This "Read Only" problem appeared on my computer at a time when I got a new computer, registered for MS Office OnLine and started using Windows 10. What a mess it created. I have 6,244 files which are Read Only, they include Word files, Excel files and pictures. After countless hours of frustration I purchased a SSD drive and saved my files on it as I opened and saved my Read Only files as I went along. Then I found a great problem solver, I now save my files on Google Doc. Try this. With a little brain work getting used to a newer but simpler screen presentation it works very well. I don't have fancy and elaborate secretarial word files so it makes it easy. Now, I won't revert back to Word or Excel files unless I really have to and Microsoft gets its act together to solve that many years old Read Only problem. That much more frustrating as you are prevented to use your own files on your own computer where you are THE ADMINISTRATOR and MS Office doesn't recognise this.

I work with foreign and ancient languages, and some of them were not written strictly right to left or left to right. Some are written "boustrephedon":style, that is, first row left-to-right, second row right-to-left, then back to left-to-right, alternating each line. When text is left-to-right, the letters are seen normally. When it's right-to-left, the letters are reversed. This is often found in Runic writing which is also supported in Unicode fonts.

My request is, allow me to highlight a paragraph, and mark its text direction as 'boustrephedon' so that the text will flow alternating left-to-right, then right-to-left, each line, and reversing the letters appropriately for each line.

The new Office Stage (full page that appears when you click file) is a huge waste of space, and is not incredibly intuitive to me as an advanced user, and to novice users coming from other systems.

My request is to make this optional, and to restore the Office button we had in Office 2007, with its very obvious functions, indicated by icons and text on the left-hand side, and recent documents on the right-hand side. This was much more user-friendly and intuitive, as it was familiar to everyone. I don't like the current File page, and I suspect a lot of others agree with me. At the very least, make it optional. At best, replace it with the old Office Button behavior again.

I run MS Word 2010 on a Windows 7, 64 bit platform. When the software opens, there is a RED line under the “A” (for font color) in the font tab.

I can't say for certain when this started, I simply know that this has not been this way long. I assume it happened when I installed one of the Windows Updates containing MS Office updates sent out within the last several months.

Anyway, this would indicate to any normal person that they would be typing in RED and need to change it. BUT NO, the font color is Automatic Black (as it should be) when I start typing.

When I open the Font Tab and manually select Automatic Black, the color of the line under the “A” in the Tab changes to black. I save the doc. Close Word. Re-open Word and the doc. And the red line is back under the “A” in the Font Tab.

I have tried changing preferences, I have tried to make Automatic Black the default color; it comes up as being so anyway, but I tried nevertheless. Nothing works.

The problem is the visual aspect. I am sending out resumes via email. When a H/R person opens my email, should they notice the RED LINE UNDER the font icon in the Tab, they will not bother to read the resume, thinking I am inept and have sent them a doc. in red Font.

After speaking with your Help Techs. And the supervisor on duty, we determined that their version of Word 2013 is doing the same thing. It appears this is a system wide glitch.

This problem also exists in PowerPoint and Excel 2010, but does not exist in these two versions of the 2013 software. I worked with your technical support staff and a supervisor and we determined this together.

So, please send out one an update for 2010 and 2013 (or more as needed) users that will re-set the color of the line under the “A” Font Icon to black to indicate the Automatic Black Color that the software defaults to is what we will be typing in, and to clearly show the same to others viewing our documents.