Applies To
OneNote for Microsoft 365 OneNote 2024 OneNote 2021 OneNote 2016

If you import scanned images or cell phone pictures and they aren't in the right direction on your page, you can rotate them.

  1. Right-click on the selected image. From the context menu, select "Rotate".

    Choose the desired rotation option (e.g., "Rotate Right 90°", "Rotate Left 90°", "Flip Horizontal", or "Flip Vertical").

Menu in OneNote showing options to rotate an image in Notebook

  • Rotate Right 90° to rotate the selected image clockwise by 90 degrees. You can click this command up to three times in a row to get the correct amount of rotation that you want.

  • Rotate Left 90° to rotate the selected image counterclockwise by 90 degrees. You can click this command up to three times in a row to get the correct amount of rotation that you want.

  • Flip Horizontal to create a horizontal mirror image of the selected picture.

  • Flip Vertical to create a vertical mirror image of the selected picture.

All of the rotation commands can be used in any combination to get the result that you want; however, you can't currently rotate an image freely by any degree. If you need that kind of precision, rotate your picture in a photo-editing application before you insert it on a page.

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