EXE: Choose Drawing Pen from Floating Pens Bar in OneNote Full Page View

5/15/2018

OneNote will hide the ribbon when it enter full page view mode. This cause difficult switch pens for drawing.

Gem for OneNote now build a floating pens bar to help you quickly choose pens to drawing in OneNote full page view mode.

Hide Ribbon Feature When OneNote in Full Page View
OneNote 2016, 2013 hide ribbon feature when you enter full page view.
Ribbon hide on … top of screen.
It is not easy to switch color using Electromagnetic pen when ribbon is hidden.

Drawing Tools with Pens Show on Top of OneNote UWP in Full Page View
In follow image, it show full page view of OneNote UWP.
All drawing tools include pens are shown on top of screen when OneNote UWP in full page view mode.
It mean that we really need drawing tools shown in full page view.

Gem Build a Floating Pens Bar for OneNote
Gem for OneNote 46 add a new feature - Float Pen Bar, it help you quickly choose pens in OneNote full page view mode.

Gem's "Float Pen Bar" is in OneNote "Draw" tab -> "Gem" group.

Add Favorite Pens to OneNote Quick Access Toolbar
It need to add favorite pens to OneNote quick access toolbar, to add pens to Gem's floating pens bar.
Gem's floating pens bar support follow features:

Favorite pens
Favorite highlighters
"Type" text feature.

Step 1, Add favorite pens to OneNote quick access toolbar.
Step 2, Move these pens and highlighters to begin of quick access toolbar.

Open Gem's Float Pen Bar
Step 3, click "Draw" tab -> "Gem" group -> "Float Pen Bar" feature to open Gem's floating pens bar.

Float Pen Bar shown on OneNote Full Page View
Step 4, click "View" tab -> "Views" group -> "Full Page View" to enter OneNote full page view mode.

In OneNote full page view mode, Gem's bar float on top of OneNote page.
Click pen on floating bar, it will change to drawing mode with the color pen.

Demonstration

Using Gem's floating pens bar to quickly choose drawing pen and highlighter in OneNote full page view.

8 Comments

Russell Green

5/17/2018 13:09:59

Since I'm using a Surface Pro w/ pen: great idea / feature - - if it would work for me. I see a floating bar with 4 BLACK squares and a cross to close the bar. Clicking on any of those selects the associated pen - but I can't see what I'm selecting. Appreciate you fix this bug! :)

James

5/20/2018 05:53:26

Please move the pens to the beginning of the Quick Access Toolbar

Cat

8/24/2018 08:46:15

Hey, my floating bar doesn't show the pen colors, rather the squares are all purple. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks

James

8/24/2018 15:22:38

Try right click on OneNote.exe -> properties -> check "Override high DPI scaling behavior Scaling performed by:" -> choose "Application"

Dan

10/4/2018 07:44:21

I do not have that option under my Properties, I do not even have the Compatibility tab, is there anything else I can try, I also have the purple boxes instead of colors for my pens.

Dan

10/11/2018 06:42:35

I am also having the issues with the purple boxes instead of pen colors showing up, I am on a Samsung not even sure what model it ism but it is a two-in-one table/notebook with a smart stylus. I have tried doing the "Override High DPI Scaling" but do not have a Compatibility tab in my program OneNote Properties.

James

10/11/2018 07:23:58

If it cannot find the DPI settings for OneNote.exe, you can restore the Windows DPI settings to 100%
Windows 10 -> Settings -> Display -> Scale and layout -> Change the size of text, apps, and other items -> 100%

Dan

10/11/2018 07:39:43

Tried that, it is already set to 100%. Not sure why it don't like me

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EXE: Choose Drawing Pen from Floating Pens Bar in OneNote Full Page View

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