Strikethrough option missing from TextEdit on macOS

Ah, it gets more interesting. I see that if I open up the same document 5 times, 4 times there will be no Decorations Menu in the toolbar ( ¶ ), and once, there will be. So that's why I haven't seen it before. I am now looking how to customize the Toolbar, to see if I can force it to show the Decorations menu.

Another way might be, to save the document that shows the Decorations menu, eviscerate the contents, and then use that as my starting point for writing. I've never seen the ¶ in the toolbar before, and yet, randomly it showed up the one time.

More mysteries. At least it worked once!

That is so weird. Everyone else's instructions, I've followed to the letter.

You are the first person to say different from Apple, different from the instructions here.

Yes, my image was from TextEdit, so you were incorrect there (why would I do different?)

But, as you pointed out, it is NOT in the Font menu, or the other places (like Apple and everyone else says), ¶ is in the toolbar.

Weird that everyone was stuck going down the wrong hole, INCLUDING Apple haha ...

You get 10/10 ! Thank you !! ¶ in the upper left corner of TextEdit, easy peasy.

Wish I could more than just label your answer "Helpful". Thanks so much!!!

I think I've solved this - and the answer is: This is not going to work.

For example, Apple suggests, "View > Customize Toolbar," which also doesn't exist in my TextEdit.

I have the one ancient file I'm editing, that have the Decorations ¶ Menu, and choosing Strikeout works there. Copying that ancient file makes - the option disappear again from the toolbar. And yes, it's not available in any other menu, not the ones people talk about here, nor what Apple says. I must say, the Apple AI on this is spectacular - spectacularly bad and off-topic.

I find it utterly bizarre, that the TextEdit toolbar should change, depending on whether I'm editing an old file, or a new one. Yes, they're all Rich Text Format, same-same.

I have a stack of Macbooks, and on all the other ones, having the menus in TextEdit to choose Strikeout is there. So in a few years, I'll buy an new Macbook. I never migrate, as I don't want to bring cruft with me - I start out fresh.

I get the message from the universe. This is not going to work. I'll use a pen.

Thanks to you all, all the same.

Nice of everyone to write, even thought the "solutions" are the same I listed not working.

I should have been explicit that indeed yes it's correct that I brought up the Styles menu, and yes indeed Strikethrough is not there. That's why I wrote.

I should have included an image - here it is, showing that there is no Strikethrough. It could be there an be totally invisible, but without anything to click, to me that means not there. Yes, I widened the window to the max also - it has the same contents as here.

Amusing thanks - though I can't follow your use of the word "Disagree" - I included an image showing that here on my machine, the Strikethrough is not here. I think you're disagreeing with the image above? "Me not understand" your use of the word there.

My setup is what the English call "bog-standard" - i.e. totally normal and nothing altered.

I haven't seen Strikethrough for a long time, but indeed I will update from 15.6.1 to 15.7.4, who knows.

Old Toad above had a good idea. This is an odd problem.

Yours is a good idea - Safe mode. I will also update from 15.6.1 to 15.7.4, as suggested by Owl-53. I don't use a wireless keyboard or any other extension from the normal - my 13" Macbook is the same as it comes out of the box. I haven't installed any fonts of my own. I've been in software for 44 years, and can't be bothered to modify consumer stuff - just creates more work down the road to maintain it.

I'll give the Safe Mode a try, thanks.

I'm pretty sure this will remain unsolveable. The emphasis nowadays isn't on solving simple problems - such as, for example, not having icons scatter when I move them, something that worked find in the old days of 9.1 - the focus now is on having e.g. AI allow to you to converse with your plants :)

Strikethrough isn't the end of the earth. I can use a pen.

Will try your idea when I can afford to shut down for a minute - thanks :)

PS That I used Bold as a Style already is not the problem, also. Removing Bold ... the Strikethrough is still not there.