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
    2018-04-13T05:23:27+00:00

    ok, so ive downloaded the onetastic. it seems that i can only convert one page at a time from portrait to landscape. Is there a way to convert the entire pdf to landscape? also, the one page I selected and converted will not unselect and i am unable to select another slide to convert. is there a trick to this?

    Not too sure if this was solved for you. I am an avid user of OneTastic. To rotate multiple pages, either CTRL-A (if that is the only data on the sheet) or CTRL + Click the pages you would like to rotate. Once selected, Right Click on of those pages and rotate using OneTastic.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-04-13T05:27:19+00:00

    What I actually do is paste just the file and then open up the PDF and use the snipping tool to copy and paste. It is now a picture instead of a print image. Of course if it has more than one page it is a hassle. Hope that makes sense. You would think with technology the way it is today that the "rotate picture" icon would work for this, but who am I?...  :)

    Use OneTastic. It is cost and hassle free.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-05-17T14:53:40+00:00
    1. Open the PDF in Adobe.
    2. Select print

    The print dialogue box will display. 

    • select "send To OneNote" as the printer
    • uncheck the box "Auto-Rotate and Center"
    • select "Properties" and then select "Landscape" from the "Layout" tab. Then select "ok"
    • Then select "ok" in the "Print" dialogue box.

    Tested it twice and this solved the issue

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-05-21T14:51:26+00:00
    1. Open the PDF in Adobe.
    2. Select print

    The print dialogue box will display. 

    • select "send To OneNote" as the printer
    • uncheck the box "Auto-Rotate and Center"
    • select "Properties" and then select "Landscape" from the "Layout" tab. Then select "ok"
    • Then select "ok" in the "Print" dialogue box.

    Tested it twice and this solved the issue

     

    Yep, this works just fine.    One note of caution, the actual file is not copied to OneNote.   You have to drag and drop the file after you complete the steps Chandler so graciously provided.    Thanks.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-07-25T15:19:02+00:00

    It was a 'printout' and your advice worked.  Not sure why I didn't think that through on my own...but it's so nice to have the experts handy!

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