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How to Fix Incorrect Font Size When Printing OneNote for Mac Notes
Question details
Users need to resolve an issue where notes printed from OneNote for Mac appear with significantly enlarged fonts and fail to fit on a single page, despite printing perfectly on Windows.
- Product
- OneNote for Mac
- Device & OS
- macOS
- Scenario
- Printing notes directly from the OneNote application on an Apple Mac computer.
- Observed behavior
- The printed text is incorrectly enlarged, causing the content to overflow the standard page margins and split across multiple printed pages.
Check the App Store to ensure you have the absolute latest version of Microsoft OneNote installed, as printing bugs are frequently addressed in routine developer patches.
Adjust Print Scaling in the macOS Print Dialog
Manually reducing the scale percentage in the print settings can shrink the enlarged text back to a normal size that fits on the page.
Since the native formatting behavior in OneNote for Mac sometimes misinterprets page boundaries, forcing a custom scale percentage overrides the application's faulty default sizing.
Navigate to your note in OneNote for Mac and press 'Cmd + P' or click 'File' > 'Print' from the top menu bar.
In the print dialog box, click on the 'Show Details' button at the bottom to reveal advanced printing settings.
Locate the 'Scale' input box. Change the value from 100% to a lower number, such as 70% or 80%.
Check the print preview on the left side to confirm the font size looks normal and fits on one page, then click 'Print'.
Export the Note as a PDF Before Printing
Bypass the buggy OneNote print engine entirely by saving your note as a standard PDF file first.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why does OneNote for Mac print my notes so large?
This is a known compatibility and scaling bug between the OneNote for Mac application and the macOS print spooler. The application miscalculates the infinite canvas boundaries, causing the text to output at a significantly enlarged scale.
Will reinstalling OneNote fix the printing issue on Mac?
Reinstalling might help if the application's local cache is corrupted, but because this is widely reported as an ongoing software bug by Microsoft, updating to the latest application patch or using the PDF export workaround is usually more effective.
How can I fit my OneNote page onto a single printed sheet on a Mac?
In the Mac Print dialog (accessible via Cmd + P), click 'Show Details' to expand the menu, and manually lower the 'Scale' percentage to 75% or 80% until the preview shows your content fitting onto a single page.
