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
    2017-03-03T17:47:24+00:00

    I would like to make use of the UWP OneNote app from the Windows Store, but you guys make it extremely difficult to accept by forcing us to put all our notes in the hands of microsoft (ie OneDrive). As long as that remains, there'll be simply no use of it on my Surface Pro, in fact, I figured out a way of uninstalling it as it's merely bloatware on my Surface Pro in its current condition. Kindly allow us open notes from our local SSD and keep it there, literally 0 reliance on any privacy-invading service, just like the Desktop OneNote offers.

    Also, regarding this fix, would it ever get to the stand-alone Home and Business license of OneNote? I haven't seen any Windows update addressing this on my Surface Pro 2.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-03-02T19:48:26+00:00

    You're welcome! It was a good learning experience too, as I'm new to the team :)

    The intent is that we have reasonable feature parity before we formally migrate (we have many, many customers who rely on the application's functionality as it is). 2016 is still supported and the end goal is to make Universal a more appealing application.

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  3. 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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  4. Anonymous
    2017-02-28T14:05:28+00:00

    Thank you so much!

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