Microsoft Word 2016 Mac Keeps Crashing

Last Updated: November 7, 2019

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ISSUE

After upgrading to Catalina (OSX 15.0), Word crashes when creating or opening a doc. This is an issue caused by the WordRake add-in.

STATUS: FIXED

To address this, WordRake has released an update that you can download here. Alternatively, you can just remove the add-in to fix the issue.

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ISSUE

Microsoft ocmmunicator app for mac. Users may see issues with fonts when using version 16.9 of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote and Microsoft PowerPoint on macOS.

Symptoms:

  • Text appears garbled or in a different font

  • Fonts not appearing in font picker

STATUS: WORKAROUND

We recommend you check the installed versions of the font. If you have multiple versions, then make sure the latest version of the font is active.

For more information, read about how to fix Issues with fonts in Office for macOS

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