Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application ShowMe() method is giving this exception:
MESSAGE: The ShowMe command is not available in Word. SOURCE: Microsoft Word STACK: at Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.ApplicationClass.ShowMe()
This has been working until recently. Might be Windows 11 but I cannot find anything anywhere about it.
Anyone had this issue?
The same error came up for me when using the Word Merge feature in Microsoft Access which uses the ShowMe() function in word. This started beginning Friday 11/4/2022 for me. As of 11/8/2022, we have rolled back to a previous version of Office and this solved the problem.
The bad Microsoft Office 365 version I was running when I had the issue was "Version 2210 Build 16.0.15726.20070" from October 27th (see first link below). As far as I can tell, this is specific to the Current Channel only. Monthly and Semi-Annual Channels should be unaffected for a while still. Hopefully Microsoft fixes the issue before it reaches the other channels.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/current-channel#version-2210-october-27
Rolling back to "Version 2208 Build 16.0.15601.20204" resolved the issue for me (see link below for Sept 13th version).
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/current-channel#version-2208-september-13
Microsoft Office 365 Versions are confusing as the last few digits can vary, so just roll back to 16.0.15601.20xxx at least and you should be good to go.