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Unable to switch to new OneNote - error during backup

My work laptop has recently upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11. When I open OneNote for Windows 10, I see a banner across the top saying I need to "Switch Now" to the latest version as OneNote will reach end of support on October…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-08-13T11:41:19.9233333+00:00
Toby McDaid 70 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-12T05:27:56.4866667+00:00
Bipul Sarkar 0 Reputation points
2 answers

How to retrieve a sticky note from crashed computer?

My laptop crashed before I could sync my sticky notes with my Microsoft account. Now I have a new laptop and can not retrieve my latest stick notes. What do you suggest?

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-12-11T22:12:04.76+00:00
Courtney Simon 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-12T01:34:27.25+00:00
Jade Ng 6,390 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

Notebook note not synchronising (error code: 0xE000002E bjief)

help with Notebook note not synchronising (error code: 0xE000002E bjief)

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-12-10T15:41:13.29+00:00
Adeyemi,R 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-11T20:07:06.36+00:00
Ryan-N 8,245 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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HTF Sticky Notes (new) Not Saving Properly

Computer using Windows 11. I use OneNote and OneNote's version of the sticky notes program, AKA Sticky Notes (new). I prefer it because I can force the sticky note to stay at the forefront of all my programs with the pin. The problem is that it is not…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-12-09T14:38:55.0633333+00:00
Kulrathfiik 85 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-10T18:24:00.38+00:00
Chris Duong 5,245 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

OneNote "Paper Size" changes view to one page white bg everything else is dark, how do I turn it off?

"Paper Size" feature is interesting so I enabled it. It made the first page a white background so I can visually see the page. Very nice! Now I want to move to the next page. Now I want to turn it off so I can see everything without the dark…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-12-10T17:11:05.8766667+00:00
Jim Harrison 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-12-10T17:12:00.3533333+00:00
Jim Harrison 20 Reputation points
4 answers

OneNote links Copied from Onenote have stopped working when clicked in Word / Excel, but only for work accoutns.

Links copied from OneNote to OneNote pages and then pasted into Word or Excel recently stopped working (for pages in Work Notebooks, but still work for personal oneNote pages). All in the desktop version of ON. So I have a page of links in my ON for…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-12-08T18:45:02.4066667+00:00
Jason Chapman 41 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-09T21:22:29.9766667+00:00
Jay Tr 6,225 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Is OneNote not able to see Outlook meetings anymore?

After an upgrade to Version 2509 (Build 19231.20156 Click-to-Run) and seemingly just like this email-to bug, my problem just started last week. When attempting to add Outlook Meeting Details to OneNote, none of the meetings are displayed. No error…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-10-10T00:30:18.78+00:00
Paulo Vianna 35 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-09T19:11:18.4766667+00:00
Jeremy R 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Can not view and edit the OneNote file my colleague shared with me.

My colleague gave me permission to view and edit this OneNote file, but I can't view anything. It shows blank.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-12-07T05:37:15.5866667+00:00
Abrar Fardin Ashfe 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-08T06:39:07.7866667+00:00
Jade Ng 6,390 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

Create table of contents in onenote

How do I create a table of contents for all pages and sections of OneNote?

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-12-03T20:53:21.0333333+00:00
Steve LaFon 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-04T21:05:52.9666667+00:00
Hani-N 5,515 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

how to update old onenote files to new onenote

my notebooks from onenote 10 are not showing in the update onenote under microsoft 365. how do i get them to update this information.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-12-02T16:36:02.82+00:00
Maynard Robinson 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-03T21:47:21.3333333+00:00
Jay Tr 6,225 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

How to copy Outlook Notes to a OneNote notebook as text.

I am looking for a way to export my Outlook Notes into OneNote. Or to phrase it the opposite way. From OneNote to import/pull Notes from Outlook. I still do, and know of many users, still using Outlook Notes because it is right there and easy to…

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asked 2024-08-29T14:14:30.8333333+00:00
TonyG 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-02T17:09:36.7+00:00
Englund, Neal 0 Reputation points
2 answers

OneNote section disappeared upon logging in

I logged into my OneNote last week on 11/28 and my section disappeared. I've tried logging out and back in, checking the history and recycling bin, checking the backup log, checking my OneDrive and there is not trace or sign of it. There is no misplaced…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-12-01T12:28:17.04+00:00
Porsche Vass 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-02T14:58:44.7666667+00:00
Tamara-Hu 8,635 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

My shotcut ctrl + . doesn't work in One Note

A simpile question: i rebuild the windows from the begining. I installed office only. I haven't installed other applications yet. But I still found my shortcut ctrl + . doesn't work in my OneNote.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-12-01T00:03:09.44+00:00
Connie Gao Personal 80 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-02T03:58:57.0933333+00:00
Jade Ng 6,390 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Is it possible to automate a direct copy/paste from an Excel file to OneNote WITHOUT embedding the Excel file?

Company now requires an "action plan" be formatted in OneNote. My team prefers to work in Excel and has already done extensive work in Excel. Is it possible to automate a copy/paste of 1:1 cell info into OneNote, instead of doing it manually?…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-12-01T14:46:25.59+00:00
KW 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-12-01T18:34:59.99+00:00
KW 20 Reputation points
1 answer

Adjusting Sidebar width in OneNote

The sidebar of my notes got expanded so much that I have no way to adjust it back to the normal view. Tried restarting the app few times and even restarted my computer and it didn't help

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-09-23T07:12:38.9666667+00:00
Cindy 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-01T07:09:46.33+00:00
David 0 Reputation points
1 answer

How to stop sharing notebook in OneNote for Windows 10

In OneNote for Windows 10, when I click 'Share' in the upper right corner, I see that my OneNote notebook has been shared with an unknown user. However, I have no option to manage access, and I'm not able to click on the user and remove them. There are…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-01-16T15:49:04.4833333+00:00
Ryan C 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-30T23:02:16.2266667+00:00
RStone 0 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Export OneNote pages with subpages, creating PDF with a bookmark per subpage

Hello, I use OneNote a lot, and have created pages with subpages. I would like to export a page with its subpages to PDF, and have a bookmark per subpage. But contrary to Word, where i can select "create bookmarks using headings", no such…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-11-26T12:50:28.74+00:00
Félix Hauswirth 20 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-28T11:35:38.96+00:00
Félix Hauswirth 20 Reputation points
2 answers

OneNote NEW VERSION - how do I change section tabs to vertical positioning like before?

I hate the new OneNote layout. I find it much harder to read section tabs in the new horizontal format, plus you can't see many at once. How can I adjust the settings to change the layout so they show up vertically again?

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-11-26T16:51:23.0866667+00:00
Hazel Turner 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-27T20:22:22.4633333+00:00
Ruby-N 6,145 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

OneNote syncing / missing note problem.

Hey everyone, I’m new to OneNote and ran into something frustrating. My OneDrive was full, so I unlinked my account and then added it back. After reconnecting, one of my important notes didn’t come back during the sync and now it’s just gone. Has anyone…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-11-26T10:51:41.4+00:00
Mason Copeland 60 Reputation points
accepted 2025-11-27T03:15:53.98+00:00
Mason Copeland 60 Reputation points
1 answer

Typo in german translation of OneNote

Hello everyone, I hope this is the right place. When i switched from the old OneNote Windows Application to the new one I have noticed a typo in the german translation. Instead of "Notebooks öffnen" it says "Noteooks öffnen".

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows
asked 2025-11-26T09:18:49.17+00:00
Mashar, Iraj 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-26T09:59:29.73+00:00
Rin-L 10,580 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator