Microsoft Word Mac 15 Home Tab Greyed Out
It's very rare, but the master section break at the end of the document can
develop a slight corruption.
When that happens, one or more if its property containers will turn 'read
only'. What you are observing is exactly the effect this can produce.
Since the corruption affects only one of the property containers, not the
text, everything else in the document works: it's just that you can't change
'some' settings. Just which ones depends on which container corrupted!
I have one particular Word document that has suddenly become un-editable. The fonts toolbar is greyed out. I have checked everything. It is saved on my network and I have checked the permissions on the file. I have tried saving it locally to my desktop. I have checked to see if it is protected. I have looked for macros enabled. I'm having a problem using Microsoft Word for Mac doing a mail merge. Technician's Assistant: What version of Word are you using? Technician's Assistant: Have you updated Word recently? I don't think so. Technician's Assistant: Anything else you want the Microsoft Office Expert to know before I connect you? Word 2011 Mac - Most of ribbon and menu greyed out I do not know how she does it and I cannot figure out how to get it out of the state. To me it looks like there is some sort of modal, but I've used expose, and also cmd+` to switch windows in the application and I cannot find any modals. The Home Tab - the basic workspace in a document: Purpose. The Home Tab is about the basics of how text looks when it is printed or displayed online. It gives access to both direct and Style-based formatting. Because of the importance of Styles to using Word effectively, it devotes a great deal of space to Styles. I suspect that many Word users. Format tab that appears on the right end of the ribbon, and then, in the Arrange group, choose Selection Pane. In the pane, select an item in the list. On the right side of the item, click the 'open eye' button. This action hides the object.
'Restrict Editing' button greyed out I am using Office 365 and need to restrict editing to most of a document. I've previously had no problem before I upgraded, now the 'Restrict Editing' button is greyed out and I can't use it. I have a particular Word 2007 document in which the Font and Paragraph functions are greyed out. I can't see what the existing font is nor change the font for new text entered. What is causing this? The document was initially.doc (compatibility mode). The problem existed as a.doc. I saved the document as a.docx and still have the same issue.
Copying into a new document replaces the faulty container, so it again
becomes read/write, and the document will then behave normally.
Hope this helps
On 28/08/08 11:51 PM, in article
8E55477A-3652-4BB6-B824-609B22CD14F3@microsoft.com, 'Mark Harris'
<MarkH..@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> One othet thing, this document is easy to edit, and can be saved without
> issue. I have even saved iot to the older version of Word (2003) and then
> opened THAT file and did a CONVERT to Word2007. Same issue persists. So, I
> really don't think the file is corrupt, but I think you suggestion to copy
> everything and paste it to a blank document that is freshly created should
> work.
>
> M
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Summary
Existing Office 2016 for Mac customers will be seamlessly upgraded to 64-bit versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote as part of the August product release (version 15.25). This affects customers of all license types: Retail, Office 365 Consumer, Office 365 Commercial, and Volume License installations.
Deployment options for the 64-bit update
AutoUpdate (MAU)
Customers who use Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) to keep their Office applications up-to-date will see a 'regular' monthly update notification when their selected channel is upgraded to 64-bit builds. Depending on which version is installed on the local computer, MAU will offer either a delta or full update. The update package size does not change between 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Also, MAU can deliver a delta update when applicable to update a user from 32-bit to 64-bit applications. Therefore, customers won't experience a sharp increase in download activity. For the release to the Production channel, customers will see '(64-bit)' in the update title to make them aware that this is a 64-bit update.
For information about how to use the MAU, see Check for Office for Mac updates automatically.
Manual updates
The August release of Office for Mac is available for manual download. The following file provides a 64-bit package to replace existing 32-bit applications with 64-bit variants during installation:
Download the Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac August update package now.
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Volume License Service Center
Volume License customers typically get their Office 2016 software from the Volume License Service Center (VLSC). These builds are refreshed infrequently and are typically aligned with new language editions. The VLSC will continue to offer 32-bit installers (15.23) until November 2016. However, all updater packages that are released after August will be based on 64-bit builds. Therefore, a VLSC customer who updates either manually or through AutoUpdate will be transitioned to 64-bit builds.
More Information
64-bit only
The Mac operating system has been 64-bit for several years. Unlike for Windows, there's no choice between running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of the Mac operating system. Similarly, we won't offer a choice between 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Office 2016 for Mac. After each 'channel' is transitioned per the rollout schedule, only 64-bit builds will be available.
Effect on third-party applications and add-ins
The transition to 64-bit Office for Mac was announced in April 2016. IT Pros will want to understand which compiled add-ins are deployed to the users whom they manage so that they can assess the effect of the upgrade. The following Microsoft Office website summarizes the issues that affect the more common add-ins that are used together with Office 2016 for Mac:
Tools for inspecting product architecture
To verify the architecture of an Office application (that is, to understand whether you have a 32-bit or 64-bit build), start the application, open the Activity Monitor, and then enable the Kind column.
Adele set fire to the rain download. You can also use the file command in a terminal session to inspect the binary. For this use, type file -N <path of binary>.This method can be used with for any binary file, including third-party add-ins.
The file command returns one of three values.
| Return value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64 | 64-bit binary |
| Mach-O executable i386 | 32-bit binary |
| Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64 | FAT binary (compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit processes) |
| Mach-O executable i386 | FAT binary (compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit processes) |
Options for reverting to 32-bit installations
There may be situations in which the customer has to change code that's not 64-bit ready. If customers can't immediately move forward to 64-bit builds, we will make available a one-time 32-bit update for the 15.25 release in addition to the default 64-bit updates. The 32-bit updates will be available only for manual download from the Office CDN.
The latest 32-bit release of Office 2016 for Mac (15.25.160818) can be downloaded from https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=823192.
Customers who manually install the 32-bit release won't be offered the 64-bit version of 15.25 through MAU. However, MAU will offer the 64-bit version of 15.26 in September 2016. Therefore, customers have a limited time to remain on 32-bit builds.
If a customer has already upgraded to the 64-bit update of Office for Mac 15.25 and wants to revert to the 32-bit version, follow these steps:
- Exit all open Office 2016 applications.
- Start Safari, and then browse to https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=823192 to start the download of the 32-bit installer.
- Double-click the downloaded package, and then follow the instructions.
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The 64-bit installation has a build date of 160817. The 32-bit version has a build date of 160818.