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
    2014-11-11T20:16:39+00:00

    We have this same "flipping" problem in my office.  However, we have one PC that we are able to rotate PDF files printed to OneNote.  We all run the same versions of Office.  Do you have an idea of why one PC can do this and 10 others cannot?

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-11-11T20:30:22+00:00

    OneNote can rotate regular images but doesn't have the ability to rotate printouts, unless you are using OneNote 2007 notebook format, in which case printouts are stored as regular images. So that PC either is using 2007 format or has Onetastic installed.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-11-11T20:36:35+00:00

    I figured this out.  This person unknowingly had Onetastic installed on her PC.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-01-04T17:34:05+00:00

    Theres no need to download an third party app. I wasn't going to do this but after almost 8000 views  I can see this a problem. To simply get a portrait view, rather than landscape. When inserting choose file attachment, once that pdf file inserts or upload completely, OneNote will give you two options. One to attach file, or insert printout. CHOOSE INSERT PRINTOUT!!!! THIS WILL INSERT THE PDF AS PORTRAIT VIEW, AND THATS IT. THAT SIMPLE. I REPEAT, CHOOSE FILE ATTACHMENT, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY YOU'LL GET PORTRAIT VIEW. WHEN YOU CHOOSE FILE PRINTOUT THATS ALL ITS GONNA DO PRINT IT OUT AS A PRINTER WOULD BY DEFAULT.  SO INSERT, FILE ATTACHMENT, ONCE DONE UPLOADING OR (INSERTING), TWO OPTIONS GIVEN, PICK INSERT PRINTOUT.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-01-04T19:00:13+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?

    Theres no need to download an third party app. I wasn't going to do this but after almost 8000 views  I can see this a problem. To simply get a portrait view, rather than landscape. When inserting choose file attachment, once that pdf file inserts or upload completely, OneNote will give you two options. One to attach file, or insert printout. CHOOSE INSERT PRINTOUT!!!! THIS WILL INSERT THE PDF AS PORTRAIT VIEW, AND THATS IT. THAT SIMPLE. I REPEAT, CHOOSE FILE ATTACHMENT, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY YOU'LL GET PORTRAIT VIEW. WHEN YOU CHOOSE FILE PRINTOUT THATS ALL ITS GONNA DO PRINT IT OUT AS A PRINTER WOULD BY DEFAULT.  SO INSERT, FILE ATTACHMENT, ONCE DONE UPLOADING OR (INSERTING), TWO OPTIONS GIVEN, PICK INSERT PRINTOUT.

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