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3d Effects grayed out - it is a .docx

Hey all,

I'm really frustrated here.

Last week, I created a simple logo which was just a box with some text in it. This week, I went to do the same exact thing I did last week, and now the "3d effects" button doesn't pop up in the Drawing Tools - Format ribbon like it did before.

What's more, even when I try to force Word to show me 3d Effects in a custom tab, it's grayed out.

The file IS a .docx... and my "save files in this format" is set to .docx. It doesn't matter if I start a new file or open a file I saved-as.

Any idea why this is happening now, when, just last week, it was working fine?

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I hadn't experimented, either, until I started doing so for this thread. I haven't tried saving in earlier formats, but I would imagine that that would make a difference. I just keep noticing that the "new graphics engine" and "new layout engine" that have been so hyped are continually shown to have reduced rather than expanded functionality.
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Last updated September 7, 2023 Views 2,782 Applies to: