Issue with Printing/Exporting Annotated PDFs in OneNote on Mac

Question

I’m having a frustrating issue with OneNote on my MacBook, and I’d appreciate some help. I often need to annotate PDFs for homework assignments. My workflow involves:

1. Importing a multi-page PDF into OneNote.
2. Annotating it on my iPad using OneNote.
3. Saving or printing the annotated PDF to submit it for class.

The problem arises when I try to export or print the annotated PDF. The output is completely misaligned due to OneNote’s infinite canvas. For example, one page of the original PDF ends up split across multiple pages in the exported PDF, and the formatting is completely broken.

I’ve tried various workarounds like resizing the PDF within OneNote, but this process is tedious and doesn’t work consistently, especially with multi-page documents. No matter how much I adjust, the pages overlap or don’t fit properly, and the final PDF ends up unusable.

I need a way to:

• Import multi-page PDFs into OneNote on Mac.

• Annotate them on my iPad using OneNote.

• Export or print them as a properly formatted PDF that matches the original layout, with all my annotations intact.

This issue is making it really difficult for me to rely on OneNote for schoolwork. Is there a solution to this problem, or is there a better workflow for annotating and exporting PDFs?

Thank you so much for your help!

Answer 1

You got the answer on Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/OneNote/comments/1hxggg6/issue_with_printingexporting_annotated_pdfs_in/

Bernd