Can't See Wordart Toolbar Microsoft Mac

In Word for the web you can see WordArt that’s already in your document, but to add more WordArt you need to open or edit the doc in the desktop version of Word. You can use the Font features on the Home tab to change the font color and size, and apply bolding, italics, or underlines to your text.

Some windows on your Mac display a row of icons at the top of the window, known as a toolbar. While the toolbar gives you one-click access to commonly used commands, such as saving or printing a file, you may want to hide your Mac’s toolbar so that it doesn’t clutter up the appearance of a window.

To give you the option of hiding (or viewing) a window’s toolbar icons, a window might display a Toolbar button in its upper-right corner.

The Toolbar button can display (left) or hide (right) a window’s toolbar.

To toggle between hiding and displaying a toolbar, click the Toolbar button. Some programs may give you the option of hiding its toolbar another way, such as by choosing View→Hide Toolbar.

Not all windows have a Toolbar button.

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Note

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Symptoms

While using Word for Mac one or more Toolbars are missing and cannot be added.

Cause

This behavior can be caused by one of these things:

The oval button in the upper-right corner of the document was clicked. This button 'toggles' display of toolbars on and off.
There is an issue with the Normal template in Word.
The toolbars or menus are modified.

Resolution

To resolve this problem, try the following methods.

Method 1: Make sure that tool bar display is not turned off

In the upper-right corner of the window click the oval button.
Note
When this button is clicked, it hides all the toolbars. A second click causes the toolbars to be displayed.
If the toolbars reappear, quit, and then restart Word to make sure that the appropriate toolbars are displayed.

If Method 1 did not resolve the problem, try Method 2.

Method 2: Reset the toolbars and menus in Word

You can reset the toolbars and menus in the Customize Toolbars and Menus option, any saved customization is removed, and all settings are reverted to the original default settings.

Open Word.
Go to View in the menu.
Choose Toolbars.
Select Customize Toolbars and Menus.
Select Toolbars and Menus in the top of the Customize Toolbars and Menus window.
Select the item in the list you want to reset (Menu Bar, Standard, Formatting).
Click Reset.
Click OK when getting prompt: 'Are you sure you want to reset the changes made...'
Click OK.

Note

When View is missing from the menu, then you can also Control Click the Standard Toolbar and go to Customize Toolbars and Menus here.

If Method 2 did not resolve the problem, try Method 3.

Method 3: Create a new Normal template Note

When a new Normal template is created, any saved customization is removed, and all settings are reverted to the original default settings.

Step 1: Quit all programs

To quit active applications, follow these steps:

Toolbar Wordart Gallery

On the Apple menu, click Force Quit.
Select an application in the 'Force Quit Applications' window.
Click Force Quit.
Repeat the previous steps until you quit all active applications.

Warning

When an application is force quit, any unsaved changes to open documents are not saved.

When you are finished, click the red button in the upper-left corner and proceed to Step 2.