Forum Discussion
Menu bar still hidden for Word in full screen (Monterey 12.1 Mac OS)
Microsoft Word still hides menu bar in full screen on Monterey 12.1 Mac OS.
I turned off this new feature of macOS 12 "Automatically hide and show the menu bar in full screen " in System Preferences. So, menu bar is supposed to remain fixed on full screen.
All others programs, like chrome, adobe reader, powerpoint, excel, teams, show menu bar fixed in full screen. However, Word do not.
I have opened a ticket in Apple Support. They told me since this problem only appears in Word, it seems to be a MS issue.
Does anybody have any information? Anyone could help?
Thanks!
- I have the same problem in Monterey 12.2.1. Has anyone find any solution to this yet?
- Untill now, I did not find any solution. Maybe the 12.3 update for Monterey fix this bug. It will be released next week.
- I still have this problem also, and only in Word. Super annoying, not fixed by Monterey 12.3 update...
Luiz_H there is a workaround that I have found. You have to purchase a app called magnet from the app store and then it will snap your application windows to "full screen" (my dock doesn't hide so it stops at my dock). It will make the app cover the whole screen perfectly and the menu bar doesn't disappear cause. It only $7.99USD as of 04/12/2022 and I use the application daily There's 12 different functions on it and once you download it and open it once all you just do is drag the app to the top and release. Worth every penny
- Justin2200 If I understand what you are saying, this is the same thing you can achieve by pressing OPTION+SHIFT and then hover over the fullscreen button, then select "Zoom" in the little popup that appears. This is the free variant.
- Hi Justin2200,
If you hide your dock and choose “full screen” option in this app, the menu bar remains still visible?
Thanks!- I am already on Word 365 version 16.62 and Monterey 12.4 and this issue is still here …. does anybody have any news?
Tks!
I just wanted to add my voice to this as well. I use Word for Mac version 16.63.1 on mac OS 12.5, and I recently discovered the mac preferences option to always show the menu bar for full screen apps. It works properly with every application except Word. Even other Office 365 apps work fine (Excel, PowerPoint...). Only in Word is the space for the menu bar properly reserved but the menu itself is hidden except on a mouse-over. This is clearly a bug and is extremely annoying. Microsoft should fix this as soon as possible.
- Monterey 12.3
The bug's still here. It's so annoying...- MS is the one that needs to fix this. Word 16.65, bug still there, so annoying.
Running Monterey 12.6 and Word 16.66. Still nothing. The issue is still here. Come on, MS! Please fix it! It’s been almost a year!
Luiz
I noticed something different. In Word version 16.66 with Mac OS 12.6, the menu bar remained fixed in full screen for the first screen that appears when I access the Word (see image bellow). I don't remember if in past versions this already happened. I just watched it now. If it didn't, maybe it's already part of the solution. But, when I access a file, the menu bar become hidden again in full screen ....
- I have the same problem. Very annoying. I sometimes have ten Word documents open at the same time, so the new desktop solution doesn't work very well for me. Any news on this issue? Thanks
Hi SextusEmpiricus,
No solution so far. I am running latest versions of Monterey and Microsoft 365. Perhaps with Ventura this issue has been solved, but I do not know.
Regards,
Luiz
I don't think this will ever be solved. Problem has been here for years. MS just doesn't care about such specific Mac issues.
