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Word 2021 crashes when you try and use table properties
I'm using Word 2021 on Windows 11 with Language ID="en-gb" (because I'm in the UK). Brand new document. I insert a table. I then right click on the table and select Table->Properties. Word crashes ev...
Hey, I faced the same issue and was so agitated by it. This is what I tried.
File ---> Account ---> Update Options (Dropdown next to Office Updates) ---> Update Now
It took a while to search and update. Make sure all open files are saved as it asks to close them all. After the update, the issue has been resolved for me. Table properties and more colours are both working fine now.
I hope this helps.
If anyone's still interest I've managed to fix this for us!
When creating the deployment xml file (we use config.office.com), I didn't have any additional languages chosen. I recreated the deployment xml but with the only difference being that this time the 'Match Operating System' option was ticked for additional languages and it now works perfectly on Win 10, Office 2021 64 bit (haven't tried with Win 11).
When creating the deployment xml file (we use config.office.com), I didn't have any additional languages chosen. I recreated the deployment xml but with the only difference being that this time the 'Match Operating System' option was ticked for additional languages and it now works perfectly on Win 10, Office 2021 64 bit (haven't tried with Win 11).