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Global search not working when online
Hello to all,
I'm facing the same exact issue as the one described in this (locked) thead: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/onenote-online-search-not-working/d9d917e8-6d76-48c0-8df7-87ea30dffca4
Whatever I put on the "search my notebooks" box https://www.onenote.com/notebooks?auth=1the answer is always "No search results found"
Looks like it could be a global issue.
Under my account, global (all notebooks) search works fine using the desktop app and the smartphone app, the issue is only when using OneNote online.
I've opened a support chat session (reference number 1018366434) and I've been suggested to reopen a thread here, so here I am.
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gpion - apparently the limited search is "working as intended" but "not as expected". 😞
It's described in this article listing the https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/differences-between-using-a-notebook-in-the-browser-and-in-onenote-a3d1fc13-ac74-456b-b391-b633a62aa83f?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us.
I agree with https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/onenote-online-search-not-working/d9d917e8-6d76-48c0-8df7-87ea30dffca4. This is poor coding and should have been fixed long ago.
I don't want to have to install or have a locally installed OneNote to access all our OneNote files, which are all properly stored in OneDrive, and thereby accessible from any machine I currently have access to. I should just have to login to Office.com and then open my OneNote and find all my content.
