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Office 365 Word cannot resize or rotate inserted shapes or items
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
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
- Hi 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 ?- The Product Team at Microsoft have been made aware of the issue and it can be expected that it can be corrected in due course.
I cannot understand why so many users are working with documents in Compatibility Mode. The best thing to do would be to convert the documents (or the template from which they were created) to the current version.
Lucky You. Once insert the shape into the document, it will not rotate or resize. When I open the same document on my Windows 7 laptop, I can do rotate and resize without any issue. I have done a complete wipe on my computer. I downloaded the office 365 app and it still doesn't work. I wonder if it is the app version.
I have the exact same problem. Fun fact: I can resize by manually setting the height and width values in the ribbon bar under "Text Box".
