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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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Done. I'm also going to ping on Bluesky and Facebook.
I'm close enough to Redmond, WA that I may even need to go to the headquarters to see if I can talk to someone face-to-face if this goes on for much longer. I avoid talking to people F2F whenever possible, but this is going on too long with no proper response.
Great!! Here’s hoping for a positive response and outcome 🙌🏾
There is no way to move it back but work around is if you click on the diagonal arrow within an open page, upper right, to expand the page, then click the dropdown icon notebook pic, upper right to expand...then click the magnifier glass you should see the old search bar where you can then see the full titles.
Why do I have to do ALL that when it was working perfectly fine before? If they cannot move the search bar then just roll the app back to where it was before that horrible fix 🤨
There is no way to move it back but work around is if you click on the diagonal arrow within an open page, upper right, to expand the page, then click the dropdown icon notebook pic, upper right to expand...then click the magnifier glass you should see the old search bar where you can then see the full titles.
No, that is not a work around. That is just switching it to Full Page view which also removes 99% of the other buttons and makes it into a simplistic drawing app used for tablets. That's like saying the "work around" is to use a different app all together.
Even if that did work to actually be able to use the search and see the results, it doesn't remove the search bar from the main notes area that covers whatever happens to be in the upper right corner of your notes at all times. Unless you are willing to sacrifice those other 99% of buttons as stay in Tablet Drawing mode full time.