{"id":981,"date":"2015-01-09T21:07:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T05:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/?p=981"},"modified":"2023-02-24T20:34:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T20:34:45","slug":"how-to-draw-a-straight-line-in-onenote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2015\/01\/09\/how-to-draw-a-straight-line-in-onenote\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Draw a Straight Line in OneNote"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wanted to annotate a PDF to clearly point out the required revisions to a colleague. I usually use Snagit Editor as it has powerful annotation tools – there are varied options and the result is polished and precise.<\/p>\n

I find that my attempts to use the drawing tool in OneNote end up sloppy. It’s not OneNote’s\u00a0fault\u00a0– I do not have a stylus so I am relying on my mouse or finger and the result ends up shaky. This is because I can’t anchor my hand on the device like I would with a pen and paper or a stylus and tablet.<\/p>\n

Yes, yes, I can hear many of you\u00a0starting to type frantically into the Comment section\u00a0– “stop complaining and just buy a Surface Pro 3 already!<\/em>” One day,\u00a0my friends, one day, but not today so let’s treat this post as a “Dr. Evil is going to\u00a0sic his sharks\u00a0with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads on me unless I draw a straight line RIGHT FREAKIN’\u00a0NOW” scenario.<\/p>\n

\"Dr-Evil11\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Head over to your Draw Tab in the Ribbon and skip over the Drawing Tools completely. Open up Color & Thickness menu to make your selections. Then select the Line from the Shapes menu.<\/p>\n

\"onenote-draw-line\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now simply drawing a line with your mouse can lead to these messy jagged lines like these bad boys:<\/p>\n

\"onenote-jagged-lines\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Before you begin to use your mouse to draw the line, hold down the shift key <\/strong>and\u00a0you’re get a line as straight as the backbone of a herring.\u00a0(The Shift key is a well known trick for those familiar with Adobe Photoshop and other programs.)<\/p>\n

\"onenote-straight-line\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ta da! Happy annotating!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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