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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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What mkolber said - Genevieve / Microsoft, please provide an update that is relevant to the online / 365 version of OneNote. This issue is torturing many users who are trying to perform business activities...
Kp
As noted, you have the "new & (dis-)improved" OneNote UWP.
The "Options" control has been moved from the removed File menu item.
On the right side of the ribbon, click on the (unnamed/elipsis) 3 dots icon > click on Settings > click on Options > scroll down. That being said, the only autocorrect option is for capitalization. Sorry.
You have 2 options:
- submit a feedback to MS complaining about this missing feature
- install OneNote 2016 again. (yes that is a real option)
I've added my vote here:https://onenote.uservoice.com/forums/327186-onenote-for-windows/suggestions/35861245-ability-to-turn-off-autocorrect-completely#comments
As noted, you have the "new & (dis-)improved" OneNote UWP.
The "Options" control has been moved from the removed File menu item.
On the right side of the ribbon, click on the (unnamed/elipsis) 3 dots icon > click on Settings > click on Options > scroll down. That being said, the only autocorrect option is for capitalization. Sorry.
You have 2 options:
Genevieve,
Exactly what "File > Options > Proofing" are you talking about? Microsoft trashed the Office 2016/365 OneNote (which had those options) in favor of it's "new, improved, but with less functionality" OneNote for Windows 10. Instead of "have you tried..." things which no longer exist, how about...
I came across this thread trying to find a solution to the same problem. For every © symbol I need, I need a (c) subparagraph indicator about 1,000 times.
If the answer is, "sorry, you can't. Microsoft doesn't believe you need to do that, so it removed your ability to make those changes," so be it. But please avoid the all-to-common "I'll make up my own question and answere that one because I don't have an answer to yours."
I have the same issue with AutoCorrect on OneNote. I am familiar in all other Office365 applications how to change autocorrect settings. The version of OneNote that I am using in Office365 doesn't have a File menu, so I can't go to File > Options.
My ribbons only include Home, Insert, Draw, and View. There is a settings menu with an options category that lets me turn off AutoCorrecting the first letter capitalization, but that's the only option I appear to be able to change.
I'm using OneNote Version 16001.11425.20094.0