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arj-2021-UK
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Oct 22, 2021
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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...
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    surabee
    Dec 07, 2021

    arj-2021-UK  

    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.

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surabee
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Dec 07, 2021

arj-2021-UK  

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.

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arj-2021-UK
Brass Contributor
Dec 07, 2021
surabee well spotted. I've just done the same and all my Office 2021 problems have gone away! It must have happened recently as I've been checking that quite regularly. Great news!

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