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OneNote could be great - if it was working
I am using an Ipad with ipad pen for handwritten notes
when I search for handwritten words in the search function it only searches my first 2 pages -
No handwritten notes are searched after the first 2 pages of my note book - it does search typed text beyond the first 2 pages - INFACT all the pages search for typed text
It works perfectly on the first 2 pages for handwritten text - it finds every word - even those that are quite poorly written in terms of legibility and identification of each letter
It searches nothing at all handwritten on the pages after the first 2 - no matter how perfectly written or easily identifiable the word or numbers are
PLEASE NOTE EDIT - it turns out it actually won't search any handwritten notes that have been made since the first day I stated using the App and the first 2 pages - if I erase something written in page 1 or 2 and re write it - much neater as perfectly as my hand writting will manage - that word no longer searches - when it did before the re write - the words are synced through Ipad, PC on Onedrive online - but wont search ?
NEW EDIT - If I open a new note book with a new section and a new page that new page is searching handwritten text - but only on the first page
Is there any solution to this ?
Can hand written text only be searched on the first page of any given notebook ?
I really like the App but if it doesnt work I cant see how I can keep using it
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I just wanna let you guys know that I had the same problem with my iPad. My issue was because I had a second language selected on my keyboard settings (Mine was Maori). After deleting this keyboard, and re-writing the notes, I was able to search my writing on both my iPad and PC.
Hope this helps some people :)
When you handwrite with ink in OneNote on all the versions except the Windows Desktop (Win32) version we process the handwriting in the cloud and it takes 24-48 hours to appear in search results. Are you still seeing this issue now?
So sad that this is still a problem in March 2021, i have a new ipad air 4 and handwriting search in one note doesnt work, obiously looks like the engineering team did not implement it well, its a shame to see such quality issues.
Im having the same issue on my surface pro and my laptop
Search for handwriting nowadays only works in OneNote 2016. All other OneNotes depend on OCR running on a server which is temporarily disabled.
Bernd