Remember "Show tabs" setting in OneNote ribbon?

Anonymous
2013-02-25T19:08:17+00:00

I have a question regarding permanently showing the ribbon tabs in full screen mode. In Office 2013, going into full screen mode means that everything is hidden, except for a very short horizontal bar across the top of the screen. To access anything on the ribbon, I have to click on this bar to show the ribbon first. If I want to pin the ribbon so that tabs are visible at all times in full screen mode, I have to click on this bar, click a menu button near the minimize button (also hidden in full screen), and then click Show Tabs. However, OneNote does not remember this setting. Thus, every time I exit full screen mode or restart OneNote and then reenter full screen mode, I have to re-pin the ribbon again.

How do I get OneNote to remember this setting permanently? It worked in OneNote 2010.

Thanks!

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Anonymous
2017-01-31T01:51:50+00:00

Hey all! OneNote engineer here :)

Update: This has been fixed in all standard Office 365 deployments with build 7766.2060. Simply update to enjoy!

Starting with Version 1701 Build 7766.2029 and later (see File=>Accounts to check your build number) OneNote 2016 O365 will remember any changes you make to the full screen mode ribbon settings both during and between sessions.

As of 1/30/2017 this is deployed to Insiders Fast and will be making its way to "Current Channel" production on 2/14. If you want this change now you can switch to "Insiders Fast" and you can switch back and fourth fairly easily.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-01-31T01:56:34+00:00

    We do monitor these forums for bugs and general complaints but it's not feasible to respond to every one of the feature requests. This, in particular, was "by design" even though it frustrated a lot of people. The big push right now is away from OneNote 2016 (the Win32 app) and towards OneNote Universal (the new Win10 app).

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-01-27T23:03:54+00:00

    Apparently a fix should be coming soon...

    https://www.reddit.com/r/OneNote/comments/5gd9ft/bug_report_enablingdisabling_fullscreen_mode/

    That's awesome! Wouldn't it just figure that we would need Reddit for the issue to get any attention. Thanks to whoever it was that posted over there!

    It feels like MS don't pay much attention to this forum anymore. If you do get a response, it's a canned response telling you to do basic things along the lines of restarting your computer. But I would have thought that only people with a reasonable amount of computer knowledge are going to be posting on a MS forum anyway - so no point in those kind of answers.

    Maybe MS is concentrating on the feedback hub which is integrated into Windows 10??

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-01-27T20:49:50+00:00

    Apparently a fix should be coming soon...

    https://www.reddit.com/r/OneNote/comments/5gd9ft/bug_report_enablingdisabling_fullscreen_mode/

    That's awesome! Wouldn't it just figure that we would need Reddit for the issue to get any attention. Thanks to whoever it was that posted over there!

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-01-27T18:42:06+00:00

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