> Michael,
> I use ON 2007 daily and have at any time 6 or more notebooks open
> within it , each with many sections, subsections, pages and
> subpages. I can close ON and every time I reopen it it opens to the
> last notebook/section/page that I was working on, which is standard
> and I believe is what you're not seeing.
>
> May I ask a stupid question? How are you reopening ON? Could it be
> possible that you are using the tray icon, which actually opens a
> sidenote ( a blank ON page in the unfiled notes section, which if
> maximized would open maximized the next time) by default? If so,
> try opening ON from the Start Menu and see if that helps.
>
> The tray icon by default opens a new blank page, a sidenote.
> However, if you choose, you can set it to open the full ON by right
> clicking the tray icon, selecting options/Tray Icon defaults and
> select the desired behavior.
>
> My personal preference is to leave the defaults for the tray icon,
> allowing me to take quick notes without launching the full ON and
> having them automatically saved in the unfiled notes section of ON
> every time I close the sidenote. If I want to go to the full ON, I
> launch it from the start menu and it opens to my last point
> automatically.
>
> It was just a thought. Hope this helps.
>
> Michael
>
> "Michael Moser" wrote in
> message news:eTfOsgADJHA.1180@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Sorry for this probably stupid question, but I didn't find any
>> corresponding setting or switch in Options or Customize:
>> I do *not* want OneNote to start with a new, empty document.
>> Rather I would prefer to see the last note I was working on.
>> And I also do not want it to start in "Full Screen" mode but
>> rather I want to see "notebook bar" (which I have at the left
>> side) and the pages list (in my case on the right side).
>> How do I adjust these settings?
>>
>> Michael