One Ribbon Covering Another when Full Screen in Word

EK 75 Reputation points
2025-10-24T14:27:11.6766667+00:00

When in Word using full screen (on a Mac), all of a sudden today the top Autosaving Ribbon is now covering the (Home, Insert, Draw, etc.) ribbon. I have tried to force quit but it is still covering it. I have attached a photo to hopefully explain better. This only happens when I am in full screen. I have been in word all morning and this just happened. Not sure why?

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Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
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John Korchok 236.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2025-10-24T15:01:23.31+00:00

Please use Help>Feedback>Report a problem to report this bug. The more reports, the faster it will get fixed.

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Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 437.8K Reputation points
2025-10-24T14:48:10.27+00:00

This is a known issue which has to be addressed at the developer level. It is not fixable at the user level. I'm certain that a fix will be pushed out fairly soon so I suggest just avoiding Full Screen for the time being.

Note that you still should be able to click the bottom edge of the Ribbon tabs despite the problem & the Option key method of accessing the Ribbon still works.

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Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 437.8K Reputation points
2025-10-24T15:39:40.4066667+00:00

Try using Focus View:

[Shift+Control+Command+F to toggle if on/off]

When in Focus View move the pointer to the very top to expose Ribbon & Menu Bar, to the very bottom to display Status Bar. You also can press Option to display only Ribbon & QAT.

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  1. Noora Azadvari 10 Reputation points
    2025-11-07T17:06:30.12+00:00

    Fixed in 16.102.3.

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  2. Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 437.8K Reputation points
    2025-10-28T19:12:12.97+00:00

    Fixed by 16.102.2 [Current Channel (Preview)]

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