Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
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I can't edit a word document. I own a license
For first time today, I cannot edit my MS word document on my MAC OS laptop
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
asked 2025-12-12T15:59:12.7333333+00:00
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Jeffrey Hansen
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answered 2025-12-13T00:29:05.1033333+00:00
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Teddie-D
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How to stop word from adding text to a box automatically on a mac
When adding a style to text, it will automatically put that text in a box. How do I stop this from happening? I just changed the style and this is what happened.
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
asked 2025-12-11T15:24:50.85+00:00
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Michelle Lee
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commented 2025-12-12T17:26:58.5566667+00:00
Michelle Lee
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When attempting to open Microsoft WORD and Powerpoint on my Apple MAC computer I get an error message about getting permissions
When attempting to open Microsoft WORD and Powerpoint on my Apple MAC computer I get an error message about getting permissions. I've consulted with Apple business and they confirmed I've done all the correct steps on the MAC side such as given all…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
asked 2025-12-08T18:37:08.05+00:00
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laurabrezinski-3234
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edited a comment 2025-12-12T02:20:02.53+00:00
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TiNo-T
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Select text with mouse
I've been using Word for years, decades really. I have always been able to select text (for editing) by clicking on a word and dragging the mouse to highlight/select all the text i need to edit. I can no longer do this.. all I can do is click once to…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
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Why Does Word for Mac Now Prompt Me to Save Changes Not Made?
Why when I merely open in my Mac running Sequoia 15.6.1 and Word for Mac 16.103.3 am I told that I "Your changes will be lost if you don't save them"? And, how do I get Word to stop this farce? This problem seems to have a very recent onset. …
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
asked 2025-12-08T21:08:31.0266667+00:00
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Robert Burns
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commented 2025-12-11T15:44:58.5466667+00:00
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Conner, Jeffrey
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How do I Recover the Old Bullet Library?
re: Word for Mac 16.1, MacOS Sequoia 15.6. The bullet library on my version of Word suddenly disappeared and reverted to the most basic bullets. (see images). How do I recover the standard bullet library? I've tried opening old templates and…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
asked 2025-12-10T17:10:13.07+00:00
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KCA
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answered 2025-12-10T21:15:50.48+00:00
Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP
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I would like document changes in Word to show up in a different font colour
In word on a Mac, after I have tracked changes and accepted the changes, I would like the changes to be in a different font colour so that any document users can see the changes.
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
asked 2025-12-10T20:17:01.6166667+00:00
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Aaron Lawton
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answered 2025-12-10T20:33:16.6966667+00:00
Stefan Blom
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Make newly created documents save directly to OneDrive for Business in Word.app on MacOS?
Hello I would like to know if there's some steps I can take to make the auto-save feature 'ON' by default when I created a new blank (or templated, the same technically, I guess?) in Word app on MacOS? I've toggled the 'Turn on Autosave by default'…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
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How can I make a contact us link in Word Mac that initiates the phone call?
I need to make a link for "contact us" that initiates a phone call on Word Mac
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
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Two table header rows with different formatting styles
I read the other post about two table header rows with different formatting style, and the answer was NO. But that post was in 2014 I guess. My questions are: (1) Is there any chance that I can create a table style with two header rows? The fact is that…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
asked 2025-12-05T06:08:01.2033333+00:00
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Giang Pham
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answered 2025-12-07T07:37:09.23+00:00
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Matthew-P
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My client's PC WORD files won't open on my MAC office WORD
My client's PC WORD files won't open on my MAC office WORD. Here's the error message: Word cannot open the document: user does not have access privileges (134081450551664239_IRrevMHRev_(1 of 2...)
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
asked 2025-12-03T16:35:49.28+00:00
laurabrezinski-3234
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commented 2025-12-05T20:09:40.3366667+00:00
Charles Kenyon
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Preview full screen theme color on Mac
What kind of innovation designer was thinking about!!?? Also, I have tried dark mode, and it didn't work. I knew I must not update
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
asked 2025-12-05T15:24:21.7733333+00:00
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Hosein Soleimani
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answered 2025-12-05T15:43:23.1933333+00:00
Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP
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How do I add a table of contents for a specific section?
In a long document, how do I add table of contents for each specific section or chapter? I already have one for the entire document.
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
asked 2025-12-05T15:27:35.2+00:00
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Catherine Scherpf
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commented 2025-12-05T15:35:14.92+00:00
Catherine Scherpf
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Why can I no longer click and drag to highlight text in word?
I am using a Mac running Sonoma 14.2.1 (23C71) and Microsoft word version 16.80. My click and drag to highlight works perfectly on ALL applications except for Microsoft word - and even on the browser version through my email. But if I want to select…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
asked 2025-07-16T15:43:24.46+00:00
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Tony
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commented 2025-12-02T21:07:14.86+00:00
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David Edmondson
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Word for Mac getting slow
I’m running into a recurring problem in Word for Mac where the app struggles with large or graphics-heavy documents, scrolling becomes choppy, typing lags, and sometimes Word briefly freezes before recovering. So, I just want to know the issue comes…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
asked 2025-11-28T11:11:49.5033333+00:00
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Daniel Alba
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accepted 2025-11-28T14:13:52.8766667+00:00
Daniel Alba
60
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ms365 not responding
i am unable to open world or exel . sending a message problem sent to appel can someone call me PII Removed
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
asked 2025-11-21T18:43:20.3233333+00:00
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Mike Jaffal
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commented 2025-11-27T05:58:19.75+00:00
Matthew-P
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Select Text
Good Morning, I updated my MacBook Pro to Tahoe 26.1 and it has taken away my ability to select text to copy, paste, highlight, etc. I've done all work arounds (creating new profile, starting in safe mode) and still nothing. I have not tried to go…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
asked 2025-11-20T16:33:29.27+00:00
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Bart Hight
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commented 2025-11-24T20:28:06.0066667+00:00
Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP
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my Word print function is disabled after the upgrade. While my excel and powerpoint is still workable.
My Word print function is disabled after the upgrade. While my excel and powerpoint is still workable. I have check the printer and my printer is working with the rest of my software
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
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asked 2025-11-24T15:23:20.66+00:00
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Johnny Chua
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accepted 2025-11-24T15:24:31.9033333+00:00
Johnny Chua
20
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I need help editing documents
I can't edit documents after logging in to a macbook. I have no access to my old computer because the wires got fried. I have tried all the other ways by googling and watching videos but nothing is in protected view or read only or any other suggestions…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
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asked 2025-11-21T19:22:55.5433333+00:00
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AFarms
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answered 2025-11-21T20:48:30.12+00:00
John Korchok
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HOW TO QUITE MICRO SOFT WORD SO LAPTOP WILL SHUT DOWN
HOW TO AIGN OUT MICROSOFT WORD QUIT SO LAPTOP CAN SHUT DOWN
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
1,612 questions
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