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Copper Contributor

Apr 15, 2022

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Switched to word '21 - Line thickness not available ?

Hello all ! I switched to office 2021 professional plus and I noticed that the easy way to make lines thicker is not available anymore ? Is this a settings that I have to set ? In older Word ...

Stefan_Blom
Apr 20, 2022
Sels31

Are you seeing this in a particular document or can you reproduce it in any Word document which contains a shape?

If the issue appears to happen with just some documents, consider sharing a sample document with the forum.

Stefan_Blom

MVP

Apr 20, 2022

Sels31

Are you seeing this in a particular document or can you reproduce it in any Word document which contains a shape?

If the issue appears to happen with just some documents, consider sharing a sample document with the forum.

Sels31

Copper Contributor

Apr 20, 2022

Ok found the problem ! I was re-using an old template (92-03 word comptability) , by switching the version to the newest it got solved.

thanks !

Stefan_Blom
MVP
Apr 20, 2022
Sels31

Thanks for the follow-up.

Over the years, there have been some major changes in Word, especially when the *.docx format was introduced and then a second time with the layout engine changes in Word 2013. These changes affect the behavior and available commands (depending on the compatibility mode), but I haven't seen exactly the "submenu symptom" you described.