OneNote making my text invisible!

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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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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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Anonymous

2017-03-15T18:28:15+00:00
Hi,

I had the exact problem described by ECEcoMel asked on March 9, 2017. I have "Microsoft OneNote Home and Student 2016 - en-us" desktop version. Below is what I tried with NO LUCK:
1. Both Partial and Full Repaired by right-clicking the "Microsoft OneNote Home and Student 2016 - en-us" at Control Panel->Programs and Features and select change. It notified that my Office application is successfully repaired. But alas! same problem exist
2. This problem happens in a password-protected 'page' within password-protected 'section'. Other pages within that password-protected section don't have this issue. I tried removing and adding the password again. Same problem persists.
3. I'm planning to run Windows Update and see if that resolves the issue. I'll let you know once I get success by this step.
4. Several times closed and opened the OneNote application, still problem persists
5. As somebody mentions, if you toggle between other sections and this problematic section, it would work normally for sometime, but not permanently. Copying and pasting from other application to this OneNote page works
I suggest Microsoft to release a fix for this ASAP as I'm an avid OneNote user and this issue is killing my productivity big time. Hope, the MSFT Tech Community is listening. If I don't get the solution is soon, I need to rope in MS Office Leadership team via Twitter and Facebook to get some traction on the resolution.

Thanks in anticipation!
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2017-03-16T15:37:36+00:00
Hi,

I had the exact problem described by ECEcoMel asked on March 9, 2017. I have "Microsoft OneNote Home and Student 2016 - en-us" desktop version. Below is what I tried with NO LUCK:

Both Partial and Full Repaired by right-clicking the "Microsoft OneNote Home and Student 2016 - en-us" at Control Panel->Programs and Features and select change. It notified that my Office application is successfully repaired. But alas! same problem exist

This problem happens in a password-protected 'page' within password-protected 'section'. Other pages within that password-protected section don't have this issue. I tried removing and adding the password again. Same problem persists.

I'm planning to run Windows Update and see if that resolves the issue. I'll let you know once I get success by this step.

Several times closed and opened the OneNote application, still problem persists

As somebody mentions, if you toggle between other sections and this problematic section, it would work normally for sometime, but not permanently. Copying and pasting from other application to this OneNote page works

I suggest Microsoft to release a fix for this ASAP as I'm an avid OneNote user and this issue is killing my productivity big time. Hope, the MSFT Tech Community is listening. If I don't get the solution is soon, I need to rope in MS Office Leadership team via Twitter and Facebook to get some traction on the resolution.

Thanks in anticipation!
Today's update from my yesterday's post. After following all the steps mentioned above and not having any success, I followed Brian Cab's (Microsoft Forum Moderator) suggestion, I ran the Windows Update, updated, restarted and then run the System Scan at command prompt 'sfc /scannow' that resulted in "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations." message. Bottomline - I have tried all the steps mentioned in this forum discussion, but still the problem persists.

@Microsoft, Please release a bug fix or suggest workaround soon.
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Anonymous

2017-03-16T16:17:50+00:00

Per a communication from Microsoft, I ran the latest Microsoft Updates but am still having the same issue. There seems to be a correlation with Microsoft Word. When I have both programs open, the issue occurs more often. When only OneNote is open (and Word is not), the issue doesn't seem to occur as often.
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2017-03-17T15:46:35+00:00

Same problem, on two different machines. Win 10 + Office Professional Plus 2016. Whenever I open OneNote my typing is invisible until I switch tabs, close/reopen, etc. Repro rate is close to 100%. Various repair/reinstall/scan options have not fixed. Please fix bug Microsoft!
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