How to move onenote sections back to top of notebook?

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I have found that the default onenote view is to have sections run along the top of the notebook instead of on the right (vertical view). I prefer to have my sections run along the top in the default view, but somehow, my view changed where all my sections are in a left aligned vertical view. I cannot figure out how to revert back to where all the section tabs are back along the top of each notebook. Please show me how. I cannot find this info anywhere in Microsoft support. Please note, this screenshot was taken while Office Theme = Colorful and while the "Enable Experimental Features" box was checked.

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Hi Nick. I'm glad to hear you're an actual MicroSoft engineer. I hope it is an engineer specifically for the OneNote product. I want to call B.S. on your "user testing". Switching over without the option of giving your end users a choice of layout was plain stupid and short-sighted on the part of MicroSoft. I've been using OneNote for just over a year despite being an avid Apple products user. I did this on the advice of two colleagues who use Onenote regularly, and who actually work for Microsoft (as employees, not vendors). Both of them state that they use tabs across the top and they believe it is only the Apple version that was changed permanently. They stated they would revert to version 15.33 if the engineering team forced this changed upon the software! Also, why don't you take a moment to read the feedback that you've been receiving about this forced change? Not just within the VOTE page (which has risen to 370), but throughout all the tickets that have been submitted asking how to restore this, as well as posts and comments made within the Microsoft online community. The 370 votes posted are only a small percentage of dissent that's out there. Nick, take your head out of the sand. Really. You can add this as an option for those who prefer tabs on the left... But why force it? Stupid. Plain stupid.

I have reverted back to version 15.33 using Apple's time machine. If anyone reading this wants to know how to fix this issue, the answer is revert back to version 15.33. If you don' have Time Machine, and you need an alternative means to do so, please post a message here and I will help you with this.

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Hey Santiago! I'm an engineer on the OneNote team.

To bring consistency across the OneNote platforms we've moved the section selection to the left side of the screen. Through user testing we've determined that (while the migration can be confusing) users find the updated experience to be more intuitive given our hierarchy structure (Notebook => Section => Page).

You're welcome to leave feedback for this change on UserVoice :)

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2021-06-18T19:28:14+00:00

1) one request...IF ONE DRIVE IS LIKE GOOGLE DRIVE...I can easily download every single notebook UNLIMITED TIMES....I Would be soo glad....THAT TECHNICAL GLITCH IS SEVERELY LACKING IN ONE DRIVE..... MICROSOFT HAS CREATED A BLUNDER BY DOING ONE NOTE AS ONLINE NOTE APP...IF IT WAS LIKE A OFFLINE APP...TAKE NOTES..MANUALLY UPLOAD NOTE ALONG WITH NOTEBOOK ; IT WOULD BE THE BEST....problem is why ppt word excel works offline but one note online????

2) it is a request....so that you do from next time..........See Office onenote and onenote for windows 10 both apps are there for pc....I want THE OFFICE ONE NOTE APP TO BE REPLACED BY ONENOTE TOR WINDOWS 10 WHICH IS INSTALLED FROM MICROSOFT STORE... Do you get it??? There are 2 onenote in windows 10 1 is from office installation...and other is from Microsoft store by free install download I want only 1 onenote app to remain (that is from the Microsoft store app Version....) During windows office installation...that onenote should come only....and the office onenote should be removed forever

regarding windows 10 onenote 3) there is printing issue... A) In office onenote Suppose I write....something WITH HAND WRITING with highlighter and try to print Then find blurred highlighted area..dotted colour is there ...(this is not in onenote for Microsoft store as well as android onenote) B) print quality too bad in windows 10 laptop onenote ...Android version ( the version we still have) quality is moderate C) a long note section if try to print in windows 10 onenote/ office onenote.... both cases, not full note is printed....some areas come twice...some area become too wide.... it does not come as a single page.....I tried every way...but in vain

PLEASE CHECK THE CONTENT, THE HEADING, THE COMMENTS ESPECIALLY THE 3RD ONE.....AND 1ST EVER COMMENT THAT HAS BEEN POSTED ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO....THIS IS THE ISSUE OF AGE OLD....ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO...THESE ALL ISSUES ARE THERE IN ONENOTE...

https://onenote.uservoice.com/forums/327162-onenote-for-android/suggestions/34868569-make-android-version-of-onenote-similar-to-windows

each Microsoft apps have been replaced by some new.....onenote fetaure are inferior to GOODNOTES 5.....EDGE security is inferior to FIREFOX....WORD EXCEL PPT ANDROID IS not good as WPS OFFICE.......ONEDRIVE features should be like GOOGLE DRIVE.... XODO is better than android office in case of pdf editing See?? Every REPLACED app I told is far far better than useless Microsoft apps....developer team should learn from them See those few apps I have mentioned.....just install them once....use once,....you will get to know.... how much improvement needed in all these apps
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2021-04-22T19:52:50+00:00

So, you destroyed a great product? Good **** job! This is why we hate this ****. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMjvvltQpmw You have made the app obnoxious look at by making the foreground the background. This is a well documented scientific theory called the rule of 3rds. I can not focus using this trash.
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2021-02-07T18:06:30+00:00

Chiming in to share that I find the current layout to be a significant waste of space on the page, and doesn't allow me the flexibility I need. Please allow me to move pages to the right side, and sections as tabs at the top of the pane. I'm on a Mac, using One Note 16.43
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