How to print multiple page PDFs onto a single Onenote Page?

Question

_{Friday, March 29, 2013 8:02 PM}

When printing to Onenote 2013, each page in PDF shows up as separate pages in Onenote.

In older version I used to be able to print a whole PDF to just a single Onenote page. That is much more convenient for me.

Is there an option to still do that in Onenote 2013?

On a separate note, it will be great if you can implement the auto switching between inking and panning in Word 2013 too.

thanks.

All replies (6)

_{Wednesday, April 3, 2013 9:33 PM ✅Answered | 11 votes}

Hello,

In OneNote 2013, go to File | Options | Advanced, and under the Printouts section there is a checkbox for the option to "Insert long printouts on multiple pages". If you uncheck that box, when printing to OneNote 2013, OneNote will prompt you whether you want it on one page or multiple pages.

Thanks,

Ross

Ross - Sr. Support Engineer Microsoft Office

_{Wednesday, April 3, 2013 1:37 AM}

This is a quick note to let you know that I am trying to involve someone familiar with this topic to further look at this issue.

Max Meng
TechNet Community Support

_{Friday, February 28, 2014 6:12 PM}

Ross thanks for the help this works great for me.

Daryl

_{Monday, June 9, 2014 7:02 PM}

Just wondering why the program recommends printing to multiple pages? I know that very long ON pages can really slow things down. Is this the reason? If so, can you suggest how long is too long.

Thanks.

_{Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:44 AM}

You are amazing. Thank you!

_{Tuesday, January 17, 2017 5:22 PM}

Just wondering why the program recommends printing to multiple pages? I know that very long ON pages can really slow things down. Is this the reason? If so, can you suggest how long is too long.

Thanks.

I could not agree more! When syncing across several devices and platforms, NOT printing pdfs to multiple pages reduces the sync time from hours to minutes. Is it possible to speed up OneDrive based syncing generally? 

PS. Thank you for this comment, it helped making the excellent OneNote app a viable for note sharing on live jobs. I was despairing before I found this. :(