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
    2014-06-17T01:45:51+00:00

    Here, here! I'm chiming in, and praying Microsoft will consider a modification to this in a future update or service pack.

    I frequently switch between full-screen and normal viewing modes. And having to press <CTRL>-<Shift>-F1 every single time is a horrendous UI decision. Or when using my convertible laptop in tablet mode, having to make three difficult edge clicks with the Wacom stylus/digitizer is just as trying.

    If an option to permanently show the tabs in full-screen mode can be realized, I will be highly appreciative!

    To the OneNote design team: In advance, thank you for your consideration. ;)

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-06-05T14:38:57+00:00

    The issue of always having to reopen tabs and commands is very frustrating. Why fix something that was not broken? Go back to letting the user decide.

    ~joe

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-26T01:45:20+00:00

    I just bought a ThinkPad Yoga as well, and not being able to see quick access toolbar in fullscreen mode is very annoying.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-05-15T10:15:02+00:00

    A modification of the workaround from the previous post:

    As I'm using OneNote on a tablet, often without a keyboard, I wanted to eliminate the need to press F12, having instead the ribbon tabs shown just after touching the usual FullScreen button in the program. This is done by the following AHK script (see the comments within):

    ; OneNote: show ribbon tabs when clicking fullscreen button.

    ; Needs the command "Hide the ribbon" to be set as

    ; the first item in the Quick Access Toolbar.

    ; The specific numerical button boundaries are valid for the standard screen of ATIV-500.

    ; They should be changed to the appropriate values on other screens.

    #IfWinActive, ahk_class Framework::CFrame

    LButton::

    MouseGetPos, x, y

    if (x > 1080 and x < 1125 and y > 156 and y < 200)

    {

    send {F11}

    send !1

    }

    else

    Send, {LButton}

    return

    #IfWinActive

    To find the button boundaries on another screen one may use the following script to get the coordinates of the button corners:

    #IfWinActive, ahk_class Framework::CFrame

    LButton::

    MouseGetPos, x, y

    Msgbox, %x% %y%

    return

    #IfWinActive

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