Troubleshooting Word:mac. Start with The Basics! Many problems are solved by Updating and by Repairing Disk Permissions. Don’t be tempted to skip over this section because you think your problem isn’t “basic” – it may very well turn out to be.
Formatting phone numbers in a template I have created a simple template in Word for Mac 2016 and would like a phone number field to automatically format entered phone numbers as: (###) ###-#### I have tried using the Text Form Field Options dialog box for the relevant field, and set the 'Type' of field to 'Number.' It is important for your policies and procedures to be easy to read and understand. You would like to word things in a simple way. You will find that a Policy and Procedure Template will help you to keep things simple as you share the information that you would like to share.
The Basics Specific Issues This one is nasty. Click here for work-arounds. If the application hangs and freezes a lot, particularly at startup, see here. This can be because of non-letter characters in the file name or path. Sorry: this one is still with us. Microsoft thought they had fixed it, but it's back.
There's a Severity 1 incident open on it.