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onenote - is there any way to stop the keyboard from popping up as I write?

macmee

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This is a very annoying problem.

I stopped the date and time dialog (lol?) from popping up by moving my start bar to the top of my screen.....

But as I write with the microsoft pencil™ on my screen in one note, the keyboard randomly popups up. Why? Microsoft is bad, that's why, but it's incredibly annoying.

Instead of waiting around for Microsoft to fix the issue (which is unlikely as it's been an issue forever), is there any way I can just disable the keyboard completely from showing up in onenote? By either turning off the double tap to bring up the keyboard, or even if I could get a tool to disable and enable the keyboard before I open one note.
 

hughlle

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I can understand what you mean, but i have rarely encountered it. I spent my first year at uni using onenote and the pen all day every day, using 2013 and MUI and 8.1 and 10. I very rarely came acropper of this issue.

I also use my surface with taskbar at the top to stop from accidental touches. Took a while to get used to but now i cannot go back even on desktop computer.
 
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macmee

macmee

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I can understand what you mean, but i have rarely encountered it. I spent my first year at uni using onenote and the pen all day every day, using 2013 and MUI and 8.1 and 10. I very rarely came acropper of this issue.

I also use my surface with taskbar at the top to stop from accidental touches. Took a while to get used to but now i cannot go back even on desktop computer.

I actually figured it out! If you turn OFF tablet mode, double tapping no longer brings up the keyboard.

That and moving the start bar to the top seems to make for a fantastic note taking experience :)
 

hughlle

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Staff member
I actually figured it out! If you turn OFF tablet mode, double tapping no longer brings up the keyboard.

That and moving the start bar to the top seems to make for a fantastic note taking experience :)

So in tablet mode a double tap with the pen brings up the keyboar? That's very useful to know. Thanks

And yeah, i find for notes, it is far superior having the taskbar at te top :) Maybe now i'll even be able to go and install ubuntu on a computer and stick with it :D
 
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