OneNote breaks if I move it onto an external display
Hi guys I use OneNote extensively for work as my virtual notepad. At most of my working locations, I use my laptop - Dell Latitude 7440 - connected to either a Dell Docking station + 2 monitors, or a pair of samsung monitors which have an inbuilt hub, connect via USB-C and are daisychained together. I've never had any issues with OneNote in the past, but recently have found that if I try and move my OneNote window onto either external monitor, it seems to break OneNote - the whole window becomes just the index list which is normally a column on the left (where it shows all your notebooks and pages) and it won't actually display any of the content from the notebooks/pages. If I try minimizing that column, it has a complete breakdown as if its unable to properly load the actual page content. The only way to fix this is to drag the window back to my laptop screen and then close it and reopen. Has anyone else experienced this? It's really frustrating and affecting my productivity as I often need it side-by-side with other screens.
Disable incessant nagware popups
I don't know about everyone else, but I am sick and tired of the nagware pop ups in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc. Every single product harasses me with pop ups trying to tell me "hey, did you know this feature was here?", "you can do this if you click that", "let me hold your hand through using products you've used for decades even though you don't want daddy Microslop to do that". This is a prime example. I keep getting the same ones again and again and again and everything I've read indicates they should only appear once. But they don't. They keep coming back like a psychotic stalker ex who wants alimony even though you were never married. How do I get this nagware to stop?!
Office365 Autoupdate on Mac
Last week I had an issue with Autoupdate on Microsoft365 where OneNote failed to update, other app were fine. I tried selecting just this app and updating it but got a download error. Autoupdate indicates "some apps have encountered errors" and retrying just repeats the download error. I've tried machine based fixes but none have worked and I suspect it's something else as I have a Mac mini and MacBook doing the same along with my wife who has a Mac desktop. The issue is still the same a week on.
Office OneNote Location
Office prof plus 2024. If i look in Options of OneNotes > save and backup i see the next location: C:\users\username\downloads\documents\OneNote-notepads\my notepads\loose Is it possible to change the root to > C:\users\username\documents\OneNote-notepads\my notepads\loose As you see without \downloads\ Thanks for your help in advance. Regards,Andre
How to Fix Common OneNote Issues A Complete Troubleshooting Guide
Microsoft OneNote is a powerful tool for organizing notes, collaborating, and keeping track of ideas. But like any app, it isn’t without its quirks. From syncing errors to disappearing sections, many users experience issues that can disrupt productivity. The good news? Most of these problems have straightforward fixes. https://dellenny.com/how-to-fix-common-onenote-issues-a-complete-troubleshooting-guide/Standard Operating Procedures in OneNote - Best Method?
Hi, I've been in business for over 18 years, with 6 employees. We have over 300 policies and procedures that have been written and rewritten. They have always been stored on our Sharepoint server in a regular file folder structure that syncs to our computers. Because of it, nobody uses them for they are difficult to find. Sometimes you don't know the name of what you're looking for, other times its an SOP that could be under production or finance. The system has just never worked. I'm currently implementing a system in OneNote. I have it set up where our 9 primary areas are all tabs. There then exists sections for checklists, specific procedures, and then one large 20-30 page manual for that department that discusses in detail everything that needs to be known. An example is in the 23-page Marketing Manual, there are five paragraphs explaining what brand colors are, why they are important, and why we can't stray from them. It then has a few links to reference other documents, one of them is our Branding Sheet that is a Word document, stored inside OneNote. OneNote is also great because it's desktop software that each of our computers has, every single document can be searched at once, you can utilize links to any part that you'd like, you can utilize tags, and you can store the referenced document inside OneNote (so I don't have to deal with somebody changing the file name or somehow breaking the link to the server. I haven't released it yet, but my employees say they would use it if it were easy. As I'm slowly going through and entering the SOPs into OneNote, I'm finding minor issues with my system in OneNote The formatting is VERY limited. So making a great SOP is not as easy as it is in Word Once I have everything in there, I dont think I can get it back out in an editable fashion. I can print the .pdf but it's not like it's a Word document that can be moved around You can't really set permissions on it. I can lock pages, which would work, but I'd prefer permission on different areas Getting everything in there is going to be challenging enough, then I have to go back and link everything. Before I spend too much time organizing these SOPs and copy/pasting them into OneNote, I was hoping that somebody has gone down this road before and can either advise me away from OneNote to another product or offer advice as to why I should keep going down my path. Thanks in advance. Aaron
