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
    2017-03-02T04:07:11+00:00

    thank you (or whoever it was) for fixing this.

    I know it seems like such a small thing - but it makes a big improvement to the experience of working with the pen in an open notebook and flipping in and out of fullscreen.

    the bad news is that onenote 2016 is deprecated and the metro version feels like handcuffs after getting used to working with all the features of 2016.   Oh well ...   progress. 

    thanks again.   I suspect there were hundreds of us monitoring this thread

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-02-28T14:05:28+00:00

    Thank you so much!

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-02-24T22:21:35+00:00

    Four years later, I'm still using OneNote, and this has still been annoying me, so it's nice that it's fixed now.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-02-01T00:43:33+00:00

    Okay :-)  I really liked the potential of linked notes although admittedly I couldn't integrate it into my workflow. I wanted to have all my PDFs in OneNote and then while taking notes on a separate OneNote page,  link to specific PDF pages. That way when I refer to the notes later on, I have direct links to the source PDF. And I could use the back and forward buttons to easily switch back and forth between the notes and the source PDF. This would be super powerful! Much faster than opening and closing PDF files and trying to find the right page.

    But the OneNote Win10 app is beautiful, so if you can get something like the above in it I will be super impressed.

    (PS I was at Melbourne University library the other day, and the librarian who was helping me noticed I was using the OneNote Win10 app and he asked me what it was because he was so impressed)

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