Updating some comments and metadata
This week I was given a small set of bugs that ultimately amounted to saying we are still using the word "SkyDrive" in some different places in OneNote. We changed the name to OneDrive recently and...
View ArticleA change for printing to OneNote 2013
When we shipped OneNote 2013 SP1, we changed the way we printed long documents to OneNote. I’m happy to announce we released a change (two days ago as I write this) that makes the behavior much better....
View ArticleTesting the printer change
Testing the change I made was fairly straightforward and is a good example of a small, but complete, test matrix. The feature behaved differently if a registry key was set AND the number of pages was...
View ArticleAnd the OneNote twitter display is gone (again)
A few weeks ago I had the idea to get a Raspberry Pi set up to display the tweets sent about OneNote. I wrote about it here:...
View ArticleYou don’t need to micromanage the recycle bin in OneNote
A few months ago I wrote a tip about emptying the Recycle Bin to save space (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/johnguin/archive/2014/02/17/onenote-tip-empty-the-notebook-recycle-bin-to-save-space.aspx) While...
View ArticleHow to get a Watson bucket number for Windows 8
Just posting this since this is the single biggest helpful piece of information I have available when tracking down crashes. Dan’s older directions needed to be updated so I decided to post the new...
View ArticleSuper proud of this (minor) happening
For years, I have called people at work “Boss.” “Hey, boss” is a pretty typical greeting from me, and it really helps to break the ice with folks. Many people think it is either a little funny or odd...
View ArticleOneNote tip – controlling the footer when printing
A OneNote user was printing from OneNote last week and when she printed, she kept seeing a little date marker at the bottom of the printed page. She did not want this little footer and sent me a mail...
View ArticleUsing OneNote to repair a Camaro
This week I received a note from a user who is in the process of repairing a 1969 Camaro. He wants to use OneNote to track his work and wanted some assistance with setting up a template that he could...
View ArticleThanks all! Time to close this blog
This is a sad day around the OneNote test hallway. After more than 6 years of regular blogging I am stopping this test blog. There are a few reasons. First, the annoying aspect of this blog that...
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