Hi Chris,
Is this in a corporate environment? If so the administrator
may have taken out that choice. If not, try starting
Word in Office Safe mode (hold down control key when starting
Word) then open a new document to see if the option is there.
Also see if you're only looking at partial menus by turning
off the 'short delay' choice in Tools=>Customize=>Options
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The options box is missing on my tools menu in word (ok in excel & access).
I have repaired and reinstalled and its still lost. Any ideas? >>
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Let us know if this helped you,
Bob Buckland ?

MS Office System Products MVP
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