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Missing features in Design View

Leonard Duval

2 years ago

All of a sudden I am unable to access the box at the upper left corner of a form in design view. it's the box at the where the two ruler bars meet so you can double click and see the form properties. also, my line tool is missing from the design tools menu. i have tried to find some info about this to no avail. please help. i have ms office 365

	Leonard Duval OP @Reply 2 years ago

	Sami Shamma @Reply 2 years ago
Hi Leonard. Try some of the Troubleshooter steps to see if that fixes the issue. Start with rebooting your system.

	Leonard Duval OP @Reply 2 years ago
I have tried everything in the troubleshooter execept reinstalling windows. All of my access programs are having the same problem and when i run the program on another computer, it works, so I think I will have to reinstall windows.

	Sami Shamma @Reply 2 years ago
Sorry, but it does sound like you have to do that.

	Richard Rost @Reply 2 years ago
That's a weird one. I've never seen that myself. Do you have any add-ins or third-party utilities that you installed? (Access Options - Add-Ins). You might not need to reinstall Windows, but you might want to uninstall and reinstall Office if you can't figure it out.

	Leonard Duval OP @Reply 2 years ago
one of the first things i did was to try to repair office. that didn't work. I will try to uninstall and reinstall office next. thanks

	Leonard Duval OP @Reply 2 years ago
no add-ins

	Leonard Duval OP @Reply 2 years ago
I reinstalled office 365-still didn't fix it. I will try reinstalling windows next

	Kevin Robertson @Reply 2 years ago
Your rulers are turned off. Go to the Arrange tab on the Ribbon, Size/Space, Rulers.

	Richard Rost @Reply 2 years ago
Oh man! Kevin with the save! I completely missed the obvious! Way to go! (Not enough coffee yet today).

	Leonard Duval OP @Reply 2 years ago
Thank all of you so much. What an awesome team. That was it!!!

	Leonard Duval OP @Reply 2 years ago
That fixed the first part. can anyone tell me how to get my line drawing tool back?

	Richard Rost @Reply 2 years ago
Show me a screenshot of your entire toolbox when it's expanded completely.

	Leonard Duval OP @Reply 2 years ago

	Kevin Robertson @Reply 2 years ago
The line tool is between the Combo Box and the Toggle Button.

	Richard Rost @Reply 2 years ago
Kevin FTW again. Yeah, I remember reading something recently about how they changed it from a simple horizontal line to that messed up thing.

	Leonard Duval OP @Reply 2 years ago
thank you again. i was not aware that they changed it. Blessings

	Kevin Robertson @Reply 2 years ago
It looks more like a Line Chart symbol than the Line tool. LOL.

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