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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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Not sure if this just propagated, as I'm using a new laptop. But this removed the Search Box for me!
That only removes the top box. That's not the box that is the problem.
There are TWO search boxes. the office app search across the title bar at the very top is the only one you can hide. That one is really just a BING search built into office apps and does NOT search the contents of your notes. The actual search that does work within OneNote is the one that you can only "hide" if you switch it to full page view with also "Hides" 99% of the other functions and turns OneNote into a drawing program for use with a stylus pen on table PCs.
Thanks for this clarification... so then if this is the case with the 2 search boxes can the IT people, developers, powers that be at Microsoft get rid of the BING function at the top and replace it with the Search Notebooks function? That will be great for all concerned. Thank you for listening to your product users.