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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.
I had this problem on a PC which had the 32-bit version of Office installed. I uninstalled that, replaced it with the 64-bit version of Office, and this made things work for me.
Thanks for this, unfortunately I neglected to state in my previous post that we're already deploying the 64 bit version of Office 2021. I haven't tried the 32 bit version but, strangely, I expect my situation will be the opposite to yours and it will work fine!