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Word 2019 Strange new look and can't edit
Today suddenly the appearance of my Word documents is extremely simplified, and shows across the top only "File" "Tools" and "View." See below.
It didn't look like this last night. Now I can open docs but not make any changes--it's read-only.
If I open a blank document, it has the usual appearance. I can copy-paste these locked-up texts into a new document and edit that.
I don't know if that is relevant or not, but I'm also getting repeat messages from Avast, about it blocking a bad URL. I get this message with an annoying bleep every 5 minutes or so.
BTW also in case it's relevant, for years, when I close a doc it tells me that it is in compatibility mode and now will update to .docx,. But it already was in docx mode.
BTW also I am not a subscriber to Office 365. I bought Word 2019. I just checked for updates and it tells me that Microsoft 365 is updated...
Thanks for your help!!!
Can't address the read-only part, but on the Ribbon part, double-click on one of the tabs.
See: Minimizing Ribbon / AutoHiding Ribbon / Toggling Toolbars
In the future, try to put each separate issue in a separate question. You'll get better and faster answers, especially if you refer to the issue in your question's title.
Compatibility mode is not just for .doc files but also shows up any time the full .docx format changes. These are often small tweaks contained in updates.
Can't address the read-only part, but on the Ribbon part, double-click on one of the tabs.
See: Minimizing Ribbon / AutoHiding Ribbon / Toggling Toolbars
In the future, try to put each separate issue in a separate question. You'll get better and faster answers, especially if you refer to the issue in your question's title.
Compatibility mode is not just for .doc files but also shows up any time the full .docx format changes. These are often small tweaks contained in updates.
Thank you! I was able to make the ribbon visible again. Also, when I had only "File" "Tools" and "View" available, I found I could click "View" and an option was "Edit Document." That returned it to its usual appearance.
When you see File, View and Tools, only, the document is displayed in Read Mode. Pressing ESC is another method to return to Print Layout view.
