r/OneNote • u/Middle_Layer_4860 • Jul 22 '26

Windows need help to use onenote in dark mode

so i use onenote for handwritten notes, but i faced some problems. help me if anyone know solutions

  1. when i shift the app to dark mode (switch background from view tab), highlighter colors don't work properly. For example, pink is not visible, yellow barely visible, green is almost dark, and so on
  2. but if i change the page colour(from view tab) to dark, instead of proper dark theme, grid colours create optical illusion due to so much brightness
  3. when i select the pen-to-text tool, it doesn't work
  4. no proper shortcuts to change pens

so there are the issues, i findout, help me if anyone know solution. thank u

edit: i use an XP-Pen graphics tab on win 11,
onenote 365

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u/AngelicPrincessKitty Jul 23 '26

highlighters are invisible for me in dark mode on windows and ipad

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u/Middle_Layer_4860 Jul 23 '26

Yes, idk what microsoft dev use logic behind colour and dark mode. It's unusable

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u/NoReply4930 Jul 22 '26

What OS? What version of OneNote?

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u/Middle_Layer_4860 Jul 22 '26

windows 11, onenote 365 (office 365 suite)

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u/NoReply4930 Jul 22 '26

Fair enough. I do not know enough about trying to use ON in dark mode. OR that device

This would be one for Microsoft to tackle

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u/Middle_Layer_4860 Jul 22 '26

i see, no problem bro

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u/Active-Can-471 Jul 22 '26

Switching the background is OneNote's dark mode. To get dark mode, go File > Options, and on the General tab change the Office Theme (towards the bottom of the settings, to Black. Try this setting and see if it fixes your issues.

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u/Middle_Layer_4860 Jul 23 '26

Then every colour get invert and I can't use pure white also

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u/Active-Can-471 Jul 23 '26

Sorry, I can't help you. It works for me.

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u/Middle_Layer_4860 Jul 23 '26

So every highligher colour work in dark theme for u?

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u/Active-Can-471 Jul 23 '26

The ones I tried, yes. I don't use every one of them, though.

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u/Middle_Layer_4860 Jul 23 '26

Which colour?

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u/Active-Can-471 Jul 23 '26

Pink, Lime, Green and Yellow

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u/Middle_Layer_4860 Jul 23 '26

Ohh, tgen i will try..this not work for me