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Latest Word for Mac (16.84) removes rules (lines across page) and fails to accept my "default" font
The latest version of Word for Mac (Office Home & Business 2021) was recently updated - and a font that works on all other apps on my Mac - isn't recognized by Word. I believe it's because it's my "d...
Thanks again, Charles.
Good idea to edit the original. I may do that. These rules I use are not borders, but are entered by typing three hyphens and then a return, from the beginning of the line. I used to use those paragraph borders, but there was a different bug with them. Whenever I opened the file, the lines would get shorter - until they all reached a minimum length. But for my serious writing, I use a style to insert the rule, and I think that's more reliable (I checked only one such file, and it's okay.)
Regarding the font, I think I see the bug. I changed my default font to be the one that stopped getting recognized by Word. And this happened to someone else (who posted in a forum) - so I think Word is failing to include (install) a font when it's marked as the default font. I have other fonts that I bought, and every one is recognized by Word - except the one I set as the default font. I wrote to them about it. I doubt they'll read or heed anything I write.
I decided not to revert to an old version, because then I can never upgrade again, and that seems like a door not worth closing forever. So I'm looking for a new favorite font. But I also plan to remove this one as the default one, then see if that font gets recognized - first by restarting Word, then rebooting my Mac, then reinstalling the latest version of Word.
Thanks again.
Paul
Good idea to edit the original. I may do that. These rules I use are not borders, but are entered by typing three hyphens and then a return, from the beginning of the line. I used to use those paragraph borders, but there was a different bug with them. Whenever I opened the file, the lines would get shorter - until they all reached a minimum length. But for my serious writing, I use a style to insert the rule, and I think that's more reliable (I checked only one such file, and it's okay.)
Regarding the font, I think I see the bug. I changed my default font to be the one that stopped getting recognized by Word. And this happened to someone else (who posted in a forum) - so I think Word is failing to include (install) a font when it's marked as the default font. I have other fonts that I bought, and every one is recognized by Word - except the one I set as the default font. I wrote to them about it. I doubt they'll read or heed anything I write.
I decided not to revert to an old version, because then I can never upgrade again, and that seems like a door not worth closing forever. So I'm looking for a new favorite font. But I also plan to remove this one as the default one, then see if that font gets recognized - first by restarting Word, then rebooting my Mac, then reinstalling the latest version of Word.
Thanks again.
Paul
Hi Paul,
When you type three of something, a hyphen, an asterisk or several other characters and press enter to get a line, that line is a border, applied to the paragraph by AutoFormat as You Type.