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LudwigWN
Jan 27, 2024Copper Contributor
Group Auto Outline greyed out
I have asked this elsewhere but noone has been able to offer a solution as yet. Another Microsoft support site recommended I post the details here in cas anyone can help (hence why this may seem to ...
- Jan 28, 2024
Thanks for your post djclements. After reading it thru & some more thinking, I realised my original post was misleading.
My real problem is best explained in my one sentence buried inside my initial post -
I am trying to change the Collapse/Expand column showing the "-" or "+" symbol from the right (default) side to the left.
I then followed that with lots more words about Auto Outline not allowing me to do that, something it is not designed to do. Even my subject is misleading
Solution:
After some more digging, I have now discovered how to do what I wanted - forget Auto Outline, instead click on the bottom right portion of the "Group" section of the ribbon to get into Settings and there are the options I wanted. See screenshot below -
The only thing here is .. don't have a cell within a table selected because then access to Settings will also be greyed out (don't understand why, but that's what I see, & I can avoid it by selecting a suitable cell).
Thanks djclements for getting me to the right place to do what I wanted!
LudwigWN
Jan 28, 2024Copper Contributor
Thanks for your post djclements. After reading it thru & some more thinking, I realised my original post was misleading.
My real problem is best explained in my one sentence buried inside my initial post -
I am trying to change the Collapse/Expand column showing the "-" or "+" symbol from the right (default) side to the left.
I then followed that with lots more words about Auto Outline not allowing me to do that, something it is not designed to do. Even my subject is misleading
Solution:
After some more digging, I have now discovered how to do what I wanted - forget Auto Outline, instead click on the bottom right portion of the "Group" section of the ribbon to get into Settings and there are the options I wanted. See screenshot below -
The only thing here is .. don't have a cell within a table selected because then access to Settings will also be greyed out (don't understand why, but that's what I see, & I can avoid it by selecting a suitable cell).
Thanks djclements for getting me to the right place to do what I wanted!
djclements
Jan 29, 2024Bronze Contributor
LudwigWN Glad to hear you figured it out! Yes, I missed that sentence somehow (must've been skim reading and only saw the references to Auto Outline... sorry). You solved it, though. Congrats! 🙂
- LudwigWNJan 29, 2024Copper ContributorYes, teaches me to be more careful how I word something in future.