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Version 2504 Build 16.0.18730.20122 on Windows 11.
I have been using OneNote for years, all of a sudden when I opened it up today, the Search bar has moved from its correct place on top of the pages list on the side, to now being in the upper right corner of the actual notes main page.
When I type in a search, the list of pages where the search term shows up now covers up half of the notes field, meaning you can't read half of the page to see if the search result is actually what you are looking for or not, making the entire search function pretty much useless.
How can I move the search box, and more importantly, the list of pages that contain the search result, so that it no longer covers up the actual notes page that I need to read?
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Hello
I do not like this change.
It is unnecessary. It worked fine just where it was before.
Please FIX IT.
The new search bar location now covers an area of all of my pages that I have standardized as a location for specific information that I use every day. Now I cannot read that information on any of my pages. This is absolutely egregious.
Someone at Microsoft PLEASE put our search notebooks button back where it is supposed to be. This new spot is ANNOYING!!! It makes no sense.
Unfortunately that is not a "work around" that would work for me. I absolutely need to be in the Normal View to have access to all the other icons across the ribbon at the top. I use the Date & Time stamp button multiple times a day, as well as the Highlight text and Text Color options frequently.
By changing the view to the "full page" view it eliminates 99% of the other features that I need.
That is actually even worse than having the search bar/box cover a large portion of the main window.
The ONLY correct fix for this issue is for Microsoft to just put the search bar/box back where it used to be, and to NEVER move it again.
This is getting really annoying!
As a septuagenarian, by the time I have found the search bar each time I need it, I have forgotten what I was going to search for :( .