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How to Enable Add-Ins in Word

Anonymous
2019-06-07T12:58:20+00:00

I am unable to access Add-Ins. How do I enable them? Using the latest version of Word.  

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Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 435.9K Reputation points
2019-06-07T14:54:36+00:00

Please disregard the reply from LordAlukard: The links are to articles which pertain to Office on the Windows OS but even more significant is that you can't follow any of those steps since the problem is that the tool is unusable in the first place.

The most common reason is that the document currently in the foreground is in one of the older file types [such as .doc] which do not support the Add-Ins features. Is the document name in the title bar is followed by the Compatibility Mode notification? If you create a new blank document does the tool activate?

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-06-07T16:17:50+00:00

    Bob, That fixed it! Just needed to change the document from a .doc to a .docx. Thank you very much!

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-06-07T13:54:48+00:00

    Dear Eve,

    I am an independent advisor, and I am trying to help other users in Community with my experience in Microsoft products.

    Before you can access addins, you need to install them. You will find how to do that in this article https://support.office.com/en-us/article/get-an...

    You will find more information about addins here https://support.office.com/en-us/article/view-m...

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