Export OneNote to PDF

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Hi guys, wondering if it is possible to create a flow that will export a OneNote page to PDF on creation

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Expiscornovus 33,195 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @AislingFaulkner,

Yes, I think this would be possible.

There is a trigger action called, when a new page is created in a section:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/onenote/#when-a-new-page-is-created-in-a-section

You should be able to collect the html content of that page and for instance use the convert html to pdf action from Encodian.

Below is an example. Btw, in this example I am using the Get page content action instead of the when a new page is created in a section trigger action.

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AislingFaulkner 89 on at

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Hi @Expiscornovus , thank you for that, unfortunately I don't think my company uses encodian, but I'll look into it!

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fchopo 8,003 Moderator on at

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Hello @AislingFaulkner

Instead of using the Encodian connector, you can use OneDrive for Business connector (no premium license needed ;)):

The steps are:

1) Get Page Content

2) Create an HTML file in OneDrive for Business (it will be created in the OneDrive area of the user executing the flow).

3) Convert the file to PDF

4) Delete the HTML file (is an intermediate file not needed anymore).

Hope it helps!

Ferran

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AislingFaulkner 89 on at

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Thank you so much, you saved me a massive headache!

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rupeshknn 2 on at

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I tried this method and it works for the typed text in the OneNote page. but not the pen input. I almost never type in one note. is there any way to get pen input into the pdf?

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fchopo 8,003 Moderator on at

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Hi @rupeshknn

You can try to convert your pen input into text and then apply this flow: Convert Handwriting to Text in OneNote - Instructions (teachucomp.com) (unfortunately this conversion must be done manually)

Hope it helps!

Ferran

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StijnVerm on at

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Hi FPocho,

thanks for this.

As an improvement, you can use the title as filename:
1. trigger when page is created
2. get list of all pages of the section (here you can get the page title from)
3. apply to all {list of pages}
4. Get content of page (start of your previous answer)
5. Create HTML, Filename= {Pages.Pagetitle}.html, body={pagecontentbody}
6. ....
7.....

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Martynas 2 on at

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Hi, guys, do anyone knows is it possible to make an automated PDF export of specific OneNote page? For example to make an export every day at specified hour.

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hubertlam 153 on at

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Pretty much not possible.
The OneNote pages I deal with have:
PDF printout
Ink annotations
...which means the Get page content action does not support 😞

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nvelissaris Microsoft Employee on at

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Interesting solution! What if we want to export the entire OneNote regardless of the Page/Section that the change is related too? i.e. when a change is performed on a Page or Section, export the entire OneNote to PDF

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