Printing from OneNote is flawed

[ShaneUK20]

Hi

Having read the posts about printing documents from OneNote I would like to
register my vote that you need to be able to add in Page Breaks.

As an IT engineer I use OneNote to keep instructions on how to do things
that I only do occasionally.

If I have to print them for somebody else to use they are rubbish unless I
copy them into Word first and add in page breaks before printing.

Please can you add it to the list of improvements requested in the next patch.

Many thanks.

Shane

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

I have also found that sending the pages to PDF allows me to quickly see
what is going to be printed so that I can make the same kinds of
adjustments.

OneNote team: That does NOT mean I think printing is anywhere near fixed and
you know it! (gd&r)

--
Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

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[xTenn]

Hi

Having read the posts about printing documents from OneNote I would like to
register my vote that you need to be able to add in Page Breaks.

As an IT engineer I use OneNote to keep instructions on how to do things
that I only do occasionally.

If I have to print them for somebody else to use they are rubbish unless I
copy them into Word first and add in page breaks before printing.

Please can you add it to the list of improvements requested in the next patch.

Many thanks.

Shane

As a work around I have found that if I go into full scree and view it
at 75% whatever is on the screen matches a printed page fairly well.
Then it is a matter of inserting space to stop things from segmenting, etc.

The settings will vary depending on you printer, screen, etc. Trial and
error can verify.

A pain, yes but for me easier than putting it into word first. Plus
once I space a document it stays "print friendly", if you will.

Of course you can always set the paper size from "auto" to a fixed size.
Doesn't flow as well, especially for handwriting, but is more print
friendly.

BTW, if you google for this you will find many discussions - it is a
well-known issue with OneNote. And to its defense composition for
printing is not what the program's focus was intended. Still, the need
does arise.

 

[Steve Silverwood]

Kathy:

There's also a cool tool called FinePrint, which works great for
"pre-printing" a document. I use it as my default printer, so any
time I print I get a view of what it's going to look like before I
send it to the printer. If I want a PDF, I also have the companion
product FinePrint pdf Factory, which lets me just click a button on
the FinePrint display and send the output direct to a PDF file.

See www.fineprint.com for details and to download evaluation versions.

//Steve//