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OneNote 2007 Print Driver – 64 bit XPS2OneNote print driver updated

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I wrote previously about a solution for printing to OneNote 2007 on 64 bit OSes that I created called XPS2OneNote.

I just released an update to that solution that:

  • Fixes a number of issues some people had on Windows 7 64 bit.
  • Enables the option to print to a single page, or print each page to a separate sub page (frequently requested).
  • More easily enables scaling the print outs to a custom size.

Note: this also works on Vista 64 bit and 32 bit Windows 7 or Vista.

Go to the codeplex site for XPS2OneNote to download it and install it. Please read the instructions for how to use it. You’ll need to restart your machine or manually start XPS2OneNote after installing it.

NOTE: this is not necessary for OneNote 2010 Beta. OneNote 2010 has full 64 bit support for the Send to OneNote 2010 print driver.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    December 03, 2009
    Thank you very much for the 64bit OneNote 2007 Print Driver update. Just what I was missing and just what I need. David

  • Anonymous
    December 04, 2009
    This is great thank you

  • Anonymous
    December 06, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    December 09, 2009
    Raanrann, Re: syncing custom tags. This post has some relevant details. http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/30126495/tag-syncronization.aspx The tag settings are stored in a file called Preferences.dat You could use something like Live Mesh or another cross machine file syncing technology to sync the Preferences.dat file to the same path on both machines. Hope that helps.

  • Anonymous
    December 09, 2009
    Raanrann, Re: syncing custom tags. This post has some relevant details. http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/30126495/tag-syncronization.aspx The tag settings are stored in a file called Preferences.dat You could use something like Live Mesh or another cross machine file syncing technology to sync the Preferences.dat file to the same path on both machines. Hope that helps.

  • Anonymous
    December 30, 2009
    It works as advertised--thank you! I hope you guys get this squared away as a final release product.  OneNote has become my "Go to" application and this is v.important functionality.  

  • Anonymous
    December 31, 2009
    VBConst68, Glad to hear it. Yes, we definitely have full 64 bit support for the Send to OneNote print driver in the upcoming OneNote 2010 release which is currently in beta. Works great. This solution is really intended for existing customers before we added that suport.

  • Anonymous
    March 27, 2010
    I installed the 64 bit XPS2OneNote print driver update and all works.  But the XPS file that is loaded into OneNote cannot be moved once it is on the page.  I was assuming it was going to be treated as a picture element that could be moved around.   Am I doing something wrong? Also, a blank page one seems to be added as well. Thanks for creating this work around and for taking the time to reply.

  • Anonymous
    May 25, 2010
    Oh, this has saved me! Thanks so much! GAW, I don't know if you figured out a solution to your problem, but I had a similar one and found a way to make it work. After you're into the OneNote page where your pdf has been pasted, select all pages of it and right-click. Deselect "Set picture as background" and (if you're like me and rely on the ability to search your pdfs in OneNote) select "Make text in image searchable." It should then behave just like you're used to pdfs behaving in OneNote.

  • Anonymous
    June 01, 2010
    I'm using OneNote 2007 on a new Windows 7 machine.  I keep getting this error when I use the XPS2OneNote: "had an error in file change handler...The type initializer for 'XPSOneNote.OneNoteHelper' threw an exception." Not sure what this means, but the option to select the OneNote location does not pop up for me.  So files are stuck in XPS Print to OneNote folder. Please advise.

  • Anonymous
    June 24, 2010
    I am having a similar problem as Des. I am on a new Windows 7 machine and I cannot get this to work.I have been able to get the files to the XPS print to OneNote folder, but not actually into OneNote. I would really appreciate some help!

  • Anonymous
    July 03, 2010
    Hi David, Great print utility! I have just one request. I'd like to be able to specify the page (indeed the insertion point on a specific page) to insert the printout. Your method only allows me to specify a section. The problem is, that a multipage pdf document ends up in a new page within the specified section and I have to manually move each of the pdf's pages (after deselecting the 'set as background' for each page) to where I actually needed the printout. This is a lot of work, and wondered if it were possible to be more specific with the initial plavement and, perhaps, to have the option to set the printout as a background. Not meaning to sound ungrateful, as it's a great solution. Cheers, Dayve

  • Anonymous
    July 09, 2010
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  • Anonymous
    July 09, 2010
    Never mind.  It started working... Go figure.

  • Anonymous
    September 09, 2010
    Thanks! Worked great

  • Anonymous
    September 09, 2010
    Works awesome you just made school a whole lot easier for me, Thanks

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2010
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  • Anonymous
    November 02, 2010
    Thank you, David! You are a coding master and I hope you continue your work and attitude!  This was exactly what I have been looking for!  Also, I saw a comment from you mentioned that you were not sure if it would work on the 64-bit version of Windows 7 OS.  I can now assure you that it does.  Thank you again for being as good as you are! :)

  • Anonymous
    November 03, 2010
    I'm running Office 2007 on a Win7 64bit O/S. I tried installing your XPS2OneNote, and for sending to OneNote I suppose it's fine -- assuming that's ALL I ever do.  However, now EVERY TIME I try to print from an Office app (or Adobe or any other app), even to a hardwired printer, it forces me to print to a file!  I tried uninstalling XPS2OneNote, and even rolled back to a System Restore point prior to that installation, but I still am forced to print to a file! I don't want to uninstall/reinstall Office (and don't think that's remedy the situation anyway since it's occuring in non-Office apps). Help! Thank you.

  • Anonymous
    November 03, 2010
    I'm running Office 2007 on a Win7 64bit O/S. I tried installing your XPS2OneNote, and for sending to OneNote I suppose it's fine -- assuming that's ALL I ever do.  However, now EVERY TIME I try to print from an Office app (or Adobe or any other app), even to a hardwired printer, it forces me to print to a file!  I tried uninstalling XPS2OneNote, and even rolled back to a System Restore point prior to that installation, but I still am forced to print to a file! I don't want to uninstall/reinstall Office (and don't think that's remedy the situation anyway since it's occuring in non-Office apps). Help! Thank you.

  • Anonymous
    November 03, 2010
    I'm running Office 2007 on a Win7 64bit O/S. I tried installing your XPS2OneNote, and for sending to OneNote I suppose it's fine -- assuming that's ALL I ever do.  However, now EVERY TIME I try to print from an Office app (or Adobe or any other app), even to a hardwired printer, it forces me to print to a file!  I tried uninstalling XPS2OneNote, and even rolled back to a System Restore point prior to that installation, but I still am forced to print to a file! I don't want to uninstall/reinstall Office (and don't think that's remedy the situation anyway since it's occuring in non-Office apps). Help! Thank you.

  • Anonymous
    November 05, 2010
    Mark/Crossword. This probably means that you somehow managed to set the XPS Print Driver as the default printer for your machine. If you go to the Printers control panel in Windows you can set your preferred printer as the default printer.

  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2011
    Thanks! This is a great fix. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to put printouts in my notes since most of my teachers use powerpoints. This is dead useful.

  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2011
    I just loaded your Onenote Print Driver for Windows 64 Bit OS, it is great. Now I can print to Onenote, thank you.

  • Anonymous
    February 03, 2011
    I have OneNote at home and it works perfect.  But at work I have the windows 7 and it won't print either. I have read thru your instructions but keep getting stuck at the instructions that say:  Printing: 3. Choose the destination section next the following dialog will come up (sorry, not very pretty is it...) asking which of your OneNote sections you'd like the print out sent to. Choose one and click "Insert Printout in OneNote".  I can't get this to come up, and I can't insert a page into OneNote so I am totally stuck.  I have saved an .xps file as directed but that is as far as I can get.  What am I missing?

  • Anonymous
    February 04, 2011
    Hi, I installed your OneNote 2007 Print Driver but I cannot get it to work properly.  Everything works until I save the file as an XPS in the drop folder.  Instead of the next screen appearing, I get an error message that says: had an error in file change handler...The type initializer for 'XPS2OneNote.OneNoteHelper' threw and exception. What should I do to fix this?

  • Anonymous
    February 05, 2011
    Easy to install ... thank you so much !

  • Anonymous
    February 15, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    February 21, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    March 17, 2011
    Works fine for me, great job David! Thanks very much

  • Anonymous
    June 24, 2011
    This is pretty awesome! Undoubtedly, it is not as great as the 'built-in' send to onenote, but way waaaaaaaaaaaay better than none at all!!

  • Anonymous
    August 29, 2011
    Thank you, Thank you,Thank you,Thank you, Thank you a million times thank you

  • Anonymous
    October 17, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    December 07, 2011
    Thanks,  I love this feature in OneNote.  Am glad someone created a simple solution that works.  It not what I'm used to, but I'm glad to have something.

  • Anonymous
    June 04, 2012
    Hi, I just downloaded and am running XPStoOneNote and had a quick question.  When the software inserts the print out into OneNote, it doesn't seem to do so as an object that I can interact with.  I can't click, drag, resize, or cut/paste.  Am I doing something wrong or is this the way that the software works?  Thanks in advance!  I'm glad to have a 64 bit printer for OneNote! Seth

  • Anonymous
    September 10, 2012
    AMAZING STUFF THIS. ONLY DOWNSIDE IS THE FIX YOU CREATED SHOULD BE EASIER TO FIND. MANY THANKS!!

  • Anonymous
    November 13, 2012
    AHHHHHH....... THIS ISN'T WORKING FOR ME HELP  ME..... i get to save as the xps file but nothing comes up after that... why does nothing come up after that. ive deleted and restarted the program countless time and the only thing it does for me is make a useless folder. ahhhhhhh help plz

  • Anonymous
    December 03, 2012
    same bug as debbie, jon and "I have this error" above. (bug in HRESULT:0x8004201E) Would be great if a solution could be provided ! Thanks...

  • Anonymous
    December 03, 2012
    forgot to mention, I'm running : . Win 7 . 64 bits . OneNote & Outlook 2007 Thanks !

  • Anonymous
    February 21, 2014
    This runs fine but creates in OneNote a picture of the text from Word. It's not editable, sadly. However, if you select the picture and right click, you have the choice of copying text from within the picture. This can then be pasted and edited. Sort of OCR-like. Unfortunately, some but not all of the formatting is lost, so some editing and rearrangement will be necessary. This does not work with pictures inside the inserted file. How about making the OneNote insertion text and not picture? Better, give me a choice of pix and/or editable text. Maybe use RTF? System: Win 7, Office 2007, OneNote 2007, Outlook 2007, 64bit quad CPU Thanks for this utility, But cut and paste will work quicker and better for text.

  • Anonymous
    June 08, 2014
    Greatly appreciate this patch that you have coded!  I got a new Surface Pro but didn't upgrade my Office yet so still running 2007 version and ran into this problem.  Good work!!

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    June 09, 2014
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  • Anonymous
    December 30, 2014
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  • Anonymous
    January 03, 2016
    thank you for your solution! :) it's great that you shared it!