OneNote document looks different when viewed in Windows 10 on Bare metal vs in a VM
Posted: 20. Apr 2021, 02:01
Hello,
I just started using Virtualbox recently with an Ubuntu mate Host and Windows 10 guest.
I have Windows 10 already installed bare metal and I use MS OneNote (installed locally) to view and edit documents in OneNote. The documents are saved on a shared drive so I can also edit them from OneNote running locally in a Windows 10 VM.
I am trying to make the experience of viewing and editing those documents identical in both Windows bare metal and in the VM running in the Ubuntu mate host.
Both are the same Windows version (Win 10 Pro: Win10_20H2_v2_English_x64.iso) and both have the same version of MS Office 2010.
Both Windows have resolution 1920x1080 with 125% scaling. The Ubuntu host is also 1920x1080 and dpi 96, but no scaling.
Please see screenshots of OneNote as viewed from Windows bare metal vs VM. I created the document from bare metal Windows and didn't make any changes to it except open it in the VM (ok I made one change so you can see in which environment each screenshot was taken).
-- Sorry but these are the links, the image files are uploaded to https://imgbb.com/ because too big to attach. I tested them and they work.
https://ibb.co/LxmwNkC
https://ibb.co/tqP0PMs
The visible document area is different and the amount of space available for page titles on the right menu is different between both. Why is this and can I make them the same? I tried changing the resolution in the guest. I also tried moving the vertical divider bar separating the document area on left from the page titles menu on right. If I move it in the VM then it's wrong in bare metal and vica versa... because it is the same document.
I can't make the document look exactly the same and have the same space for text either side of the vertical bar when the doc is used in Win bare metal vs Windows VM.
Is there a way to fix this? Is it an unavoidable fact of the different display drivers in Virtualbox vs Bare metal Windows?
Cheers,
Flex
I just started using Virtualbox recently with an Ubuntu mate Host and Windows 10 guest.
I have Windows 10 already installed bare metal and I use MS OneNote (installed locally) to view and edit documents in OneNote. The documents are saved on a shared drive so I can also edit them from OneNote running locally in a Windows 10 VM.
I am trying to make the experience of viewing and editing those documents identical in both Windows bare metal and in the VM running in the Ubuntu mate host.
Both are the same Windows version (Win 10 Pro: Win10_20H2_v2_English_x64.iso) and both have the same version of MS Office 2010.
Both Windows have resolution 1920x1080 with 125% scaling. The Ubuntu host is also 1920x1080 and dpi 96, but no scaling.
Please see screenshots of OneNote as viewed from Windows bare metal vs VM. I created the document from bare metal Windows and didn't make any changes to it except open it in the VM (ok I made one change so you can see in which environment each screenshot was taken).
-- Sorry but these are the links, the image files are uploaded to https://imgbb.com/ because too big to attach. I tested them and they work.
https://ibb.co/LxmwNkC
https://ibb.co/tqP0PMs
The visible document area is different and the amount of space available for page titles on the right menu is different between both. Why is this and can I make them the same? I tried changing the resolution in the guest. I also tried moving the vertical divider bar separating the document area on left from the page titles menu on right. If I move it in the VM then it's wrong in bare metal and vica versa... because it is the same document.
I can't make the document look exactly the same and have the same space for text either side of the vertical bar when the doc is used in Win bare metal vs Windows VM.
Is there a way to fix this? Is it an unavoidable fact of the different display drivers in Virtualbox vs Bare metal Windows?
Cheers,
Flex