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Borders button, all options are greyed out

Anonymous
2018-01-12T21:18:27+00:00

I have Excel 16.10 on Mac and when I try to add border lines to cells, all options are greyed out. The file is not shared. I am even logged out of Onedrive. How can I fix this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-01-17T23:30:54+00:00

    Hi All,

    I just got word from another insiderthat build16.10 (180114) appears to fix this issue. Anyone try it yet?

    Thanks.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-01-17T23:24:21+00:00

    Hi, 

    Thanks for the reports! I just got word back from the product team and they have a bug open on this issue. We hope to have it fixed soon.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-01-13T15:05:35+00:00

    You haven't selected a cell or group of cells. Until you do so, the items will be greyed-out. 

    I must edit this reply: This has suddenly started happening to me.  Before the problem started, this showed up, if you hadn't selected a cell or group of cells.  Now it doesn't make any difference.

    Now to add borders you have to go all the way to the bottom of the drop-down window and choose border and ad that way.

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  3. Jim G 134K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-01-14T15:44:17+00:00

    I don't know how Excel got into that state. 

    You can report this to Microsoft using the Smile button in Excel. 

    I am also using the 16.10 build and do not see this behavior. Perhaps you could completely remove Office and reinstall, or wait for the next build to see if it's different.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-01-14T10:06:10+00:00

    Makes not difference in this case. See below. 

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