Hi friends!



I recently acquired a new system (Windows 11) and reinstalled office 2021.

Word has been misbehaving.

I turned on "track changes" and it did not do so, but I solved that by turning off track changes and turning it on again.

Now I see that while footnote options appear in the context menu if I sent it for a different column number then the text in the document, it does not execute that command. I have repeated this many times with no success.

Why is Word misbehaving?

Thank you.

Susan

No one here, or anywhere, can tell you the "why" of your problems, but we may be able to help you discover the cause or fix the result.

Do you have the Track Changes button in your Status Bar?
I'm unsure I understand your question about the footnotes. Could you give more details?

Do these problems happen if you start Word in safe mode? (this is a diagnostic test)
Open Office apps in safe mode on a Windows PC - Microsoft Office

By the way, you should change your profile to indicate your version and operating system.
To get the best answers here, please ask a single question per post. Your questions are really not about why word is misbehaving but rather why Track Changes is turning off and why your footnotes are not working as expected.

Posted by RRB but new question split into separate question.
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