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mlovecrandall1225
Dec 11, 2021Copper Contributor
Office 365 Word cannot resize or rotate inserted shapes or items
Started yesterday, I could no longer resize or rotate an inserted shape or item. I tried uninstalling and re-installing. I even tried using SetupProd_OffScrub to uninstall Office365 to see if it co...
Dec 11, 2021
What type of objects are you inserting into the document.
No problem here either rotating or re-sizing by hovering over any of the points shaded yellow until an opposed arrow appears and then left clicking and dragging
- Witold_JaworskiDec 29, 2021Brass Contributor
We verified, that the described problem occurs only in the compatibility mode.
This effect is easily repeatable (see this post and later). Is there a chance for fixing this issue, or Microsoft is no longer supporting the compatibility mode in Word (see this post)?
- mlovecrandall1225Dec 11, 2021Copper ContributorI work with block arrows quite a bit. They suddenly stopped allowing me to change the size and rotate. When I open the document on My old Windows 7, it works but not on my Windows 10.
- Dec 11, 2021
mlovecrandall1225 No problem manipulating a Block Arrow in a 64-bit installation of Microsoft 365 Version 2111 (Build 14701.20226 Click-to-Run) Current Channel on Windows 10
- BartHerDec 29, 2021Copper ContributorHi Doug,
This happens with doc files or docx files with the compatibility mode on.
I spoke to a Microsoft support employe and he told me that this is not supported. So no support for doc files or compatibility mode.
Is this correct ?
You have a lot more experience and knowlegde and maybe you, as MVP, have other channels at Microsoft ?