AUTOCORRECT-ONENOTE: FOR GODS SAKE PROVIDE AN OPTION TO TURN IT OFF!!

Anonymous
2019-01-26T16:06:04+00:00

Why, why was OneNote released without an option to turn autocorrect off?! This problem is now old enough, how was this not fixed? You essentially made OneNote completely useless, since it auto-"corrects" everything you want to type into something wrong. Why was this option removed from the new Versions of OneNote? How does it come that its not fixed by now?

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-06-10T13:28:27+00:00

    So I use OneNote for Windows 10 at work (looks like Version 16001.13801.20534.0) and I have encountered this same issue. I try to type POs and it is inevitably changed to Pos, including with the red squiggly underlining. I don't know how to disable autocorrect BUT I did just discover that a quick Ctrl + Z reverts it back to POs as intended. As far as workarounds go, this one is minimally cumbersome, though still less than ideal. Hopefully this helps with whatever you're trying to type as well.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-05-05T12:51:39+00:00

    Hello, i'm struggling this horrible problem with autocorrect too. I don't know if anybody here in comments mentioned that solution but today I discovered that when OneNote autocorrets you something, and if you want to unautocorrect this, the thing you have to do is to click ctrl-z, then space, then ctrl-z again and boom the autocorrect gives up and you have what you wanted to have. I know that it can be irritating when it autocorrects a lot, but I don't know any other solution and it works for me. I hope MS will fix this thing and we will be able to just turn off the autocorrection because it's ridiculous that software pretends to be smarter than the user.

    Example:

    You want to write (c) but OneNote autocorrects it to ©

    • write (c) (now it autocorrects to ©)
    • click ctrl-z (now it unautorrects to (c))
    • click space (now it autocorrects again to ©)
    • click ctrl-z
    • boom now you have (c)

    Works also with auto-numeration (when you write 1. or "-" and click space)

    Defect of this solution is that you have one space between this what you want to write and it's autocorrected.

    I hope someone will find this tip useful.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-04-23T00:07:07+00:00

    In Windows settings Time & Language > Language > Add a language > Serbian(Latin, Serbia) >then click on Serbian and go to Options > Add a keyboard > US (QWERTY)

    Now if u use this language u can type without autocorrect in Onenote.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-03-04T14:56:05+00:00

    I've been following this thread for quite a while now.

    I've since moved on to other software

    But I'm still hoping for the dev team to resolve this

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-03-03T19:08:59+00:00

    I have also made sure to vote for the auto correct feature on the official site. May be good if more do this as well OneNote for Windows: Hot (5940 ideas) – Welcome to OneNote and Sticky Notes Suggestion Portal! (uservoice.com)

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