using a work computer, she logs in to her Microsoft Exchange Mail, ...
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OneNote: Attach a file
With the mac version of OneNote, the files that I attach to a page are always read-only.
In the windows version of the software, the files can be modified from within OneNote.
Is this a bug of the ...
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What font have you found to work the best with OneNote's OCR feature?
I've been trying to do some OCR with Microsoft OneNote and am experimenting with what font seems to work the best. While some seem to be relatively good, I'm curious if anyone has any experience with ...
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Microsoft Onenote iPhone app is not syncing
Any tip for troubleshooting? I've already tried closing and reopening my notebook.
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why file attachment in oneNote(Mac) is locked and how to bypass it?
I want to edit file attachment like pdf and txt file in oneNote directly and save all the changes, but all the file attached in the oneNote when opened is automatically locked, I uncheck the lock ...
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Why is the Onenote app completely hanging?
I have been using Onenote for some time and quite enjoyed it. Although now, I am faced with a strange problem. Onenote is refusing to respond to the right side of the keyboard. It's not one of those ...
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How can I check the size of a OneNote notebook on iPad?
I use OneNote to maintain notes on my iPad. I want to know how I can determine how much space each notebook is occupying so I know how much space is left. However, I have no way of doing this.
Also, ...
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Where can I download the old Mavericks-compatible version of One Note?
As of version 15.7.1, MS OneNote requires OSX 10.10: Yosemite. But company policy prevents me from upgrading to Yosemite.
Any idea how I can download an older version of OneNote that is still ...
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Is it possible to download the previous version of OneNote for mac
I cannot upgrade to Yosemite- company policy- but would still love to use OneNote. Does anyone know a link where I can download the older version? thanks
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How do I share sections from the notebook via e-mail in Microsoft OneNote for Mac?
I am utilizing Microsoft OneNote version 15.2.2 on a Mac. Is it possible to share sections from the notebook via email as an attachment that can be edited, instead of only in the body of the email?
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Import old OneNote .one files into OneNote for Mac
I have some old OneNote files (with .one) extension from those long ago years when I still suffered from Windows.
Additionally I have some current template files with .one extensions.
I no longer ...
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Can't create new notebook in Microsoft OneNote for Mac
When I try to create a new notebook in OneNote for Mac, I receive the following error:
Cannot Create This Notebook
The location may not be available at
this time, or you might not have ...
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Does OneNote for Mac support graphics tablet input?
I was thinking of purchasing a Wacom Bamboo Pad for note taking at college. I am going to an engineering school, and often typing isn't the primary method I would like to use to enter equations, data, ...
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How to import from OneNote on Windows to the Mac edition of OneNote?
I have been working on Windows 7 with Microsoft OneNote 2010. I have a huge amount of work store in OneNote.
I need to open those notebooks in OneNote running on OS X 10.9, Mavericks, which has been ...
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Where does OneNote for Mac store its notebook files?
"Create a new notebook" with OneNote for Mac is not possible in offline mode. :(
Editing and updating your notebook, however, works flawlessly in offline mode.
My question is: where does OneNote for ...
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One Note for Mac Images not Showing
Now that One Note as come out for Mac I was trying it out but already have a problem in that all the images I insert do not render - I get just an outline and a red cross)
Tried jpg / png
Via Copy/...
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