r/OneNote

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...

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!

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.

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!

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!

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

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.

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.

For many reasons I'm considering Office and Windows exodus. I have thousands of hand written / drawn pages stretching back 15'ish years. Literally the only thing holding me back from fully migrating to Linux is stupid OneNote. I use OneNote many times a day across my Android phone/tablet and Windows PC. However I'm considering other pen enabled note taking apps. Is there a graceful way to export this data in a lossless format? I don't need to edit old notes but I would like to keep them handy and searchable.

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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?

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've cleared cache, restarted, but Android keeps telling me "page conflict" detected. Open on web version, and I get no way to fix it--like conflict doesn't exist.

I have gotten many page conflicts over time, kind of have figured out how to prevent (sync before changing things in mobile, tedious but it works) & correct from web version (delete the conflict page after confirming changes made it to web).

But how do you correct it if you can't see/find it? Ack.

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.