Import PDF no longer lets me import as printout

[tkamenick]

I've been able to do this in the past, no idea why I can't anymore.

I would drag a PDF file onto a OneNote page and it would give me three
options. Now it inexplicably only gives me two - insert a copy of the file
and insert a link to the file. I want the option where you can insert a
printout of the file.

I did some scrounging and found some help that said to "repair" OneNote via
Control Panel - Programs & Features, but that didn't work. I tried using the
"diagnostics" in the OneNote help menu and that didn't help either.

Help?

 

[Rainald Taesler]

I've been able to do this in the past, no idea why I can't anymore.

I would drag a PDF file onto a OneNote page and it would give me three
options. Now it inexplicably only gives me two - insert a copy of
the file and insert a link to the file. I want the option where you
can insert a printout of the file.

I did some scrounging and found some help that said to "repair"
OneNote via Control Panel - Programs & Features, but that didn't
work. I tried using the "diagnostics" in the OneNote help menu and
that didn't help either.

Do you still have the ON-printer (Send to OneNote) under printers?

Rainald

 

[tkamenick]

No. I don't see it in Control Panel - Printers, and I can't select it out of
a list when I try to print from Word. How do I get that back?

 

[Ian]

If you are using Vista 64bit you don't get the printer driver. 64bit
Windows has been around since XP (well a bit earlier) and Microsoft still
can't get their flagship products to work yet!

 

[Rainald Taesler]

If you are using Vista 64bit you don't get the printer driver.
64bit > Windows has been around since XP (well a bit earlier)
and Microsoft still can't get their flagship products to work yet!

1.) OneNote never has been a "flagship" product.

2.) There *was* no printer for 64-bit Windows.
But:
David Rasmussen meanwhile produced a fix:
David Rasmussen: OneNote Print Driver – A 64 Bit Solution
http://blogs.msdn.com/david_rasmussen/archive/2009/04/22/onenote-print-driver-a-64-bit-solution.aspx

So you are seriously wrong if/when saying that an ON-printer would not
be available for 64-but Windows.

Rainald

 

[Ian]

Excuse the tone of my response in advance...

1.) OneNote never has been a "flagship" product.

[Ian] Sorry I was referring to Office which includes OneNote, I assumed
OneNote particularly 2007 was a significant part of that, sorry for my bad
assumption. So you are saying OneNote included with some versions of office
is just a utility or are you saying Microsoft Office is not a flagship
product?

So you are seriously wrong if/when saying that an ON-printer would not
be available for 64-but Windows.

[Ian] It is not officially supported and why the printer driver does not
show in Vista 64bit is an issue. People pay good money for their software
hopefully and you would expect Microsoft who have been badmouthing hardware
suppliers for not shipping 64bit drivers since day one would have provided a
fix in Office SP1 at least.

This is not to belittle someone's attempt at providing a work around all
power to David, I paid good money so if I want to experiment to get features
working I would be using Linux for free. The solution provided is not
available to the vast majority of people who want to use OneNote without
cruising the forums or newsgroups.

All I was doing is pointing out a common reason people don't find this
feature and commenting it was below par, in the early days this drove me
crazy before the work around and then you come back telling me I am wrong, I
still stand by my statements, OneNote was marketed and advertised as a full
working product not first generation product with some versions of office
2007, to have two service packs without an official fix is not encouraging.

Now people get upset that Windows Desktop Search built into Vista 64 bit but
that is not Microsoft problem but Adobe and I tell people that, they keep
blaming Vista for the indexing in Vista 64 not working and I keep saying
tell Adobe about it. Again last I checked they had a temporary fix recently
but again you have to be a technically obsessed to find the info.

Microsoft are disappointed in the fact that so many people are told to stay
on 32 bit Windows XP and the above are examples why corporate world has been
slow on the uptake.

If time was money and I did not like change I would not have used Vista
before SP1 and would be still using XP, I have it loaded on a second
partition for the hardware scanner that won't work in Vista.

Microsoft are told these issues and they need to think about fixing current
versions of software before making new versions.

Anyway I don't want to get into an argument and I have had some good help
since dropping in here and I was not expecting to get slammed in the first
place.

 

[Ian]

Hi Rainald,

On reflection my last post was way too negative and reactionary. I apologize
if I have upset you, (hitting my head and trying to remember don't post when
having a bad day) I was mad at Microsoft but either way not a good way to
post in public.

Ian

 

[Rainald Taesler]

No. I don't see it in Control Panel - Printers, and I can't select
it out of a list when I try to print from Word. How do I get that
back?

Do you happen to have a 64-bit OS running?

Rainald