Rotate PDF's in OneNote

Anonymous
2013-08-22T17:23:11+00:00

I noticed that OneNote always displays PDF's sideways after inserting them using the File Printout command.  I read some discussions where MS tried to say it had something to do with the printer driver in Adobe, etc., etc.  I don't understand why I have to install a 3rd party program (Onetastic) which does plenty of good things, but I really only use it for the rotate PDF menu that it provides.  Did the MS engineers just get too tired to include this very basic, totally necessary feature?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-10-02T12:24:10+00:00

    Fantastic Omer, thank you! That really works - and explains why sometimes OneNote makes things sideways and seems not to budge!

    I opened the doc in Adobe, and printed from Adobe using the Advanced options - which offered landscape orientation. 

    Done!

    Thanks, Kate

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-09-17T01:23:42+00:00

    Thanks Rohn007,

    I actually realised there was a virus affecting all my Microsoft Office software. I took care of it I am now able to print PDF in layout format to one note no matter how many pages the PDF has.

    I have one question that came up since I am able to print larger PDF. When I print small PDF to OneNote they are all on the same page and I can just scroll down. But when printing larger PDF to OneNote, the PDF is broken in individual subpages. This prevent scrolling, and its annoying since I have pages that have 61 subpages attached. Any one knows a solutions to this?

    Thanks,

    Francis

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-08-06T14:34:47+00:00

    It is irritating that when you copy and past or print a pdf into Note it turns it sidways and there is no way to turn it.

    This is wrong. Just don't use Insert Printout, use the Send to OneNote "printer" directly, then you can set the orientation in the printer's properties.

    Bernd

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-03-05T00:35:07+00:00

    As someone who colaborates with others in shared OneNote files with OneDrive, it would be great if microsoft added a "rotate printout" feature.

    So many people are inserting printouts in the wrong orientation and then I have to go find the original file and re-insert it.

    Please microsoft, fix this.

    Using OneNote 2010 at work and 2013 at home.

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-09-17T04:56:29+00:00

    Oh wow! Now I feel like I am ready to take digital notes at university.

    Thank you JR de Pijper

    Francis

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