ONENOTE; what generates a new page version

Hi Will,

Thanks for posting back and sorry for misunderstanding your meaning.

I'm glad to know you got your answer. If you have any problems with our products, please feel free to post in our community and we'll glad to help.

Sincerely,

George | Microsoft Community Moderator

Bernd P.,

Thank you! I think that is exactly what I needed! I always appreciate the quick responses from the Community.

And thank you, George Jiang MSFT, for helping me clarify what I was asking.

When I am using the normal, Desktop OneNote, the CTRL-N keyboard shortcut works as expected. Of course, the keyboard shortcut is not available when using OneNote in a browser (OneNote online, part of M365), nor is it available when running OneNote in Teams, but that is expected.

My question is about the Version History of a OneNote page, available, by one of the following methods:

• on Desktop OneNote, on the History tab, by clicking Page Versions - the page versions are seen under the list of pages on the pages panel on the right:
• in OneNote Online or in Teams, clicking the Show Navigation button, and then on the View Tab, by clicking Page Versions, the page versions are seen under the list of pages on the pages panel to the right of the sections panel

When those page versions are seen, you can restore a previous version (like version history in SharePoint).

This question is about how those page versions are generated. The second picture above has several versions generated on the same day by restoring one version then another then another, so those changes generate a new version. But aside from that, how are the versions actually created in the editing process. There have to be versions created BEFORE restoring a previous version.

Thank you for your help. I hope this response clarifies the situation.

Hi Will,

Thanks for posting in the community. We are happy to help you.

According to your description, my understanding is that you can't find the New button to create a new page in OneNote.

If my understanding conflicts with your meaning, please point it out and provide more details.

If my understanding is correct, I would like to collect more information to troubleshoot it.

1. Generally, you need to open a notebook first, then you can create a new page in this notebook. Please ensure that you have opened a notebook.
2. What if you click one page, and then press the shortcut "Ctrl + N" to create a new page, does it work? This shortcut should add a new page at the end of the selected section.
3. If the shortcut doesn't work, I would like to know if it occurs in a specific notebook or all notebooks. You can create a new notebook to test.

If it occurs in a specific notebook, I wonder if you have Edit permission for it. If it is stored in OneDrive/SharePoint, to verify this, you can go to www.onenote.com, sign into your account and open the online notebook in the browser, then check if you can add a new page.

If it occurs in all notebooks, I wonder which OneNote application you are using. Please take a full screenshot of the OneNote interface. You can click "Insert Image" to upload the screenshot.

We look forward to your response. Thanks for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

George | Microsoft Community Moderator