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The best version of OneNote on Windows

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William Devereux
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Apr 18, 2018
The below article is out of date as of Nov 4 th 2019. Please check out this article for the latest OneNote announcement.   We’re incredibly lucky to have millions of passionate OneNote users aro...
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May 02, 2019

Robert-ATL I have the same 'issue' as jwerwin80 where A> I dislike the default and seemingly only display option of OneNote for Windows 10. B> I do not see the 'Navigation Panes' option you seem to have (could this be an artifact of an older version on your specific machine?).

 

As a result of this, I constantly have to Hide Navigation to get rid of the visual clutter and regain my screen real-estate. Adds an extra click, but for whatever reason a fairly annoying one :/

 

Like probably the majority of us taking the time to comment here, I'm a long time and heavy user of OneNote for Desktop. This lack of display customization is unfortunately typical of modern MS app design IMO...cough...Teams...cough...and just a poor UI/UX decision considering the wide array of devices and screen sizes/preferences.

 

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OneNote for Windows 10:

 

Version 16001.11601.20066.0

 

Brand new Surface Pro 6 running Windows 10 Pro 1809 (domain joined)

Desktop PC running Windows 10 Enterprise 1809 (domain joined)

 

Both lack this mystery Navigation Panes View option.