OneNote making my text invisible!

Anonymous
2017-03-08T20:19:19+00:00

I imagine this is some sort of bug...

OneNote in Office 365 on Windows 10 

I use OneNote for a lot of notes, including one section that is password protected. All of a sudden a few days ago, it has this very annoying glitch where the text I type is invisible.

It basically allows me to type / click check boxes, etc., but it is all invisible. As in, it creates space for the words but there is nothing there. I mostly have been using the password protected section, so I notice it there. If I close OneNote and open it back up, the previously invisible words then show up. Sometimes it lets me type regularly again, or sometimes it just makes any new text I type invisible also. 

If I press backspace, for example, the cursor moves backwards but the deleted words are still visible (until I close the program, for example).

If I switch to a non-password protected section the words are usually invisible while typing also- but if I keep typing gibberish then after a few seconds, this seems to reset and do the same thing as closing / reopening the program.

Any ideas? This is quite annoying!

Thanks!

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Anonymous
2017-03-10T02:24:31+00:00

Hello,

This issue is also occurring for me. I will type text and the cursor will move as if it is typing but the text does not appear. A short-term solution I have found is that switching to another section and then switching back to the "trouble" section then displays the text when typing.

I have tried both Quick and Full Repair.

The version is Office 365 Home Edition OneNote 2016 desktop app on Windows 10.

Help appreciated!

Thanks,

Jeff

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-06-12T21:33:54+00:00

    It happens on all my sheets, and none of them are password protected. Usually after starting to use OneNote after it's been in the background for some time.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-06-04T15:26:57+00:00

    Hi Randy,

    It seems that not all users are affected by this issue. May we suggest checking out this link. It's the OneNote suggestion site wherein you can post your concern and have the developers look into it.

    Should you have any concerns, please don't hesitate to inform us.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-05-20T12:41:19+00:00

    No, I get it with Intel HD graphics and internal display only.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-05-19T16:08:04+00:00

    This is happening to me as well.  It could be due to a video driver update.  I'm running

    • Multiple 4K monitors
    • On an NVidia card

    Is the latter a common vein?

    Thank you,

    Josh Usovsky

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