The latest version of Word for Mac (Office Home & Business 2021) was recently updated – and a font that I’ve installed and that all other apps I have recognize, and that Word had recognized before, is suddenly not recognized by Word, in its list of fonts. How can this be? The font is clearly installed properly, is recognized by other apps that use fonts, and was recognized by Word in the previous version I used. How can it suddenly stop being recognized? 

I use rules a lot – lines across the page – that are inserted by hitting three consecutive hyphens and then a return. This same file used many such rules – but the same latest version of Word suddenly has eliminated all those rules when I open the file. How can is suddenly stop recognizing those lines (rules)? 

Shouldn’t new versions of Word be tested before released? Doesn’t Microsoft have quality control – that would make sure all things that used to work continue to work when they release a new version? 

As a prior software developer, this is hard for me to understand – how such a widely held app like Word for the Mac would not go through testing before a new version is released. 

​The latest version of Word for Mac (Office Home & Business 2021) was recently updated – and a font that I’ve installed and that all other apps I have recognize, and that Word had recognized before, is suddenly not recognized by Word, in its list of fonts. How can this be? The font is clearly installed properly, is recognized by other apps that use fonts, and was recognized by Word in the previous version I used. How can it suddenly stop being recognized?  I use rules a lot – lines across the page – that are inserted by hitting three consecutive hyphens and then a return. This same file used many such rules – but the same latest version of Word suddenly has eliminated all those rules when I open the file. How can is suddenly stop recognizing those lines (rules)?  Shouldn’t new versions of Word be tested before released? Doesn’t Microsoft have quality control – that would make sure all things that used to work continue to work when they release a new version?  As a prior software developer, this is hard for me to understand – how such a widely held app like Word for the Mac would not go through testing before a new version is released.   Read More

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