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Dear Experts: <br />
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I got a strange phenomenon on my word interface, namely in the styles pane as well as the layout dialog field. <br />
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Symbols for paragraph styles and character styles have turned into black squares. I got no idea what is going on. <br />
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I have tried the following measures to get rid of this bug:<br />
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Reset normal.dotm template several times<br />
Did a full repair of my office 365 installation over the internet<br />
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Nothing has helped so far. Any idea from the experts what I could do?<br />
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Help is much appreciated. Thank you very much in advance. <br />
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Regards, Andreas<br />
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Dear Experts: 

I got a strange phenomenon on my word interface, namely in the styles pane as well as the layout dialog field. 

Symbols for paragraph styles and character styles have turned into black squares. I got no idea what is going on. 

I have tried the following measures to get rid of this bug:

Reset normal.dotm template several times
Did a full repair of my office 365 installation over the internet

Nothing has helped so far. Any idea from the experts what I could do?

Help is much appreciated. Thank you very much in advance. 

Regards, Andreas



symbols for character style and paragraph style have turned to black squares in the styles pane

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