File name is missing in toolbar in Word

So I updated to Mac Ventura today, and now when I work on a word document, the file name is not displaying at the toolbar. This makes it extremely difficult when working on multiple word docs.

Any help? Thank you!

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Jan 25, 2023 1:41 PM

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2 replies

Jan 25, 2023 2:44 PM in response to Rachelle W

It is still there with the Word 16.89.1 and Ventura 13.2 (latest versions of both) on my iMac.

One possibility that I found in the Microsoft Word for Mac forum is the following about lack of space -- see: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/how-to-display-file-name-in-word-toolbar-on-mac/b50d8659-b0b9-45dd-a41e-31ec6ead368d

That forum may also have other posts with other possibilities.

Rachelle W Author

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Jan 25, 2023 2:55 PM in response to FoxFifth

Thank you for your help.

I just updated Word to 16.69.1 and that solved the problem.

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