What happened to my MS Word font bar - how do I get it back?

January 6, 2022 6:22 AM

Yesterday I noticed that the entire font bar in my toolbar at the top of MS word disappeared, replaced by a pulldown menu in the toolbar itself. I don't want a pulldown menu. I checked the toolbar preferences and there doesn't seem to be a way to put it back. I can have font checked (pulldown menu) or unchecked (no font option in toolbar at all). Did I somehow do this? Can I put it back?

I feel very weird asking this here, but it isn't showing up anywhere on Google. I'm on a Mac, if that makes any difference. I've also noticed that when I open a new document, the default view size of the page has changed, so I suspect this is an update that MS 365 added rather than something I did, but I use the font menu for too many things to have to constantly drag it open to make changes. Help?

posted by Mchelly to Computers & Internet (1 answer total)

Best answer: Never mind - I figured it out. Apparently my window was too narrow and it collapsed. In case this happens to anyone else, I got it back by dragging the window a lot wider. It's weird, but it works, so it's all good.
posted by Mchelly at 6:35 AM on January 6, 2022 [4 favorites]