Applies ToWord for Microsoft 365

Last Updated: March 6, 2025

ISSUE

Users might experience issues with the enter and backspace keys not performing their expected functions within a list, preventing users from exiting the list.

STATUS: FIXED

The Word team has fixed this issue in Word builds 17619.20000 (version 2405) and greater. The problem was caused by incorrectly set AutoCorrect options. The fix automatically resets all your AutoCorrect options to their defaults if they are detected in the problematic state.

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