OneNote for mobile gets highly requested formatting fix

Microsoft is working on improving the OneNote experience across all platforms currently. In the past month or so, we have seen the arrival of Dynamic DPI in OneNote for Windows, the ability to merge cells in a table, and the option to paste text only. In fact, due to the popularity of two new pens in OneNote, Microsoft also decided to bring them over to PowerPoint, Excel, and Word. Now, the company is working on an important formatting fix for OneNote.

Microsoft has highlighted that a request it often receives from its OneNote customers is that pages created on Android and iOS should have cleaner and more consistent margins when viewed in the same application on Windows, Mac, and the web. While this may sound like a very minor request, it makes the experience more consistent and neat, regardless of the platform you are viewing your page on.

Since the lack of consistent margins was annoying a significant number of its customers, Microsoft has implemented a change that allows pages created on mobile devices to maintain their layouts consistently across other form factors, devices, and displays. You can check out the change below:

One caveat that OneNote users need to keep in mind is that this will only apply to new pages created in OneNote on mobile. It will not retroactively apply to any previous pages that you may have created. While this may still be a nuisance, at least it's better than the previous state of OneNote.

This update is now available for Microsoft 365 customers running the following versions of OneNote:

• Android: Version 16.0.19127.20046 or later
• iOS: Version 16.100 (Build 25080736) or later

If you don't see the update available on your platform yet, don't worry, as new capabilities are rolled out in a staggered manner to ensure a smoother experience for everyone.

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Posted Friday 15 August 2025 at 1:32 pm AEST (my time).

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