Errors in the Word Application (Bugs!)
The following are "strange behaviours" we have noted. Some are unintentional (bugs), some are intentional (design bugs) and some are unintuitive (user interface bugs). Some have work-arounds: others we have to live with.
Errors affecting entire application
Why is my “Blank Document” not blank?
My drop-down menus crawl down very slowly
Files opened for editing are read-only
Delete (or Backspace) doesn't work
Some of the tabs in Tools | Options look strange
Equation Editor error messages
Mail merge unavailable after using the Find Record feature
Word insists on asking “Open as read-only?”
Switching view hides the currently selected heading
Frequently encountered problems with fonts
Word shows only one or two fonts in its font list
Individual document errors
“Page X of Y” displays or prints as “Page 1 of 1Formatting applied to one paragraph affects the entire document
Whenever I open a document all my formatting is gone
Text at the top of the page is unaccountably indented
GoBack (Shift+F5) doesn't work in some newly-opened documents
Mirror margins don't work in a multisection document
Recovering a corrupt document or template
Word is always making changes I don't expect
Graphics have turned into red X's
Graphics keep reverting to their original size
Captions don't update and don't appear in Table of Figures
Graphics don't appear or won't print
Floating objects in tables are wrongly aligned vertically
Linked floating graphics don't show up in Edit Links
Layout changes on a different computer
{ =SUM(ABOVE) } answer was obviously incorrect
Spelling and Grammar is greyed out
Mail merge field names have an underscore appended to them
Macros/VBA/VB errors
“Invalid Page Fault” when running a macro
“Microsoft Forms: Could not load an object”
“Undefined Variable” – Mid, Left, Right not working
Problem running a UserForm from an Autoexec macro
Word 2000 can't be made visible, and/or doesn't trigger a Close Event
When users starts Word they activate a previously created instance
Paragraph borders lost when printing from a VBA macro
Toolbars not showing when automating Word
All other UserForm controls disabled after displaying a message box