Sidenote HELP!

[James Gockel]

When clicking on onenote icon in the taskbar, sidenote will come up. But the
sidenote is a little small for my needs, I dont mind if the note will always
open like this, but once you try to resize it, the entirety of onenote shows
in the small sized sidenote window. Thus almost defeating the purpose of the
sidenotes.

I know this is probably a lost cause for the version of onenote, but what
about ON12? Will this still be an issue in the future? (anyone on the ON
beta team please let me know )

-James G.

 

[Patrick Schmid]

Hi James,

it's not an issue, it's a feature
I generally don't try to resize the sidenote, I just hit maximize. It seems
to still be the same in 12.

Patrick Schmid

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Aloha James Gockel" flibbertigibbet007_at_hotmail_dot_com,

Yep - that's what sidenotes are. Quick little windows to type quick notes
in. When you enlarge them beyond a certain point the toolbars and the rest
of the UI suddenly appears. That's a two-way street by the way, if you start
with "Full OneNote" and then grab a border and shrink it down when you hit
that magic size threshold the toolbars and other UI features will turn off
leaving you with a sidenote window.

What has changed in OneNote 2007 (and actually might be changed from OneNote
2003 SP1, I don't recall) is that you can essentially do away with SideNotes
entirely by making the default behavior of the tray icon to open the full
OneNote window.

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenote.html

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

James,
you can lengthen the Side Note pane without it changing interfaces. But,
yes, when you open and close the interface, it will go back to the smaller
size.

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Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
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