OneNote. On the File menu, click Publish as PDF or XPS. In the File Name list, type or select a name for the file. In the Save as type list, click PDF. Next to Page range, click the option that represents the portion of the notebook that you want to save as PDF.Click Publish.ave as PDF for sharing or Web distribution. If you want to share the publication in a fixed format over the Web or a network, do the following: On the File menu, click Publish as PDF or XPS. In the File name list, type or select a name for the publication. In the Save as type list, click PDF.