OneNote Section renaming issues - VERY annoying
While renaming a Section, OneNote seems to have some sort of short timeout timer where if you don't start typing quickly enough, or don't hit enter soon enough after finishing, it completely bails on the renaming operation and reverts back to the previous name. The timer seems to be shorter when creating a new section. Hitting the "+" pops up a new section with the section label in edit mode. If you don't type something quickly enough (< 3 seconds) - it exits edit mode and leaves the label as "Section X". For section renaming, if you double-click on the section tab label, the label switches to "edit" mode and the full label is highlighted. If you wait too long to start typing, it either exits edit mode by itself or waits until you type something (anything) and exits edit mode completely ignoring what you typed. If you do type something but don't finish immediately by hitting enter, the timer expires and any keyboard input after the timer expires causes edit mode to exit and the new label you typed to be ignored. It seems this might be intentional (Ill-conceived) behavior - attempting to prevent inadvertent renaming of sections if someone accidentally presses keyboard keys or puts something on their keyboard that causes inadvertent keyboard presses. If that's the case it's an exceeding clumsy attempt and needs to be rethought. The current behavior in this regard is very annoying. If the desire is to ignore inadvertent section renaming, a study needs to be done to understand the characteristics of accidental keypresses. I'd be willing to bet that rapid same-character sequences that result from the same key being pressed and held are much more indicative of inadvertent input than the total time taken to start or finish a renaming operation after edit mode is entered. You could also create an additional hurdle to enter edit mode e.g. eliminating the doubleclick option and only allow right-click followed by drop drown menu selection. Has anyone else experienced this? Has Microsoft ever commented on this issue.Convert to PDF not working on One Note (mac)
I am no longer able to convert my One Note pages to PDF on mac. The end of the One Note page does not shows on my PDF document and some pages do not appear. It worked fine a few weeks ago and still works on Windows. Microsoft support could not help me and thought it might be a bug. Is there something I can do?How Microsoft 365 Empowers Students for Academic and Professional Success
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OneDrive is the most lethal application I have ever encountered
After installing Windows 11 on 2 computers, OneDrive took over ( without my knowledge or permission ) and started backing up all of my Documents and Desktop. I was forced to rebuild both computers! The operational default for OneDrive should be to ASK and then re-ASK before doing anything. If MS management is reading this, you should really place some safeguards into this product. If it wasn't for OneNote ( a reasonable app ) I would not touch OneDrive ever. Google Drive is far better. Thanks
one note keeps asking for login
every time I try to open my notebooks the onenote app keeps asking me to login and verify with code sent to mobile. Then I still can't open the notebook. I have cleared passwords from keychain and it keeps reoccurring. I can access my files on onenote online but not on the application.I hope OneNote has an anti-mistouch function.
Reading notes on the Surface and swiping the touchscreen with your hand will often cause the content to change due to accidental touches. For example, a mistouch will cause an image to be selected, and a finger slide will cause the image to be changed. Therefore, I hope that there is an anti-mistake button when reading notes, and it is not allowed to modify the content.
Onenote - Embed Office files from OneDrive not working
Hi All, This official article from MS describes how MS Office files from your OneDrive are available as embedded content in OneNote: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/embed-content-in-onenote-fd5abf7d-abd4-4902-8e5f-93088c45b11d Our friend Mike Tholfsen also presents this option in his video about embedding content in OneNote: https://youtu.be/XokNWM_wwEo?si=lh0csbcjVlITvgN_&t=111 However, this is not currently working when I try to embed it from my personal OneDrive. I have the newest version (Onenote 365 for Windows 11) and also tried making the file "public". Nothing seem to work - just a static link. Does everyone else have the same problem?
