Delete the old version of the attached file from the OneNote page.Save the changes (still under the new name in the selected directory).The edited document usually automatically adopts the new name.

All these versions only allow you to edit a file that is embedded in a OneNote page using an inconvenient workaround: This affects OneNote for Windows 10 (UWP), iOS, MacOS and Android. The most important and unpleasant information beforehand: This is system-related and cannot be corrected by any setting. In all other versions, the document is opened as Read-Only and cannot be edited and saved back to OneNote. An explanation.ĭouble-clicking on a DOC file embedded in OneNote opens it in Word, where you can edit and save it again – at least it seems to be supposed this way. The only exception is OneNote 2013/2016 for Windows. Documents that are embedded in a OneNote page will always open in read-only mode.