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Thank you for this workaround!! It worked! :)
In Excel, how do I remove the Quick Access pane in the File Save interface?
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The quick access pane is providing links that I do not have write access to and never save to, and I need the 'Browse' folder option at the bottom, which I now have to use the scroll bar in order to select. This is adding extra steps and reducing efficiency, so I would like to remove the Quick Access pane.
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
2024-12-27T20:15:14+00:00 Please God (and Microsoft),
Take this "Feature" away. Do you have any idea in a large business how many One Note files I've touched? Now to save stuff in places I save stuff to multiple times daily, I have a scroll through a list of every one note document I've touched in the last 2 years. It's infuriating.
Hoping to come back to this thread just to see if MS had replied yet with a response...now I'm just posting HOPING that MS notices takes this kind of thing seriously. For home use, I can muscle through it, not a big deal, but it's not only tiresome in a work environment, it's hurting our efficiency.
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Anonymous
2024-11-20T08:11:28+00:00 Microsoft ...we are waiting for the solution.
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Anonymous
2024-10-29T22:51:28+00:00 I always think I have accidently clicked on something that causes these unwanted changes to occur - glad to know it wasn't me! Agree with the other posters on this being very annoying with no way to turn off.
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Anonymous
2024-10-29T17:50:09+00:00 Erin Hawley1's workaround is the best so far.