Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | Windows
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A box appearing around selected text or paragraph
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Chan, Kai
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I am in M365 on the cloud. Every time I select something a box appearing around selected text or paragraphs. This is extremely annoying - how can I shut this off?
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | Windows
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Chan, Kai 0 Reputation points
2026-03-06T14:00:16.9066667+00:00 This issue only showed up recently. What has changed?
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Stefan Blom 337.8K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator2026-03-06T14:04:44.1233333+00:00