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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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Omer:
Just downloaded Onetastic and installed it.
What a GREAT add-in! Been using One Note for many years and wish I would have found it sooner!
Very much appreciate you providing it to the users.
Best regards,
Rick
Hi. I had the same problem. I solved the problem by 1. opening windows explorer and dragging the file to the desktop. 2. Drag the file onto the OneNote Page of your choice. 3. Insert as a File Printout. The orientation is Portrait. Hope this helps.
Open the print window. In the bottom left uncheck "Auto-rotate and center pages". Next check "Use PDF page size to select paper source". Also, be sure you are printing in portrait mode. Your printouts to OneNote will appear in portrait although smaller in size.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! This worked perfectly for me.
Thanks very much for that simple workaround, using Print command in Adobe, output to OneNote, and then setting the orientation to Portrait, instead of Auto. Works perfectly on Win7x64 and OneNote 2010.