{"id":3702,"date":"2017-09-09T00:53:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T22:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/?p=3702"},"modified":"2024-10-05T23:26:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T21:26:02","slug":"update-kb4011039-causes-again-wordoutlook-2016-table-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2017\/09\/09\/update-kb4011039-causes-again-wordoutlook-2016-table-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Update KB4011039 causes again Word\/Outlook 2016 table bug"},"content":{"rendered":"

[German<\/a>]Users of Word 2016 or Outlook 2016 are facing a strange bug since last August 2016 patch day: Merged table cells are displayed broken or incomplete in both Office modules. Now it seems, that September 5, 2017 Update KB4011039 breaks merged cells again in Word 2016 and Outlook 2016. [Addendum:<\/strong> Microsoft has responded.}<\/p>\n

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Update KB3213656 causes the table issue the first time<\/h2>\n

\"\"I've covered this issue within my blog post Update KB3213656 causes table bug in Word\/Outlook 2016<\/a> a week ago. Microsoft has released several updates for Office 2016 on August 8, 2017. One was Update KB3213656 for installed version of Word 2016, which causes issues with merged cells in tables. The bug affects also Outlook 2016.<\/p>\n

Update KB3213656<\/a> for Word 2016 is a non security patch for the .msi <\/em>installer variants of Microsoft Office 2016 (Office Pro Plus). This update fixes a bug, that content with negative indent may be cropped in a non-first column in the presence of tables. But overall this update causes issues with merged vertical table cells.<\/p>\n

(Source: Microsoft Answers-Forum)<\/p>\n

The issues has been discussed in details within this Microsoft Answers forum thread<\/a> (the screenshots above is from this forum thread). The user has a full patched Office 2016 Pro Plus under Windows 10 and describes the issue as follows:<\/p>\n

Have a word document that includes multiple tables, in each table there are merged cells.\u00a0 If the cell is merged you can't click on the cell or see the data in the cell.\u00a0 If you copy the table out of word and paste it into excel the data shows.\u00a0 If you un-merge the cells and paste it back into word it shows all of the data.\u00a0 I tried this on a system that is not patched and the merged tables display properly in word.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another user pointed out, that uninstalling KB3213656 solves the issue within Word 2016.<\/p>\n

(Source: Microsoft Answers-Forum)<\/p>\n

Within another Microsoft-Answers forum post<\/a> (also at Technet) a user shows, that it only affects vertical merged table cells (see image above). Because Outlook 2016 uses Word functions, the error may affect also tables in Outlook 2016. Repairing Office or using safe mode doesn't help. And some German users reported within Microsoft-Answers forum post<\/a>, that this error has been observed also the issue on Microsoft Office 2016 Standard x64 German on Windows 7 x64.<\/p>\n

No confirmation from Microsoft, Update pulled?<\/h2>\n

Microsoft hasn't confirmed this issue nor offers a fix. But within this Microsoft Answers forum thread<\/a> another user reported that Microsoft obviously pulled the patch. He did a fresh install of Office 2016 on a machine and tried to install all updates. Update KB3213656 did not show up anymore.<\/p>\n

Machines without Update KB3213656 affected!<\/h2>\n

A couple of days later, some users reported within this Microsoft Answers forum thread<\/a>, that they observed this issue not only in Microsoft Word 2016 and also Outlook 2016. Some users observed this issue without Update KB3213656 installed at all. That's really strange, because uninstalling this update won't cure the issue.<\/p>\n

Some users re-installed Office on new machines and blocked all updates. Other users affected, expressing their doubts that updates following Update KB3213656 will cause the same issue.<\/p>\n

Addendum:<\/strong> I'm receiving more and more feedback to my German blog post, that\u00a0neither Update KB3213656 nor\u00a0Update KB4011039 has been installed, but Word 2016 shows the same table rendering bug.<\/p>\n

Same Bug with Update KB4011039 (September 5, 2017)<\/h2>\n

On September 5, 2017, Microsoft released Update KB4011039<\/a> for Word 2016. This update fixes the following issues \u2013 according to Microsoft:<\/p>\n