Hi Leonard.

Try some of the Troubleshooter steps to see if that fixes the issue. Start with rebooting your system.

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.

Sorry, but it does sound like you have to do that.

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.

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

no add-ins

I reinstalled office 365-still didn't fix it. I will try reinstalling windows next

Your rulers are turned off.
Go to the Arrange tab on the Ribbon, Size/Space, Rulers.

Oh man! Kevin with the save! I completely missed the obvious! Way to go!

(Not enough coffee yet today).

Thank all of you so much.  What an awesome team.  That was it!!!

That fixed the first part. can anyone tell me how to get my line drawing tool back?

Show me a screenshot of your entire toolbox when it's expanded completely.

The line tool is between the Combo Box and the Toggle Button.

Kevin FTW again. Yeah, I remember reading something recently about how they changed it from a simple horizontal line to that messed up thing.

thank you again. i was not aware that they changed it. Blessings

It looks more like a Line Chart symbol than the Line tool. LOL.