Release Notes for Office Current Channel (Preview)

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10/26/2024

This article contains release notes for Current Channel (Preview) builds of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Project, and Teams for Windows desktop. Every week, we'll highlight interesting new features, important fixes, and any significant issues we want you to know about.

Note

We often roll out features to Current Channel (Preview) over a period of time. This allows us to ensure that things are working smoothly before releasing the feature to a wider audience. If you don't see something described below, you'll get it eventually.
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Version 2410: October 25

Version 2410 (Build 18129.20108)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue related to graphics where the app would close unexpectedly intermittently.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue related to graphics where the app would close unexpectedly intermittently.

Visio

We fixed an issue related to graphics where the app would close unexpectedly intermittently.

Word

We fixed an issue related to graphics where the app would close unexpectedly intermittently.

Version 2410: October 23

Version 2410 (Build 18129.20100)

Resolved issues

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where users experienced slowness when an Excel file contained many combo box form controls.

Version 2410: October 21

Version 2410 (Build 18129.20070)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2410: October 15

Version 2410 (Build 18129.20054)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2410: October 14

Version 2410 (Build 18129.20040)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2410: October 09

Version 2410 (Build 18129.20030)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where making Application.ScreenUpdating = false in macros caused screen flickering.
We resolved an issue where the RTD ThrottleInterval setting wasn’t working as expected.
Fixed an issue where VBA calculation caused the Excel app to stop responding.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users in hybrid environments to be unable to apply labels to emails.
Resolved an issue in Outlook where content may not be visible in the email body unless using Forward or Reply.

PowerPoint

Fixed an issue in PowerPoint where saves to a OneDrive sync location would sometimes fail unexpectedly for users subject to a mandatory sensitivity labeling policy.
We fixed an issue where PowerPoint (.pptx) files exported as .pdf truncated or omitted images.

Project

We fixed an issue where signed macros would not run even if the Trust Center Macro Settings "Disable all macros except digitally signed macros" option was selected.

Visio

We fixed an issue where PowerPoint stopped responding when a Visio object was activated and the mouse was moved over the stencil list.

Word

We fixed an issue where the Title bar no longer showed a "Saved" status for locally-saved files.
Fixed an issue in Word where images would move when moused over.
Resolved an issue where Track Changes didn't accept a change involving a checkbox.
Made changes to prevent users from receiving the error "Sorry, something went wrong. Please try again in a few moments." when using "Draft with Copilot" in certain cases.
Resolved an issue in Outlook where content may not be visible in the email body unless using Forward or Reply.
Resolved an issue in Outlook where text may be truncated on the right side of the message when using an HTML email template.
Resolved an issue where placeholders in an equation showed when printing or exporting to PDF.

Office Suite

We fixed a localization issue where Japanese characters appeared in MS Gothic.

Version 2409: October 02

Version 2409 (Build 18025.20126)

Resolved issues

Access

Chart gridlines are now darker, so they are more visible.

Project

Fixed an issue where signed macros wouldn't run even if the Trust Center Macro Settings "Disable all macros except digitally signed macros" option was selected.

Word

We fixed an issue where, when you save a file in Word, the save status is missing from the Title bar.
Resolved an issue where text may not be clearly visible in High Contrast Mode when using "Draft with Copilot" and referencing a meeting under "Reference your content".

Version 2409: September 23

Version 2409 (Build 18025.20096)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2409: September 20

Version 2409 (Build 18025.20090)

Resolved issues

PowerPoint

Fixed an issue in PowerPoint where a document saved to a OneDrive sync location intermittently stopped working for users subject to a mandatory sensitivity labeling policy.

Version 2409: September 16

Version 2409 (Build 18025.20058)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2409: September 09

Version 2409 (Build 18025.20030)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2409: September 03

Version 2409 (Build 18025.20024)

Feature updates

Excel

Information Protection: Improved DLP policy tip reliability: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows now consistently show the same policy tips that SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business sites have determined should be shown on a file.

PowerPoint

Information Protection: Improved DLP policy tip reliability: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows now consistently show the same policy tips that SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business sites have determined should be shown on a file.

Word

Information Protection: Improved DLP policy tip reliability: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows now consistently show the same policy tips that SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business sites have determined should be shown on a file.

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where the user would experience changes in column widths unexpectedly when using PivotTables.
We fixed issues users could encounter applying conditional formatting via the Top10 Interop object in Add-in, which included requiring a restart and potential data loss.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where the app closed unexpectedly when a cache file contained corrupted data.

PowerPoint

Fixed an issue in PowerPoint where the digital signature of the VBA project was not being persisted after applying or changing sensitivity labels.

Visio

We fixed an issue where Visio would stop responding if it was opened in a remote desktop session, and then the remote desktop session was closed and reopened.
We fixed an issue where Visio would become unresponsive when editing a Visio document embedded in a PowerPoint presentation.

Word

Resolved an issue that prevented a file from opening for some documents.
Resolved an issue where Document Mode would switch from "editing" to "viewing" if user enabled "Track Changes" and set "For Everyone".
Resolved an issue where an email wouldn't fully render in the preview pane.
Resolved an issue where watermarks in a document weren't being printed.
Resolved an issue where "Restricted Editing" may not prevent editing after uploading a document to SharePoint and reopening.
Resolved an issue when modifying styles that the "Style based on" entry would be blank.

Version 2408: August 26

Version 2408 (Build 17928.20114)

Feature updates

Office Suite

Open locked records as read-only: Files with retention labels marking them as locked records will now open as read-only to prevent user edits.

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused the buttons on the Reminders dialog to be truncated with some fonts.

Version 2408: August 19

Version 2408 (Build 17928.20080)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2408: August 14

Version 2408 (Build 17928.20066)

*Various bug and performance fixes.

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused default SMIME labels to fail to apply when a user replies to or forwards an unlabeled message.

Version 2408: August 05

Version 2408 (Build 17928.20018)

Resolved issues

Visio

Text strikethrough now visible in view mode in Visio 2016 after resolving an issue.
Search for shapes and stencils saved on the local device is now available after resolving an issue.

Word

Resolved an issue where the ruler wouldn't show unit numbers or indents in RTL layout.
Resolved an issue where preferences deployed with the Office Deployment Tool were not being set correctly.
Fixed an issue to prevent opening OneDrive sync files exceeding 259 characters, which could result in unpredictable outcomes.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where the application displayed empty or incorrect contents during scrolling or switching sheets in right-to-left (RTL) Excel.
We fixed an issue where the application wouldn't render shapes while switching sheets in Excel.
Resolved a performance issue in PowerPoint when typing with autocorrect.
We fixed an issue where the user couldn't install Microsoft 365 apps on an enrolled device.

Version 2407: July 30

Version 2407 (Build 17830.20118)

*Various bug and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Excel

Publish to Power BI retires starting August 19, 2024: Publish to Power BI retires from Excel in Microsoft 365 starting August 19, 2024. We recommend users transition to Microsoft Power BI on the web (also known as the Power BI service), for their publishing needs.

Office Suite

Protect sensitive files with dynamic watermarking: Deter leakage of your highly confidential document content by rendering the reader’s email address and other information over the document. This is configurable on sensitivity labels.

Version 2407: July 22

Version 2407 (Build 17830.20094)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to see the categories they applied to an email until after they closed the email window.
We fixed an issue that caused Copilot drafts to display incorrectly with non-Latin character sets.

Version 2407: July 18

Version 2407 (Build 17830.20084)

Feature updates

Excel

Comment Filtering Enable filtering capabilities for the comment pane.

Outlook

Tables are more accessible for screen readers: Screen readers should more sensibly read out information in tables.

Resolved issues

Office Suite

Resolved a performance issue when typing with autocorrect on in PowerPoint.

Version 2407: July 15

Version 2407 (Build 17830.20056)

Feature updates

Excel

Modernized user-defined permissions experience: We’ve improved the user experience for selecting which users should have which permissions when a sensitivity label configured for user-defined permissions is applied to a file or when configuring standalone Information Rights Management through the Restrict Access feature.
Open locked records as read-only: Files with retention labels marking them as locked records will now open as read-only to prevent user edits.

PowerPoint

Modernized user-defined permissions experience: We’ve improved the user experience for selecting which users should have which permissions when a sensitivity label configured for user-defined permissions is applied to a file or when configuring standalone Information Rights Management through the Restrict Access feature.
Open locked records as read-only: Files with retention labels marking them as locked records will now open as read-only to prevent user edits.

Word

Modernized user-defined permissions experience: We’ve improved the user experience for selecting which users should have which permissions when a sensitivity label configured for user-defined permissions is applied to a file or when configuring standalone Information Rights Management through the Restrict Access feature.
Open locked records as read-only: Files with retention labels marking them as locked records will now open as read-only to prevent user edits.

Office Suite

Use sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365 apps when connected experiences are disabled: Your organization can now disable connected experiences for privacy concerns without impacting data security policies, such as sensitivity labels. Services associated with Microsoft Purview (e.g. sensitivity labels, rights management, ...) are no longer controlled by policy settings to manage privacy controls for Microsoft 365 Apps. Instead, these services will rely on their existing security admin controls in Purview portals.

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue with Linked Tables. When a user tried to close an existing linked table with a Dynamics 365 data source the following error displayed, "This action will reset the current code in break mode".

Excel

We fixed an issue where coauthoring on text boxes could yield unexpected results.
We fixed an issue for PivotTables in which custom styles were not being applied correctly when the option to insert a blank row after each item was selected.
We fixed an issue where linked pictures could fail to update.
We fixed an issue where the ChartArea.ClearContents method might unexpectedly stop working.
We fixed an issue where some cells might not be rendered properly upon scrolling in a worksheet using freeze panes.

Outlook

We resolved an issue by implementing an admin-controlled policy for MailTips. This policy ensures that users receive notifications when their emails are blocked, restricted, or contain sensitive information.
We resolved an issue where characters don't appear correctly in Text Box Gallery.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where line widths were not preserved when exporting arrow shapes to PDF.
Fixed an issue where desktop PowerPoint tries to repair a corrupt password-encrypted file and always stops working. PowerPoint will now display the error message, "PowerPoint for desktop can't repair this file. Try repairing in PowerPoint for the web."
Fixed an issue where opening a OneDrive sync, client-managed file on paths exceeding 259 characters resulted in save not working if you edit the file. PowerPoint now blocks opening and displays an appropriate error message when this condition is detected.

Word

We fixed an issue in which certain customers who have installed 3rd party fonts on their machines could see garbled text with WordArt effects applied to paragraph text in Word.
Resolved an issue where revisions may be skipped when reviewing using VBA.
Resolved an issue where Word may quit unexpectedly when the "Next" or "Previous" buttons in the review tab are clicked to navigate through comments.
Resolved as issue where the Actions pane was unavailable in Office 2016.
We resolved an issue where characters don't appear correctly in Text Box Gallery.
Resolved an issue where opening two documents and using Copilot may cause a sensitivity label to incorrectly apply to the wrong document.
Resolved an issue where the prompt given to Copilot is lost if the user encountered an error message. The prompt is now saved after clicking 'Generate'.
Resolved an issue when assigning a Task in Outlook, characters may not render correctly.
Resolved an issue where characters could appear corrupted when opening RTF emails.
Resolved an issue where the Word process may continue running for users with the GENKO add-in after Word is called using OLE.
Resolved an issue where users were unable to launch Word with the DDE function (/x switch).
Resolved an issue where Toolbar and Command bar customizations could become corrupted in a document.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where users opening a file in viewing mode, could see each other's names if the file has an encryption label with user defined permissions.
We fixed an issue where opening a file encrypted by a sensitivity label changed the modified date/time in the OneDrive sync folder within file explorer view.
We fixed a problem specific to Rich Text Format emails, where images inserted into the email would become degraded when the email was saved as a draft.

Version 2406: July 01

Version 2406 (Build 17726.20126)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to exit unexpectedly shortly after launch for some users.

Version 2406: June 26

Version 2406 (Build 17726.20118)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2406: June 21

Version 2406 (Build 17726.20108)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2406: June 18

Version 2406 (Build 17726.20090)

Resolved issues

PowerPoint

We updated the Designer icon in the PowerPoint ribbon to a new purple color to be consistent with new Designer branding.

Version 2406: June 11

Version 2406 (Build 17726.20078)

Security updates listed here

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that prevented users from sending mail for a few hours after updating add-ins with on-send events.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see Outlook exit unexpectedly when declining a meeting and sending a response.

Version 2406: June 03

Version 2406 (Build 17726.20016)

Feature updates

Excel

Use Microsoft Purview to prevent some connected experiences that analyze content: Use a new sensitivity label setting or protection with Double Key Encryption to prevent content within Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook from being sent to Microsoft for content analysis as a privacy control, even when these are stored in Microsoft’s cloud, such as SharePoint or OneDrive. This helps your organization to optimize your data privacy needs on a per-content basis using the familiar configurations and end-user experiences available with Microsoft Purview. Learn More

Outlook

Use Microsoft Purview to prevent some connected experiences that analyze content: Use a new sensitivity label setting or protection with Double Key Encryption to prevent content within Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook from being sent to Microsoft for content analysis as a privacy control, even when these are stored in Microsoft’s cloud, such as SharePoint or OneDrive. This helps your organization to optimize your data privacy needs on a per-content basis using the familiar configurations and end-user experiences available with Microsoft Purview. Learn More

PowerPoint

Use Microsoft Purview to prevent some connected experiences that analyze content: Use a new sensitivity label setting or protection with Double Key Encryption to prevent content within Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook from being sent to Microsoft for content analysis as a privacy control, even when these are stored in Microsoft’s cloud, such as SharePoint or OneDrive. This helps your organization to optimize your data privacy needs on a per-content basis using the familiar configurations and end-user experiences available with Microsoft Purview. Learn More

Word

Use Microsoft Purview to prevent some connected experiences that analyze content: Use a new sensitivity label setting or protection with Double Key Encryption to prevent content within Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook from being sent to Microsoft for content analysis as a privacy control, even when these are stored in Microsoft’s cloud, such as SharePoint or OneDrive. This helps your organization to optimize your data privacy needs on a per-content basis using the familiar configurations and end-user experiences available with Microsoft Purview. Learn More

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where hyperlinks might not be properly exported to SharePoint.
We fixed an issue where an error regarding internal names might unexpectedly occur upon opening a workbook.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to exit unexpectedly when using Copilot Summarize.

Word

Resolved an issue where embedded objects couldn't be opened after signing a document and marking it as final.
Resolved an issue in Word where embedded objects couldn't be opened if the file needed to be checked out before editing.
Resolved an issue in Outlook where background images wouldn't render correctly, requiring the user to scroll or click into the message for the image to appear.
Resolved an issue where multiple newlines were appearing between paragraphs in multi-line comments while coauthoring.
Resolved an issue where an error would occur when opening a document with a template attached that was saved in the Word 2003 XML Document format.
Resolved an issue where the comment anchor range would still show after the comment was resolved.
Resolved an issue where AutoRecovered documents would be saved in compatibility mode.
Resolved an issue in Word where the Check-out banner would not display when opening files from SharePoint with a file path longer than 260 characters.
Resolved an issue in Word where pasting data from Word or Excel to an Outlook template as a link would give an error message.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where the Organization Chart Add-In for Microsoft programs was not loading properly.

Version 2405: May 29

Version 2405 (Build 17628.20110)

Resolved issues

Word

Resolved an issue in Outlook where background images wouldn't render correctly, requiring the user to scroll or click into the message for the image to appear.

Version 2405: May 24

Version 2405 (Build 17628.20102)

Feature updates

Office Suite

Support skill in admin copilot: Augloop changes for support skill in admin copilot.

Resolved issues

Outlook

We added support for converting some COM add-ins to Web add-ins.
We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to exit unexpectedly when using Copilot Summarize.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where the Organization Chart Add-In for Microsoft programs was not loading properly.

Version 2405: May 21

Version 2405 (Build 17628.20086)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to exit unexpectedly when using Copilot Summarize.
We added support for converting some COM add-ins to Web add-ins.

Version 2405: May 13

Version 2405 (Build 17628.20044)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2405: May 06

Version 2405 (Build 17628.20006)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to open some search results when searching their Online Archive.
We fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to view the "Permission granted by" information on Digitally Rights Managed messages.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see incorrect label information when they had 2 or more email windows open while a message with a label was displayed in the preview pane.
We fixed an issue that caused draft messages with inline images to be converted to plain text when saving as an .MSG file.
We fixed an issue that caused the "Edit Meeting" button to disappear when a series exception is the first item opened in the Outlook session.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see no prompt to send updates to attendees after removing attendees from a meeting on a shared calendar where the location of the meeting was set.
We fixed an issue that caused updates made by delegates to the "Show As" setting on a manager's calendar fail to be persisted after clicking "Send Update."
We fixed an issue where the app closed unexpectedly using the Scheduling Assistant when creating a new meeting or viewing an existing meeting.
We fixed an issue that caused Outlook users with E3 licenses to be unable to open protected meeting invitations without going to the web.
We fixed an issue that caused add-in developers to hit timeouts when retrieving notifications from an Outlook client context.

PowerPoint

The Title field in File > Info will no longer be filled in automatically when saving a file.
Improved experience in changing the source of a linked chart: In a situation where a presentation contains a linked chart, which is not only stored at a SharePoint location, but also synced to a local folder, when the user tries to change the chart source via "File -> Info -> Edit Links to File -> Change Source...", the initial location in the Change Source dialog now shows the current location of the linked chart, instead of the last used location. PowerPoint can now convert the local sync folder location to its corresponding SharePoint URL and preserve it in the file if the user chooses a chart in a local sync folder as the new chart source.
The Edit Photo Album option is now enabled in Slide Sorter view.

Word

Resolved an issue in Outlook where background images wouldn't render correctly, requiring the user to scroll or click into the message for the image to appear.
Resolved an issue where text inside the track change card was not properly visible when using dark grey theme.
Resolved an issue where attempting to reference a file using Draft with Copilot would give the error "Copilot wasn't able to apply the right sensitivity label to this file because it couldn't work with the content you referenced."
Resolved an issue that caused footnote numbers to be missing from the Cross Reference list when track changes is turned on in a document and changes are made.
Resolved an issue where the Enter and Backspace keys were not performing their expected functions within a list, preventing users from exiting the list.

Version 2404: April 29 (Build 17531.20120)

Version 2404 (Build 17531.20120)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2404: April 29 (Build 17531.20090)

Version 2404 (Build 17531.20090)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to be prompted to save messages that had no changes when the message was opened in a previous Outlook session.

Version 2404: April 23

Version 2404 (Build 17531.20080)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2404: April 16

Version 2404 (Build 17531.20062)

Resolved issues

Outlook

Fixed an issue where Outlook would ask to enable an older version of the Copilot for Sales addin when the newer version was active.

Version 2404: April 08

Version 2404 (Build 17531.20004)

Resolved issues

Project

If an enterprise template is created with the Microsoft Project Professional 2016 desktop, when users with newer versions of Project create projects based on the template, information such as task notes may be missing. This fix addresses this problem.

Version 2404: April 02

Version 2404 (Build 17531.20000)

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issues where Access didn't run digitally-signed macros.
We fixed a performance issue when applying criteria to the ID field in a query to a linked ODBC table.

Excel

We fixed an issue where the app closed unexpectedly when opening files with pivot tables and table design in macro-enabled files.
We fixed an issue where the app closed unexpectedly when the user would attempt to open or import large text files.
We fixed an issue where all visible panes get drawn for scrolling operations in multiple pane scenarios.
We fixed an issue where worksheets with right-to-left alignment and frozen panes would sometimes render incorrectly.
We fixed the issue of a shape location shifting when pasting a range with some shapes as a picture.
We fixed an issue where the COUNTIF function did not work correctly when counting merged cells with dropdown lists.
We fixed a rendering issue related to scrolling or zooming in charts.
We fixed an issue in Excel where the user was unable to set the default font.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where users were unable to recall a message sent in Outlook.
We fixed an issue where custom forms from MAPI form servers stopped responding.

PowerPoint

We have resolved a problem where online videos do not play in some cases.
We fixed an issue in the PowerPoint presenter view where speaker notes from a previous slide would move to the current slide view if no speaker notes were available.

Word

We fixed an issue where the accessibility pane was blank on saving the document in .doc format or when document was in compatibility mode.
We fixed an issue where a notification was not disabling as expected in template (.dotx) files with personal information removal enabled in the Change Setting or the Trust Center Settings.
We fixed an issue where opening certain Word documents would give error, "Word experienced an error trying to open the file".

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where the user wasn’t prompted to save to the cloud on exit from Excel.
We fixed an issue where the Office update installer would appear to be unresponsive.

Version 2403: March 29

Version 2403 (Build 17425.20146)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused some users to receive a Non Delivery Report when attempting to reply to or forward a message.

Version 2403: March 27

Version 2403 (Build 17425.20124)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2403: March 18

Version 2403 (Build 17425.20070)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2403: March 13

Version 2403 (Build 17425.20058)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2403: March 04

Version 2403 (Build 17425.20008)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where attempting to programmatically set the Formula property on a Linked Picture resulted in a run-time error.
We fixed an issue that caused errors when attempting to save files in environments where Default Labeling and Mandatory Labeling policies are configured and AIP document co-authoring is disabled.
We fixed an issue where the input language of a keyboard converted from Chinese Traditional to English, an error appeared, and the app closed unexpectedly when the name of an Excel sheet was edited.

OneNote

We fixed an issue where, after switching from an ODM notebook to an ODP notebook with the notebooks pane pinned, the Math Assistant continued to appear in the Draw tab and prompted an error.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where the App Search bar was unexpectedly appearing above the message list in Outlook 2016 and Outlook 2019.
We fixed an issue with user and shared mailboxes where a message sent from a user with saved to Sent Items folder enabled and where DelegateSentItemsStyle is set to 1 is saved in the shared mailbox Sent Items folder.
We fixed an issue where Office add-ins disappeared from the ribbon.
We fixed an issue that affected all-day meetings with a reminder on the day of. The meeting didn't open, and an error message was displayed.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where PowerPoint closed unexpectedly when a user tried to open a copy of a presentation saved to the cloud.
We fixed an issue where PowerPoint (.pptx) files exported as .pdf truncated or omitted images.

Project

We fixed a performance issue with opening a Project MPP file with a high percentage difference in file size by shortening the interval of file compaction.
We fixed an issue in projects saved to SharePoint document libraries where, on Save, a user's changes remained in their local cache after the file check in was complete. If the file was then immediately checked out, updated, and checked back in by a different user, the first user experienced possible data loss.

Word

We fixed an issue where certain Word documents wouldn't open in compatibility mode.
We fixed an issue where completing Proofing with an Office Add-in's side pane open would result in the add-in's pane being closed.
We fixed an issue where characters became invisible when converted to Kanji.
We fixed an issue where styles changed or were applied incorrectly when transitioning to WPM.
We fixed an issue where pasting a list with a custom style into a document that was saved to the cloud with restricted formatting would show an "AutoSave Failed" error.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where opened Office apps didn't automatically start when a laptop was reopened, and an error message appeared after manual relaunch.
We fixed an issue where the app wouldn't re-install when the device was offline, and the re-install was from a local install source.
We fixed an issue where a mandatory sensitivity label wasn't applied or prompted for if an email was sent from the Drafts-folder.
We fixed an issue where the user wasn'tified of an Alt-text violation after adding and deleting an image.

Version 2402: February 28

Version 2402 (Build 17328.20142)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Excel

Create richer analyses and summaries with PivotTables and data types: PivotTables in Excel now support data types. Instead of just strings, bring data types such as images in cells to your PivotTable rows and columns, or use related properties from linked data types such as Stocks and Geography directly from the PivotTable pane.

Version 2402: February 26

Version 2402 (Build 17328.20124)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2402: February 21

Version 2402 (Build 17328.20108)

Feature updates

OneNote

Preview of New Sticky Notes app on Windows available from OneNote app: The new Sticky Notes app allows you to create and recall notes like the classic Microsoft Sticky Notes app, while making it easier to capture screenshots, automatically add the source information to the notes, and more.

Version 2402: February 13

Version 2402 (Build 17328.20068)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2402: February 05

Version 2402 (Build 17328.20004)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where a file failed to upload with the following error when co-authoring: "We ran into a problem with this file and can't save any new changes. Save a copy to avoid losing your work."
We fixed an issue where a dropdown list wouldn't copy when taking a print screen using Windows+Shift+S.

OneNote

We fixed an issue where resizing issues occurred when the app was docked to the desktop.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused expanded groups in the message list to become collapsed when changing, which column they are arranged by.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where users weren't able to create a bullet list with hyphens.
We fixed an issue where an error message would appear when opening a copy of a file.

Word

We fixed an issue where the wrong paper size was chosen when two paper sizes in a printer were close to 1/6th of an inch of each other.
We fixed an issue where the font would switch from Aptos to Times New Roman when typing in a new email.
We fixed an issue where the default font Yu Mincho Demibold would change to Yu Gothic when the user moved to the next line.
We fixed an issue where the error message "Compile error" would appear when opening a .docm file.
We fixed an issue where only one document would open when trying to open several files containing SQL data from File Explorer or the desktop.

Version 2401: January 30

Version 2401 (Build 17231.20182)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2401: January 26

Version 2401 (Build 17231.20170)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2401: January 22

Version 2401 (Build 17231.20118)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2401: January 17

Version 2401 (Build 17231.20084)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2401: January 10

Version 2401 (Build 17231.20036)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where converting a diagram to shapes would result in invalid shape geometry.

OneNote

We fixed an issue where meetings spanning a full day were appearing in meeting details on the following day.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where converting a diagram to shapes would result in invalid shape geometry.
We fixed an issue where Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) RecordNarrationFromCurrentSlide failed with a runtime error.
We fixed an issue where the 'Cell Margins' in the Table Layout ribbon item was disabled for users with only Edit Information Rights Management (IRM) permissions.
We fixed an issue where the Add comments method in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) showed a runtime error.
We fixed an issue where the Notes and Slide layout would open with incorrect proportions when a file was opened from a protected view.

Word

We fixed an issue where comment cards may appear too wide and cut off text when changing or switching the screen in use.

Version 2312: January 03

Version 2312 (Build 17126.20114)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2312: December 28

Version 2312 (Build 17126.20108)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2312: December 20

Version 2312 (Build 17126.20092)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2312: December 15

Version 2312 (Build 17126.20078)

Feature updates

Excel

Reduce workbook size bloat from unwanted cell formatting with "Check Performance": Reduce workbook size bloat from unwanted cell formatting with new "Check Performance" task pane user experience.

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue where Skype for Business was shutting down unexpectedly at start up.

Version 2312: December 11

Version 2312 (Build 17126.20048)

Feature updates

Excel

Sensitivity toolbar is now available when creating a copy of a document: The sensitivity bar is now available in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint when users are creating copies of their documents in File / Save As. This helps users understand the security policies that apply to their document.

PowerPoint

Sensitivity toolbar is now available when creating a copy of a document: The sensitivity bar is now available in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint when users are creating copies of their documents in File / Save As. This helps users understand the security policies that apply to their document.

Word

Sensitivity toolbar is now available when creating a copy of a document: The sensitivity bar is now available in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint when users are creating copies of their documents in File / Save As. This helps users understand the security policies that apply to their document.

Version 2312: December 05

Version 2312 (Build 17126.20014)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where Custom Menu text was truncated when right clicking in a cell.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where the message list was blank when switching between the "Focused" and "Other" views.
We fixed an issue where Mail Tips weren't showing for attachments.
We fixed an issue where the list of invalid recipients was showing duplicates.
We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to exit unexpectedly when opening embedded mail attachments in another application.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where restoring a previous version of a presentation wasn't working as expected when using Version History.

Project

We fixed an issue where the duration on manually scheduled tasks wasn't calculated correctly when importing from XML.

Word

We fixed an issue where the content control end tag is marked at the end of the document automatically if the document is edited in Word Online and then opened in Word desktop.
We fixed an issue where the input language formatting would sometimes revert to a previously typed language when using Language AutoDetect.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where the orientation of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) line markers wasn't rendering correctly.

Version 2311: November 29

Version 2311 (Build 17029.20068)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2311: November 20

Version 2311 (Build 17029.20038)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2311: November 13

Version 2311 (Build 17029.20028)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2311: November 06

Version 2311 (Build 17029.20000)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where the Save dialog wouldn't always save or would get stuck when closing a local file.
We fixed an issue where list box controls wouldn't respond to mouse clicks after scrolling using the mouse wheel.
We fixed an issue where angled text wouldn't display correctly on some large monitors.
We fixed an issue where worksheets with right-to-left alignment and frozen panes would sometimes render incorrectly.
We fixed an issue where Conditional Formatting handled wild card characters incorrectly.

OneNote

We fixed an issue where the calendar date picker day (Sat., Sun., Mon., etc.) didn't align with the actual day number of the month.
We fixed an issue where OneNote would close unexpectedly when rapidly navigating from one .PDF file to another .PDF file between different sections, or when performing an undo operation on a .PDF printout insertion.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where Outlook would close unexpectedly when a user clicked "Cancel" in the Wait on Send dialog if the message had attachments.
We fixed an issue where the scrollbar didn't render in the Contact Card View.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where the Wingding font wouldn't display correctly when characters were inserted using the Insert Symbol dialog prior to changing to the Wingding font.
We fixed an issue where some Connected Service account users were prevented from adding comments.

Word

We fixed an issue where creating a new comment with the Comment Pane enabled would reset the selected comment to the top of the pane, causing the document to scroll to that comment's anchor.
We fixed an issue where revised content was reversed showing added content as deleted and deleted content as added.
We fixed an issue where running Word's Spell Check through a Visual Studio solution would result in the 'Not in dictionary' area being grey and not editable when the Word window wasn't visible.
We made performance improvements for Macros where runtimes were slower in current builds compared to older versions.
We fixed an issue where setting Breaks to Continuous changed to Page after a Mail Merge.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue that caused unexpected black borders to appear around screen captures added with the Insert Screenshot functionality.
We fixed an issue where pictures with redirected URLs wouldn't display properly.

Version 2310: October 31

Version 2310 (Build 16924.20124)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2310: October 25

Version 2310 (Build 16924.20106)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2310: October 25

Version 2310 (Build 16924.20096)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2310: October 20

Version 2310 (Build 16924.20088)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2310: October 18

Version 2310 (Build 16924.20078)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2310: October 13

Version 2310 (Build 16924.20054)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2310: October 09

Version 2310 (Build 16924.20042)

Feature updates

Excel

Efficient reading in Excel using Narrator: Announcements through the Windows inbox screen reader, Narrator, will be much more succinct and efficient.

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where Excel would close unexpectedly in certain automated scenarios.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where the setting to control how Outlook opens previous items at start-up was missing from the Options window.
We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to exit unexpectedly when inserting a Loop component into a meeting request, as well as other meeting body issues.
We fixed an issue where the Louder Labels sensitivity menu wasn't visible in the ribbon for users in the Semi-Annual Channel.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where ActiveX controls do not display correctly after changing the display scale.
We fixed an issue where running the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro View.Slide with multiple slides selected, returned the wrong Slide object.
We fixed an issue where clicking on Updates Available in the status bar does not merge in changes.
We fixed an issue where the 'End with Black Slide' option wasn't working when slides advanced on a timer.

Project

We fixed an issue where a message that says, "You cannot delete or modify a project summary task" appears when opening a project.

Word

We fixed an issue where deleting text within a Content Control would unexpectedly delete the Content Control when Track Changes was enabled.
We fixed an issue where the content control end tag is marked at the end of the document automatically if the document is edited in Word Online and then opened in Word desktop.
We fixed an issue where previously inserted custom bullets would reset after editing a document.
We fixed an issue where if you saved a PDF in a language other than English and it had a hyperlink with a dash (-), the URL would get an extra dash that made the link not work.
We fixed an issue where subheading numbering with a custom Style would disappear if the file was saved and re-opened.
We fixed an issue where the layout of a table would unexpectedly change after saving and re-opening the file when the table was modified with Track Changes enabled.

Version 2309: September 27

Version 2309 (Build 16827.20122)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2309: September 22

Version 2309 (Build 16827.20104)

Feature updates

Word

Improved Coauthoring Error Recovery Experience: Collaborating with others while working in Word is a vital productivity tool for many users, and disruptions can be frustrating. We've now developed an improved recovery experience to quickly restore users back to a connected state after experiencing coauthoring errors. This automatic refresh synchronizes all changes among different authors, so you're seeing the most up-to-date document possible. Conflicts between different authors and changes not saved to the server shows as tracked changes.

Version 2309: September 18

Version 2309 (Build 16827.20080)

Feature updates

Office Suite

Automatically insert image captioning for Excel's images: Insert image into Excel's spreadsheet and accessibility image captioning is automatically generated for you.

Version 2309: September 11

Version 2309 (Build 16827.20056)

Feature updates

Excel

Control your data conversions: You've been asking for more control over how Excel automatically converts your data to specific formats. We delivered! You now have the ability to disable specific types of automatic data conversions; this way, you won't need to worry about Excel converting your data to a format that you didn't want and weren't expecting.
See details in blog post

Outlook

Teams Meeting Apps now work in Outlook too: Now, you can configure a meeting app while scheduling an invite in Outlook. This meeting app is ready to use when you chat or join the meeting on Teams.

Version 2309: September 04

Version 2309 (Build 16827.20014)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where settings for row and column subtotals were reversed in PivotTables.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused sensitivity labels to display incorrectly when they contain non-ASCII characters.
We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to close unexpectedly when viewing an email.
We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to close unexpectedly in some search scenarios.
We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to exit unexpectedly when users executed a search with the "All Mailboxes" scope.
We fixed an issue that caused the incorrect workdays to be displayed on shared-in calendars.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where the Notes Pane was in the wrong order with no ability to edit the slide when pressing the F6 key.

Word

We fixed an issue where the Compare button was grayed out when a document was checked in and opened in desktop.
We fixed an issue where base64 encoded .png images displayed the incorrect background color after switching folders.
We fixed an issue where a document with "view only" permissions was able to be saved.
We fixed an issue where the header of a document would disappear when enforcing Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) labels if the document was printed before selecting the label.
We removed the "Yes To All" button from a dialog box in Word, since it wasn't working as intended. When opening a document that was shared as read-only, selecting "Yes To All" would open the document in editing mode instead of read-only.
We fixed an issue where the error message "You are attempting to open a file type that has been blocked by your File Block settings in the Trust Center." would appear when trying to open a file type marked for opening in Protected View, when Application Guard was enabled for Office and the setting "Open selected file types in Protected View and allow editing" was enabled.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where the File > Open dialog wouldn't open when selecting Save As Picture to save an image.

Version 2308: August 28

Version 2308 (Build 16731.20170)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2308: August 28

Version 2308 (Build 16731.20140)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2308: August 21

Version 2308 (Build 16731.20094)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused the incorrect workdays to be displayed on shared-in calendars.

Version 2308: August 15

Version 2308 (Build 16731.20078)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an error that users were hitting when they tried to override a Policy Tip detection or to report it as a false positive.
We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to exit unexpectedly when users executed a search with the "All Mailboxes" scope.

Version 2308: August 10

Version 2308 (Build 16731.20052)

Feature updates

Excel

Office has a new default theme: We've updated the default font and colors of the Office theme to be more modern and accessible.
Track tasks with @mentions: Use @mentions in comments to create, assign and track tasks within your workbook. Learn more

Outlook

Office has a new default theme: We've updated the default font and colors of the Office theme to be more modern and accessible.

PowerPoint

Office has a new default theme: We've updated the default font and colors of the Office theme to be more modern and accessible.

Word

Office has a new default theme: We've updated the default font and colors of the Office theme to be more modern and accessible.

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where certain macros used for updating charts caused Excel to close unexpectedly.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where users were unable to attach an Outlook item into an email when the item was selected from the Archive Mailbox (Auto Expanding Archive Mailbox).
We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to fail to show Top Search Results in some views.
We fixed an issue where Outlook would prompt the user to save changes to a meeting when no changes were made.
We fixed an issue that caused users to receive errors about having too many Actionable Messages open more frequently than expected.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where saving changes from a conflict dialog could result in duplicated slides.
PowerPoint Designer is now available for presentations encrypted with sensitivity labels and when the files are located in SharePoint or OneDrive. This new capability requires that your organization has enabled co-authoring for files encrypted with sensitivity labels. Learn More

Project

We fixed an issue where the progress wasn't being retained on certain milestone tasks.

Word

We fixed an issue where hovering on the anchored text tooltip for a comment, the tooltip would appear blank.
We fixed an issue where the content control end tag is marked at the end of the document automatically if the document is edited in Word Online and then opened in Word desktop.
We fixed an issue where using the Repeating Section Content Control could cause the application to close unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue where copying text and pasting as Enhanced Metafile would cause the text to overflow to the next line.
We fixed an issue where attempting to print more than one page of tasks in Outlook would result in an error message, "There is a problem with the selected printer".
We fixed an issue where opening documents with track changes would cause the application to close unexpectedly if "Show paragraph" was enabled.
We fixed an issue where editing and saving a .doc file created with OpenOffice would cause the application to stop responding.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where the ribbon labels no longer split mid-word onto multiple lines when the language is set to Korean.
We fixed an issue where importing customizations for the Quick Access Toolbar had no effect.
We fixed an issue in Project where content was missing after scrolling.
We fixed an issue where broken SVG assets didn't fall back on their raster image counterparts.

Version 2307: July 27

Version 2307 (Build 16626.20134)

Resolved issues

Office Suite

This update fixes an extended range of supported characters to prevent display issues in Office apps.

Version 2307: July 26

Version 2307 (Build 16626.20132)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2307: July 21

Version 2307 (Build 16626.20118)

Feature updates

Excel

Performance improvement related to fonts: If you do not use printer fonts or have not heard of printer fonts, unchecking the setting in File/Options/Advanced/[Include fonts that are stored on the printer] can help speed up font related operations such as choosing a font from font drop down, or formatting a cell by bolding/italicizing a cell's font, etc.
Updated encryption for Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with 256-bit key length in Cipher Block Chaining mode (AES256-CBC) is now the default Microsoft Purview Information Protection encryption mechanism for Microsoft 365 Apps documents and emails. Learn more.

Outlook

Updated encryption for Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with 256-bit key length in Cipher Block Chaining mode (AES256-CBC) is now the default Microsoft Purview Information Protection encryption mechanism for Microsoft 365 Apps documents and emails. Learn more.

PowerPoint

Present a local file in PowerPoint Live: The "Present in Teams" button now supports presenting local files in PowerPoint Live in Microsoft Teams. Once you click the button, you are prompted to save the file to Microsoft cloud, and then automatically launch the presentation in PowerPoint Live.
Updated encryption for Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with 256-bit key length in Cipher Block Chaining mode (AES256-CBC) is now the default Microsoft Purview Information Protection encryption mechanism for Microsoft 365 Apps documents and emails. Learn more.

Word

Updated encryption for Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with 256-bit key length in Cipher Block Chaining mode (AES256-CBC) is now the default Microsoft Purview Information Protection encryption mechanism for Microsoft 365 Apps documents and emails. Learn more.

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue where opening links in Edge would cause the side pane to not be visible.
We fixed an issue where Outlook would prompt the user to save changes to a meeting when no changes were made.

Project

We fixed an issue in Project where content was missing after scrolling.

Word

We fixed an issue where document rendering caused overlapping artifacts from one part of the document to appear on top of other.

Version 2307: July 17

Version 2307 (Build 16626.20078)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Excel

PivotTable overlap improvements: We have improved the experience when PivotTables overlap other content in your workbook.

Version 2307: July 10

Version 2307 (Build 16626.20068)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where comments and notes weren't printed at the end of a sheet in a PDF file when using ExportAsFixedFormat.
We fixed an alert to better communicate our text support for picture to drawing object conversion.
We fixed an issue where sensitivity labeling was unavailable for documents opened from SharePoint on-premises servers.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where Outlook would close unexpectedly when saving a contact in the Address Book.
We fixed an issue that caused the focus on the message list to be lost when using CTRL+Tab to navigate from a folder in one mailbox to a folder in another mailbox.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where sensitivity labeling was unavailable for documents opened from SharePoint on-premises servers.

Word

We fixed an alert to better communicate our text support for picture to drawing object conversion.
We fixed an issue where sensitivity labeling was unavailable for documents opened from SharePoint on-premises servers.
We fixed an issue where the Header/Footer wasn't displaying correctly in Dark mode when inactive.
We fixed an issue where the File -> Transform button could be unexpectedly hidden.
We fixed an issue where the character spacing is wrong after a cloud font download.
We fixed an issue where multi-level lists may not retain alignment or indent values when saved and reopened.
We fixed an issue where table formatting was unexpectedly changed after dragging the column width to a different size in a table, saving, and reopening.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where a font could be deleted while it was still in use by another app causing it to not render properly.
We fixed an issue where broken SVG assets didn't fall back on their raster image counterparts.
We fixed an issue where default sensitivity labels weren't displayed until after a save event. The sensitivity bar in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows now indicates that a default label is applied on the next save for new and previously unlabeled files.

Version 2306: June 23

Version 2306 (Build 16529.20146)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2306: June 21

Version 2306 (Build 16529.20126)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where using "Alt + P" as a hot key for Previous was conflicting with "Alt + P" for the Replace tab.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where the Me control showed the wrong display name in Office apps.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where sensitivity labeling was unavailable for documents opened from SharePoint on-premises servers.

Version 2306: June 12

Version 2306 (Build 16529.20064)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2306: June 05

Version 2306 (Build 16529.20010)

Feature updates

Outlook

Enabling Bookings Meta OS app in Win32: Replacing the existing Bookings app with new app for Meta OS in Win32.

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue where OLEBD/ADODB interfaces exposed by the Access Database Engine from Excel may be slower in recent versions of Office.

Excel

We fixed an issue where Conditional Formatting rules weren't being preserved after closing and reopening a workbook.
We fixed an issue where using "Alt + P" as a hot key for Previous was conflicting with "Alt + P" for the Replace tab.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where hyperlinks weren't working if they contained the "#" symbol when exporting to a .PDF file.

Word

We fixed an issue where the Header field wouldn't update when using StyleRef.
We fixed an issue where a "template not found" error would display when using Documents.Add add-ins.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where the Mini Toolbar was cut off if the user's screen didn't have enough room to display the toolbar at its full size.

Version 2305: June 01

Version 2305 (Build 16501.20196)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Office Suite

Ability to insert live camera feed in all slides with one click: Now, one can insert a PowerPoint Cameo in all slides using the Insert > Cameo > All Slides command on the PowerPoint ribbon. Further, a user-customized camera style and location can be applied to all slides using the 'Apply to All Slides' option in the Camera Format ribbon.

Version 2305: May 29

Version 2305 (Build 16501.20180)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue where the application would close unexpectedly when searching using dates.

Version 2305: May 23

Version 2305 (Build 16501.20152)

Feature updates

Excel

Protect your most sensitive content with double key encryption: Double Key Encryption (DKE) provides organizations with a second encryption key for your most sensitive content. Learn more about DKE and whether it's suitable for your organization.

Outlook

Protect your most sensitive content with double key encryption: Double Key Encryption (DKE) provides organizations with a second encryption key for your most sensitive content. Learn more about DKE and whether it's suitable for your organization. Learn More

PowerPoint

Protect your most sensitive content with double key encryption: Double Key Encryption (DKE) provides organizations with a second encryption key for your most sensitive content. Learn more about DKE and whether it's suitable for your organization. Learn More

Word

Protect your most sensitive content with double key encryption: Double Key Encryption (DKE) provides organizations with a second encryption key for your most sensitive content. Learn more about DKE and whether it's suitable for your organization. Learn More

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where Conditional Formatting rules weren't being preserved after closing and reopening a workbook.

Version 2305: May 16

Version 2305 (Build 16501.20098)

Feature updates

Excel

Faster filtering when cells contain unique or duplicate rules: When your workbook contains many unique or duplicate conditional formatting rules, it can often slow down the app's performance. No longer! By optimizing the underlying comparison algorithm, we've enhanced the performance and sped up the filtering process.

PowerPoint

PowerPoint Accessibility Ribbon: All of the tools to help you make your presentation accessible in one place.

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue where OLEBD/ADODB interfaces exposed by the Access Database Engine from Excel may be slower in recent versions of Office.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to see the error, "We cannot render Actionable Messages right now" when reading some email messages.

Version 2305: May 10

Version 2305 (Build 16501.20072)

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue where the error message "Cannot open anymore databases" may appear when exporting too many reports to .PDF.
We fixed an issue where a digital signature wouldn't carry over when saving an ACCDB as an ACCDE even if the user has access to the signing certificate.
We fixed an issue that may cause the application to close unexpectedly when exporting from an SAS application to a Microsoft Office format.
We fixed an issue where refreshing an ODBC connection to an Access database would cause the operation to stop working after refreshing the link several times.

Excel

We fixed an issue where the arrow keys didn't work in a cell while in edit mode.
We fixed an issue where using "Alt + P" as a hot key for Previous was conflicting with "Alt + P" for the Replace tab.
We fixed an issue where the Insert Function displayed a #VALUE! Error after selecting the data range on another sheet in the Range selection window, when using SUMIF, COUNTIF or AVERAGEIF.
We fixed an error that occurred when publishing as a web page (.htm or .html) to a cloud location.
We fixed an issue where Evaluate Formula wasn't analyzing LAMBDA functions correctly.
We fixed an issue where numbers weren't displayed when zooming less than or equal to 40%.
We fixed an issue where users were unable merge coauthored chart updates programmatically.
We fixed an issue where OfficeJS commands didn't delete PivotTables.
We fixed an issue where Excel would stop working when charts were built on dynamic arrays from external links.
We fixed an issue where cell values remained visible on the grid after deleting the row, until the cells were scrolled off the screen.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where Sensitivity Labels of a primary account were displayed for a secondary account, when the secondary account didn't have any labels configured.
We fixed an issue where the links associated with known issues weren't shown to customers who were using the Contact Support feature.
We fixed an issue where the "From" field and Signatures weren't working while using Google Workspace Sync for Microsoft Outlook.
We fixed an issue that caused users to be able to save a message to the file system from the Advanced Search window with the DisableCopyToFileSystem key enabled.
We fixed an issue that prevented permissions changes from being reflected in the UI during the same session in which the permissions were changed.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where autocorrect in PowerPoint marks and splits proofed words with incorrect spelling suggestions when using English (Sweden) as the Windows 10 language.
We fixed an issue where PowerPoint would stop responding when resizing the Version History pane.
We fixed an issue where the PowerPoint Eyedropper Tool displayed the incorrect color when the Windows Accessibility Setting was set to Invert, either through Windows Color Filters, or the Windows Magnifier Tool.

Project

We fixed an issue where users were unable to update the Assignment Level Duration Custom fields using Macros.
We fixed an issue where the calendar didn't update the task when updating the Task Calendar for the Task Information Window Advanced Tab.

Word

We fixed an issue where users would see the window flash white when closing an item using Windows High Contrast mode.
We fixed an issue where the background color of cells copied from Excel would be incorrect when pasted into Word.
We fixed an issue where drafting a new email and @mentioning an Outlook contact group (a contact group that is created locally) in the email body wouldn't add the contact group to the 'To' field.
We fixed an issue where some Word files were using abnormally large amounts of memory.
We fixed an issue where the cursor would always show a blinking loading circle after installing the Japanese language pack.
We fixed an issue in which Word documents could freeze when co-authoring and trying to save.
We fixed an issue where a dialog asking "This document contains links that may refer to other files. Do you want to update the document with the data from the linked files?" wouldn't appear for files with shortcuts.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where the ampersand symbol does not appear in OneDrive's organizational name when using Save As in the Microsoft 365 Apps.
We fixed an issue where the Insert and Link options weren't working as expected.
We fixed an issue where linked images weren't working as expected.
We fixed an issue where users could see the information bar twice when an encrypted label was applied to an email.
We fixed an issue where users couldn't see the sensitivity label applied to an email on louder label anchor when the label wasn't included in their label policy.

Version 2304: May 02

Version 2304 (Build 16327.20248)

Feature updates

Excel

Desktop Excel Action Recorder: You can now record Office Scripts in Desktop Excel! Perform the actions you want in Excel, and the recorder creates an Office Script to replay those actions for you.

Outlook

Accessibility Ribbon in Outlook for Windows: The Accessibility Ribbon brings together in one place all the tools you need to make your emails accessible.

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users of the Event-Based feature to be unable to utilize some of the new APIs included in Mailbox Requirement Set 1.13.

Project

We fixed an issue where users were unable to connect Project Client from the desktop to a Project Web Access site in Project Server 2016.

Visio

We fixed an issue where Autocad drawings wouldn't open in Visio Plan 2.

Word

We fixed an issue where drafting a new email and @mentioning an Outlook contact group (a contact group that is created locally) in the email body wouldn't add the contact group to the 'To' field.

Version 2304: April 24

Version 2304 (Build 16327.20214)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue where the "From" field and Signatures weren't working while using Google Workspace Sync for Microsoft Outlook.

Version 2304: April 20

Version 2304 (Build 16327.20200)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue with the sensitivity label not being applied to protected messages.
We fixed an issue where some users may be unable to view or access group email messages and calendars in the Outlook desktop client.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where the application may close unexpectedly when opening a file.

Word

We fixed an issue where users would see the window flash white when closing an item using Windows High Contrast mode.

Version 2304: April 18

Version 2304 (Build 16327.20186)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2304: April 11

Version 2304 (Build 16327.20134)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2304: April 06

Version 2304 (Build 16327.20104)

Feature updates

Outlook

Inheritance of attachment labels to email messages: For email messages with attachments, apply a label that matches the highest classification of those attachments.

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue where the Query Designer may show the incorrect font until it is closed and re-opened when changing the Office Theme.
We fixed an issue where users would get an ERROR: 3155, ODBC--insert on a linked table [table name] message when inserting a new row into a linked SQL Server table that has an INSERT trigger.
We fixed an issue where elements of a query design grid may appear on top of the subform datasheet when a subform control had its Source Object property set to a query, and the parent form was viewed in Form View.

Excel

We fixed an issue where some users were unable to expand/collapse column headers using the plus and minus icons.
We fixed an issue where copying and pasting a pivot chart would cause Excel to close unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue with scrolling the sheet tabs, where a scroll gesture would cause the worksheet to scroll rather than the tabs.
We fixed an issue where the sheet tab scroll buttons wouldn't scroll left in some workbooks.
We fixed an issue where a name conflict appeared randomly when files were opened from Teams and SharePoint sites.
We fixed an issue that caused the application to close unexpectedly when using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to modify a Waterfall Chart.
We fixed an issue where Excel would stop responding when selecting the Clear option under Sort & Filter from the Editing group on the Ribbon.
We fixed an issue where large cell selection operations might fail in virtual machine environments.
We fixed an issue where Excel would stop working while trying to close a worksheet without saving changes.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where users were unable to login using their personal account.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see an empty From field drop down when their profile included an SMTP address with an asterisk in it.
We fixed an issue where AllowPhraseMatch wasn't working when searching an uncached shared mailbox.
We fixed an issue that caused the application to close unexpectedly when opening the Tracking tab for meetings from the Manager's calendar.
We fixed an issue where some settings didn't roam between machines when switching to Focused Inbox.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue related to text selection when using an Input Method Editor for East Asian languages.
We fixed an issue where PowerPoint would hang for a few seconds when the user clicks on a complex shape.
We fixed an issue where the file couldn't be saved when Access Restriction and Digital Signature are applied.
We fixed an issue where visual markings in the footer/header for left and right aligned justification weren't respecting the margin value set by the tenant policy.
We fixed an issue where the value of a selected access type split button wasn't announced by Narrator.

Project

We fixed an issue where the task pane add-in API for Microsoft Project wasn't returning the proper value for the Summary, Milestone, and Active properties.

Word

We fixed an issue where Word would stop working when trying to save a new document to OneDrive.
We fixed a failure to export files to PDF if they were protected with restricted access or sensitivity labels that restrict rights.
We fixed an issue where Viewing and Editing modes could prevent modifying editable areas in restricted documents.
We fixed an issue where the right side of the email body was cut off when printed and in print preview.
We fixed an issue where the bullet character wasn't rendering correctly in the Table of Contents in Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
We fixed an issue where Word would default to the Big 32 Kai paper size when the current system locale is set to "Chinese (Simplified, China)".
We fixed an issue where the Word macro function Application.PrintOut range:=wdPrintCurrentPage couldn't print the current page while using the macro in Draft view.
We fixed an issue where bookmarks in text boxes would disappear from Rich Text Format documents if the name of the bookmark was specified as Unicode.
We fixed an issue that caused Word to close unexpectedly when automation was calling the application.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where the "connecting to" dialog box was shown during Save/Save-As when a UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path was set as the default save directory.
We fixed an issue where spaces weren't inserted properly when inserting text with dictation.
We fixed an issue where a "Downloading Fonts..." message in the status bar didn't refresh if a font request failed.
We fixed an issue where right clicking a folder in Outlook could cause Office applications to close unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue that prevented the description of sensitivity labels from being shown in tooltips when hovering with a mouse on a parent label.

Version 2303: March 28

Version 2303 (Build 16227.20212)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2303: March 24

Version 2303 (Build 16227.20204)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Outlook

Block emails with sensitive labels: Implement pop-up messages in Outlook that warn, justify, or block emails being sent based on sensitivity labels.

Version 2303: March 21

Version 2303 (Build 16227.20172)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Feature updates

PowerPoint

Closed Captions for Audio in PowerPoint: Add closed captions to audio objects in PowerPoint to make your presentations more accessible.
See details in blog post

Version 2303: March 20

Version 2303 (Build 16227.20158)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2303: March 13

Version 2303 (Build 16227.20094)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Access

Modern Web Browser Control: The Access team is releasing a new web browser control version that supports Edge! Our existing, Internet Explorer browser control remains in the platform as-is.

Version 2303: March 06

Version 2303 (Build 16227.20048)

Feature updates

Excel

Formula evaluation tooltips: Select a part of your formula and you see a tooltip showing the current value of just the part you've selected.
See details in blog post
Assign a sublabel as the default when a parent label is selected: When using built-in sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365 Apps, admins can specify a sublabel to get applied automatically when a parent label is selected. This takes effect only when users select a parent label manually.

Outlook

Assign a sublabel as the default when a parent label is selected: When using built-in sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365 Apps, admins can specify a sublabel to get applied automatically when a parent label is selected. This takes effect only when users select a parent label manually.

PowerPoint

Assign a sublabel as the default when a parent label is selected: When using built-in sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365 Apps, admins can specify a sublabel to get applied automatically when a parent label is selected. This takes effect only when users select a parent label manually.

Word

Assign a sublabel as the default when a parent label is selected: When using built-in sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365 Apps, admins can specify a sublabel to get applied automatically when a parent label is selected. This takes effect only when users select a parent label manually.

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue that may cause the application to close unexpectedly when exporting from an SAS application to a Microsoft Office format.

Excel

We fixed an issue where the Ribbon options dropdown menu could disappear.
We fixed an organization check for accounts to enable Power BI.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users in Government Community Cloud tenants to be unable to launch To-Do in Outlook.
We fixed an issue in the Outlook calendar, where clicking with the mouse on a timeslot selected a different timeslot.
We fixed an issue where a contact card wasn't resolving when viewing Organization.
We fixed an issue where users couldn't see the sensitivity label applied to an email when the label wasn't included in their label policy.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where the Ribbon options dropdown menu could disappear.
We fixed an issue where Proofing wasn't working for inserted Excel XML tables.

Project

Fixed an issue where the ACWP earned value didn't always roll-up as expected from sub tasks to summary tasks. A side effect of the problem is that other earned value calculations such as TCPI, which rely on ACWP, were incorrect.
We fixed an issue so that progress lines now scroll vertically together with their tasks when a Gantt type view is scrolled up and down.
We fixed an issue that caused a manually-scheduled task's start date to be after its finish date when an XML file was opened in Project.

Word

We fixed an issue where the Ribbon options dropdown menu could disappear.
We fixed an issue where changes to Immersive Reader settings weren't maintained between Outlook views.
We fixed an issue where the error message "The last time you opened filename, it caused serious error. Do you still want to open it?" may appear when creating Word documents through automation using templates.

Office Suite

We decreased the time it takes to open the font dialog in PowerPoint when the default editing language is set to an East Asian language.

Version 2302: February 28

Version 2302 (Build 16130.20218)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2302: February 27

Version 2302 (Build 16130.20202)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Excel

Blocking XLL add-ins from the Internet: To address the increasing number of malware attacks in recent months, we are implementing measures that blocks XLL add-ins coming from the Internet.

Outlook

Enhanced discovery of sensitivity labels in Outlook: Admins can configure sensitivity labels to appear on subject lines when composing e-mails, for enhanced user discovery. The labels icons can also be customized.

Version 2302: February 21

Version 2302 (Build 16130.20184)

Various bug and performance fixes.

Version 2302: February 14

Version 2302 (Build 16130.20156)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2302: February 13

Version 2302 (Build 16130.20128)

Feature updates

Excel

Reducing unwanted fragmenting of conditional formatting rules: Check out the speed-up in workbooks with lots of unwanted fragmented conditional formatting rules. When a workbook is opened this feature merges those fragmented conditional formatting rules that are identical, within a contiguous range of cells, and with unchanged priority ordering. It excludes rules whose evaluation relies on a selection range like Above or Below average, Unique or Duplicate, Gradients, etc. and rules in PivotTables.
User-defined permissions now support domain name restrictions: When you choose a sensitivity label configured for user-defined permissions, you can now use domain names to restrict file access to all individuals from that domain. For example, you can specify "someone@example.com" or "@example.com," and permissions are restricted based on either the individual or all individuals within the example domain.

PowerPoint

User-defined permissions now support domain name restrictions: When you choose a sensitivity label configured for user-defined permissions, you can now use domain names to restrict file access to all individuals from that domain. For example, you can specify "someone@example.com" or "@example.com," and permissions are restricted based on either the individual or all individuals within the example domain.

Word

User-defined permissions now support domain name restrictions: When you choose a sensitivity label configured for user-defined permissions, you can now use domain names to restrict file access to all individuals from that domain. For example, you can specify "someone@example.com" or "@example.com," and permissions are restricted based on either the individual or all individuals within the example domain.

Resolved issues

Access

Resolves the issue where '#Deleted' is shown for tables linked to SAP HANA Cloud.
We fixed an issue where Datasheet displayed an incorrect record when simultaneous entries were submitted to SQL Server.
We fixed an issue where when opening a report in Print Preview on 64-bit, Access caused an error message to appear.
An issue with #Deleted when utilizing the Datetime2(3) column in the clustered primary key has been fixed.

Excel

We fixed an issue where Charts in PowerPoint or Word do not update to the data series set by other users during coauthoring sessions.
We fixed an issue where Excel might close unexpectedly when loading foreign files while there are drawing objects in the active sheet.
We fixed an issue that compiled VBA macros more often.
Fixed an issue where large cell selection operations might fail in virtual machine environments.
We fixed an issue where some labels weren't associated with their textboxes in an auto created form.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where emails would fail to load if using a COM add-in that modified a mail during the send event, and had a Web add-in Installed.
We fixed an issue that caused S/MIME users to receive an NDR when selecting the "Send Unencrypted" option.
We fixed an issue that caused users of Dark Mode to be unable to read attachment names in Tasks and Contacts.
We fixed an issue that caused attendees to see the wrong end date on All Day Events when explicitly opening the item.
We fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to view Actionable messages, restart, or shut down Windows after cancelling a Windows restart operation.
We fixed an issue where some users were getting high CPU and heavy flicker while scrolling around in the calendar.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where when user previews animation on Cameo, the application sometimes closes unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue where PowerPoint wasn't responding and then closed unexpectedly when using the Compare function within Review menu.
We fixed an issue where the user is not able to add or copy/paste a new slide to the presentation.
We fixed an issue where the document was perceived as 'dirty' when handling encrypted documents and document properties. This led to the user getting a 'save changes?' when closing the document even if they had not made any modifications.

Project

We fixed an issue where upon opening an MPP file, you see the following error:

"An import error occurred.

Check row 1 column 5.

To continue importing with additional error messages, click Yes. To continue importing with no error messages, click No. To stop importing, click Cancel."
We fixed an issue so that progress lines now scroll vertically together with their tasks when a Gantt type view is scrolled up and down.
We fixed an issue where the task pane add-in API for Microsoft Project does not always set or get values for the following properties: ConstraintType, EarnedValueMethod, FixedCostAccrual, OutlineLevel, PercentComplete, PercentWorkComplete, Priority, Status, Type, Active, Milestone, Summary

Word

Resolved an issue where using Word VBA function InsertFile to insert .docx file would result in 'Error: 5097 - Word has encountered a problem'.
Resolved an issue where selecting text inside a text box could cause the application to close suddenly.
Fixed an issue when the last key was released quickly, sometimes AutoComplete wouldn't perform.
Fixed an issue where special characters are displayed incorrectly in Table of figures when document is translated to Hebrew.
Resolved an issue where printing last section would print entire document.
Resolved an issue where Sensitivity labeled .docx files cannot be saved as .pdf when Grid footer is inserted.
Resolved an issue where commenting in a document can disrupt the formatting of a table.
Fixed an issue where attempting to open an .odt files with a table would result in an error message, "Word found unreadable content. Do you want to recover this document".
Resolved an issue with Selection.Repeat command when used after Selection.TypeText and Selection.TypeParagraph commands.
Resolved an issue where Check-out business bar not displaying when opening files from SPO with file path longer than 260 characters.
Resolved an issue when linked objects update mode is set to manual, on file reopen the link will never update properly, regardless of clicking yes/no on the dialog.
We fixed an issue where applying the blockcontentexecutionfrominternet policy would prevent files containing an embedded macro to no longer to run.

Office Suite

We fixed the re-direction behavior that allow redirection for HTTPS, and disabled the cookies for security.
We fixed an issue where leading spaces were unexpectedly removed when importing SVG images in Office 365.
We fixed an issue in PowerPoint record window in case of audio or video hardware issue. In case either the audio or video hardware fails to provide picture or voice then we were waiting indefinitely with an assumption that this should never happen when the initial communication with those devices are successful. The changes will no longer make that assumption and fail sooner, so that the user can toggle (off/on) the devices and try to record again.
We fixed an issue that caused a Mandatory Label warning bar to show even though the policy has Default label on it. The issue is for Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents in OneDrive. The fix checks if default label application was ever attempted.

Version 2301: January 31

Version 2301 (Build 16026.20170)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Excel

Reducing slowness and freezes when multiple workbooks are open: This feature reduces slowness and freezes experienced when working in a workbook due to calculations occurring in other unrelated workbooks also open at the same time and in the same Excel.exe instance. It achieves this by optimizing global automatic recalculation to the workbook being worked in, and its interdependent workbooks also open at the same time.

Version 2301: January 25

Version 2301 (Build 16026.20146)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Visio

See files others have shared with you: It's now easier to find key documents in Visio. Any documents shared with you will automatically show up in your list; typically, the most relevant documents to you appear at the top of the list. You only see the specific files people have chosen to share with you, so that their other files remain secure. To experience this feature, simply click on the Home tab or the Open tab and select Shared with Me. Now you can, with the Data from Picture feature!

Word

Get back to work faster when collaborating: When you get disconnected while collaborating with others, Word refreshes automatically your document with the latest changes and merge in any editing conflicts as tracked changes.

Version 2301: January 16

Version 2301 (Build 16026.20094)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Excel

Search drop-down lists with AutoComplete: Spend less time scrolling through lists to find entries. AutoComplete now filters your drop-down list results as you type.
See details in blog post

Version 2301: January 11

Version 2301 (Build 16026.20084)

Feature updates

Excel

Prevent data leaks more easily with the new Sensitivity toolbar: Sensitivity labels powered by Microsoft Purview Information Protection are now displayed alongside the filename in the app's title bar, allowing you to easily recognize and adhere to your organization's policies. The sensitivity toolbar is also available while saving new documents or renaming existing ones, helping you keep information security at your fingertips.
See details in blog post

Outlook

Org Explorer: Visualize and explore your company's internal structure, work teams, and individual roles
See details in blog post

PowerPoint

Prevent data leaks more easily with the new Sensitivity toolbar: Sensitivity labels powered by Microsoft Purview Information Protection are now displayed alongside the filename in the app's title bar, allowing you to easily recognize and adhere to your organization's policies. The sensitivity toolbar is also available while saving new documents or renaming existing ones, helping you keep information security at your fingertips.
See details in blog post

Word

Prevent data leaks more easily with the new Sensitivity toolbar: Sensitivity labels powered by Microsoft Purview Information Protection are now displayed alongside the filename in the app's title bar, allowing you to easily recognize and adhere to your organization's policies. The sensitivity toolbar is also available while saving new documents or renaming existing ones, helping you keep information security at your fingertips.
See details in blog post

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue that could cause the TransferDatabase command to be blocked when connecting to a database, even when it is in a Trusted Location.
We fixed an issue where the close button on document tabs didn't have an accessible name.
We fixed an issue that caused current queries to fail because half and full width characters were compared incorrectly.

Excel

We fixed an issue when enlarging the size of TreeMap Chart to a certain size in PowerPoint the user receives a message that the file couldn't be saved, and the file is opened in read-only mode.
We fixed an issue when you right click on a chart and select edit option the application closes unexpectedly.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to see an NDR in Local Failures and to get an "Operation Failed" message when replying to some S/MIME messages.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue when using a Web add-in built on the Shared Runtime, PowerPoint would stop working.
We fixed an Issue where PowerPoint would stop responding in some situations using touch screen.
We fixed an issue where applying the blockcontentexecutionfrominternet policy would prevent files containing an embedded macro to no longer to run.
We fixed an issue when clicking on a Presentation document with an object inserted in the PowerPoint Presentation document, a Security Alert (OLE Actions are blocked) was displayed.
We fixed an issue where presentations with redundant custom XML datastore items and an encrypted label failed to open.

Word

We fixed an issue where Word opened in read-only mode when remember my credentials was checked and Certificate required.
Fixed an issue where the Display for Review dropdown is enabled for read only documents.
Fixed an issue where Restrict Editing wouldn't enforce properly and result in broken table layout.
Fixed an issue with scrolling with a trackpad.
Fixed an issue where tables render blurry in a Word doc.
Fixed an issue when an image is copied from Outlook and pasted into Word using the Picture (PNG) format it displays cropped.
Resolved an issue where applying paragraph shading to text spanning across multiple lines draws the shading incorrectly in between lines until the first paragraph mark appears.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue when you insert a People Graph add-in in RTL Excel, the application closes unexpectedly.

Version 2212: December 26

Version 2212 (Build 15928.20198)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2212: December 19

Version 2212 (Build 15928.20160)

Feature updates

Excel

PivotTable overlap improvements: We have improved the experience when PivotTables overlap other content in your workbook.

Resolved issues

Word

We fixed an issue in which users might get stuck seeing a dialog with the message "Contacting the Server" when attempting to open a file.

Version 2212: December 12

Version 2212 (Build 15928.20098)

Resolved issues

Word

Resolved an issue where tab stop marker wouldn't work using the ruler.

Version 2212: December 09

Version 2212 (Build 15928.20066)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue when you right click on a chart and select edit option the application closes unexpectedly.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that was causing users to see multiple copies of a shared calendar rendered in certain circumstances.
We fixed an issue where the Outlook Ribbon is unresponsive when downloading Address Book from the File Menu.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where a new presentation wasn't created when using the PowerPoint.createPresentation API.

Visio

We fixed an issue where ActiveX controls couldn't be resized.

Word

We fixed an issue where users received a message that changes cannot be merged when accessing files as Read Only.
We fixed an issue where no visual indicator would show, which wrap text option was selected.
Resolved an issue where tasks may not show full name of assigned user.
Fixed an issue where after inserting comments on certain documents the application closes unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue where Word Autoformat unexpectedly creates lots of revisions when creating new table row in a document.
We fixed an issue where text was unexpectedly hidden by a shape even though the text wrapping option was selected.
Resolved an issue where shapes wouldn't have a selection handle when document is opened in compatibility mode.
Resolved an issue where Word would stop working when autosaving a template with a building block that contains a Rich Text content control with an image.
Fixed an issue when exporting data from IBM DOORs application to Word the application would close unexpectedly.
Resolved an issue where VBA Application.OrganizerCopy would fail for files with filenames containing URL escape characters.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue preventing the font dropdown's scroll bar from correctly appearing in Office 2016 and Office 2019.
We fixed an issue where RGBA colors didn't show up when graphics were imported into Word.
Fixed an issue where users were unable to see the labels applied to documents/emails after sensitive labels had been removed from the label policy.
We fixed an issue where tooltips weren't showing for parent sensitivity labels. It will now show labels if provided by an admin.
We fixed an issue where applying the blockcontentexecutionfrominternet policy would prevent files containing an embedded macro to no longer to run.

Version 2211: December 01

Version 2211 (Build 15831.20184)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Access

Enable the ability to code sign your Microsoft Access database and VBA code: This update enables the Tools/Digital Signature command within the VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for current Microsoft Access database formats. Signing a database allows VBA code in the database to be run even if Trust Center settings specify that only digitally signed code should be enabled.

Version 2211: November 25

Version 2211 (Build 15831.20164)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2211: November 21

Version 2211 (Build 15831.20134)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2211: November 16

Version 2211 (Build 15831.20122)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Excel

Paste values directly into your workbook using a keyboard shortcut: The keyboard shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+V lets you quickly Paste Values rather than having to choose Paste Values from the menu.
See details in blog post

PowerPoint

Save Media with Closed Captions: Now when you save media to a file in PowerPoint, the closed captions associated with the media are also saved.

Office Suite

Enable in-app pre-expiration transactions: Allows a user to stay in the app to renew their license for the pre-expiration busbar

Version 2211: November 14

Version 2211 (Build 15831.20100)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Excel

Insert in-cell images with the new IMAGE function: Your images can now be part of the worksheet, instead of floating on top. You can move and resize cells, sort and filter, and work with images within an Excel table.
Touch Improvements to Ribbon: We've improved the spacing of buttons in the Ribbon when the device is being used in Tablet posture.

Outlook

S/MIME as an Outcome for labelling - Win 32: Providing S/MIME encryption and signing functionality as an outcome of labelling - Outlook Win32
See details in blog post

PowerPoint

Touch Improvements to Ribbon: We've improved the spacing of buttons in the Ribbon when the device is being used in Tablet posture.

Word

Touch Improvements to Ribbon: We've improved the spacing of buttons in the Ribbon when the device is being used in Tablet posture.

Version 2211: November 10

Version 2211 (Build 15831.20078)

Feature updates

Word

Tag your team members with tasks: Create and assign tasks without leaving Word. Simply add a comment, @mention your team member, press Ctrl + Enter, and check Assign. Your comment becomes a task, and your work is done!
See details in blog post

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue where in certain circumstances the OnLoad event of forms would run during access shutdown.
We fixed an issue that caused the Find and Replace dialog box in the SQL view of a query to display black text on a black background, rendering it illegible.

Excel

Improved PivotTable date autogrouping: When using a date field in a PivotTable, the autogrouping in PivotTables rows and columns now includes the original field.
We fixed an issue where multiple cells could be selected when clicking a cell while freeze panes are enabled and another app is listening for Focus-Changed events.
Fixed an issue where the case (upper/lower) could be different from the actual filename when using VBA command Workbooks.Open.
We fixed an issue where recording a macro to remove sheet tab color wouldn't run correctly.
We fixed an issue where changes made to links to a shared formula wouldn't update each cell in the shared formula.
We fixed an issue that prevented content copied from Microsoft Paint to be pasted from the Clipboard using the Change Picture command.

OneNote

We fixed an issue when scrolling with touch.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where Outlook couldn't display contacts in People View.
We defined a register key that when set fixes an issue that prevented messages from being sent when Outlook is running with multiple Exchange accounts and at least one of them is in Online mode (as opposed to cached mode.)
We fixed an issue that caused the focus on the message list to be lost when using CTRL+Tab to navigate from a folder in one mailbox to a folder in another mailbox.
We fixed an issue where secondary, shared calendars won't scroll in sync with the primary calendar in the view.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue that prevented content copied from Microsoft Paint to be pasted from the Clipboard using the Change Picture command.
We fixed an issue where users were unable to change the caption of a PDF object more than once.

Project

We fixed an issue where if you set a deadline date for a task within the Task Information dialog box, the change wasn't persisted.
We addressed an issue where printing or displaying the Task, Resource or Assignment information dialog box could display the following message several times:

"You are about to activate an OLE object that may contain viruses or may otherwise be harmful to your computer. You may want to verify that this object comes from a trustworthy source before you continue."

This message appears if the Office security policy is set to disable all ActiveX. Prior to this change, depending on the number of pictures included in the header and footer regions, printing could display the message 36 times. Now, printing does not display the message. When drilling into a task, resource or assignment, the message used to display up to six times for each object. Now, the message appears twice.
We fixed an issue where exporting a project view to a PDF file failed when trying to overwrite an existing PDF file.
We fixed an issue that didn't allow users to set Trusted Locations for opening files that contain macros in the Options dialog box.
We fixed an issue where Project was unable to connect to Project Server when forms-based authentication was used.

Word

We fixed an issue where no visual indicator would show, which wrap text option was selected.
We fixed an issue that prevented content copied from Microsoft Paint to be pasted from the Clipboard using the Change Picture command.
We fixed an issue in the Word dark mode theme where you are unable to see editable text in documents with restricted editing because the highlight color is too similar to the text color.
We fixed an issue where content would flash with every keystroke when typing in a tracked change in a table.
We fixed an issue where the Reviewing pane failed to open despite what was indicated in the Unsupported Content warning message.
We fixed an issue where the Ruler didn't show correct margins for a paragraph after the Mirror margins setting had been applied.
We fixed an issue where printing would stop working.
We fixed an issue where a paragraph before non-editable content couldn't be deleted.
We fixed an issue that forced users to choose between saving a copy or discarding an unmergeable file. We now enable them to either keep their own version of the file or keep the server version.
Resolved an issue, which could cause high CPU usage while idle.
We fixed an issue where choosing the Keep source formatting option when pasting content would result in characters such as a question mark (?) or a blank square being displayed.
We fixed an issue that prevented files saved to the cloud from opening when using the Update linked information in a Word source document command.
We fixed an issue where fonts could be corrupted in Styles, resulting in unrecognized character squares.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where a status message would appear and remain on the screen for several minutes when trying to save Office files or Outlook attachments to a network shared location.
We fixed an issue where Visual Studio Online add-ins were getting disabled.
We fixed an issue that resulted in text items being either reordered or incorrectly positioned when converting SVG graphics to shapes.
We fixed an issue in drawing chart types with markers on a data series, where the markers would draw in the wrong place, or else would be missing entirely when the document was exported as PDF or XPS.
This fix addresses the issue where a manually applied sensitivity label could be overridden by an automatic label if the automatic label has higher priority.
We fixed an issue where a file, opened as protected, would remain in a temp folder after the user closed it and exited Office.

Version 2210: November 03

Version 2210 (Build 15726.20202)

Feature updates

Excel

Date Support for Pivot Tables Connected to Power BI: In PivotTables that are connected to Power BI datasets, dates are now supported for analysis as the data type is no longer a string. For example, filtering data on specific timeframes is now possible.
See details in blog post
Excel PivotTable version compatibility user messaging: Excel now gives alerts about PivotTable compatibility issues and provides informative documentation and workarounds. When your version of Excel is unable to read data in a workbook, we present users with documentation that provides options to proactively troubleshoot and resolve the issue. In addition, we also allow users to upload their Excel document to OneDrive so they can seamlessly open the file in Excel for the web.
Disable the Azure Information Protection Add-in by default: Office apps now automatically disables the legacy Azure Information Protection add-in and use the built-in sensitivity labels to view and apply labels powered by Microsoft Purview Information Protection.

Outlook

Disable the Azure Information Protection Add-in by default: Office apps now automatically disables the legacy Azure Information Protection add-in and use the built-in sensitivity labels to view and apply labels powered by Microsoft Purview Information Protection.

PowerPoint

Disable the Azure Information Protection Add-in by default: Office apps now automatically disables the legacy Azure Information Protection add-in and use the built-in sensitivity labels to view and apply labels powered by Microsoft Purview Information Protection.

Word

Disable the Azure Information Protection Add-in by default: Office apps now automatically disables the legacy Azure Information Protection add-in and use the built-in sensitivity labels to view and apply labels powered by Microsoft Purview Information Protection.

Resolved issues

OneNote

We fixed an issue when scrolling with touch.

Word

We fixed an issue when using Admin Managed Plugin and utilizing Group Policy "Block all unmanaged add-ins", registry key name was case-sensitive.

Version 2210: October 26

Version 2210 (Build 15726.20174)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2210: October 21

Version 2210 (Build 15726.20164)

Resolved issues

Word

We fixed an issue where the file couldn't be opened when using the command "update linked information in a Word source document" on documents saved in the cloud.

Version 2210: October 18

Version 2210 (Build 15726.20140)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Excel

Analyze your data with ease using our improved PivotTable recommendations: Select Insert > Recommended PivotTables from the ribbon and let Excel suggest the best PivotTable for your data.
See details in blog post
Automate tab in Excel for desktop: You can now access the Automate tab not just in your web browser, but also in your spreadsheets in Excel for Windows and Mac.

Version 2210: October 11

Version 2210 (Build 15726.20096)

Security updates listed here.

Feature updates

Outlook

We added a registry key that hides the "Try the new Outlook" toggle:

Registry Key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\General
REG_DWORD "HideNewOutlookToggle"

0 (default) - "Try the new Outlook" toggle, if available in selected update channel, is displayed to users.
1 - "Try the new Outlook" toggle is hidden.

To learn more about the new Outlook for Windows, please click here. For additional information on managing mailbox access to the new Outlook for Windows, please click here.

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused emails to get stuck in the outbox for some profiles with multiple Exchange accounts configured.

Project

We fixed a second issue where Project was unable to connect to Project Server when forms-based authentication was used. In some cases, users who were able to connect, for example, the day before were unable to connect the next day. Deleting the server connection profile temporarily fixed the issue.

Word

We fixed an issue where pasting keep source formatting results into content controls would display characters such as a question mark (?) or a blank square.

Version 2210: October 03

Version 2210 (Build 15726.20000)

Feature updates

Excel

Dynamic Array Integration with Charts: This feature enables users to link charts to Dynamic array calculations, which can produce results of variable length. The chart now automatically updates to capture all data when the array recalculates, rather than being fixed to a specific number of data points.

Outlook

Block digital print: Block all print to digital printer for labeled email if mandatory is on.

PowerPoint

Edit autogenerated alt text: Now you can edit the intelligent alt text for your photos in PowerPoint. Learn more
First Class Document Recovery: This is a streamlined recovery experience for presentations in PowerPoint for Windows to help users get back to productivity quickly after unexpected app exits.

Word

Accept and reject suggestions in context: Easily preview suggested changes just by clicking or tapping the suggestion. Use the checkmark to accept and the X to reject, right there in the content of the doc.
See details in blog post

Office Suite

WebView2 For Third Party Sign-In: This feature updates the current browser engine utilized by the sign-in dialog from Internet Explorer to the chromium-based WebView2 (Microsoft Edge).

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where some content could fail to appear correctly after zooming with touchpad.
We fixed an issue where a function would run out of resources or display the wrong error message when alttext had no value.
We fixed an issue where text formatting caused Excel to stop working.
We fixed an issue where app would stop responding and consume huge amounts of memory while doing touch zoom on RTL sheets.
We fixed an intermittent, unexpected close related to graphics.

OneNote

We fixed an issue where, after inserting a shape or line onto the canvas, the user was unable to drag or resize the item.
We fixed an issue where users couldn't use the panning tool with stylus.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where Web view showed an error message on restart and cancel.
We fixed an issue where the scroll bar wasn't visible while reading or composing a message.
We fixed an issue where the scroll bar wasn't visible while reading or composing a message.
We fixed an issue where disconnecting IMAP IDLE session caused stopping of IMAP sync until rebooting.
We fixed an issue where SharePoint documents, when attached as a copy, wouldn't download for URLs above a given size.
We fixed an issue where search would always return results from the primary account and not the selected account.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a close unexpectedly when trying to load a contact card for someone whose contact picture was blank.
We fixed and issue that caused users to experience a close unexpectedly shortly after boot.
We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to close unexpectedly when submitting feedback.
We fixed an issue that caused users who disabled service notifications to see a deprecated UI showing notifications service disabled.
We fixed an issue that caused attachment size limits to not be evaluated when drag/dropping an attachment into a mail message.
We fixed an issue where the app closed unexpectedly when closing the Mail control panel.
We fixed an intermittent, unexpected close related to graphics.

PowerPoint

We fixed an intermittent, unexpected close related to graphics.
We fixed an issue where PowerPoint could be prevented from closing when accessed as an IOleObject.

Project

We fixed an issue where it sometimes wasn't possible to synchronize resources to a SharePoint List when the resource's name included the system list separator.
We fixed an issue where only one cross project linking option was applied, even when multiple were selected.

Publisher

We fixed an intermittent, unexpected close related to graphics.

Word

We fixed an intermittent, unexpected close related to graphics.
We fixed an issue where the Read Aloud feature wasn't available when Microsoft 365 was deployed on Windows Server 2016.
We fixed an issue with large URLs where a link couldn't be opened if its length exceeded a specific character limit.
We fixed an issue where hyperlinks weren't working, and an error was displayed.
We fixed an issue in interaction mode with application guard.
We fixed an issue with real time typing when using Input Method Editor (IME).
We fixed an issue where after splitting document window, lower window didn't scroll to expected position below cursor.
We fixed an issue where header styles would be removed upon co-authoring.
We fixed an issue where if a footer was added by built-in labeling, it incorrectly moved existing, manually added footers.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where Excel files opened from a Sharepoint 2019 library intermittently opened as read-only in Excel for Windows.
We fixed an issue that prevented locked Word and Excel files from opening.
We fixed an issue where the font size for labels increased unexpectedly in QAT when the icon sizes were updated.
Enable the feature-blocking macros from the Internet by default in production.
We fixed an issue when running Convert to Shape on some SVG graphics that contain text.
We fixed an issue that slowed down the saving of PowerPoint slides with SVG content to metafile formats.
We fixed an issue where a customer certificate was incorrectly shown as being revoked.

Version 2209: September 26

Version 2209 (Build 15629.20156)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2209: September 23

Version 2209 (Build 15629.20152)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users who disabled service notifications to see a deprecated UI showing notifications service disabled.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue to default blocking macros from the Internet from executing.

Version 2209: September 19

Version 2209 (Build 15629.20118)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a close unexpectedly when switching views in the calendar module.
We fixed and issue that caused users to experience a close unexpectedly shortly after boot.
We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to close unexpectedly when submitting feedback.

Version 2209: September 12

Version 2209 (Build 15629.20070)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2209: September 07

Version 2209 (Build 15629.20058)

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue where when checking the save steps box when importing or exporting, we didn't show the additional details and options.
We fixed an Access VBA performance issue when looping through a DAO record-set.
We fixed an issue where opening a database corrupted in a certain way could cause Access to close unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue where the app closed unexpectedly if memory requirements grew too rapidly when using DAO or OLEDB interfaces to read Access databases.

Excel

We fixed an issue that caused the upload to OneDrive of a newly saved file to which a sensitivity label had been applied and an edit had been made to stop working.
We fixed an issue where the Date Modified field was updated in SharePoint when the file was opened but not modified.
We fixed an issue where the app closed unexpectedly when accessing files containing rich entities in it.
In Office 2016 and Office 365 with Visual Refresh, the visibility of hovered and pressed sliders in Colorful and White themes has been improved in task panes and dialogs.
In Office 365 with Fluent visuals enabled, the visibility of hovered and pressed sliders in Dark Gray and Black themes has been improved in task panes and dialogs.
In Office 365 with Visual Refresh Darky Gray theme, an issue preventing the border of the scroll buttons from appearing in the Ribbon Font Picker dropdown has been resolved.
We fixed an issue where the incorrect background color was displayed on certain menu gallery items.
We fixed an issue that prevented a user from selecting table rows and columns after selecting the Insert Table command when a Coachmark was displayed on the screen.
We fixed an issue affecting only Japanese language users that caused macros to no longer work.
We fixed an issue where an Excel file could become corrupt after setting formatting (such as fill color) on some cells in a PivotTable on the row or column axis and then moving those fields to the Filter area of the PivotTable.
We fixed an issue where the password caching function didn't work with MSQuery x64 build.
We fixed the issue for inversed sheet tabs navigation buttons when using a sheet in right-to-left orientation. The cause of this issue is that the definitions of left and right buttons are flipped in Office UI and it's currently being set accordingly.
We fixed an issue where Excel would incorrectly use a fixed width rather than the full width space when converting text to column.
We fixed an issue where LAMBDA structure The MAKEARRAY didn't resolve properly.

Outlook

This change enables the Every Meeting Online option for third party meeting applications.
We fixed an issue that caused the Customization Quick Access Toolbar file (.exportedUI) to fail to import when the simplified ribbon is in use.
We fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to see the Due Date on search results in Outlook Desktop.
We fixed an accessibility issue where Narrator didn't read out-of-office status when automatic replies were enabled.
We fixed an issue where linked images wouldn't display when replying to or forwarding a message.

PowerPoint

In Office 2016 and Office 365 with Visual Refresh, the visibility of hovered and pressed sliders in Colorful and White themes has been improved in task panes and dialogs.
In Office 365 with Fluent visuals enabled, the visibility of hovered and pressed sliders in Dark Gray and Black themes has been improved in task panes and dialogs.
In Office 365 with Visual Refresh Darky Gray theme, an issue preventing the border of the scroll buttons from appearing in the Ribbon Font Picker dropdown has been resolved.
We fixed an issue that caused cropping of pictures to not work properly.
We fixed an issue where the user couldn't exit the app due to encryption rights.

Project

We fixed an accessibility issue related to voice access where column heading numbers don't appear in grids such as the Schedule detail page.
We fixed an issue where projects could no longer be opened because new task and assignment GUIDs were generated when the project was saved.
We fixed an issue affecting Hebrew language only where the Resources tab within the Task Information dialog box didn't display the four expected columns within the grid.
We fixed an issue that can lead to long publishing jobs, excessive memory usage on the server, and even the possibility that a project that could be opened no longer can be. Within the Project desktop application, it's possible to accidentally create hundreds of thousands of empty tasks. The fix helps prevent this from occurring.
We fixed an issue where inaccurate actual cost values could be viewed and reported when the timescale was modified.
We fixed an issue where a message was displayed erroneously warning customers about potentially unsafe links when opening a project that didn't contain any links.

Visio

Office 365 installer now associates files to Edge in IE mode instead of Internet Explorer.

Word

In Office 2016 and Office 365 with Visual Refresh, the visibility of hovered and pressed sliders in Colorful and White themes has been improved in task panes and dialogs.
In Office 365 with Fluent visuals enabled, the visibility of hovered and pressed sliders in Dark Gray and Black themes has been improved in task panes and dialogs.
In Office 365 with Visual Refresh Darky Gray theme, an issue preventing the border of the scroll buttons from appearing in the Ribbon Font Picker dropdown has been resolved.
We fixed an issue causing an intermittent stop working in Word.
We fixed an issue where the app would stop responding when saving a document that contained 3D content.
We fixed an issue where an app would show an error message when pasting a picture from Microsoft Paint.
We fixed an issue where user was unable to copy rows of a table from older versions in Version History to the current version.
We fixed an issue where Outlook couldn't open a message that was sent using Outlook on the web and contained a comment that was copied from Word.
We fixed an issue where when using Track Changes the app was unable to accept all changes.
We fixed an issue where, after many documents had been closed using Task Manager and later restored when Word was open again, the View mode switcher in the status bar would be disabled in one of the documents, while being enabled in all the others.
We fixed an issue where potentially user cannot click on a hyperlink in track changes.
We fixed an issue where comments might not load.
We fixed an issue where content in a rotated textbox became horizontal and WordArt Text Effects were suppressed when exported to PDF/A.
We fixed an issue that prevented changes from being merged into a shared document due a busy server error.
We fixed an issue in the business bar during merge conflict.
We fixed an issue where header styles removed upon co-authoring.
We fixed an issue where Word may not show right file when all opened files windows are minimized.
We fixed an issue where outdated property values may be displayed under File > Info.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where when trying to save Office files or Outlook attachments to network shared path, a status message would appear and remain on screen for several minutes.
We fixed an issue where the Date Modified field was updated in SharePoint when the file was opened but not modified.
We fixed an issue where when switching commanding modes between Toolbar (preview) and Classic, the mode switch didn't apply to all active app windows.

Version 2208: August 29

Version 2208 (Build 15601.20088)

Resolved issues

Word

We fixed an issue where user was unable to copy rows of a table from older versions in Version History to the current version.

Version 2208: August 26

Version 2208 (Build 15601.20078)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue where Outlook can sometimes close unexpectedly when right-clicking on an app in the new app bar.

Version 2208: August 23

Version 2208 (Build 15601.20064)

Resolved issues

Access

This update fixes an issue that could cause memory leaks when iterating over DAO recordsets in VBA code in Excel.

Excel

We fixed an issue when editing a newly created file a business bar label didn't upload correctly.

Outlook

This change enables the Every Meeting Online option for third party meeting applications.
We fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to load linked images when replying to or forwarding a message.

Project

We fixed an issue where projects that worked properly before can no longer be opened. In this circumstance, Project closed unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue where the message, "This project contains links to one or more data sources that may be unsafe and have are disabled. Would you like to enable these data sources? Only do this if you trust the source of the file." may appear when opening a project. The message appears even when the project doesn't have any active paste-links. Additionally, no active embedded objects are found in Gantt type views.

Version 2208: August 16

Version 2208 (Build 15601.20044)

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue where where some users were unable to use DoCmd.TransferText with existing import/export specifications
We fixed an issue where the Clear cache on close option didn't delete the cache when the database was closed.
We fixed an issue that could cause the Class property of a Bound Object Frame to return an empty string, even when the control has a value.
We fixed customer issue where data in long text fields was being truncated when exporting to Excel.

Excel

We fixed an issue where the app closed unexpectedly when interacting with fonts.
We fixed an issue with the format for headers in task panes.
We fixed an issue where Excel chart contents were missing when zooming in above 170%.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused some mail-storage-related settings to not be applied as expected when configured through Cloud Settings.
We fixed an issue with the limit on the number of sensitivity label templates that was causing templates to not properly load.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see the Journal module in their left rail navigation bar.
We fixed an issue in Outlook Search where the green Replied icon wasn't appearing next to emails that had replies.
We fixed an issue that caused a file to not open in Edge after a user chose the View in browser option in an Outlook message.
We fixed an issue that caused actions performed on Outlook toast notifications to stop working as expected on Windows Server 2016.
We fixed an issue affecting Windows Information Protection (WIP) when trying to retrieve EDP email addresses.
We fixed an issue where Outlook closed unexpectedly when using the Search People box.
We fixed an issue where Skype for Business closed unexpectedly when trying to expand a group.
We fixed an issue where opening, replying, or forwarding some emails that include complex tables, Outlook stops responding. The same table contents also causes Word to stop responding.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where thumbnail content for pictures wouldn't render properly on the slide after clicking "Enable Content" on the security warning.
We fixed an issue by making minor updates to the smart Quick Access Toolbar.

Project

We fixed an issue where the actual hour totals in timesheets weren't always recalculated correctly.
We fixed an issue where local custom fields stopped working, prompting a "Delete Custom Fields" dialog box, and they couldn't be deleted via the organizer.
We fixed an issue so that progress lines now scroll vertically together with their tasks when a Gantt type view is scrolled up and down.
We fixed an issue where scrolling down in Network Diagram view when the layout mode is set to manual does not always draw the nodes.
We fixed an issue for when assignment timephased actual cost values were viewed and reported on. The sum of these values may not be equal to the scalar value (the value you see in a sheet view). As the timescale granularity went from detailed such as daily to less detailed such as yearly, the differences between the summed and scalar values could be significant.

Word

We fixed an issue where opening, replying, or forwarding some emails that include complex tables, Outlook stops responding. The same table contents also causes Word to stop responding.
We fixed an issue where users were unable to open links to locally managed files with bookmarks to files on SPO/OD4B.
We fixed an issue causing an intermittent stop responding in Word.
We fixed an issue where the app was blocking access to a document after closing it, so that OneDrive couldn't sync the document until the app was exited.
We fixed an issue where an Outlook (WordMail) message would flash with a white background while zooming in or out.
We fixed an issue where comments could disappear (starting on the second page) after exporting a document to PDF.
We fixed an issue to add logging of user behavior when the Similarity Checker isn't available to them.
We fixed an issue where when print multiple copies with a range of pages in a Word document, it might not work.
We fixed an issue where "paste as link" might not update automatically.
We fixed an issue where hyperlinks may change to Error! Hyperlink reference not valid."
We fixed an issue where the app experienced delays when opening the HTML-file version of Outlook messages.
We fixed an issue where some longer documents with fields might experience slower performance.
We fixed an issue where links to are not automatically updated to the embedded Word documents.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where some users couldn't access the latest version of Excel files hosted on SPO and were seeing a "Refresh Recommended" error message.
We fixed an issue where, when opening Excel files stored on OneDrive and SharePoint Online, the app could close unexpectedly, and data loss could occur.
We fixed an issue that caused some people to experience a close unexpectedly shortly after boot.
We fixed an issue where the protection prescribed by the security label and the actual protection applied to the document were misaligned.

Version 2207: August 08

Version 2207 (Build 15427.20210)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused some people to experience a close unexpectedly shortly after boot.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue when recording a presentation where an error would occur and recording would stop.

Version 2207: August 03

Version 2207 (Build 15427.20194)

Resolved issues

Project

We fixed an issue When assignment timephased actual cost values were viewed and reported on, the sum of these values may not be equal the scalar value (the value you see in a sheet view). As the timescale granularity goes from detailed such as daily to less detailed such as yearly, the differences may have increased.

Word

We fixed an issue where an Outlook (WordMail) message would flash with a white background while zooming in or out.

Version 2207: July 29

Version 2207 (Build 15427.20178)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to see the Journal module in their left rail navigation bar.
We fixed an issue that caused Exchange 2019 users to see Outlook to fail to display the reply indicator icon on messages in search results.

Version 2207: July 25

Version 2207 (Build 15427.20156)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2207: July 22

Version 2207 (Build 15427.20148)

Resolved issues

Word

We fixed an issue where printing pages with index may fail to print.

Version 2207: July 19

Version 2207 (Build 15427.20130)

Resolved issues

Office Suite

We fixed an isue where the video to introduce the new visuals wasn't displaying.

Version 2207: July 14

Version 2207 (Build 15427.20090)

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue where dataverse was showing in 2019 ribbon.
We fixed an issue that occurred while attempting to support Unicode characters in the unique identifier column.

Excel

We fixed an issue where the app closed unexpectedly when interacting with fonts.
We fixed an issue where, in certain cases, some parts of the background of the formula bar would incorrectly show as white when opening a workbook after starting Excel with the Start screen disabled.
We fixed an issue where protected labels stopped working when the user reopened the app immediately after saving and closing.
We fixed an issue where cell references in charts were displaying incorrectly.
We fixed an issue where the app would generate an error saying "The file couldn't be opened in Protected View" for certain files on certain computers.
We fixed an issue, which caused Excel to close completely when choosing File > Close or pressing Ctrl+W to close the last workbook.

OneNote

We fixed an issue that was causing the app to close unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue where, after inserting a shape or line onto the canvas, the cursor didn't change when the shape or line was selected for moving or resizing.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that was preventing the Room Finder from loading in the GCC High environment.
We fixed an issue where, if a user's default link permission type was set to "specific people," permissions on a link inserted using Outlook's Insert Link option weren't granted to the recipients as intended (and an error could be generated).
We fixed an issue where a user created and shared a contact folder enabled for the recipient to edit contact information, but the folder was received with view-only permissions.
We fixed an issue where the app generated an error message saying "The attempted operation failed. An object couldn't be found" when searching an LDAP address book.
We fixed an issue where the app would close unexpectedly if a user double-clicked on the Tentative response button for a meeting from the reading pane when responses weren't requested.
We fixed an issue that caused the "Play on phone" button to be enabled in scenarios where it shouldn't be enabled.
We fixed an issue where the app would erroneously create a new group configuration for the additional Exchange accounts in the profile.
We fixed an issue where users weren't able to add room mailboxes to the calendar.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where the size of characters was incorrect when using small caps with characters that include accents.
We fixed an issue where changes to custom document properties weren't always being reflected in the user interface.
We fixed an issue where Table Style Options were sometimes being incorrectly disabled with Information Rights Management.

Publisher

We fixed an issue that occurred when applying 3D effects to pictures in the app.

Word

We fixed an issue where the UI sometimes stopped rendering on ARM64 devices.
We fixed an issue that occurred when applying 3D effects to pictures in the app.
We fixed an issue that was causing the app to not refresh correctly.
We fixed an issue where the app would close unexpectedly when saving a file as an Adobe PDF.
We fixed an issue where content was being hidden when the user double-clicked to hide white space.
We addressed an issue in which Word wasn't printing multiple selected files.
We fixed an issue where the footer added by built-in labeling incorrectly moved existing, manually added footers.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where background uploads for CLP-protected files led to data loss or protection loss in some cases.
We fixed an issue where working with files stored in SharePoint Online or OneDrive could result in a memory leak.
We fixed an issue where the ribbon options menu wasn't rendering in Excel.
We fixed a visual glitch in Office apps that occurred when opening the Backstage by clicking the File tab.
We fixed an issue where cropped images were displaying as blurred in Print Preview.
We fixed an issue so that SVG formats from Adobe and Inkscape are properly recognized and inserted.
We fixed an issue affecting the recognition and insertion of SVG files from various websites.
We fixed an issue so that online users of the coauthoring feature would be informed when a sensitivity label that they don't have permission to access is applied by another user.
We fixed an issue where the app would close unexpectedly when using ink to do math.

Version 2206: July 06

Version 2206 (Build 15330.20230)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed a visual glitch in the Formula bar.

Visio

We fixed an issue in Visio that caused the application to stop responding when repeatedly zooming in and out.

Version 2206: June 24

Version 2206 (Build 15330.20196)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that prevented the Room Finder from loading in the GCC-High environment.
We fixed an issue where users weren't able to add room mailboxes to the calendar.

Version 2206: June 14

Version 2206 (Build 15330.20114)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue that could cause Narrator to stop working to read the labels in the Enter Parameter Value dialog.
We fixed an issue that adds the ability to get the precision and scale properties for a table field using the DAO Field properties collection.
We fixed an issue where dataverse was showing in 2019 ribbon.
We fixed an issue that could cause incorrect parsing of date/time values with AM/PM specified when importing a text file.
We fixed an issue that could cause a Date/Time extended field to be formatted incorrectly when not displaying fractional seconds.
We fixed an issue that could cause the incorrect day of the week to be displayed for a Date/Time Extended field.
We fixed an issue where the previously created record appears blank when inserting records into a form that is bound to an ADO record set.
We fixed an issue caused while attempting to support Unicode character in unique identifier column.
We fixed an issue that could cause the application to close unexpectedly when using the Access Database Engine OLEDB API with a database containing links to SharePoint lists.
We fixed an issue caused while attempting to support Unicode character in unique identifier column.
We fixed an issue that could cause exporting a report to Excel to stop working with no error message.
We fixed a performance issue where existing code from a user that previously ran without incident was taking longer to run.
We fixed an issue impacting performance when importing .csv files into Access.
We fixed an issue that can cause layout gridlines to paint incorrectly.
The add tables task pane now reapplies filters when you close or reopen it, or switch tabs.
When searching in the nav pane, leading and trailing spaces are no longer trimmed, leading to more accurate search results.
GoToRecord action now works when focus is in the navpane.
Record navigator now resizes appropriately to display full number when there is a large record count.
We fixed an issue that could cause the Date Picker to stop working to display when the focus is in a Date/Time Extended field.
We fixed an issue that could cause the Class property of a Bound Object Frame to return an empty string, even when the control has a value.
We fixed an issue that could cause DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdShowDatePicker to stop working if the current control is in a subform.
We fixed an issue that was prompting the "No current record" error and other messages.
We fixed an issue that could cause a table to fail to save due to duplicate field names, even when there were no duplicate field names.
We fixed an issue that could cause Access to incorrectly handle importing a text file in UTF-8 format.

Excel

We fixed an issue in which the active worksheet would appear blank when running the code to turn off Application.ScreenUpdating in a VBA macro.
We fixed an issue that caused the user profile picture and the data types section in the Data tab to be missing in Excel after an Office update in the background (in the Windows lock screen).
We fixed an issue that caused Excel to stop responding.
We fixed an issue where an AMSI scan would cause the app to close unexpectedly.
We resolved an issue where charts wouldn't insert in PowerPoint slideshows or Word documents when the default sensitivity label with encryption was applied.
We fixed an issue where the user couldn't update links in PowerPoint while a linked Excel file was open.
We fixed an issue where the app would close unexpectedly when opening an .iqy file exported from a SharePoint list.
We fixed an issue where running a VBA script/add-in on a workbook with a chart sheet may cause the app to close unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue where shared workbooks in .xls format may improperly merge changes.
We fixed an issue with rendering in Excel and Project when using certain older builds of Windows 11.
We fixed a visual glitch in the Formula bar.
We fixed an issue related to shape anchoring when inserting rows into a worksheet that has right-to-left orientation.
We fixed an issue where similar but distinct images may be handled incorrectly.
We fixed an issue when using Change Picture From Clipboard so that SVG content shows up properly.
We fixed an issue related to converting icons to shapes to retain visibility after saving and reopening.
We fixed an issue that caused Excel to close unexpectedly when showing live preview of a chart.
We fixed an issue where the "Insert" and "Cancel" labels weren't visible in high-contrast themes.
We fixed an issue that could cause Narrator to stop working to read the labels in the Enter Parameter Value dialog.
We fixed an unexpected stop responding in Office rendering code.

OneNote

We fixed an unexpected stop responding in Office rendering code.
We fixed an issue where, after inserting a shape or line onto the canvas, the user was unable to drag or resize the item.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused some customers to see a grey box when trying to open the Viva Insights add-in.
We fixed an issue that caused unnecessary network traffic for users on premise Exchange.
We fixed an issue that caused some Outlook users to experience a close unexpectedly shortly after boot intermittently.
We fixed an issue when using the Replay All button resulted in an error stating the operation had stopped working.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a close unexpectedly when opening an Online Archive or Shared Mailbox.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see the error "Cannot perform the requested operation..." when attempting to expand a local contact group.
We fixed an issue that caused "No response required" to show on all forwarded meeting invites for delegates of room mailboxes when the Shared Calendar Improvements feature is enabled.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see the error message "The attempted operation failed. An object couldn't be found" when searching an LDAP address book.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see multiple copies of a shared calendar rendered in certain circumstances.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see an error message when attempting to open a shared contacts folder for which they had editor or delegate permissions.
We fixed an issue that caused the end time of a meeting to jump in the future (more than 12 hours ahead) when picking an end time greater or equal to 12 hours/0.5 days in meeting invites.
We fixed an issue where references and reply-to headers were removed when replying to an email and the subject was changed.
We fixed an issue that was causing users to see multiple copies of a shared calendar rendered in certain circumstances.
We fixed an issue where calendars weren't selected in the navigation pane when using "Open Shared Calendar".
We fixed an unexpected stop responding in Office rendering code.

PowerPoint

We fixed an unexpected stop responding in Office rendering code.
We fixed an issue where similar but distinct images may be handled incorrectly.
We fixed an issue where the "Insert" and "Cancel" labels weren't visible in high-contrast themes.
We fixed an issue where mandatory sensitivity labeling wasn't required for save-as when using browse to a location.

Project

We fixed an issue where columns within dialog boxes such as Task Information didn't appear in right-to-left languages such as Hebrew.
We fixed an issue where the user would open a project previously set to 100% complete only to find that the progress status had reverted to a lesser value.
We fixed an issue where Project was unable to connect to Project Server when forms-based authentication was used with Azure Application Proxy.
We fixed an unexpected stop responding in Office rendering code.

Visio

We fixed an unexpected stop responding in Office rendering code.

Word

We fixed an issue for rare coauthoring instances where some replies to comments aren't shown until the next time a document is opened.
We fixed an issue where UI sometimes stopped working to render on arm64 devices.
We fixed an issue where the Word Styles window/pane appeared blank.
We fixed an unexpected stop responding in Office rendering code.
We fixed an issue with displaying embedded images in some Word scenarios.
We fixed an issue with SVG objects so they can handle text-anchor end attributes and correctly maintain the current text position.
We fixed an issue where similar but distinct images may be handled incorrectly.
We fixed an issue when using Change Picture From Clipboard so that SVG content shows up properly.
We fixed an issue where the "Insert" and "Cancel" labels weren't visible in high-contrast themes.
We fixed in issue that caused users to see a memory error when they inserted a hyperlink in their documents.
We fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to switch to Reviewing Mode in Interaction modes.
We fixed an issue where the interaction mode showed "Editing" when a document was in read-only mode.
We fixed a document protection issue where, when the exception list contained only emails, the "Find Next Region..." and "Show All Regions..." commands may stop working correctly.
We fixed an issue where a red-line strikethrough on a deleted image didn't show up when the file was saved as a PDF with Track Changes turned on.
We fixed an issue where an alternative font is displayed for certain special characters when exporting to PDF with the Chinese (Traditional) Windows display language.
We fixed an issue where the user couldn't re-enable Autosave after it had been switched off.
We fixed an issue that was preventing the application from discarding a document that had stopped responding, leading to a recurring sync process.
We fixed an issue that reduces merge conflicts with documents with the same hyperlink.
We fixed an unexpected close in Office rendering code.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue when opening up the font dropdown in Excel, the highlighted font wasn't the one currently selected in the document.
We fixed an unexpected closed in Office rendering code.
We fixed an issue with SVG objects to handle text-anchor, end attributes and correctly maintain the current text position.
We fixed an issue when recording a presentation while using camera feed.

Version 2205: May 23

Version 2205 (Build 15225.20204)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2205: May 20

Version 2205 (Build 15225.20194)

Feature updates

Excel

Speeding up Formula Entry: Excel has sped up entering a formula in a cell noticeably by reducing memory usage, making more efficient use of allocated memory, and optimizing redrawing. These optimizations are more noticeable on devices with slower Memory or slower CPU-Memory throughput and for larger cell ranges.

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue, which caused an unexpected close in Office rendering code.

OneNote

We fixed an issue, which caused an unexpected close in Office rendering code.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused delegates to be unable to open a shared contacts folder despite having the correct permissions.
We fixed an issue, which caused an unexpected close in Office rendering code.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue, which caused an unexpected close in Office rendering code.

Project

We fixed an issue, which caused an unexpected close in Office rendering code.

Visio

We fixed an issue, which caused an unexpected close in Office rendering code.

Word

We fixed an issue, which caused an unexpected close in Office rendering code.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue, which caused an unexpected close in Office rendering code.

Version 2205: May 16

Version 2205 (Build 15225.20150)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to see the error "Cannot perform the requested operation..." when attempting to expand a local contact group.
We fixed an issue where calendars not selected in the navigation pane when using "Open Shared Calendar."
We fixed an issue that caused some customers to see a grey box when trying to open the Viva Insights add-in.

Version 2205: May 09

Version 2205 (Build 15225.20092)

Feature updates

Office Suite

Easily access shared documents on the desktop: The sign in to organization option allows guests to access documents that are shared with them on their desktop Office applications, using a one-time passcode or third-party federation. This functionality, which was previously available in Office for the web, is now also an option for your Office desktop applications.

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue with the Access 2016 error "Your computer is out of disk space," generated when the app couldn't process large .csv files on linked tables.
We fixed an issue so that modern charts now shows localized currency symbols when currency values are formatted.
We fixed an issue where unintended line breaks could occur for languages with IVS characters.
We fixed an issue where a reading pane could disappear when the user switched folders and was using a pinned web add-in.

Excel

We fixed an issue where the letter "j" wasn't being properly inserted.
We fixed an issue with selections not appearing or not visible after being chosen in some dropdown menus, especially in Dark Gray theme.
We fixed an issue where certain buttons in the ribbon wouldn't draw correctly when the window was resized.
We fixed an issue where map charts would get recolored when adding labels.
We are now removing duplicates from Data Validation AutoComplete dropdown lists.
We fixed an issue where running a VBA script / addin on a workbook with chart sheet may cause Excel to close unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue with a problem that could occur when using the TEXTSPLIT function with certain arguments.
We fixed an issue that was causing Excel to consume excessive memory.
We fixed an issue where the app would close unexpectedly as a result of PowerQuery data processing.
We fixed an issue with LET functions where the name argument was the same as the column reference and the row was absolute.
We fixed an issue where the wrong decimal separator was used for users with certain regional settings in Excel for the web.
We fixed an issue with rendering in Excel and Project when using certain older builds of Windows 11.
We fixed an issue where similar but distinct images may be handled incorrectly.
We fixed an issue with the "Relink Lists to New Site" dialog, where relinking to a new SharePoint list URL that exceeds 63 characters wasn't allowed.
We fixed an issue where the close button was being disabled in the Macro Builder tab.
We fixed an issue that could cause an error when trying to navigate to a document stored in SharePoint.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where the app was using over 500 threads for a specific task.
We fixed an issue where users would receive an error message when clicking "Send\Receive All Folders" while working in offline mode.
We fixed an issue that caused EU users to see information missing from person cards.
We fixed an issue where the app stopped responding when trying to respond to a specific contact, after calling ResolveContacts thousands of times.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see "No response required" specified on all meeting invites forwarded from delegated room mailboxes.
We fixed an issue that prevented Outlook Event-Based add-ins from functioning properly.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue with selections not appearing or not visible after being chosen in some dropdown menus, especially in Dark Gray theme.
We fixed an issue where similar but distinct images may be handled incorrectly.
We fixed an issue where multi-line sensitivity label footers would be positioned so that only the first line would appear at the bottom of the slide.
We fixed an issue where the user sees a blank block when inserting another PowerPoint file as a linked object.

Word

We fixed an issue with a OneDrive conflict that would occur when closing a label-protected file.
We fixed an issue with Modern Comments in Word where text copied from OneNote into a comment would insert an image.
We fixed an issue with selections not appearing or not visible after being chosen in some dropdown menus, especially in Dark Gray theme.
We fixed an issue so that an icon within a table is displayed properly when being resized.
We fixed an issue where similar but distinct images may be handled incorrectly.
We fixed an issue where comments were being incorrectly displayed in a loop when clicking on "previous" and "next."
We fixed an issue where the Trust Center settings windows wouldn't open after posting a new Modern Comment in Word.
We fixed an issue where the cursor would scroll to the end of the document after deleting a paragraph mark.
We fixed an issue where switching between Linear and Professional in LaTex equations could result in display errors.
We fixed an issue where, when closing a comment, pending bookmarks also closed.
We fixed an issue that caused the app to stop responding when pasting equations from one Word document to another.
We fixed an issue where a merge conflict alert didn't offer the option of discarding the current changes.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where four policies that were set to only take enable/disable status are now set to take numeric values and be written to HKCU.
We fixed an issue where the font dropdown wouldn't accurately reflect what font was selected in a shape.
We fixed an issue related to specific example text, which would display poorly due to the rich-edit HTML ignoring the HTML small element and not resetting the character format masks at the end of a hyperlink.
We fixed an issue where customers with the updated visuals in Backstage wouldn't see their chosen Office background in certain apps and themes.
We fixed an issue where users were unable to install Microsoft 365 apps when PowerShell was disabled.
We fixed an issue that was causing a "Publish Package Failed" error during an update, which would cause a file-type association to be lost.
We fixed an issue related to multi-threading for Direct2D and Direct3D interoperability.
We fixed a stability issue when recording a Slide Show.
We fixed an issue with OCPS client code by enabling config service for correct URLs in place of Federation Check.
We fixed an issue where, when a user paused the Read Aloud function, the app would skip to the next paragraph when restarted.
We fixed an issue with Read Aloud that would cause the app to close unexpectedly.

Version 2204: May 04

Version 2204 (Build 15128.20206)

Feature updates

Word

Track just your changes in your documents: Sometimes when you're collaborating, you only want your own changes to be tracked, without forcing this setting on others. To track only your changes, go to Review tab, select Track changes, and choose Just Mine.
See details in blog post

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue that caused Excel to consume excessive memory.
We fixed an issue with rendering in Excel and Project when using certain older builds of Windows 11.

Word

We fixed an issue in which the document would scroll to the end after deleting a paragraph mark.

Version 2204: April 25

Version 2204 (Build 15128.20178)

Resolved issues

Access

This change helps users find the correct settings for managing the default online meeting options for third party meeting providers.

Version 2204: April 19

Version 2204 (Build 15128.20146)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused EU users to see information missing from person cards.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a close unexpectedly when trying to respond to certain contacts.

Version 2204: April 15

Version 2204 (Build 15128.20126)

Feature updates

Outlook

Show multiple mini-months in Calendar To-Do Bar: This feature allows you to show multiple mini-months both horizontally and vertically in the Calendar To-Do bar.

PowerPoint

Remember when a default label was removed as to not automatically re-apply it again: When a default label is removed by the user Office needs to remember this action, and not automatically re-apply the default label again.

Word

Remember when a default label was removed as to not automatically re-apply it again: When a default label is removed by the user Office needs to remember this action, and not automatically re-apply the default label again.

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue that could cause the application to close unexpectedly when using the Access Database Engine OLEDB API with a database containing links to SharePoint lists.
We fixed an issue that could cause the app to close unexpectedly if memory requirements grow too rapidly for applications using DAO or OLEDB interfaces to read Access databases.

Excel

We fixed an issue with newly added labels on unprotected files being lost if opened too soon after saving.
We fixed an issue where insertion of PivotTables from Power BI was missing (GCC tenant only).
We fixed an issue where a recovered file would be opened as read-only.
We fixed an issue where the app could close unexpectedly when trying to change a link via the Edit Link dialog.
We fixed an issue that caused Excel to consume excessive memory.
We fixed an issue with OnPrem where Get Data would become disabled in a document with a sensitive label and all permissions except full control.
We fixed an issue where the app wasn't translating named formats from Power BI.
We fixed an issue related to selecting items in the online premium content library.
We fixed an issue displaying some SVG files.
We fixed an issue that caused the app to close unexpectedly when a chart was inserted by a Recommended Chart operation.
We fixed an issue where a tooltip for the See All Charts button was misleading ("see all chart types"); the behavior was limited to Recommended Charts.
We fixed an issue where choosing the search command in context menus disabled common keyboard shortcut combinations.

OneNote

We fixed an issue where the user may not be able to scroll all the way to see ink on the screen.
We fixed an issue to ensure ink strokes have the right thickness.

Outlook

We fixed an issue when clicking on a mailto link with Hebrew and numbers wouldn't display the text in the mail body properly
We fixed a responsiveness issue when viewing animated GIFs.
We fixed an issue that prevented Outlook Event-Based add-ins from functioning properly.
We fixed an issue displaying some SVG files.
We fixed an issue that caused the "Move to Other" functionality to stop working properly.
We fixed an issue where resending a message reverted the message body to plain text and all changes were lost (data loss).
We fixed an issue that would cause folder items outside of the sync window to be lost when the folder is moved to the Online Archive.
We fixed an issue affecting RMS-protected messages.
We fixed an issue that caused some toggle-type options to sync incorrectly when using Cloud Settings.
We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to close unexpectedly during launch when connected to a OneDrive for Business endpoint with no service URL.
We fixed an issue that caused EU users to see information missing from person cards.
We fixed an issue that caused users to expect a stop responding in Outlook in some diagnostic scenarios.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a stop responding when trying to respond to certain contacts.
We fixed an issue that would occur when replying to a message in a shared mailbox when the email sender is also on the To: or CC: line. The user's email address would be removed from the recipient list on the reply, resulting in the primary email sender not receiving any replies to the thread.
A data change was made to include a new United Kingdom holiday in UK-based calendars.
We fixed an issue that prevented a subset of messages from being moved when moving multiple mail items from the Focused to Other inbox or the Other to Focused inbox.
We fixed an issue that could cause users to be unable to disable the Conversation view.
We fixed an issue where removed shared calendars reappeared when the REST shared calendar feature was enabled.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a close unexpectedly when deleting a folder.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue related to selecting items in the online premium content library.
We fixed an issue related to the selection of text in a shape with 3D properties applied.
We fixed an issue regarding the handling of multiple contiguous spaces properly within SVG files.
We fixed a stability issue related to exporting a recorded presentation.
We fixed an issue to make paste behavior consistent in Edit view and Presenter view.

Project

We fixed an issue that affected the display of customized views in Project.
We fixed an issue that prevented Gantt chart-type views from fully displaying; this could occur when the view had a drawing object applied to it.
We fixed an issue where progress lines weren't being displayed when performing a Save As PDF command.
We fixed an issue where the user was unable to open certain projects; the app would close unexpectedly instead.
We fixed an issue where saving or publishing a project from Project Client does not save changes to custom fields.
We fixed an issue where an asterisk (*) used as a separator in filters caused errors and unexpected behavior; replaced by a pipe (|).
We fixed an issue where the app stops responding when leveling does not complete.
We fixed an issue where the application opens to a screen that is no longer available, making the project hidden.
We fixed an issue on systems with high DPI where nodes on a network diagram were viewed as overlapping or not to scale and didn't print correctly.

Publisher

We fixed an issue displaying some SVG files.

Word

We fixed an issue that disabled collaboration mode for a document.
We fixed an issue with displaying embedded Excel spreadsheets in other applications.
We fixed an issue related to selecting items in the online premium content library.
We fixed an issue displaying some SVG files.
We fixed an issue where SVG files may be displayed as a broken link.
We fixed an issue that caused shared calendars to be in an unselected state after adding them.
We fixed an issue where GIFs with zero frame delay wouldn't animate when inserted into an email.
We fixed an issue where sections of text changed color to white after pasting a table from Excel and saving filtered HTML.
We fixed an issue where the wrong font color was showing for comments inserted on Mac and in different themes on Windows.
We fixed an issue where Live Preview was using a lower zoom level than it was set to.
We fixed an issue where the app would sometimes stop responding when a repeating content control was added while Track Changes were turned on.
We fixed an issue where Word couldn't print visible optional hyphens (Alt+173) when used in equations.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where the font dropdown wouldn't accurately reflect what font was selected in a shape.
We fixed an issue to allow a gradient stop to be added when clicking along the slider.
We fixed an issue related to multi-threading for Direct2D and Direct3D interoperability.
We fixed an issue with displaying line and fill in properties SVG files.
We fixed a stability issue when recording a Slide Show.
We fixed a stability issue when stopping a recording of a Slide Show.
We fixed an issue that would prevent Record Slide Show from working when animation timings were involved.
We fixed an issue with sessions being disconnected from RDS session host.

Version 2203: March 30

Version 2203 (Build 15028.20160)

Feature updates

Excel

Power BI Dataset Request Access Improvements: This update presents users with a way to request access to Power BI datasets when attempting to refresh PivotTables in Excel that are connected to a dataset they do not currently have access.

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue displaying some SVG files.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused messages using the Encrypt Only and Do Not Forward templates to return unexpected permissions through the object model.
We fixed an issue that caused some toggle-type options to sync incorrectly when using Cloud Settings.
We fixed an issue that caused users to expect a stop responding in Outlook in some diagnostic scenarios.

Publisher

We fixed an issue displaying some SVG files.

Word

We fixed an issue with displaying embedded Excel spreadsheets in other applications.
We fixed an issue displaying some SVG files.
We fixed an issue in Word where SVG files may be displayed as a broken link (Red-X).
We fixed an issue that caused shared calendars to be in an unselected state after adding them.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue displaying customized views in Project.

Version 2203: March 21

Version 2203 (Build 15028.20094)

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue that could cause memory usage of an application that used DAO or OLEDB interfaces to read Access databases to grow rapidly. In some cases, this could cause abnormal program termination.

Excel

We fixed an issue where a recovered file would be opened as read-only.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to see only a subset of the messages to get moved when moving multiple mail items from Focused to Other or Other to Focused.

Version 2203: March 14

Version 2203 (Build 15028.20050)

Feature updates

Office Suite

Internet macros blocked by default: To help improve security in Office, we're changing the default behavior of Office applications to block macros in files from the internet. The following Office applications running on Windows are affected: Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word. Learn more

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue that caused the Display Name and Trendline Name for a chart data series to be unable to be edited in the Chart Settings pane.
This update fixed an issue where an application would stop working and generate an error message such as "Cannot open any more databases"; the issue could also prevent Access from shutting down properly.
We fixed an issue where Power BI would sometimes fail to refresh data from an Access database if there were links to SharePoint lists in the database.
This updated fixes an issue that can cause a custom application that uses OLEDB interfaces to open an Access database that contains links to SharePoint lists to close unexpectedly.

Excel

We fixed an issue to correct how the counties of Spain were appearing in map charts.
We fixed an issue that was preventing the user from being able to paste a copied cell into the text field in the Custom Filter dialog.
We fixed an issue where the text fields in the custom filter dialog would autocomplete when you start typing a value.
We fixed an issue where, when typing double-byte characters and there are two suggestions, one would be automatically inserted.
We fixed an issue where using custom command bars could cause Excel to close unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue to align how gradients fill on a series in a waterfall chart with how they fill on a series in a column chart.
We fixed an issue where the tooltip for a sensitivity label was displayed too far from the label itself.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where the app would stop responding due to a missing writer thread.
We fixed an issue where a received email wouldn't include a link to open the message.
We fixed an issue that caused the smart link dialog to fail to appear as expected.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see a one-off task appear unexpectedly after deleting an occurrence of a recurring task.
We fixed an issue where a scroll-down button was missing in the "From" account picker dropdown menu.
We fixed an issue where rules for outgoing mail sent to a specific person wasn't working properly in Cached Exchange Mode.
We fixed an issue where removed shared calendars reappeared when the REST shared calendar feature was enabled.
We fixed an issue that caused the membership list to not display properly for contact cards.
We fixed an issue where the default icon was displayed for attached messages when a custom icon was expected.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience performance issues when switching folders due to a corrupt view setting.
We fixed an issue where large images wouldn't appear in a message unless it was viewed in Draft mode.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where PowerPoint wouldn't show the company name under File > Info.
This change limits automatic deletion of old recovery files to those stored in the default recovery file location; this prevents unintended deletion of non-recovery files in user-configured recovery file paths.
We fixed an issue where certain text color operations were incorrectly disabled when a document was encrypted with rights management.
We fixed an issue that would cause Excel, Word, and PowerPoint to occasionally close unexpectedly when the user changed the sensitivity label for a document.
We fixed an issue where the default sensitivity label wasn't getting properly applied when creating a new document in PowerPoint.
We fixed an issue where the tooltip for a sensitivity label was displayed too far from the label itself.

Project

We fixed an issue where, when using the Physical % Complete tracking method, calculated BCWP values greater than 10,000,000,000 on a task weren't possible.
We fixed an issue where local formatting settings were being overwritten when a user saved a server-based project as an MPP file.
We fixed an issue where the user would see a security dialog stating that the project had links to one or more data sources, even though the project had no active links. Now, the dialog appears only when there are active links.
We fixed an issue where there was intermittent data loss when saving for various baseline fields.
We fixed an issue where the save operation to a network drive would become very slow when using the Save As PDF (*.pdf) file type.
We fixed an issue so that users should no longer experience problems when printing Progress Lines in the Gantt chart.

Word

We fixed an issue where the app would intermittently stop responding when checking for updates.
We fixed an issue that was causing SVG images that contained external content to not show up in some cases.
We fixed an issue where the tooltip for a sensitivity label was displayed too far from the label itself.
We fixed an issue in Advanced Track Changes Options by author color.
We fixed an issue with Track Changes where revision marks weren't working as expected.
We fixed an issue where large images wouldn't appear in a message unless it was viewed in Draft mode.
We fixed an issue where invoking Repeat through the user interface, or VBA after hitting Enter, would insert the whole current paragraph in addition to the newly inserted paragraph.
We fixed an issue where a file couldn't be opened in the Microsoft 365 version but could be opened in earlier versions of Word.
We fixed an issue where the Save As dialog would appear unexpectedly while editing a document.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue that caused contact cards to fail to show.
We fixed an issue with the Outlook preview pane that was preventing SVG images from rendering properly.
We fixed an issue that reduced the number of SVG image saves that didn't work.
We fixed an issue where the user couldn't open a file in Application Guard.
We fixed an issue affecting the Read Aloud option.

Version 2202: March 07

Version 2202 (Build 14931.20132)

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue that caused a custom application that uses OLEDB interfaces to open an Access database that contains links to SharePoint lists to close unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue that caused newer versions of the Viva Insights add in to load less efficiently.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to experience performance issues when switching folders due to a corrupt view setting.
We fixed an issue that caused the default icon to be displayed for attached messages when a custom icon was expected.
We fixed an issue that caused the membership list to not display properly for contact cards.

Visio

We fixed an issue where the app stopped responding when inserting charts.

Version 2202: February 28

Version 2202 (Build 14931.20120)

Feature updates

PowerPoint

Modern Comments for Consumer Customers: Our new modern comments features including new functionality, like resolved comments.

Office Suite

In-App Renewal: Offering users a way to stay in the app to renew their subscription.
In-App Purchase for Deprovisioned Users: Offering users the option to stay in the app to purchase Office.

Resolved issues

Excel

This update adjusts how gradients fill on a series in a waterfall chart aligns with gradient fills on series in a column chart.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where a received email wouldn't include a link to open the message.
We fixed an issue that caused certain Smart Link callouts to be inaccessible to screen readers.

PowerPoint

The fix shows the company info in Info | Properties | Advanced Properties dialog for PowerPoint that is installed from C2R.

Project

Users should no longer experience issues when printing progress lines on the Gantt chart.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue in the Outlook preview pane to allow SVG images to render properly.

Version 2202: February 22

Version 2202 (Build 14931.20094)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Outlook

Quickly find the info you're searching for: When you search for things like events, people, flights and so on they appear at the top of search results.

Version 2202: February 14

Version 2202 (Build 14931.20072)

Resolved issues

Word

We fixed an issue where SVG images that contain external content may not show up.

Version 2202: February 07

Version 2202 (Build 14931.20010)

Resolved issues

Access

This update fixed an issue that caused an application to stop working with an error message such as "Cannot open any more databases" and prevented Access from shutting down properly.
We fixed an issue where some SQL Server drivers would show the error "String data, right truncation (#0)" when a user tried to add more than 8,000 bytes worth of data to a varchar(max) field.
We fixed an issue that would prevent multiple users from opening a database when using network paths that include DFS Namespaces, short file names, or mapped drives. Learn More
This change enables full support of requirement set 1.11 and 1.9 for Outlook add-ins.
We fixed an issue that caused the Insights add-in to stop working intermittently.

Excel

We fixed an issue where the menu icons in the ribbon looked misplaced.
We fixed an issue where clicking the Accessibility checker pane no longer switches focus to the Accessibility ribbon if the user has navigated away from the ribbon.
We fixed an issue where the formatting of filtered charts would change after being saved in Excel for the web.
We fixed an issue that would occur when there were hidden fields in a PivotTable.
We fixed an issue with SVG files exported from Visio not displaying text correctly.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where Outlook wouldn't sync the complete folder hierarchy for mailboxes with a large number of folders (for example, more than 10,000 folders).
We fixed an issue where, if a user changed the From field with no alterations made to the new compose, the label justification prompt was incorrectly shown.
We fixed an issue where clicking on multiple users' contact cards in the organization chart view caused the app to stop responding.
We fixed an issue where a delegate was unable to tell which manager's shared calendar they were in when opening the calendar from a meeting invite in the new REST-based calendar sharing model.
We fixed an issue where the Join button wasn't available when one instance of a meeting series was changed to a Teams meeting.
We fixed an issue where the user would lose data when deleting an "empty" folder that contained data on the server side; a warning now appears in this scenario.
We fixed an issue where a hyperlinked URL didn't change automatically when there was a change in the shared OneDrive link using Outlook.
We fixed an issue where the list of folders in Outlook stopped responding to mouse clicks after a contact profile card was opened.
We fixed an issue where Outlook was merging contact information when the RunContactLinking regkey was set to 0.
We fixed an issue where a message using Digital Rights Management (DRM) couldn't be opened.
We fixed an issue with Outlook Search that caused incomplete results when using the OnPrem service search.
We fixed an issue (affecting 64-bit client machines only) where the app stopped responding when forwarding an RTF email.
We fixed an issue where the Appointment Quick View (AQV) was removed from the hidden window check to enable initial scrolling.
We fixed an issue that caused contact cards to not show properly.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where the menu icons in the ribbon looked misplaced.
We fixed an issue where linked images might not load when opening a presentation programmatically in window-less mode.
We fixed an issue with SVG files exported from Visio not displaying text correctly.
We fixed an issue affecting the scroll bar.

Project

We fixed an issue where auto filters didn't work if the text information in an enterprise text type field contained a question mark ( ? ) or asterisk ( * ). The error received was, "The entry is not valid. The test value cannot be used with the field for the data you want to find or filter for." Autofilters now allow the inclusion of values with reserved characters.
We fixed an issue where users were getting into a state where saving wouldn't work. This fix allows users to always be able to save their work.
We fixed an issue so that users can now save projects to the Project Web Application, even if the resources in the offline file have names that match enterprise resources.

Word

We fixed an issue where the menu icons in the ribbon looked misplaced.
We fixed an issue with SVG files exported from Visio not displaying text correctly.
We fixed an issue where a sensitivity label applied via automatic or recommended labeling wouldn't be saved until additional content edits were made to the file.
We fixed an issue by changing non-white background colors that exactly matched highlight colors to have the highlight property in Word Native.
We fixed an issue where on selecting a specific page using navigation pane, only the first part of the page was getting displayed in print layout mode.
We fixed an issue where a mail merge from an Outlook contact could generate an "Out of memory or system resources" error.
We fixed an issue that caused the app to close unexpectedly when selecting Go to Comment for the first comment in a document.
We fixed an issue where performance with large document was slower in Word 365 or Windows 10 than in Word 2013 or Windows 7.
We fixed an issue where Table of Contents page numbers changed to a single digit when the document was in Print Preview mode.
We fixed an issue that updated the case statements to correspond to the data size.
We fixed an issue where an error appeared on closing any document containing a list style with the "New documents based on this template" option enabled.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue in existing WOPI protocol to support real-time coauthoring, where if a lock didn't work in a refresh another lock would maintain functionality.
We fixed an issue that caused text to render incorrectly when using the small caps feature.
We fixed an issue where, after the user received access to the visual refresh, a one-time popup (upon initial opening of Office apps) wasn't enabled as expected per the Coming Soon feature's group policy setting.
We fixed an issue where some default applications disappeared after the monthly Office update.

Version 2201: February 04

Version 2201 (Build 14827.20186)

Feature updates

Excel

Office apps now support OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.3: ODF 1.3 brought many improvements to the OpenDocument format and these are now supported in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (file extensions .odt, .ods, and .odp).
See details in blog post

Outlook

Send emails from your account alias or proxy email address: Outlook has traditionally supported receiving email at addresses other than your default address (known as a proxy address, or alias). Now you can send mail from those proxy accounts as well, by choosing the desired outgoing address.

Resolved issues

Project

We fixed an issue where users were getting into a state where saving wouldn't work. This fix makes it so that users can always save their work.
We fixed an issue where users can now save projects to the Project Web Application even if the resources in the offline file have names that match enterprise resources.

Version 2201: January 24

Version 2201 (Build 14827.20158)

Feature updates

Excel

Default sensitivity labels now apply to existing unlabeled documents: Fixed an issue where the default sensitivity label wouldn't be applied to existing unlabeled documents.

Outlook

Read Aloud just got better: The new Read Aloud Toolbar features new, natural sounding voice options.

PowerPoint

Default sensitivity labels now apply to existing unlabeled documents: Fixed an issue where the default sensitivity label wouldn't be applied to existing unlabeled documents.

Word

Default sensitivity labels now apply to existing unlabeled documents: Fixed an issue where the default sensitivity label wouldn't be applied to existing unlabeled documents.

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue that caused the Insights add-in to stop working intermittently.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused a stop responding when loading personas.
We fixed an issue that caused applications to become unresponsive after loading a contact card.
We fixed an issue that caused the smart link URL to be unable to update when the user changed the permissions on the link in the message.
We fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to open messages with Digital Rights Management policies applied.

Word

We fixed an issue where Repeat style applies Normal instead of repeating style.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where linked images may not load when opening a presentation programmatically in window-less mode.

Version 2201: January 18

Version 2201 (Build 14827.20122)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Excel

Want your workbook to take you places?: Understand the layout of your workbook, see what elements exist, and navigate around quickly using the Navigation pane. Learn more
See details in blog post

Outlook

Update Photo Link in Contact Card: Shows the Update Photo link in your own contact card

PowerPoint

Office apps now support OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.3: ODF 1.3 brought many improvements to the OpenDocument format and these are now supported in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (file extensions .odt, .ods, and .odp).
See details in blog post
Record videos with narration: Make your next presentation more dynamic with pre-recorded video and narration. Or pre-record the entire presentation to ensure a smooth delivery on presentation day. Learn more
See details in blog post

Word

Get back to work faster when collaborating: When you get disconnected while collaborating with others, Word automatically refreshes your document with the latest changes.

Office Suite

Export: Bring all the components of the presentation together for easy sharing and viewing. Exported video includes all recorded timings, narrations, ink, and laser pointer gestures. Video also preserves animations, transitions, and media.

Version 2201: January 12

Version 2201 (Build 14827.20088)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2201: January 10

Version 2201 (Build 14827.20060)

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue that could cause applications using the Access Database Engine OLEDB API with a database containing links to SharePoint lists to close unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue that could cause an application to stop responding when connecting to an Access or Jet database using multiple threads in rapid succession.
We fixed an issue that would prevent multiple users from opening a database on a network file share. Learn More

Excel

We fixed an issue where AutoSave could be temporarily disabled after applying a sensitivity label to protect the document.
We fixed an issue where you would be unable to select a value from a data validation dropdown list in a cell if that list contained blank values.
We fixed an issue where shapes and form controls couldn't call VBA macros.
We fixed an issue where Excel was unable to export workbooks to XPS if the user don't have export permission.
We fixed a performance issue when using automation-based tools, including slicers and accessibility tools.
We fixed an issue where, in a multi-monitor setup, some data in dialog boxes was being hidden from the user when selecting cells.
We fixed an issue where, when you had a Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Worksheet object embedded inside another application (such as a Word document), using the Convert feature to convert it to a Microsoft Excel Worksheet (Office OpenXML) object didn't complete the conversion until you opened the embedded object and made a change to it. The object is converted when using the Convert feature now.
We fixed an issue where the search results would get lost in the pivot table field list taskpane.
We fixed an issue related to text anchoring in SVG rendering.

OneNote

We fixed an issue where a normal lasso selection on tablet emulators would cause the app to close unexpectedly.

Outlook

We implemented a design change request to prevent the Automatic Replies banner from appearing.
We fixed an issue that was causing users to see garbled text in some fields when exporting contacts to a CSV.
We fixed an issue where Outlook was merging contact information when the RunContactLinking regkey was set to 0.
We fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to add a shared calendar from their contacts with "Shared Calendar Improvements" enabled.
We fixed an issue where the sender of a mail wasn't being included when replying all, when the From address was different from the Reply To address.
We fixed an issue that caused the app to close unexpectedly when opening a message via a reminder, when the user's download preference was set to Download Headers.
We fixed an issue where removed shared calendars reappeared when the REST shared calendar feature was enabled.
We fixed an issue where Outlook would stop responding when navigating to a shared calendar.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue with selecting text via double-tap when using the touchpad.
We fixed an issue related to text anchoring in SVG rendering.
We fixed an issue that caused an error when inserting Vimeo videos into a presentation.
We fixed an issue where Reset Slide didn't respect specific picture fill properties in some cases.

Project

We fixed an issue where the Outline Grouping filtering wasn't working.
We fixed an issue that would cause the app to stop responding and resulted in data loss.
We fixed an issue where upgrading projects migrated from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2016/2019 stops working on save.
We fixed an issue where time-phased data didn't appear for Material Resources when the assigned task's duration was set to zero after the task was completed.

Word

We fixed an issue where there was a potential for data loss without error when a user carried out a Save As action to a location using a server path in a CICO library synced by the OneDrive client.
We fixed an issue related to text anchoring in SVG rendering.
We fixed an issue where the app closed unexpectedly when the user clicked on or used shortcut keys to turn the Read Aloud feature on and off repeatedly.
We fixed an issue where contact cards weren't working in Office.
We fixed an issue where comments were missing in Sidetrack but visible in the pane.
We fixed an issue where zoom on live preview dismissed the contextual card.
We fixed an issue where values in a table sometimes didn't refresh when entering new data.
We fixed an issue where when Mirror margins are selected, the horizontal ruler does not match the page margins.

Office Suite

We fixed a reliability issue related to refreshing elements that may contain text.
We fixed an issue where the user was unable to open files from the Shared with Me section on the app home page.
We fixed an issue where Office shows an account error in the SSO and ADFS DRS environment.
We fixed an issue where Microsoft Purview Information Protection sensitivity labeling audit data was no longer generated if the EnableAudit setting was turned off.
We fixed an issue where the app stopped responding when Read Aloud was started and stopped in quick succession.

Version 2112: January 03

Version 2112 (Build 14729.20194)

Resolved issues

Access

This change enables full support of requirement set 1.11 and 1.9 for Outlook add-ins.

Version 2112: December 27

Version 2112 (Build 14729.20178)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2112: December 16

Version 2112 (Build 14729.20170)

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue that caused an application to close unexpectedly when there was a connection to an Access or Jet database using multiple threads.

Excel

We fixed an issue that caused an application using the OLEDB API with the ACE.OLEDB.12.0 or ACE.OLEDB.16.0 provider to close unexpectedly.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to see garbled text in some fields when exporting contacts to a CSV.

Office Suite

We fixed a reliability issue related to refreshing elements that may contain text.
We fixed an issue selecting text via double-tap when using the touchpad.
We fixed an issue related to text anchoring in SVG rendering.

Version 2112: December 13

Version 2112 (Build 14729.20108)

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue that may cause an application that used the OLEDB API to open an Access database (.accdb file) to close unexpectedly if the database contains links to SharePoint lists.

Excel

We fixed an issue where some Perpetual 2016 and 2019 users were affected by removal of undo/redo commands in the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) and misaligned QAT icons.
We fixed an issue so that the default control is the text field, and users can start typing as soon as the dialog opens.
We fixed an issue where opening an XLSM file in the SpreadsheetCompare tool could cause the tool to stop responding.
We fixed an issue where refreshing the data for Pivot Tables stopped working when filtered values no longer existed in the data. A subsequent query statement generated without the invalid filtered values to retry the refresh request is now reenabled.
We fixed an issue that was caused by Mica on Windows 11 being turned on when Wincomp is off.
We fixed an issue where the text in the PivotTable Fields pane was hard to see if Excel was running with the Office Dark Gray theme.
We fixed an issue where interacting with form controls could cause Excel to close unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue with the LOGEST worksheet function, where a transient overflow error wasn't handled and cleared, and was incorrectly picked up for unrelated subsequent calculations.
We fixed an issue where newly created PivotTables could lose custom settings if the data source range was changed.
We fixed an issue where certain formula results weren't updated after their inputs had changed.
We fixed an issue with the WEBSERVICE worksheet function where, in rare cases, Excel would stop working when calculations were canceled by the user.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where received emails that users sent to themselves (the same email address) rendered a blank message body.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a close unexpectedly when retrieving personas.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a close unexpectedly when loading personas in Power Point.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where some pop-up UI elements couldn't be clicked, such as the Join Meeting pop-up in Outlook or the Welcome Back pop-up in PowerPoint.

Project

We fixed an issue where manually scheduled tasks were rescheduled to earlier dates when the user opened projects that had been Saved As with a different name.
We fixed an issue where the progress line would be displayed in the wrong position.
We fixed an issue where the application would close unexpectedly when loading a customized report.
We fixed an issue where progress lines aren't being drawn correctly when a summary task is at 0% complete.

Word

We fixed an issue where pasting text in a comment would unnecessarily add a new line.
We fixed an issue where some pop-up UI elements couldn't be clicked, such as the Join Meeting pop-up in Outlook or the Welcome Back pop-up in PowerPoint.
We fixed an issue where the cursor does not appear in the reply box when inserting a new comment if any pane is open on the right side of the document.
We fixed an issue where the alignment of a previous comment changed from right to left when posting a new comment with right alignment.
We fixed an issue where the cursor disappears from a comment while scrolling in a multi-page document.
We fixed an issue where a GUID was displayed rather than an author's name during collaboration.
We fixed an issue where the application sometimes stopped responding when refreshing the table of contents.
We fixed an issue where the Undo command wasn't working after changing the color of bullets in a document.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where the app would close unexpectedly upon opening a file.
We fixed an issue where an Upload Blocked warning window appeared when a new file with an Encrypted Label was saved and re-opened in an environment where OneDrive Sync had been configured.
We fixed an issue where the teaching callouts (tips) about the new look of Office didn't appear in Outlook. Now, users of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote are notified about the changes to the new look of Office, which includes information about what changed and how to change settings, or toggle off the experience.
We fixed an issue where a reboot was triggered to complete the removal of existing installations.
We fixed an issue where explanations for TrialNotificationBarDismissed, DateHigh, and DateLow DWORDS were removed.
We fixed an issue where Read Aloud would close unexpectedly when it was started and stopped in rapid succession.

Version 2111: December 10

Version 2111 (Build 14701.20248)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where opening xlsm file in SpreedsheetCompare tool can cause the tool to stop responding.
We fixed an issue with the WEBSERVICE worksheet function, where Excel would stop working in rare cases when calculations are canceled by the user.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a close unexpectedly when retrieving personas.

Office Suite

This fixes two things:

There was a bug in Outlook where the teaching callouts (tips) about the new look of Office didn't appear. These will now appear.
Many users of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote have missed the teaching callouts about the new look of Office, which include information about what changed and how to change settings, or toggle off the experience. This change retriggers these teaching callouts for users to be notified about the changes.

Version 2111: December 07

Version 2111 (Build 14701.20230)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2111: December 03

Version 2111 (Build 14701.20226)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2111: December 01

Version 2111 (Build 14701.20210)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed issues that refreshing the data for PivotTables can stop working when filtered values no longer exist in the data, and a subsequent query statement generated without the invalid filtered values to retry the refresh request was temporarily disabled and is now reenabled.
We fixed an issue where certain formula results aren't updated after their inputs have changed.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a close unexpectedly when loading personas in PowerPoint.

Project

We fixed an issue where manually scheduled tasks were rescheduled to earlier dates when the user opened projects that had been Saved As to a different name. Users should no longer see manually scheduled tasks rescheduled while opening these projects.
We fixed an issue where some projects would closed unexpectedly when loading customized reports.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue during protected coauthoring where a sensitivity label and encryption might be removed from a file hosted in SharePoint or OneDrive.

Version 2111: November 29

Version 2111 (Build 14701.20170)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2111: November 22

Version 2111 (Build 14701.20166)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue where some pop-up UI elements couldn't be clicked, such as the Join Meeting pop-up in Outlook or the Welcome Back pop-up in PowerPoint.
We fixed an issue that caused a close unexpectedly when displaying a contact card.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a close unexpectedly when loading people photos.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where some pop-up UI elements couldn't be clicked, such as the Join Meeting pop-up in Outlook or the Welcome Back pop-up in PowerPoint.

Word

We fixed an issue where some pop-up UI elements couldn't be clicked, such as the Join Meeting pop-up in Outlook or the Welcome Back pop-up in PowerPoint.
We fixed an issue where bookmarks and table of content links aren't working after exporting to PDF.

Version 2111: November 15

Version 2111 (Build 14701.20100)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2111: November 10

Version 2111 (Build 14701.20060)

Resolved issues

Access

When opening linked tables to Dynamics, numbers may appear as small squares when the data is displayed. To work around this issue, open the link in Table Design view, and clear the Format property for any affected columns.

Excel

We fixed an issue where the word "Column" disappeared from the Cell Format ribbon dropdown menu on mouse over.
We fixed an issue where localized characters were rendering too small in a worksheet tab (issue only present for users with the Fluent UI Coming Soon toggle enabled).
We fixed an issue related to a workbook with many custom views with Freeze Panes that was causing Excel to stop responding immediately after launch.
We fixed an issue where a query update caused Excel to stop responding.
We fixed an issue where using a cell reference in a formula caused users to experience high CPU usage.
We fixed an issue where the original icon of the app wasn't displaying correctly if the source file was from a OneDrive location and the file name contained HTML encoding characters when adding an Excel, Word, or PowerPoint embedded object into an Excel file.
We fixed an issue where apply name for defined name wasn't working for dynamic array.
We fixed an issue where newly created PivotTables could lose custom settings if the data source range was changed.
We fixed an issue where the text in an Excel cell cannot be seen in live preview under certain conditions.
We fixed an issue where importing a query, then selecting a range in the new worksheet and loading from that range, would cause the query editor to open with the wrong table name.
We fixed an issue where some worksheet functions weren't appearing for users with certain languages.
We fixed an issue where the user was seeing the Music data type button but the artists weren't converting.
We fixed an issue causing rendering errors when teleporting great distances in the grid (such as when using Ctrl + arrow key).
We fixed a visual glitch when clicking and dragging to select a range of cells.
We fixed an issue where on opening an Excel file, the cell selection was off.
We fixed an issue where switching sheets may cause the sheet tabs to not display properly.
We fixed an issue where hitting the hot key "e" for Filter would conflict with Search on the context menu.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where the calendar experienced problems when doing a full sync.
We fixed an issue that caused users who are on Windows 11 or who are using the visual refresh through Coming Soon to see misaligned text when hovering over the mini calendar date.
We fixed a sync failure that was occurring when generating a preview.
We fixed an issue that caused all emails sent with Sensitivity labels to always apply the "Encrypt - Only" template which would result in incorrect behavior, allowing people to forward "recipients only" emails.
We fixed an issue where the app would stop responding when conducting a search.
We fixed an issue where the Like button didn't appear for Group emails if the user opens an inbox email and closes it before going to Groups.
We fixed an issue where Outlook would display fewer contact lists/contact groups in suggestions than expected.
We fixed an issue where an invite would go out to attendees but wouldn't be saved to the Organizer's calendar.
We fixed an issue where an "Encrypt-Only" sensitivity label wouldn't process for all UI languages except EN.
We fixed an issue where default sensitivity labels weren't getting applied on encrypted emails.
We fixed an issue where saving Outlook messages to a SharePoint document library would generate an error, due to an Internet connectivity test.
We fixed an issue where the wrong end date for an all-day event was appearing in Calendar view.
We fixed an LDAP Address Book search error generated when there were two LDAP Address Books from different domains.
We fixed an issue where Outlook stopped responding due to a sync failure.
We fixed an issue that caused users to encounter a stop responding when loading the navigation pane for the calendar module.
We fixed an issue that caused the Appointment quick view to be cropped when previewing meeting invitations.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue related to reordering bulleted list items using drag and drop.
We fixed an issue where a printout would be cut off (data loss) when the user changed a document in portrait orientation from a bigger paper size to a smaller paper size.
We fixed an issue where copying an embedded object caused the embedded object to save, as well as, re-saving the containing document (which created a new version if AutoSave was enabled).
We fixed an issue where a Save As operation with AutoSave off saved the changes to the original cloud file rather than creating a new version.
We fixed an issue so the app no longer prompts for a password to modify it if the user explicitly opens the file in read-only mode.

Project

We fixed an issue where paste links weren't updating as information in the project changed.
We fixed an issue where, when tasks are rescheduled in Project, manually scheduled tasks may be scheduled earlier than they should be.
We fixed an issue where, when programmatically adding new tasks to a project via CSOM, the tasks might not be inserted at the correct location if the new task's summary task is collapsed.

Visio

The issue of focus moving to another place in the canvas has been fixed in the latest build. You can now use the paste shortcut for text without facing document shifting. The fix is available in the latest builds.

Word

We fixed an issue where the application would stop responding when the user selected File > Save As.
We fixed an issue where writing a comment that mixes language directions (like English and Hebrew) resulted in the word order appearing incorrectly.
We fixed an issue where the app would close unexpectedly when the user clicked on comment text while dictating a reply to that comment.
We fixed an issue with large URLs where a link couldn't be opened if its length exceeded a specific character limit.
We fixed an issue where the app would stop responding when "at mentioning" (@mention) someone in a comment.
We fixed an issue where a mail-merge formatted document couldn't be saved in .doc format.
We fixed an issue of a persisting zoom level when relaunching and opening documents saved at different zoom levels.
We fixed an issue where the Read Aloud playback sometimes jumps to a random location in the document.
We fixed an issue related to page width when closing the comments pane with page width zoom selected.
We fixed an issue where anchor highlights aren't removed from a modern comment when the cursor moves off of it.
We fixed an issue that caused auto-scroll mode to not function.
We fixed an issue where some tables spanning multiple pages would bounce up and down (due to redrawing) in a no-margin page view.
We fixed an issue where Word goes unresponsive when selecting and right-clicking a content control locked against deletion.
We fixed an issue with co-authoring mode where a revision might not be saved.
We fixed an issue where a graphic could be missing in certain documents.
We fixed an issue where certain font styles weren't being mapped appropriately when pasting text as "Keep text only."

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where a "wdlor" + GUID query parameter could get added to the end of a link.
We fixed an issue where an update would stop responding. The update would open Software Center as expected; it would start the "download and apply" phase, but then would stop responding and an error would appear: 0x87d00668 ("Software update still detected as actionable after apply").
We fixed an issue affecting the MSI Office 2007 catalyst detection logic, which was causing Visio and Project to be unintentionally removed.
We fixed an issue so that Eyedropper functionality is enabled in documents opened with limited permissions.
We fixed an issue where corrupted SVGs in Office documents fail to render, showing a red X, by substituting an uncorrupted bitmap version of the image.
We fixed an issue in which animated GIFs cropped to a non-rectangular shape wouldn't animate in PowerPoint's Slide Show presentation mode.
We added an option to the Record Slide Show dialog to remove the prompt to Export to Video on closing.
We fixed an issue where default sensitivity labels weren't getting applied on encrypted emails.
We fixed an issue where Excel was unable to open a workbook saved from a workbook opened with Application Guard.

Version 2110: November 05

Version 2110 (Build 14527.20268)

Feature updates

Excel

Excel 4.0 (XLM) Macros disabled by default: Excel 4.0 macros (XLM) is disabled by default for users who don't have a group policy configuration in place or who haven't yet configured XLM macro settings in the Excel Trust Center.

Resolved issues

Excel

When opening linked tables to Dynamics, numbers may appear as small squares when the data is displayed. To work around this issue, open the link in Table Design view, and clear the Format property for any affected columns.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where sending mail by right clicking and selecting "Send Mail" from the file system caused explorer.exe to close unexpectedly on VDI machines.

Project

Fixed an issue where when tasks are rescheduled in Project, manually scheduled tasks may be scheduled earlier than they should be.

Version 2110: November 03

Version 2110 (Build 14527.20254)

Resolved issues

Excel

When opening linked tables to Dynamics, numbers may appear as small squares when the data is displayed. To work around this issue, open the link in Table Design view, and clear the Format property for any affected columns.

PowerPoint

We have fixed an issue when a user changes an original Portrait and bigger paper size document to a smaller paper size (e.g. from Letter to A5), its print out would be cut off (data loss).

Version 2110: October 28

Version 2110 (Build 14527.20234)

Resolved issues

Outlook

Fixed an issue where there was a potential for the app to stop responding when drawing an image.

PowerPoint

Fixed an issue where there was a potential for the app to stop responding when drawing an image.

Skype for Business: Non-security updates

We fixed an issue where a hybrid camera on some laptops didn't show in SfB client.

Word

Fixed an issue where there was a potential for the app to stop responding when drawing an image.

Version 2110: October 25

Version 2110 (Build 14527.20226)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where a query update caused Excel to stop responding.

Version 2110: October 22

Version 2110 (Build 14527.20216)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused a sync failure to occur when generating a preview.
We fixed an issue that caused users who are on Windows 11 or who are using the visual refresh through Coming Soon to see misaligned text when hovering over the mini calendar date.
We fixed an issue that caused users who are on Windows 11 or who are using the visual refresh through Coming Soon to see some alignment issues in the ribbon area and strange visual artifacts when resizing Outlook windows.

Version 2110: October 18

Version 2110 (Build 14527.20178)

Resolved issues

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where documents that contain invalid SVGs shows the rasterized fallback image instead of a red X.

Version 2110: October 11

Version 2110 (Build 14527.20128)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused all emails sent with Sensitivity labels to always apply the "Encrypt - Only" template which would result in incorrect behavior, allowing people to forward "recipients only" emails.
We fixed an issue that caused users to encounter a stop responding when loading the navigation pane for the calendar module.
We fixed an issue that caused the appointment quick view to be cropped when previewing meeting invitations.

Version 2110: October 05

Version 2110 (Build 14527.20072)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where Excel's enclosed numeric characters show as question marks.
We fixed an issue where users reported it was difficult to tell the selected tabs from the non-selected tabs in the Office light themes (issue only present for users with the Fluent UI Coming soon toggle enabled).
We fixed an issue where the row and column header colors on partial selection weren't discernible from the fishbowl color in Dark Gray theme (issue only present for users with the Fluent UI Coming Soon toggle enabled).
We fixed an issue in the Excel macro language in which the alert dialog box didn't show in the proper type.
We fixed an issue that caused an insufficient memory warning to appear when copying and pasting content.
We fixed an issue with number formats used in Data Type property values for non-English regional system settings.
We fixed an issue where automatic sensitivity labeling wasn't working for a few GCC-H tenants.
We fixed an issue where, in some cases, the top rows could appear duplicated in worksheets with Freeze Panes enabled.
We fixed an issue where the BizUD Gothic Japanese font was rendering differently between Office applications.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused drafts of HTML emails that were saved to the hard disk to be changed to Plain Text format.
We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience a unexpected close after adding a shared calendar.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a unexpected close when searching for people.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a unexpected close when searching for people.
We fixed an issue where messages created via Send To get default sensitivity labels.
We fixed an issue where double-clicking to save an untrusted attachment would fail to save to network locations.
We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience a stop responding when attempting to retrieve AutoDiscover settings.
We fixed an issue where messages created via Send To get default sensitivity labels.
We fixed an issue where a delegate cannot see organizer details in Scheduling Assistant.
We fixed an issue where the sensitivity tab was disabled in the frame-control window for some users.
We fixed an issue where search didn't include items from an online archive mailbox.
We fixed an issue that caused users of Outlook's Shared Calendar Improvements feature to experience high CPU usage.
We fixed an issue that caused calendars added to the "shortcuts" module to disappear after Outlook restarts.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see shared calendars that they added not be checked by default, leading them to believe that the calendar had failed to get added.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where the sub-menu opened in the wrong place in a slideshow.
We fixed an issue where ink wouldn't be displayed when a PowerPoint slide was pasted in another program.
We fixed an issue where attempting to turn on AutoSave for files with unsupported extensions saved to OneDrive or SharePoint would show the Share dialog.

Project

We fixed an issue where, if the decimal separator isn't a period, enterprise resources can't be saved when an enterprise number custom field is updated.
We fixed an issue that caused the Visual Basic Applications (VBA) OrganizerMoveItem method that is used to move custom field information from one project to another to not work properly when the Name parameter is omitted.
When the Predecessors field is changed, the BeforeTaskChange event fires twice; the second event also includes incorrect information.

Word

We fixed an issue that caused the Save indicator to stop responding.
We fixed an issue where changes failed to sync and progress was lost in both the synced file and the locally backed up file.
We fixed an issue where Word would become slow to respond while using a high CPU percentage.
We fixed an issue where autocorrect wasn't working in Modern Comments.
We fixed an issue where the document was appearing and disappearing in a flicker motion.
We fixed an issue where emails forwarded with long image URLs wouldn't display.
We fixed an issue where the BizUD Gothic Japanese font was rendering differently between Office applications.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where a user can't open an .xls/.ppt/.doc file in a folder that was synced from a SharePoint folder with read permission.
We fixed an issue in Excel where the error ERROR_DISK_FULL would appear before maintenance would begin.
We fixed an issue where the ampersand character was incorrectly shown as an underline in the data types card.
We fixed an issue where Excel now has more control about the input events and users can explicitly decide when they want to start a PTP gesture.
We fixed an issue that negatively impacted the typing speed in an email or document when an animated GIF was playing.

Version 2109: September 27

Version 2109 (Build 14430.20234)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience a unexpected close after adding a shared calendar.
We fixed an issue that caused users of Outlook's "shared calendar improvements" feature to experience high CPU usage.
We fixed an issue that caused calendars added to the "shortcuts" module to disappear after Outlook restarts.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see shared calendars that they added not be checked by default, leading them to believe that the calendar had failed to get added.

Version 2109: September 24

Version 2109 (Build 14430.20220)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2109: September 13

Version 2109 (Build 14430.20148)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2109: September 09

Version 2109 (Build 14430.20088)

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an error that was causing tables dropped into the query design or system relationship window to appear in a different location than where they were dropped.
We fixed an issue where, after an error is encountered when pasting records into a subform, data added to the subform is discarded when the form is closed.
We fixed an issue where attempting to use the DAO API from non-Office applications would cause a failure, with the message, "The operating system is not presently configured to run this application."
We fixed an issue, which now enables launch events for Outlook addins.
We fixed an issue where special characters were included in error messages.
In certain customer configurations, it has been discovered that document exports to PDF or XPS formats from Office may fail due to recent updates. This update fixes these regressions and reenables export to these formats.

Excel

We fixed an issue with the Insert Cells dialog in which double-clicking on one of the options wasn't applying the selected option and dismissing the dialog.
We fixed an issue that caused the trend line on charts with logarithmic data to not be smooth.
We fixed an issue where scrolling using a mouse wheel or touch pad wasn't working if the last row or column in the sheet was hidden.
We fixed a unexpected close that could happen while saving a file with certain custom number formats.
We fixed an issue in which some character sets weren't displaying correctly in sheet tabs.
We fixed a problem where the Analysis ToolPak add-in didn't work with certain Automation Security settings.
We fixed an issue where, under rare circumstances, Excel could stop responding while calculating a workbook.
We fixed an issue where Excel was clearing out the value for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\UserInfo\Company in non-MSI installs of Office.
We fixed an issue with switching separators after a Selection.Parent.Copy call.
We fixed an issue where the Find/Replace dialog only saved history for Find and not Replace (the dialog wasn't saving the history of what was replaced when Replace occurred).
We fixed a rendering issue in worksheets with Freeze Panes enabled for certain scrolling scenarios.
We fixed a stability issue related to graphics during recalculation.
This version fixes an issue when the app closes unexpected. This happens during Save for some documents in tenants which have opted into protected coauthoring if the local file cache has tenant ID datum formatted incorrectly.
In certain customer configurations, it has been discovered that document exports to PDF or XPS formats from Office may fail due to recent updates. This update fixes these regressions and reenables export to these formats.

OneNote

Updates the hot key for creating a Quick Note to be Win + Alt + N.

Outlook

Fixed an issue that was causing the app to stop responding when using Outlook.
We fixed an issue where the app stopped responding with large number of groups.
We fixed an issue that caused Room Finder to fail to load.
We fixed an issue that caused users to be able to download protected voice mail files.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see a loss of HTML formatting when saving a draft of an email to disk.
We fixed an issue that was allowing users to be able to download protected attachments.
We fixed an issue where the app stopped responding while composing an email using Outlook.
We fixed an issue where the app stopped responding shortly after Outlook boot.
We fixed an issue where email signatures would be missing after a change in the account's UPN/SMTP name.
Fixed an issue where changes only to the content of a signature wouldn't be updated in the cloud-based setting.
We fixed an error caused when forwarding large or long-running recurring meetings as ICAL.
We fixed an issue where Mail subject prepopulated with unexpected characters when created from mail link in contact card.
We fixed an issue that caused reminders to intermittently display late and show the wrong time in the dialog.
We fixed an issue where an unexpected informational notification tip about shortening meetings by default appeared when creating meetings in Outlook, when the option wasn't configured by the Exchange administrator.
Fixed an issue where a meeting occurrence cancellation form would appear instead of the expected edit form.
We fixed an issue that caused increased network activity shortly after Outlook boot with profiles that have multiple accounts.
We fixed an issue that caused deleted meeting invitations to intermittently re-surface for some users.

PowerPoint

This version fixes an issue when the app closes unexpected. This happens during Save for some documents in tenants which have opted into protected coauthoring if the local file cache has tenant ID datum formatted incorrectly.
In certain customer configurations, it has been discovered that document exports to PDF or XPS formats from Office may fail due to recent updates. This update fixes these regressions and reenables export to these formats.
Fixed an issue to re-enable "Reset Picture and Size" for pictures inside SmartArt and AutoShape objects.
We fixed an issue where the slide size can change during print preview.
We fixed an issue where Word was taking longer time to save than expected.

Project

We fixed an issue where, when programmatically adding new tasks to a project, the tasks may not be inserted at the correct location if the new task's summary task is collapsed.

Publisher

We fixed a stability issue related to graphics during recalculation.

Skype for Business: Non-security updates

We fixed an issue where the video share peek in a conversation window would close unexpectedly.

Visio

We fixed an issue where Export to PowerPoint from Visio now has Visio images true to the source, without any distortion or issues in rendering.

Word

This version fixes an issue when the app closes unexpected. This happens during Save for some documents in tenants which have opted into protected coauthoring if the local file cache has tenant ID datum formatted incorrectly.
In certain customer configurations, it has been discovered that document exports to PDF or XPS formats from Office may fail due to recent updates. This update fixes these regressions and reenables export to these formats.
We fixed an issue with saving and opening documents with bookmarks.
We fixed an issue where enabling AutoSave could cause recent edits to temporarily disappear.
We fixed an issue where, during the uploading of a file, the application stopped responding and the document wasn't syncing.
We fixed an issue with the comments where icons, stickers, and illustrations weren't visible if they were pasted along with the text in a comment.
Fixed an issue where a dialog showcasing the new visual refresh contained text that was inaccessible to screen readers.
We fixed a stability issue related to graphics during recalculation.
We fixed an issue related to exporting a chart as an EMF, so the EMF has editable labels when inserted as a picture in Office.
Fixed an issue when editing contacts related to adding pictures using 'This Device' option.
This version fixes an issue when the app closes unexpected. This happens during Save for some documents in tenants which have opted into protected coauthoring if the local file cache has tenant ID datum formatted incorrectly.
We fixed an issue related to the app stops responding when calling DCompositionCreateDevice.
We fixed an issue where the app wasn't showing the page numbers accurately for the Chapters/Documents in the inserted Table of Contents using RD field codes.
Fixed a save error that could occur when co-authoring a document.
We fixed an issue where the insert Online video button was disable.
We fixed an issue where Word was failing to render the base-64 encoded, embedded GIFs in the email body.
We fixed an issue where the Repeat as Header Row feature in a table was disabled in some cases.
We fixed an issue, which typing Hiragana with the Japanese IME with the At Mention people picker opened caused the IME to stop working.
Fixed an issue where applying Styles from the Home tab does not work.
We fixed an issue with non-default ribbon configurations that could lead to the Style Gallery not functioning.
We fixed an issue with the Document.Save command.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue related to the following scenario: when using Create Video to export a video from a presentation at the default OneDrive location, an error message would appear saying that the location is not available.
We improved behavior during file save to a location requiring user access approval. The Grant Access screen should now appear to allow user access approval.
Fixed an issue in Outlook where custom VSTO controls stopped working after opening and switching between multiple windows and views.
We fixed a performance issue related to inserting or editing rows on some versions of Windows.
We fixed an issue where pictures copied from Word didn't preserve the Lock Aspect Ratio setting when pasted into drawing canvases in other Office applications.
Fixed an issue recognizing and inserting SVG files from various URLs.
We fixed an issue where some documents failed to load after using some web add-ins.
We fixed an issue that caused date fields in PivotTables to be grouped incorrectly.
We fixed an issue where Read Aloud neural voice regression stopped responding.

Version 2108: September 07

Version 2108 (Build 14326.20348)

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue where special characters were included in error messages.

OneNote

Updated the hot key for creating a Quick Note to be Win + Alt + N

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused Room Finder to fail to load.
We fixed an issue where an unexpected informational notification tip about shortening meetings by default appeared when creating meetings in Outlook, when the option wasn't configured by the Exchange administrator.
We fixed an issue that caused deleted meeting invitations to intermittently re-surface for some users.
We fixed an issue that caused links in the location field to be unclickable.

Word

Fixed an issue where a dialog showcasing the new visual refresh contained text that was inaccessible to screen readers.
We fixed an issue in Print where the print preview wasn't loading.

Version 2108: August 30

Version 2108 (Build 14326.20282)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2108: August 24

Version 2108 (Build 14326.20238)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Resolved issues

Teams

We fixed an issue where the video share peek in a conversation window closes unexpectedly.

Version 2108: August 20

Version 2108 (Build 14326.20222)

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue, which now enables launch events for Outlook addins.

Excel

Fixed a problem where the Analysis ToolPak add-in didn't work with certain Automation Security settings.
We fixed an issue that caused date fields in PivotTables to be grouped incorrectly.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to be able to download protected attachments.
We fixed an issue where the app stops responding shortly after Outlook boot.
We fixed an issue where email signatures would be missing after a change in the account's UPN/SMTP name.
Fixed an error when forwarding some large or long running recurring meetings as ICAL.
Fixed an issue where a meeting occurrence cancellation form would appear instead of the expected edit form.
We fixed an issue that was causing the app to stop responding when using Outlook.
We fixed an issue that caused increased network activity shortly after Outlook boot with profiles that have multiple accounts.

Word

We fixed an issue where the insert Online video button was disable.
We fixed an issue where you are unable to turn off any of the Editor options in the "Resume" section.
We fixed an issue with non-default ribbon configurations that can lead to the Style Gallery to not function.

Version 2108: August 16

Version 2108 (Build 14326.20136)

Feature updates

Outlook

Browse Groups OPX: OPX experience for Browse Groups to support engineering agility.

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue where the app stops responding while composing an email using Outlook.
Fixed an issue where changes only to the content of a signature wouldn't be updated in the cloud-based setting.

Office Suite

Fixed an issue in Outlook where custom VSTO controls stopped working after opening and switching between multiple windows and views.
Fixed an issue related to scrolling on a thumbnail view in a PPT slide using touch or trackpad.

Version 2108: August 06

Version 2108 (Build 14326.20074)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Word

Proofing is now available for selected text within the Document: With this change we can now review spelling, grammar and other intelligent writing suggestions for just the selected text. Additionally we can also review suggestions for the whole document. See details in blog post

Version 2108: August 04

Version 2108 (Build 14326.20046)

Feature updates

Excel

Lambda: Custom Functions Without Code: The lambda function allows you to take any existing formula or expression and turn it into a custom function with a name. Easily reuse and update logic in your spreadsheet with the lambda function.

Office Suite

Use WebP images in Word, Excel and PowerPoint: Office now supports more of your images with the introduction of WebP support.

Resolved issues

Access

In certain customer configurations, it has been discovered that document exports to PDF or XPS formats from Office may fail due to recent updates. This update fixes these regressions and reenables export to these formats.

Excel

We fixed an issue where a PowerPoint-linked file became unavailable when the source .xlsx file is already running in the background and both files are opened from the ODB local synced folder.
The "File" tab text was getting cut off in some languages.
We fixed an issue where small data markers disappeared when the spreadsheet zoomed out.
We fixed an issue where localized function names will now be recognized when opening CSV files.
We fixed an issue where a different workbook was opened when a workbook had to be closed and re-opened because it was modified and checked in by a different user.
We fixed an issue occurring when saving as XML data (.xml) from workbooks containing an XML map.
We fixed an issue where scrolling with touch or a touchpad would revert back to the start of the spreadsheet.
We fixed an issue for protected files with no label metadata; the label is determined by the protection. Mandatory labeling now uses label metadata and label policy.
We fixed a stability issue related to animation of the text cursor.
In certain customer configurations, it has been discovered that document exports to PDF or XPS formats from Office may fail due to recent updates. This update fixes these regressions and reenables export to these formats.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where a user was unable to open or preview emails.
We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience a unexpected close when collecting diagnostic information.
We fixed an issue that caused modifications on a message generated by the "Resend this message" option to be lost on send when that message was re-sent from a PST.
We fixed an issue that caused emails re-sent by a different user to appear to be sent by the original sender, in organizations where SendFromAliasEnabled is set to True.
We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience a unexpected close when performing searches.
We fixed an issue where some notifications in Outlook desktop weren't actionable when Office was installed on Win Server 2016.
We fixed an issue that caused Cloud Settings users to experience a unexpected close when an incompletely configured account is present in the profile.
We fixed an issue that caused delegates trying to view forwarded meeting requests in their sent items folder to see the manager's copy of the meeting rather than the delegate's sent item.
We made a change to allow administrators to disable Always On Logging on a per-process basis via group policy.
We fixed an issue that caused users to be able to download protected voice mail files.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see duplicate time entries in the end meeting time dropdown when the start of the meeting and the end of the meeting were on different dates.
We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience a unexpected close when collecting diagnostic information.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where an exception caused an unexpected close of the application.
We fixed an issue to re-enable cropping for pictures inside SmartArt objects.
We fixed an issue where, in certain situations, a user was unable to use Paste Special to paste chart content from Excel to PowerPoint.
We fixed an issue where Word was taking longer time to save than expected.
In certain customer configurations, it has been discovered that document exports to PDF or XPS formats from Office may fail due to recent updates. This update fixes these regressions and reenables export to these formats.

Project

We fixed an issue where you couldn't create a visual report if the project had cross-project links and fixed cost.
We fixed an issue where, when you applied a view or table, not all of the columns that were supposed to show up actually showed up.

Word

We fixed an issue where the application unexpectedly closed when inserting a link in a comment.
We fixed an issue related to print size being too small in Word Mobile.
We fixed an issue in which the Next/Previous page buttons were truncated in Read mode.
We fixed an issue where proofing settings didn't persist.
We fixed an issue where the cursor may not be visible after a page break.
We fixed an issue where bullets could disappear from text during co-authoring.
We fixed an issue where a file added to a SharePoint document library would inherit the setting "ShowDocument Information Panel" immediately after opening, and it would remain if the file was removed from SharePoint.
We fixed an issue where Word became unresponsive when updating the Table of Contents field via VBA when Track Changes was on.
We fixed an issue that caused inserting a GIF to show a security notice.
We fixed an issue related to saving files.
We fixed an issue where Word was taking longer time to save than expected.
We fixed an issue where a folder name not ending with "/" was being incorrectly interpreted by the URL parser.
In certain customer configurations, it has been discovered that document exports to PDF or XPS formats from Office may fail due to recent updates. This update fixes these regressions and reenables export to these formats.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where Fire coauthoring state changed when transitioning to None.
We fixed an issue where text was truncated in some languages due to increased text size.
The underline that denotes the active ribbon tab was showing up in the wrong place when switching from mail view to calendar view in Outlook
We fixed an issue where added DropShadow properties on the search box caused the TitleBar to be too tall, creating layout bugs.
We fixed an issue with incorrect text wrapping in task panes for high-DPI displays.

Version 2107: August 02

Version 2107 (Build 14228.20222)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused emails that are resent by a different user to appear to be sent by the original sender in organizations where SendFromAliasEnabled is set to True.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see duplicate time entries in the end meeting time dropdown when the start of the meeting and the end of the meeting were on different dates.
We fixed an issue that caused users of the Shared Calendar Improvements feature to see newly added shared calendars fail to display until after a restart of Outlook.

Version 2107: July 22

Version 2107 (Build 14228.20186)

Feature updates

PowerPoint

Add Flipgrid videos to your presentation: PowerPoint now supports Flipgrid videos along with other video types. Learn more

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience a unexpected close when collecting diagnostic information.
We fixed an issue that caused modifications on a message generated by the "Resend this message" option to be lost on send when that message was re-sent from a PST.
We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience a unexpected close when performing searches.

Version 2107: July 16

Version 2107 (Build 14228.20154)

Feature updates

Outlook

Use suggested replies in Outlook: When you receive an email message that can be answered by a short response, Outlook can suggest three responses you can use to reply with just a couple of clicks. Learn more See details in blog post
Link to Create Outlook.com Account: When adding an account to Outlook, a link to create a new outlook.com account appears in the window.
Turn off Suggested Replies: Outlook makes it easy to reply faster to emails by offering short suggested replies for messages that can be answered with just a few words. Some users may not want to see this option, so it's now possible to turn the feature off. To do so, select File > Options > Mail, go to the Replies and Forwards section, and clear the Show suggested replies check box.

Resolved issues

Excel

Fixed the issue where DRM-protected workbook cannot be opened from VBA if Application.DisplayAlerts is set to True.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused Cloud Settings users to experience a unexpected close when an incompletely configured account is present in the profile.

Word

Fixed an issue maintaining "Current List" of Citations on Password Protected DOCX files.

Version 2107: July 08

Version 2107 (Build 14228.20070)

Feature updates

Outlook

REST Forward Meeting Request: Allows users to forward a previously declined meeting for REST shared calendars.

Resolved issues

Word

Fixed issue where comment cards next to the Word canvas were the incorrect size.

Version 2107: July 06

Version 2107 (Build 14228.20044)

Feature updates

Excel

Additional file types supported for the save-as scenario: In addition to saving files, you can save files to other file types.
Government Customers: Send audit data about sensitivity labeling to Microsoft 365 administrators: When users apply, change, or remove sensitivity labels on their documents and emails, Office will send up audit data to the Microsoft 365 audit backend for administrators to see. This is a silent functionality (no UI) for administrator benefit.

PowerPoint

Additional file types supported for the save-as scenario: In addition to saving files, you can save files to other file types.
Government Customers: Send audit data about sensitivity labeling to Microsoft 365 administrators: When users apply, change, or remove sensitivity labels on their documents and emails, Office will send up audit data to the Microsoft 365 audit backend for administrators to see. This is a silent functionality (no UI) for administrator benefit.

Word

Additional file types supported for the save-as scenario: In addition to saving files, you can save files to other file types.
Government Customers: Send audit data about sensitivity labeling to Microsoft 365 administrators: When users apply, change, or remove sensitivity labels on their documents and emails, Office will send up audit data to the Microsoft 365 audit backend for administrators to see. This is a silent functionality (no UI) for administrator benefit.

Resolved issues

Access

Fixed an issue that may cause applications using the Access Database Engine ODBC API to close unexpectedly.
Fixed an issue that may cause applications using the Access Database Engine OLEDB API with a database containing links to SharePoint lists to close unexpectedly.

Excel

We fixed an issue where an exception occurred from a CFR execute.
We fixed an issue where chart axis values couldn't be changed if both the thousand and decimal separators use the same symbol.
We fixed an issue where extra entries appeared in the Excel add-in list for some users.
We fixed an issue where a saved workbook would appear at the top of the Recent list when saving to an SPO document library.
We fixed an issue where a blank duplicate window is opened when legacy add-ins are enabled.

OneNote

We fixed an issue where copying a link to a paragraph didn't always redirect to the correct page.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused the translation options to be disabled for some users. Customers who experienced this bug would have seen their translation options disabled when navigating to File -> Options -> Language. Due to this, they would be unable to change their preferred translation language and other translation related settings.
We fixed an issue relating to "failed to load" response status. The default response flag was set to "None." We didn't show any strings in the UI when hovering over a calendar where we didn't have edit permissions.
We fixed an issue where default text increase includes text scaling, so another call of LayoutChanged does not need to be used.
We fixed an issue where mailtips weren't showing for one-off addresses.
We added a registry key to allow for the Voicemail form to be displayed in the UI in Outlook Desktop, due to the retirement of Unified messaging in Exchange Online (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/retiring-unified-messaging-in-exchange-online/ba-p/608991). For users, enterprises, and organizations that want the Voicemail form to appear, the following registry key needs to be set: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins] "AllowVoicemailForm"=dword:00000001
We fixed an issue that caused users with a large number of Groups to experience unresponsiveness when launching Outlook.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue related to SmartArt nodes having Change Shape disabled.

Project

We fixed an issue where engagements created in the Project Web App might not load properly in the Project desktop client if the resource name had special characters, such as a semicolon.
We fixed an issue where, when the project option "Project should calculate costs" is disabled, then the time-phased cost values might not be correctly baselined for cost-type resources.
We fixed an issue where project-level enterprise custom fields with lookup tables weren't showing a value in the Project desktop client.
We fixed an issue where saving a local project to Project Web App could change a previously saved baseline.

Visio

This hyperlink navigation issue has now been fixed in the latest build. Users can continue to access hyperlinks seamlessly to navigate to the desired linked file located in their OneDrive for business, using CTRL + click on the shape with the hyperlink.

Word

We fixed an issue where enabling AutoSave could cause recent edits to temporarily disappear.
We fixed an issue, which improves integration with the new commenting pane in Word and JAWS, a popular screen-reading software.
We fixed an issue relating to using a different CommentId than lTagNil for cleared selection and highlight.
We fixed an issue where comments became read-only during collaboration.
We fixed an issue with scrolling in the comments pane.
We fixed an issue where the unload queue would become unresponsive.
We fixed an issue where header/footer text wasn't clearly visible in print preview when the Office theme was set to black.
We fixed an issue in which squares appeared when using the Microsoft Word Manuscript Paper Add-in.
We fixed an issue in which some pages in print preview were blank.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where hyperlinks, including digits, would be broken when composing a message in Outlook in a right-to-left language.
We fixed a localization issue where en-gb, fr-ca, and es-mx will now be matched with their respective parent versions.
We fixed an issue where sharing settings between OMEX and ExCatalog were no longer possible, such as for web add-in settings updates to the webextension.xml, since a new webextension file is created. The previous one was only accessed when the add-in was deployed in the original method, or the new solution reference comparison was turned off.

Version 2106: June 29

Version 2106 (Build 14131.20278)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused performance issues on ARM64 devices.

Version 2106: June 25

Version 2106 (Build 14131.20250)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused the translation options to be disabled for some users. Customers who experienced this bug would have seen their translation options disabled when navigating to File -> Options -> Language. Due to this, they would be unable to change their preferred translation language and other translation related settings.
We fixed an issue that caused users of the Shared Calendar Improvements option who have many shared calendars to experience some performance issues.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where a user was unable to enter credentials into a Windows Security dialog to open a file, because of an obstructive PowerPoint-specific dialog.

Visio

SPO/ODB Links with guest access will now work.

Word

Fixed an issue to persist citations on a password protected docx file.

Version 2106: June 21

Version 2106 (Build 14131.20194)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Outlook

Read messages with fewer distractions: Make it easier to focus on messages with custom text spacing, page colors, column width, and line focus by turning on Immersive Reader.
Last Sign In / Suspicious Sign In: Outlook now tells you when and where you last signed into your account, and alerts you if any suspicious sign-in activity is detected

Version 2106: June 14

Version 2106 (Build 14131.20162)

Feature updates

Word

Search with your voice: Tap or click the microphone in the search bar to use your voice in Word to find commands, content, and more.

Resolved issues

Excel

Fixed an issue where extra entries appeared in the Excel Add-in list for some users.

Version 2106: June 07

Version 2106 (Build 14131.20012)

Resolved issues

Excel

We removed "RichValue" from Range.valueTypes. Linked Data Types will now return "Error" to match the value of "#VALUE!" returned by Range.values.
We fixed an issue that prevented the Name Manager from opening books with a large number of hidden names.
We fixed an issue that impacted the performance of VLOOKUP and INDEX/MATCH when filling a large amount of data.
We fixed an issue that caused Dynamic Arrays to not update cell values when referenced by RealTimeData functions.
Fixed an issue where IME's OverType mode wasn't typing over characters, it left them at the end of the string.
We fixed an issue related to two-finger scrolling when using freeze panes.
We fixed an issue related to out of memory issues when printing on large-format printers.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to see actionable messages either constantly refreshing or reverting back to headers after download when running in Download Headers Only mode.
We fixed an issue where users were unable to move items across folders in "non-business" licensed Outlook versions.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a unexpected close when removing folders from an archive store.
We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience a unexpected close when loading person cards.
We fixed an issue that caused the people picker in Outlook to expand upwards rather than downwards for users with a perpetual license.
We fixed an issue that caused the feedback option to fail to appear for users of the Office Perpetual 2021 preview.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see copies of all of their sent items appearing in their Outbox folder.
We fixed an issue that caused users of custom domains to see a warning message about permissions when pasting a link into an email message.
We added a registry key that disables the new Room Finder experience (the same experience as in Outlook for Web) and enables the legacy Room Finder with Suggested Times.

Registry Key:

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\Calendar REG_DWORD "ShowLegacyRoomFinder" 0 (default) - Outlook uses new Room Finder OWA Powered eXperience when user clicks 'Room Finder' button to search for available rooms
1 - Outlook uses legacy Room Finder UI to search for available rooms
We fixed an issue that caused an expected close when using read aloud with other versions of Windows.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a hang when removing folders from an archive store.
We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience a close unexpectedly when loading person cards.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue that prevented copying from the speaker notes pane while in Read Only mode.
We fixed an issue to ensure that a file saved using the Retry Save button on the bus bar is added to the Recent List.
Fixed an issue where Reuse Slides option wasn't available for few users.

Project

We fixed an issue where assignments on manually scheduled tasks could be moved to an incorrect date.
We fixed an issue where the resource pool was unresponsive and couldn't be opened.
We fixed an issue where an error was generated if you created a custom field formula that used the ProjectDate*/ProjectDur* functions with specific date or time parameters.

Word

We fixed an issue where a comment is temporarily blank after posting.
We fixed an issue where a Save As error message was displayed even after a user chose to discard changes.
We fixed an issue that prevented images from being posted in modern comments.
We fixed an issue where pressing key combinations such as ctrl + shift + @ wouldn't produce the expected accented character( in this case, 'å').
We fixed an issue related to image compression.
We fixed an issue where the Reviewing pane could scroll or appear to scroll but didn't align with selected comment.
We fixed an issue where some comments weren't saved when exporting a document to PDF.
We fixed an issue that prevented the editing of a new comment in an unprotected area of a document when Restricted Editing is applied.
We fixed an issue related to unneeded scrolling animation.
Fixed an issue where the comments pane closed unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue where comments aren't highlighted when selected.
We fixed an issue that caused the selection in the document to not be cleared when clicking outside a newly created comment.
We fixed an issue where copying a mail attachment to an application other than Word would fail if the filename included DBCS characters.
We fixed an issue that caused an expected close when using read aloud with other versions of Windows.
Fixed an issue where canvas contextual cards for spelling and grammar show icon buttons, but those buttons have no tooltips.
We fixed an issue that was causing a mismatch between the Editor pane theme and the system theme.
Fixed an issue where the Editor Pane doesn't open.
Fixed an issue where similarity squiggles dissapear when switching to Spelling category in the Editor.
We fixed an issue where Word sometimes displayed a border around text that shouldn't be there.
We fixed an issue where character spacing increases for specific fonts when rotating them 90 degrees.
We fixed an issue where the wrong field is getting updated when running a macro if editing restrictions are applied.
We fixed an issue where comment replies were sometimes lost when coauthoring with multiple users.
We fixed a performance issue related to working with large documents.
We fixed an issue where some Word files don't open because of corrupt bookmarks.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue where the CLP feature previously caused unprompted saves to the SyncBacked file (File synced by OneDrive).
We fixed an issue where the user was unable to edit files stored in OnPrem servers.
Fixed a performance regression on opening SyncBacked files.
We fixed an issue where OneDrive would display a merge error message when there was indeed no merge conflict.
We fixed an issue where signing in with a different account could result in a shutdown.
We fixed an issue related to z-order of SVG objects when converted to shapes.

Version 2105: June 04

Version 2105 (Build 14026.20264)

Feature updates

Excel

Data type detection settings: Configure the data type detection behavior when importing data from unstructured sources with Power Query in Excel

Word

Writing Styles: Writing Styles curates critiques based on users' selected formality level

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where extra entries appeared in the Excel Add-in list for some users.

Version 2105: June 01

Version 2105 (Build 14026.20254)

Feature updates

Outlook

Last Sign In / Suspicious Sign In: Outlook now tells you when and where you last signed into your account, and alerts you if any suspicious sign-in activity is detected
Turn on shared calendar improvements: For shared calendars in Office 365, Outlook can update these calendars using the REST API. Turn on the preview for faster and more reliable updates to shared calendars. See details in blog post
Accessibility Checker nudge when sending emails to large DL, external users: We added the functionally to get prompted automatically, through a mailtip, of an accessibility violation while composing an email to large audiences, external users, etc. These settings live in the Ease of Access See details in blog post

Visio

AWS stencils and shapes: We now have stencils with the latest AWS shapes to help you create diagrams. Learn more

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that may cause a unexpected close when interacting with Outlook Mail or Calendar Views.

Version 2105: May 23

Version 2105 (Build 14026.20246)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused some instructions for the "Shorten Meetings" feature to be unavailable through screen reader technologies.
We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience unexpectedly closed when loading person cards.
We added a registry key that disables the new Room Finder experience (the same experience as in Outlook for Web) and enables the legacy Room Finder with Suggested Times.

Registry Key:

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\Calendar REG_DWORD "ShowLegacyRoomFinder" 0 (default) - Outlook uses new Room Finder OWA Powered eXperience when user clicks 'Room Finder' button to search for available rooms
1 - Outlook uses legacy Room Finder UI to search for available rooms

Project

Fixed an issue where assignments on manually scheduled tasks may be moved to an incorrect date.

Version 2105: May 19

Version 2105 (Build 14026.20202)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused the feedback option unable to appear for users of the Office Perpetual 2021 preview.

Version 2105: May 12

Version 2105 (Build 14026.20164)

Resolved issues

Word

Fixed an issue where canvas contextual cards for spelling and grammar show icon buttons, but those buttons have no tooltips.

Version 2105: May 07

Version 2105 (Build 14026.20138)

Resolved issues

Word

We fixed an issue where the Editor Pane doesn't open.

Version 2105: May 03

Version 2105 (Build 14026.20052)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue that caused Excel to close unexpectedly when using 32 bit Office on 64 bit Windows.
We fixed an issue that caused Excel to close unexpectedly when moving through comments in the Comments pane.
Fixed an issue where some automation add-ins for Excel unable to load.
We fixed an issue that caused Narrator to incorrectly read the properties of two buttons on the Header/Footer tab in the Page Setup dialog box.
We fixed an issue that caused some workbooks linked in other Office applications to close without saving changes when running Update Link.
Fixed an issue where the Analysis ToolPak add-in didn't work for some users.
We fixed an issue where some files would occasionally fail to open in Protected View
We fixed an issue that caused date formatting to be displayed incorrectly in some languages when using add-ins.
We fixed an issue that caused the status bar to not indicate a Ready state for some users.
We made a change to enable the Name Manager to open on books with a large number of hidden names.
We fixed an issue to support backward compatibility with older versions of Excel. The issue may cause a file that is saved in a more recent version of Excel failed to load properly in older versions of Excel due to functions such as IFERROR and XLOOKUP added to Excel since Office 2007.
We fixed an issue, which could cause Excel to close unexpectedly when using Paste Special with formats in certain situations.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to override the Focused Inbox preferences configured in OWA.
We fixed an issue that caused users of roaming settings to experience hangs .
We fixed an issue that caused name resolution disabled when sending on behalf of another user and resolving against an address book that is not the Global Address List.
We fixed an issue that caused some users of the calendar sharing improvements feature to experience issues with interacting with their calendar in the navigation pane.
We fixed an issue where using High Contrast mode for extended periods of time would caused Outlook to close unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue where hyperlinks including digits would be disable when composing a message in Outlook in a right-to-left language.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue related to linked pictures.

Project

We fixed an issue where changes done through Planning Wizards weren't always captured by change events.
We fixed an issue where users were unable to remove projects from the resource pool.

Visio

We fixed an issue, which caused Visio closed unexpectedly with recent build.

Word

We fixed an issue where text formatting remains after removing hyperlinks.
We fixed a issue where placeholder text was clipped in comments when using right-to-left languages.
We fixed an issue where comments are not displayed after filtering by people.
We fixed an issue where Word was unable to perform a Mail Merge with an Access database.
We fixed an issue that caused the ability to collapse margins in a document containing multiple columns to be available.
We fixed an issue where some characters are not displayed correctly in table cells when there are comments in the document.
We fixed an issue where the file format changes occurred when saving documents with the AIP add-in enabled.
We fixed an issue where Word would become unresponsive when editing fields.
We fixed an issue where the sensitivity label disappears from a file in Word after uploading the file to SharePoint Online.
We fixed an issue where users wouldn't be prompted to save documents when using a command (rather than the CTRL+S keyboard shortcut).
We fixed an issue that may caused Word unexpectedly closed when shutting down due to the user logging off or restarting their computer.
We fixed an issue where text formatting remains after removing hyperlinks.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue that caused the Dictation button to be misaligned when adding comments to a document.
Fixed an issue when parsing a string for emoji processing that casued application closed unexpectedly when reading outside of the bounds of an array
We fixed an issue where some Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) didn't render correctly.

Version 2104: April 28

Version 2104 (Build 13929.20296)

Resolved issues

Excel

Fixed a problem where some automation add-ins for Excel failed to load.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users of roaming settings to experience hangs .

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue related to linked pictures.

Project

Fixed an issue where users were unable to remove projects from the resource pool.

Word

We made a change on editing OLE object.

Version 2104: April 26

Version 2104 (Build 13929.20254)

Feature updates

Outlook

Turn on shared calendar improvements: For shared calendars in Office 365, Outlook can update these calendars using the REST API. Turn on the preview for faster and more reliable updates to shared calendars.

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where some files would occasionally fail to open in Protected View

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to override the Focused Inbox preferences configured in OWA.

Version 2104: April 19

Version 2104 (Build 13929.20216)

Feature updates

Excel

Import data from dynamic arrays: You can now import, shape and refresh data from dynamic arrays in the current workbook. Learn more

Outlook

Improved Calendar Search: Improvements were made to Calendar search, largest of which is the ability to more easily find the next occurence of a series in search results.

Resolved issues

Access

This change fixes an issue where in some cases running a SQL Server pass through query could result in an error message indicating that there was an "invalid cursor state".
We fixed an issue when an external application requests an accessibility interface, it will prevent us from shutting down until they release their reference.

Excel

We fixed a problem that was preventing the ability to paste as formulas on a protected sheet.
We fixed an issue in which hyperlinks created using the HYPERLINK function wouldn't work if the file was saved as a PDF document.
We fixed an issue where an implicit operator (@) symbol would be added to the formula with a reference to an empty range and potentially give the incorrect result.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience Outlook to close unexpectedly when syncing folder hierarchy changes.
We fixed an issue that cause users to erroneously see a "This may take a while" message when adding a calendar.
We fixed an issue that caused delegates to appear as the organizer of meetings created on newly added calendars. Meetings in this state didn't appear on the principal's calendar.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a close unexpectedly when searching.
We fixed a search related close unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see signatures disappear unexpectedly.
We fixed an issue that could cause users to see the message that they are composing losing the UI focus.
We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to override the Focused Inbox preferences configured in OWA.
We fixed an issue that caused users of the Cloud Settings feature to see customized settings overridden by default setting after configuring Outlook on a new device.
We fixed an issue that caused some people to be unable to access signatures associated with secondary mail accounts.
We fixed an issue that caused name resolution to fail when sending on behalf of another user and resolving against an address book that is not the Global Address List.
We fixed an issue that caused name resolution to fail when sending on behalf of another user and resolving against an address book that is not the Global Address List.

Project

Fixed an issue where if the date format is W4/4, the date picker may show the wrong day and year.

Visio

Fixed an issue where Visio could stop working during close.
Fixed "Search Shape" feature to display all the results

Word

In this bug, specific policies weren't being honored by Office (a group of templates were being shown on the Home Page when they should be disabled). With this fix, the policies are being honored.
When coauthoring a document, active draft is not cleared when comment order changes.
Fixed bug in Modern Commenting where punctuation and numbers would show up on the wrong side for some international languages.
Fixed an issue where the combination of 'B' and ')' would automatically turn into the sunglass wearing emoji and now remain as the individual characters
Updates text on autosave callout for files saved locally.
We fixed an issue with comments during coauthoring.
We fixed an issue relating to comment icon.
We fixed an issue, which copy and paste styles may not be same in pasted text.
Optimizes conditions for text predictions to be offered.
We fixed an issue relating to hyperlink.
Some select text not visible when using darkmode theme in reading mode.
We fixed an issue in auto save.
We made a fix in Application.OnTime where it might not trigger correctly.

Office Suite

We fixed a performance issue related to iteration of text.
We fixed an issue with support of GDI+ LineJoinMiterClipped in Office.
This release improves handling of line-spanning sensitive content when the keyword is on the first line of a document.

Version 2103: April 13

Version 2103 (Build 13901.20400)

Version 2103: April 10

Version 2103 (Build 13901.20400)

Resolved issues

Excel

Fixed a potential resource contention issue in word when drawing an image.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that cause users to erroneously see a "This may take a while" message when adding a calendar.
We fixed an issue that caused delegates to appear as the organizer of meetings created on newly added calendars. Meetings in this state didn't appear on the principal's calendar.
Fixed a potential resource contention issue in word when drawing an image.

Powerpoint

Fixed a potential resource contention issue in word when drawing an image.

Word

Fixed a potential resource contention issue in word when drawing an image.
Fixed a non-responsive issue while in Print preview.
Updates text on autosave callout for files saved locally.

Office Suite

Fixed rename failure issue when open a SyncBacked file offline then rename the file in app before saving file.

Version 2103: April 02

Version 2103 (Build 13901.20336)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2103: April 01

Version 2103 (Build 13901.20148)

Version 2103: March 30

Version 2103 (Build 13901.20312)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2103: March 28

Version 2103 (Build 13901.20306)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience Outlook to close unexpectedly when syncing folder hierarchy changes.
We fixed an issue that caused some users to see their primary and secondary calendar switching places in the Navigation Pane.

Version 2103: March 22

Version 2103 (Build 13901.20230)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to see more signatures than expected.

Version 2103: March 15

Version 2103 (Build 13901.20170)

Resolved issues

Project

Fixed an issue where Visio could stop working during close.

Visio

Fixed an issue where Visio could stop working during close.

Version 2103: March 11

Version 2103 (Build 13901.20148)

Feature updates

Excel

AutoSave and coauthoring on sensitive encrypted documents: Don't trade off productivity for security. With Microsoft Purview Information Protection, documents that are encrypted with sensitivity labels can now be AutoSaved and coauthored with others in real time just like unencrypted documents can. Requires tenant opt-in (more info: https://aka.ms/mipcoauth).

Outlook

New conference room and workspace booking experience: The conference room booking experience has been refreshed, and with it we've added capabilities to allow you to schedule individual workspaces as well

PowerPoint

AutoSave and coauthoring on sensitive encrypted documents: Don't trade off productivity for security. With Microsoft Purview Information Protection, documents that are encrypted with sensitivity labels can now be AutoSaved and coauthored with others in real time just like unencrypted documents can. Requires tenant opt-in (more info: https://aka.ms/mipcoauth).

Visio

Office icons have a new look: The product icons are redesigned to reflect simple, powerful, and intelligent Office experiences. Learn more

Word

Dark Mode for Word documents: Dark Mode may help reduce eye strain and accommodate light sensitivity while working on your documents.
AutoSave and coauthoring on sensitive encrypted documents: Don't trade off productivity for security. With Microsoft Purview Information Protection, documents that are encrypted with sensitivity labels can now be AutoSaved and coauthored with others in real time just like unencrypted documents can. Requires tenant opt-in (more info: https://aka.ms/mipcoauth).

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue that could lead to an unexpected app close when removing an external drive.
We fixed an issue when an external application requests an accessibility interface, it will prevent us from shutting down until they release their reference.

Excel

We fixed an issue that could lead to an unexpected app close when removing an external drive.
Fixed an issue where Excel would sometimes close unexpectedly when trying to show the Data Types card due to a not being able to retrieve an image.
Corrected an issue where the font would change unexpectedly when using a multiplication or divide sign with a Japanese font. We now continue to use the same font if it supports the character.
We fixed an issue that prevented users from exporting an Excel workbook to PDF.
We fixed an issue, which caused images to be smaller than expected when using the Paste Linked Picture option.
We fixed an issue where some formatting could be lost when copying a sheet while coauthoring.
We fixed an issue where some notes were unexpectedly shown when opening a workbook.
We fixed an issue that caused some PivotTable formatting to corrupt the workbook when saving to the .xls or .xlt format.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that could lead to an unexpected app close when removing an external drive.
We fixed and issue that caused users to see duplicate calendar groups appearing after creating a new group.
We fixed an issue that caused users of the Shared Calendar improvements to be unable to set a calendar's color to yellow or brown.
We fixed a problem that caused users to see newly added calendars fail to appear in the navigation pane until after Outlook had been restarted.
We fixed an issue that caused non-ASCII characters to export incorrectly when exporting to CSV.
We fixed an issue that caused some people to be unable to access signatures associated with secondary mail accounts.
We fixed an issue that caused users of the Cloud Settings feature to see customized settings overridden by default setting after configuring Outlook on a new device.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see signatures containing unicode content to get damaged.
We fixed an issue that caused users of inline translation to be unable to submit feedback.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see attachments getting duplicated when removing DRM protection.
We fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to look up a contact group with Check Names when composing mail.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue that could lead to an unexpected app close when removing an external drive.
We fixed an issue where arrows in line charts weren't appearing as expected in PowerPoint slideshow mode.
We fixed an issue with looping animations and audio bookmarks.

Project

We fixed an issue where Visio could stop working during close.
We fixed an issue that could lead to an unexpected app close when removing an external drive.
We fixed an issue where a task that are 100% complete may revert back to 99% complete.
We fixed an issue where Project may close unexpectedly if you are running JAWS and go to the task information dialog.
We fixed an issue where if the indicator column is not in the first column spot, when you cut a summary task you aren't warned that the subtasks will also be removed.
We fixed an issue where if a user selected the Add Yourself to a Task function on their Timesheet, the correctly resource availability units may not be used on the created assignment.
We fixed an issue where task splits may be wrongly created when saving a project from Project web app to a local file. This would happen if a task calendar with non-standard working times was being used.

Publisher

We fixed an issue that could lead to an unexpected app close when removing an external drive.

Visio

We fixed an issue where Visio could stop working during close.
We fixed an issue that could lead to an unexpected app close when removing an external drive.

Word

We fixed an issue where opening a file protected with a Microsoft Purview Information Protection label can hang indefinitely if the user is not signed in to an identity that has access to the MIP protected label. The user is forced to cancel the open to show the sign-in prompt, and the open only succeeds after that point. Fixing this issue by allowing the sign-in prompt to be shown during open/download.
We fixed an issue that could lead to an unexpected app close when removing an external drive.
We fixed an issue when using Dictation in the new Word Commenting, the Dictation button in the Comment card now correctly toggles on and off.
When coauthoring a document, active draft is not cleared when comment order changes.
Fixed an issue where there was no space being inserted between words when users dictated into their document.
We fixed an issue in the rendering pipeline related to scrolling layers that contain scroll or zoom animations.
We fixed an issue with colors applied to icons and SVG graphics with 3D effects.
We fixed an issue in AutoSave.
We fixed an issue in footnote.
We fixed an issue when posting multi-line comments typed in RTL caused the 2nd and onward lines to be aligned to the left instead of the right.
We fixed an issue with alignment of multiple comments.
We fixed an issue in Read Aloud task pane keyboard shortcuts.
We fixed an issue with Narrator which may skips over a paragraph.
We fixed an issue where spell check switched between two different spelling correction context menus.
We fixed an issue with Rich text content controls.
We fixed an issue with typing at the end of a hidden paragraph may result in application hang.
We fixed an issue where columns might have overlapping text.
We fixed an issue relating to bookmark.
We fixed an issue in resolving conflicts while in coauthoring.

Office Suite

OneDrive places are now filtered out as appropriate per the group policy setting.
Fixed an issue that could happen when using narrator within text that contains math equations.
We fixed a reliability issue related to support of Office apps running in session 0.
We fixed a reliability issue related to support of Office apps running in session 0.
We fixed an issue related to unresponsiveness that may occur when loading EMF images.

Version 2102: March 03

Version 2102 (Build 13801.20274)

Resolved issues

Word

We fixed an issue with theme information applied to icons and SVG graphics.

Version 2102: March 01

Version 2102 (Build 13801.20266)

Feature updates

Outlook

Share to Teams: Share messages from Outlook with a person or channel in Teams.

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed and issue that caused users to see duplicate calendar groups appearing after creating a new group.
We fixed an issue that caused users of the Shared Calendar improvements to be unable to set a calendar's color to yellow or brown.
We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience the app to shut down when closing message windows.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see signatures containing unicode content to get damaged.
We fixed an issue that caused users of inline translation to be unable to submit feedback.

Version 2102: February 21

Version 2102 (Build 13801.20182)

Feature updates

Outlook

Draft messages with your voice: Use the new dictation toolbar, voice commands, auto-punctuation, and more to compose messages.

Word

Draft documents with your voice: Use the new dictation toolbar, voice commands and auto-punctuation to draft documents.

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue, which caused images to bee smaller than expected when using the Paste Linked Picture option.

Version 2102: February 16

Version 2102 (Build 13801.20160)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2102: February 15

Version 2102 (Build 13801.20158)

Feature updates

Outlook

Dictation is available in more languages: Dictation now supports 7 new languages: Hindi, Russian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Korean, Thai, Chinese (Taiwan)

Word

Dictation is available in more languages: Dictation now supports 7 new languages: Hindi, Russian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Korean, Thai, Chinese (Taiwan)

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue that prevented users from exporting an Excel workbook to PDF.

Word

We fixed an issue in resolving conflicts while in coauthoring.

Version 2102: February 11

Version 2102 (Build 13801.20158)

Version 2102: February 08

Version 2102 (Build 13801.20084)

Feature updates

Outlook

Microsoft Search powered compose (To\CC\BCC) suggestions: Adding people to the To\CC line is now powered by Microsoft Search.

Resolved issues

Access

You will now see selected tabs clearer in Access.

Excel

We fixed issue where certain charts using discontinuous ranges of cells wouldn't load when files are re-opened.
We fixed an issue where Excel would fail to launch or close unexpectedly if certain Windows Security exploit protection settings (SimExec, CallerCheck) are in use.
We fixed an issue where Excel would stop responding after selecting a data series in a chart.
We fixed an issue where Excel would unexpectedly quit when you added a Name in the Define Name dialog.
Fixed an issue related to pictures retaining their aspect ratio during a crop operation.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused mails to be sent as digitally signed after the user unchecked that option.
We fixed an issue that caused the encryption icon to fail to display for emails sent using the Encrypt Only option.

PowerPoint

Fixed an issue related to displaying emojis with color.
Fixed an issue related to pictures retaining their aspect ratio during a crop operation.

Visio

This issue on shape rendering from CAD stencils has now been fixed. Users will see the issue resolved in the latest build.

Word

This fixes an issue that prevented real-time typing and presence from being restored after losing internet connectivity for a period of time.
When a user selects text in a comment, Word now unselects selected text in other comments.
Word now allows copying comment text into Excel.
We fixed an issue when running the VBA macro ExportAsFixedFormat2 fails with an error stating "Presentation (unknown member) illegal value".
Fixed an issue related to pictures retaining their aspect ratio during a crop operation.
We fixed an issue, which the comment may be truncated with links.
We fixed an issue in saving to SharePoint Online
We fixed an issue in exporting Word document to PDF.
We fixed an issue with AutoRecover.
We fixed an issue when coauthoring with DRM protected files

Office Suite

Fixing a bug in PowerPoint where inserting bullets as images would result in bullets disappearing. This fix makes it so they render more reliably.
Fixed an issue where Office would in some circumstances present sensitivity labels for one signed-in account when it should present sensitivity labels for a different signed-in account.

Version 2101: February 03

Version 2101 (Build 13628.20330)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused issues with displaying the correct default signature in OWA.
We fixed an issue that caused the encryption icon to fail to display on emails sent using the encryption only option.

Version 2101: February 02

Version 2101 (Build 13628.20320)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused Cloud Settings users to experience a hang when updating settings.

Version 2101: January 25

Version 2101 (Build 13628.20274)

Feature updates

Excel

Government customers: Apply sensitivity labels to your documents and emails: Sensitivity labeling features are now available for customers in the GCC and GCC-H environments. Learn more

Outlook

Government customers: Apply sensitivity labels to your documents and emails: Sensitivity labeling features are now available for customers in the GCC and GCC-H environments. Learn more

PowerPoint

Government customers: Apply sensitivity labels to your documents and emails: Sensitivity labeling features are now available for customers in the GCC and GCC-H environments. Learn more.

Word

Government customers: Apply sensitivity labels to your documents and emails: Sensitivity labeling features are now available for customers in the GCC and GCC-H environments. Learn more

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users that have Shared or Delegated Mailboxes with large hierarchies in their profile to encounter hangs.

Version 2101: January 18

Version 2101 (Build 13628.20158)

Resolved issues

Project

Fixed an issue where borders weren't showing up for tasks in the Team Planner view.
Fixed an issue where you drag and drop wasn't working for tasks in the Team Planner view.

Version 2101: January 13

Version 2101 (Build 13628.20118)

Version 2101: January 09

Version 2101 (Build 13628.20118)

Feature updates

Outlook

One-click writing suggestions: Apply writing suggestions with a single click. Editor corrects spelling and grammar and gives you ideas for refining your writing. Learn more
See details in blog post

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience Outlook to close unexpectedly in certain search scenarios.

Version 2101: January 07

Version 2101 (Build 13628.20030)

Feature updates

Excel

Unhide many sheets at the same time: No need to unhide one sheet at a time anymore -- unhide multiple hidden sheets at once. Learn more
Improved Conditional Formatting dialogs: Conditional Formatting dialogs are now resizable, and now you can duplicate the rule with a single click. Learn more

Resolved issues

Excel

Fixed an issue where Excel would incorrectly show a message bar that a new version of the file is available and force the user to save their changes in a copy of the workbook or discard their changes.
Fixed an issue with switching separators after a Selection.Parent.Copy call.
Made a performance improvement when applying formatting styles to pivot tables.
Fixed an issue where Excel may leave macros disabled without prompting when opening an Excel Add-in file containing Excel 4.0 Macros.
Update so that decimal and thousands separators settings carryover when copying a chart from Excel and pasting into Word
Fixed an issue where Excel would close unexpectedly when opening UNC files that have invalid file attributes (creation time, modified time, etc.)
Fixed an issue, which could cause an "out of resources" alert when using the STOCKHISTORY function.
Added a FuzzyClustering dll to PQ dlls list.
This change addresses an issue related to changing outline colors of SVG images.
We have fixed an issue where Preview of embedded Excel range in PowerPoint shows incorrect size.

OneNote

This change addresses a rendering issue affecting OneNote.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to specify how long they wanted to allow access for when starting a mail merge from Word, resulting in them getting excess prompts.
This change enables Outlook to take advantage of an Exchange server setting that suppresses the display of the Exchange Online Archive Mailbox to end users.
We fixed an issue that caused a Outlook to close unexpectedly for users of Redemption based Add-ins.
We fixed and issue that caused users to be unable to select more than one category to search.
We fixed an issue that caused the start time of some calendar items to change unexpectedly when the event is copied from another appointment.
Addressed an issue that caused plain text S/MIME messages to become garbled when sending.

PowerPoint

This change addresses an issue with Merge Shapes working with text.
This change addresses an issue related to changing outline colors of SVG images.
This change addresses an issue with looping background videos playback in Slide Show.
We have fixed an issue where font size command, added in QAT, auto completes to the nearest defined font size while updating it.

Project

Fixed an issue where a resource's max units wouldn't always reflect the latest update to max units.

Visio

The issue occurred due to a recent regression. We have resolved the issue. "Save as Web Page" dialog will now have the fields correctly populated as per the user inputs and users can seamlessly save their files as web pages.
This issue has been fixed. You can now embed Visio files as objects in other Office applications like PowerPoint and Word and seamlessly access them from within these applications.

Word

Fixed an issue where machines with custom hash settings were running in to issues when they got into a collab session with a hash setting other than sha512.
This change addresses an issue related to changing outline colors of SVG images.
Fixed an issue when editing commenting post with @mention.
Fixed an issue to make Modern comments more robust.
We fixed an issue around deleting modern comments in a content control that is marked as not editable.
Fix animation when typing on the bottom of a comment card.
We fixed an issue where the reply box on a comment card is off the screen.
We fixed an issue with a comment card displaying at top of page.
We fixed bug in comments where text can scroll off screen.
Fix and issue with nested scrollbars in the comments pane.
Comment drafts disappears when creating a new Word instance.
We fixed an issue where Word hangs when saving document to PDF with hidden text.

Version 2012: January 04

Version 2012 (Build 13530.20316)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Feature updates

Excel

Mandatory Labeling: Users with the Mandatory Labeling policy set their Admins are required to label their documents and emails.

PowerPoint

Mandatory Labeling: Users with the Mandatory Labeling policy set their Admins are required to label their documents and emails.

Word

Mandatory Labeling: Users with the Mandatory Labeling policy set their Admins are required to label their documents and emails.

Version 2012: December 28

Version 2012 (Build 13530.20264)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused some customers to encounter a hang while loading their calendars.

Version 2012: December 21

Version 2012 (Build 13530.20218)

Feature updates

Excel

Send audit data about sensitivity labeling to Microsoft 365 administrators: When users apply, change, or remove sensitivity labels on their documents and emails, Office will send up audit data to the Microsoft 365 audit backend for administrators to see. This is a silent functionality (no UI) for administrator benefit.

Outlook

Build in time between back-to-back meetings: Give attendees time to catch their breath or travel between locations by setting meetings to start 5-10 min late by default. Learn more
Send audit data about sensitivity labeling to Microsoft 365 administrators: When users apply, change, or remove sensitivity labels on their documents and emails, Office will send up audit data to the Microsoft 365 audit backend for administrators to see. This is a silent functionality (no UI) for administrator benefit.

PowerPoint

Send audit data about sensitivity labeling to Microsoft 365 administrators: When users apply, change, or remove sensitivity labels on their documents and emails, Office will send up audit data to the Microsoft 365 audit backend for administrators to see. This is a silent functionality (no UI) for administrator benefit.

Word

Send audit data about sensitivity labeling to Microsoft 365 administrators: When users apply, change, or remove sensitivity labels on their documents and emails, Office will send up audit data to the Microsoft 365 audit backend for administrators to see. This is a silent functionality (no UI) for administrator benefit.

Resolved issues

PowerPoint

We have fixed an issue where font size command, added in QAT, auto completes to the nearest defined font size while updating it.

Version 2012: December 14

Version 2012 (Build 13530.20144)

Feature updates

Outlook

Your Outlook settings in the cloud: Choose your Outlook for Windows settings like Automatic Replies, Focused Inbox, and Privacy, and get to them on any PC.

Resolved issues

Office Suite

Optimized binary size.
Anaheim WebView does not support Windows Information Protection (WIP) yet. With this fix Office addin platform falls back to down level WebView in WIP enabled environment. That can be either Edge Spartan WebView or Trident WebView depending on customer's machine environment. Both down level WebViews support WIP.

Version 2012: December 07

Version 2012 (Build 13530.20064)

Feature updates

Teams

Windows Native Notification are now Supported on Teams: Users can now select their preferred means of notification delivery, either through Teams built-in banners or the Windows native banners.
Teams Meetings 2x2 Gallery View in Citrix and VMWare VDI: Teams on VDI 2x2 Gallery View feature will enable to view up to four attendees videos in 2x2 Gallery View on VDI clients from Citrix, VMWare when Teams client in VDI optimized mode.
Meeting Reactions: Meeting reactions are a new way to interact in meetings. Participants can send reactions which are shown as a stream on content that is being shared, and on the individual who sent the reaction if they're displayed on the meeting stage.
Together Mode and Large Gallery for Web Meetings Large Gallery enables you to see the videos of up to 49 other people at once. This option is available when at least ten people have their cameras turned on. Together mode lets you feel like you're in the same shared space with everyone in the meeting. Together mode is available when there are at least five people in the meeting.
Call Merge Call Merge allows users to merge a new call they place, or a new incoming call, into their 1-1 or group call. This applies to Teams VOIP calls and PSTN calls.

Visio

New Azure stencils and shapes: We've added many more stencils to help you create up-to-date Azure diagrams. Learn more

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where some Ribbon elements weren't localized in Simplified Chinese.
We fixed an issue where Excel terminated unexpectedly when updating.
We fixed an issue where the Insert Object command does not show the correct icon when inserting a file from OneDrive local sync folder.
Fixed an issue where editing in languages that require use of IME would behave poorly when editing in overwrite mode.
Fixed an issue where some users would incorrectly see a message bar informing them of a new version of a file when coauthoring.
Fixed an issue where Excel would close unexpectedly when copying and pasting data in formula view.
Fixed a broken hyperlink to a help article in an alert in case Autosave becomes disabled.
We fixed an issue where when entering data while Excel is running in certain languages could cause Excel to stop working.
This change addresses an issue with properly displaying fonts within equations.
This fixes an issue where Power Pivot wasn't able to correctly import a tab-delimited text file.

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused the To: field to be blank in task status reports.
We fixed an issue that caused the MailItem.BeforeAttachmentAdd event to be broken.
We fixed an issue that was causing users to experience some issues when sending Outlook mail from applications other than Outlook.
We fixed an issue that caused SmartLinks to lose their formatting when saved to drafts.
We fixed and issue where adding an attachment to a message opened from a zip file would fail.

PowerPoint

Fixed an issue with copy/paste of an equation from Word to Powerpoint
This change addresses an issue related to timeouts experienced during ink analysis.
This change addresses a grammatical error in the Create an Animated GIF user interface.
This change addresses an issue with path fills when applying Merge Shapes operations with certain geometries.
This change addresses an issue with properly displaying fonts within equations.
This change addresses an issue with handling errors that may occur during video loading.
We fixed a VBA issue where Slide.Shapes.AddMediaObject2 was closing unexpectedly with legacy video formats (MPG-1,Mpeg-2).
We fixed an issue where an unknown coauthor's presence indicator does not get completely refreshed when more information about the coauthor is available.
Fixed a null pointer being dereferenced when slide view is resized with ruler turned on.
Fixed an issue where some corrupt PowerPoint files weren't opening correctly, even after a document repair operation.

Project

We fixed an issue where users open projects which have supposedly been saved with updated information, but find the updates are is missing.
We fixed an issue where you couldn't delete dependencies on the deliverables if the SharePoint site the deliverable was associated with no longer existed.
Fixed an issue where opening a project with a lot of resources was taking a long time.
Fixed an issue where users may see multiple unassigned assignments associated with a task.
Fixed an issue where in large projects it can be very slow to enter a task name.
Fixed an issue where specific projects could be opened if there was an issue with the project file in a specific part of load.

Word

Paste as plain text is often preferred to pasting as rich text. This context menu fix allows the user to paste as plain text. Else the user would have to copy into a plain-text editor like Notepad and then copy from Notepad into the desired target app
Fixed an issue with copy/paste of an equation from Word to Powerpoint
This change addresses an issue with the cursor when editing a document.
We fixed an issue related to pictures becoming blurry while zooming.
We fixed an issue where long hyperlinks were getting truncated.

Office Suite

Office Suite Fixed an issue where installing a newer version of Office over certain older versions can result in impaired functionality (such as being unable to use Power Query) due to missing registry entries.

Version 2011: December 01

Version 2011 (Build 13426.20306)

Feature updates

Outlook

Every meeting online: Make it easier to schedule online meetings with a new setting to make all your meetings online by default.

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused the original attendees of some meetings to receive a cancellation when another attendee forwards the meeting.
We fixed an issue that caused some users to see no signatures in the signatures drop down despite having one or more signatures configured.

Project

Fixed an issue where specific projects could be opened if there was an issue with the project file in a specific part of load.

Version 2011: November 24

Version 2011 (Build 13426.20294)

Resolved issues

Office Suite

Fixed an issue with copy/paste of an equation from Word to Powerpoint

Version 2011: November 21

Version 2011 (Build 13426.20274)

Feature updates

PowerPoint

Video Library: Elevate your documents with a library of curated, royalty-free video footage available in-app

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused the MailItem.BeforeAttachmentAdd event to be broken.
We added a regkey that allows customers to disable filetime inclusion for attachments in IDataObject operations (i.e. drag drop, clipboard). HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Attachments. REG_DWORD IncludeFileTimesInDataObject. 0 = filetimes are excluded. 1 = (default) filetimes are included
We fixed an issue that caused inline images to disappear when replying to a message with a protection label from Azure Information Protection.

Version 2011: November 18

Version 2011 (Build 13426.20250)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2011: November 16

Version 2011 (Build 13426.20234)

Feature updates

Outlook

Same signature, all devices: Your signature is stored in the cloud. Create it once and use it everywhere you use Outlook.

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused the To field to be blank when sending a status report on a task.

PowerPoint

We have fixed a VBA issue where Slide.Shapes.AddMediaObject2 was closeing unexpectedly with legacy video formats (MPG-1,Mpeg-2).

Version 2011: November 09

Version 2011 (Build 13426.20184)

Feature updates

Excel

Create Power Platform dataflows from queries: You can now export your queries into Power Query templates that can be used to create new Power Platform dataflows

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue where some users were seeing the "system resource exceeded" error when they tried to export a query from their synced OneDrive folder.
We fixed an issue where 'auto'-switching between form windows was switching to another form.
We fixed an issue when using DAO from non-Office applications would cause the application to close unexpectedly.

Excel

We fixed an issue where Filename wasn't changing after a SaveAs operation with COM add-ins enabled.
Fixed an issue with Power Pivot when using a connection to an Oracle database.
We fixed an issue when AutoSave fails with incorrect/misleading error message when there's a bad measure definition in the Excel data model.
We fixed an issue where Excel terminated unexpectedly when the process of MTR calc and Group Policy Object update (e.g. via Remote Group Policy Refresh) was triggered.
We fixed an issue where a user was unable to open atomsvc (UTF8+BOM) file from SharePoint, directly.
We fixed an issue where zooming in and out from the presentation area resulted in a gap between the zoomed selection marquee and the mouse pointer.
We fixed an issue where Word appears to hang when inserting an Excel workbook into a Word document.

Outlook

Addressed an issue, which caused Outlook to stop working sporadically when adding or saving attachments.
We fixed an issue where quick print for image attachments resulted in error, "Windows can't find this picture. Check the location, and then try again".
We fixed an issue that caused some users to see Outlook start in an Offline state until they manually chose to work online.
We fixed an issue when pasting a URL copied from meeting location to somewhere else (such as a browser), the URL contains a semicolon at the end.
We fixed an issue where users were unable to delete appointments in Calendar of Microsoft 365 Groups in Basic Auth.
We fixed an issue where starting Outlook failed while loading nickname cache.
We fixed an issue where a mailbox owner wasn't able to manage Shared permission for their own Calendar as the option was greyed out.
We fixed an issue where Outlook wasn't able to create a message with restricted permission.
We fixed an issue where saving email templates as .OFT changed Chinese characters to question marks.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where zooming in and out from the presentation area resulted in a gap between the zoomed selection marquee and the mouse pointer.
We fixed an issue where in content placeholder icon next to Pictures didn't have a tooltip.
We have fixed an issue where Protected view of slide show, shown by pptsx file, allows screen capture of IRM protected document.
We fixed an issue where grid lines were getting shifted from slides when closing design pane.
We fixed an issue when duplicating slideshow to secondary monitor, the slideshow may hide behind other window.
We fixed an issue where the scroll bar in the slide starts adjusting itself after stopping screen recording with selection pane opened.

Project

Fixed an issue where the NewVal in the ProjectBeforeTaskChagne event doesn't have the correct value if a lag is changed within a Task Form type view.
Fixed an issue where Project may terminate unexpectedly on opening files where resource contours were specified in a certain manner.
Fixed an issue where when you save a project from PWA to a local mpp file, the ProjectBeforeTaskChangeEvent fires for data that wasn't actually changed by the user.
Fixed an issue where resource engagements searched for a resource by name instead of GUID which would cause issues if there were multiple resources with the same name.
Fixed an issue where if you have a task list in a project site and group the task list, you will not be able to quick edit the task list.
Fixed an issue where if you update an enterprise resource via CSOM, resource max units may be lost.

Word

We fixed an issue where zooming in and out from the presentation area resulted in a gap between the zoomed selection marquee and the mouse pointer.
We fixed an issue where clicking comment hint didn't zoom out to show comment card in view.
We fixed a layout issue, which the line between columns might have shifted.
We fixed an issue in Track Changes which sometimes opening Word document might display error dialog.
We fixed an issue where Word appears to hang when inserting an Excel workbook into a Word document.
We fixed a print issue when sensitivity label with watermarks are applied.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue in the Office Deployment Tool where configuration was failing when using the RemoveMSI feature with the Office 2007 "Microsoft Application Error Reporting" product present.
We fixed an issue where SSO API interactive Sign-In was returning an error code.

Version 2010: November 06

Version 2010 (Build 13328.20356)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2010: November 04

Version 2010 (Build 13328.20340)

Feature updates

Excel

SVG Clipboard Support: You can now paste SVG content from Office into 3rd party apps. Learn more

Outlook

SVG Clipboard Support: You can now paste SVG content from Office into 3rd party apps. Learn more

PowerPoint

SVG Clipboard Support: You can now paste SVG content from Office into 3rd party apps. Learn more
See details in blog post
Create GIFs with Transparent Backgrounds: When exporting to an Animated GIF, a new option will allow you to make the background transparent.
See details in blog post
Export animated GIF in a range: Select a range of slides when exporting to animated GIF

Word

SVG Clipboard Support: You can now paste SVG content from Office into 3rd party apps. Learn more

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to grant Editor permission to their delegates.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue that was causing a failure when trying to save files that have transitioned from syncbacked to server-only.

Version 2010: October 27

Version 2010 (Build 13328.20292)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed a n issue that caused Cloud Settings not to be turned on for users by default.
We fixed an issue that caused changes to a user's signature to fail to save.

Version 2010: October 24

Version 2010 (Build 13328.20278)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused the headers of Chinese messages to be unreadable when replying or forwarding.
We fixed an issue that caused Chinese characters to get changed to question marks when saving as an OFT file.

Project

Fixed an issue where when you save a project from PWA to a local mpp file, the ProjectBeforeTaskChangeEvent fires for data that wasn't actually changed by the user.
Fixed an issue where the NewVal in the ProjectBeforeTaskChange event doesn't have the correct value if a lag is changed within a Task Form type view.

Version 2010: October 19

Version 2010 (Build 13328.20210)

Feature updates

Outlook

Save time while composing messages: Outlook shows you writing suggestions that help you compose messages quickly. To accept the suggestion, just use the Tab key.
See details in blog post
Break the language barrier with a built-in translator: Add-ins for translation aren't required anymore! In a message, right-click to translate specific words, phrases, or the whole message. Learn more
User Experience Updates for Tasks: A visual refresh of task items

PowerPoint

Practice your presentation with Presenter Coach: Get coaching on the things that help keep an audience engaged — like pacing, overused words, body language, and more. Learn more

Word

Microsoft Editor pane gets an update in Word for desktop: We have upgraded the current experience with the Editor pane in Word for desktop clients.
One-click writing suggestions: Apply writing suggestions with a single click. The updated Editor pane makes it easy to navigate between suggestions.

Resolved issues

PowerPoint

This is a fix for an issue where the save prompt shows in a loop when closing the document when there is an add-in that listens to PresentationBeforeClose event and checks Presentation.Saved property as a part of the event handler.

Version 2010: October 11

Version 2010 (Build 13328.20154)

Feature updates

Excel

Help protect your data from malicious files: Application Guard helps protect you from malware by letting you read, print, and save Office files in an isolated container. Learn more

PowerPoint

Help protect your data from malicious files: Application Guard helps protect you from malware by letting you read, print, and save Office files in an isolated container. Learn more

Word

Help protect your data from malicious files: Application Guard helps protect you from malware by letting you read, print, and save Office files in an isolated container. Learn more

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue where scrollbar position wasn't set correctly when loading query/relationship window saved while scrolled.
We fixed an issue where Add Table Task Pane wasn't displaying names containing '&' correctly.

Excel

We fixed an issue where multi-level category manual interval wasn't working in charts.
Fixed an issue with 2D Map Charts where using VBA to set the colors for the max, mid, and min values for a series wasn't working.
Fixed an issue, which could cause an error that "Excel ran out of resources while attempting to calculate one or more formulas".
Fixed an issue when the Office language was set to Spanish, in which data validation lists may not show all the items in the list.
Fixed an issue where there could be a noticeable delay when switching between worksheets with large amounts of data when 'Page Break Preview' was enabled.
We fixed an issue where adding to a table used for Data Validation didn't update options for all sheets in the workbook.
We fixed an issue, which could cause a hang when refreshing OLAP PivotTables.
Fixed an issue where ChartSheet closed unexpectedly in some cases when a formula is entered through formula bar.
We fixed an issue where the Excel formula bar wouldn't render completely after connection to a device was lost, such as a remote session connect/disconnect or a monitor change.

OneNote

We fixed an issue where a user was unable to select and copy notebook URL from textbox in OutSpace File > Info.
We fixed an issue when you hover over green color in notebook color selector, the pop up reads "red chalk".
We fixed an issue where OneNote didn't honor High Contrast colors in the canvas for custom themes.

Outlook

Addresses an issue that caused automatically generated emails to be sent with a blank body when the subject is blank.
We fixed an issue where the wrong folder guid is cached for folders.
When a user copy-and-pastes an email address into the recipient field with the display name, the email address wasn't always parsed correctly and caused a warning about an invalid email address to appear. It's been fixed so the name and email address are parsed correctly so the warning is no longer shown.
We fixed an issue where online shared folders didn't return parent folder name. Intsead of failing, it returned an empty path which incorrectly went to the primary account.
We fixed an issue where the Save As option wasn't available for classic attachments.
We fixed an issue to provide a user a way to customize justification text when overriding a policy.
We fixed an issue where track changes turned on after reopening draft from read-only preview pane.
We fixed an issue with emails being hidden after turning Focused Inbox off and doing a sort.
We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to create a second empty signature for people who had cloud settings enabled.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where PowerPoint wasn't exporting rectangle bullet points while exporting to PDF.
We fixed an issue where GIF's would animate only once in the editor and slide shows.
We fixed an issue where linked excel chart incorrectly changes to excel sheet when user changes the source path to local OneDrive folder.
We fixed an issue that If you are on the last slide and if you swipe to the next slide after pressing 'End Session' and before the summary shows up, the End-Session dialog is visible on the summary page as well.

Project

Fixed an issue where the ConsolidateProjects VBA method may file if you try to add the same project multiple times and have AttachToSources set to false.
Fixed an issue where if you have eventing code running and try to make changes through a Task Form view, clicking the OK button may not commit the changes.
Fixed an issue where the ConsolidateProjects VBA method may file if you try to add the same project multiple times and have AttachToSources set to false.
Fixed an issue where if you have custom fields with formulas and are using earned value, you may notice performance delays switching views and opening project/task details.
Fixed an issue where Project may close unexpectedly if you apply a group by to the Resource Usage or Sheet view and then insert a column.

Word

We fixed an issue where links to workflow enabled files weren't opening as expected.
Fixed an issue where a user tapping on a tracked change (insertion/deletion) would bring up a comment pop-out.
We fixed an issue with deleting comment callouts in Word.
We fixed an issue with Outlook with message set to Do not forward.
We fixed an issue with saving Word document that contains citation and equation.
We fixed an issue with Style Gallery dialog.

Office Suite

When the user prints any document/file on inkjet printers from Office and printer's ink is low, "Toner Low" or "No Toner" message will show, even though inkjet printers don't have toners. Changing message to display "Toner/ink Low" & "No toner/ink".

Version 2009: October 07

Version 2009 (Build 13231.20360)

Feature updates

Excel

Create Data Types with Power Query: Create rich data types with Power Query from any data source

Outlook

Grammar checking's got your back: Outlook marks grammar errors as you type, so you can apply suggestions with a single click.
See details in blog post

Resolved issues

Outlook

Addresses an issue that caused Search to return no results when searching uncached shared calendars.
Addresses an issue that caused some users to observe Outlook unexpectedly starting in an offline state.
Addresses an issue that caused delegates to see intermittent failures when opening shared folders in another mailbox.

PowerPoint

Security fix to address an issue that disabled IRM protections when opening a PowerPoint file in Protected View.

Office Suite

When the user prints any document/file on inkjet printers from Office and printer's ink is low, "Toner Low" or "No Toner" message will show, even though inkjet printers don't have toners. Changing message to display "Toner/ink Low" & "No toner/ink".

Version 2009: September 26

Version 2009 (Build 13231.20262)

Resolved issues

Outlook

Addresses an issue that caused some automatically generated emails to be sent with a blank body when the subject line is blank.

Project

Fixed an issue where if you have eventing code running and try to make changes through a Task Form view, clicking the OK button may not commit the changes.

Version 2009: September 21

Version 2009 (Build 13231.20200)

Feature updates

Access

Switch Office themes automatically: Office can automatically switch themes to match your Windows 10 theme settings. Go to File > Options and select "Use system setting" next to Office Theme. Learn more

Excel

Insert your iPhone photos directly into Office: HEIC pictures from your phone now insert seamlessly into Office. No conversion required. See details in blog post
Switch Office themes automatically: Office can automatically switch themes to match your Windows 10 theme settings. Go to File > Options and select "Use system setting" next to Office Theme. Learn more

OneNote

Switch Office themes automatically: Office can automatically switch themes to match your Windows 10 theme settings. Go to File > Options and select "Use system setting" next to Office Theme. Learn more

Outlook

Delete conversation by message owner: This feature allows you to delete a conversation by message owner.
Insert your iPhone photos directly into Office: HEIC pictures from your phone now insert seamlessly into Office. No conversion required. See details in blog post
Switch Office themes automatically: Office can automatically switch themes to match your Windows 10 theme settings. Go to File > Options and select "Use system setting" next to Office Theme. Learn more

PowerPoint

Insert your iPhone photos directly into Office: HEIC pictures from your phone now insert seamlessly into Office. No conversion required. See details in blog post
Switch Office themes automatically: Office can automatically switch themes to match your Windows 10 theme settings. Go to File > Options and select "Use system setting" next to Office Theme. Learn more

Project

Switch Office themes automatically: Office can automatically switch themes to match your Windows 10 theme settings. Go to File > Options and select "Use system setting" next to Office Theme. Learn more

Publisher

Switch Office themes automatically: Office can automatically switch themes to match your Windows 10 theme settings. Go to File > Options and select "Use system setting" next to Office Theme. Learn more

Visio

Switch Office themes automatically: Office can automatically switch themes to match your Windows 10 theme settings. Go to File > Options and select "Use system setting" next to Office Theme. Learn more

Word

Insert your iPhone photos directly into Office: HEIC pictures from your phone now insert seamlessly into Office. No conversion required. See details in blog post
Switch Office themes automatically: Office can automatically switch themes to match your Windows 10 theme settings. Go to File > Options and select "Use system setting" next to Office Theme. Learn more

Resolved issues

PowerPoint

Fixed an issue causing slow coauthoring on files containing large numbers of a certain data object type (E2o).

Version 2009: September 14

Version 2009 (Build 13231.20152)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2009: September 10

Version 2009 (Build 13231.20126)

Resolved issues

Access

This issue has now been resolved and you should no longer experience a unexpectedly close.
We fixed an issue where connections to an ODBC database weren't working with third party applications.

Excel

We fixed an issue where if you opened a file containing the LET function, it would display the alert: "We found a problem with content in "your file.xlsx". Do you want us to try to recover as much as we can? If you trust the source of this workbook, click Yes".
We fixed an issue where if a user typed a formula name including the parenthesis and invoked help via F1, the help topic specific to that formula wouldn't be displayed.
We fixed an issue where using a macro to set the FormulaR1C1 property for a range, the cell references would be incorrect if a chart sheet was the active sheet.
We fixed an issue where users couldn't modify a PivotTable filter because it was set to a value that was no longer present in an Analysis Services database.
Fixed an unexpected close related to XLAM add-in references and named ranges.
We fixed an issue where if a user applied a custom style to a dynamic array, they would get the error: "You can't change part of an array". This was a legacy restriction that has been removed.
Fixed an issue where macros assigned to buttons were broken after restoring an older version of the file.
We fixed an issue where inking could cause Excel to become unresponsive.

Outlook

We fixed an issue, which provides more flexibility in enabling / disabling the default logging options via Group Policy.
We fixed an issue where the Legacy Domain Name for an email sender was preserved and displayed after a draft of the email was moved between mailboxes with assistant permissions and manager permissions.
We fixed an issue that caused some users to see Outlook to start in an Offline state until they manually chose to work online.
We fixed an issue where running the VBA code ActiveInspector.CommandBars.ExecuteMso("ShowSchedulingPage") after enabling the Single Line Ribbon (SLR) would result in a runtime error.
We fixed an issue where the 'OK' and 'Cancel' buttons on the Automatic Replies dialog wouldn't be visible on a system with a high resolution (such as 1750 x 1920) combined with a large text size (such as 175%).
We fixed a condition where sending a meeting request from an empty contact group to another contact group would result in an unexpected close.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a close unexpectedly when opening certain very large emails.
We fixed an issue where if Group Policy requires an Add-in to be always enabled, then monitoring add-in's becomes unavailable in order to prevent users from disabling the Add-in.
Addresses an issue that caused users to be able to send email content that had a "Do Not Forward" policy applied to OneNote when selecting more than one message.
We fixed an issue where users can now disable IRM (Information Rights Management) for Outlook without having to disable it for the rest of the Office applications.
We fixed an issue where the user account attributes in Active Directory for "otherTelephone" and "otherHomePhone" weren't mapped to the corresponding Outlook LDAP attributes.
This change fixes an issue where the Meeting page would continue to be displayed after the user switched tabs from the Meeting page to the Scheduling Assistant page.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where users were seeing the ribbon/title bar not being displayed under certain conditions.
We fixed an issue where after booting PowerPoint, inserting a slide and opening and closing the comments pane, the slides in the thumbnail pane displayed as being overlapped.
We fixed an issue where the functionality to insert a video was disabled.
We fixed an issue where videos weren't playing automatically in slideshows.

Project

We fixed an issue where if a resource has multiple cost rate tables, the remaining cost may not be calculated correctly.
We fixed an issue where the Project finish date isn't getting updated for projects connected to SharePoint tasks list.

Visio

Live preview crashes on text alignment reported by customers. Top hitting crash of July fork.

Word

We fixed an issue where the Comment card would display a border around the comment text if the user clicked on the comment.
We fixed an issue where the bullet picture icon didn't display correctly.
We fixed an issue where the user couldn't exit the Header/Footer when selecting a comment.
We fixed an issue where Word could crash after comments were deleted.
We fixed an issue where if a user created a comment draft anchored to a line already containing committed comments, then the draft was arranged in the wrong order relative to the committed comment in the SideTrack.
We fixed an issue where the focus wouldn't go to the comment pane if the document was zoomed to 160% or more and the comment pane wasn't visible.
We fixed an issue that prevented users from seeing comment threads that exceeded the sidetrack boundary because scrolling through the sidetrack wasn't working.
We fixed an issue where searching for resolved comments in the sidetrack pane wasn't working.
We fixed an issue where the comments on one document would be displayed on other open documents after switching between the multiple open documents.
We fixed an issue where long links weren't being wrapped when saving document to HTML format.
We fixed an issue where in some cases, bullets are not displaying correctly in email.
We fixed an issue with macros in which AutoOpen runs before AutoExec.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue in the Office Deployment Tool where configuration was failing when using the RemoveMSI feature with the Office 2007 "Microsoft Application Error Reporting" product present.
We fixed an issue in the Compress Picture dialog where some user-selected DPI settings are not retained.
This change addresses an issue with the Compress Picture dialog not retaining certain user settings.

Version 2008: September 04

Version 2008 (Build 13127.20378)

Resolved issues

Office Suite

This change addresses an issue with the Compress Picture dialog not retaining certain user settings.

Version 2008: September 02

Version 2008 (Build 13127.20360)

Feature updates

Excel

Save shapes as pictures: In just a few clicks, save a shape, icon, or other object as a picture file so you can reuse it elsewhere. Learn more
Make quick edits using the Excel pen: Pen Tool to help you handwrite and make quick edits to your data

Resolved issues

Excel

Fixed an issue where Excel could crash in certain circumstances when using the Format Painter.

Word

We fixed an issue, which the base styles are not updated with Normal style.

Version 2008: August 27

Version 2008 (Build 13127.20296)

Resolved issues

Outlook

We fixed an issue that caused users who attempted to create a meeting request from a secondary account added to their profile to not see a blank From: field instead of their email address.
We fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to connect to Public Folders after adding a shared mailbox.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience occasional crashes when interacting with Cloud attachments.
This fixes an issue that caused users to experience occasional crashes when editing recipients.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see anomalies when using the compact view.

Word

This change fixes an issue where Office applications can get stuck in a silent Save failure state after a previous coauthoring session.
We fixed an issue where macro AutoOpen runs before AutoExec

Version 2008: August 25

Version 2008 (Build 13127.20268)

Feature updates

Outlook

Receive email suggestions when searching by person.: As you type your search terms in Outlook you receive the most relevant emails surfaced in the suggestions.

Resolved issues

Outlook

Addresses an issue that caused users to receive the following error when replying to or composing new email, "Some of the files in this web page aren't in the expected location. Do you want to download them anyway? If you're sure the Web page is from a trusted source, click Yes"

Project

Fixed an issue where if a resource had more than one cost rate table defined, remaining cost wasn't always calculated correctly.

Word

Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a crash when replying to or composing new email.

Version 2008: August 17

Version 2008 (Build 13127.20208)

Resolved issues

Outlook

Addressed an issue that caused meetings to fail to be removed from a manager's calendar when declined by a delegate in some circumstances.
Addressed an issue that caused users of some character sets to see file names display incorrectly when adding a Smart Link to a SharePoint file.
Addressed an issue, which caused users to experience a crash when deleting 4 or more emails from a POP account with the "Download Headers Only" option selected.
Addressed an issue that caused the right-click context menu to fail to appear in the search controls.

Version 2008: August 11

Version 2008 (Build 13127.20164)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Access

This fix addresses the issue where trying to run certain queries have previously produced the error message 'Query is too complex'.
If you have Office 365 installed, you no longer need to install our ACE Redistributable Engine to expose ACE outside of the Office ecosystem. Therefore, for those with Office 365, you will no longer need the ACE Redist Engine, and consequently you shouldn't experience this issue.
This issue has been resolved - you can now use our ODBC driver outside of Office's Click-to-Run applications.

Excel

We fixed an issue where if the order of a chart series was changed, the corresponding checkbox aligned with the series wasn't reordered along with the series.
An error could occur when trying to save a file that contains a formula using the LET() function.
We fixed an issue where charts weren't always updated as expected when "ForceFullCalculation" was enabled via VBA for the workbook.
We fixed an issue where a copy of an image with a radial gradient fill didn't match the original.

OneNote

We fixed an issue where the placeholder text in the Search edit box would overflow if the application window was resized to a small dimension.

Outlook

We fixed an issue around creating multiple profiles in Outlookfrom the same email domain.
Addressed an issue that prevented some users of the Shared Calendar Improvements feature from being able to view a newly-added shared calendar.
Addressed an issue that caused the lock icon to fail to display in the header of S/MIME encrypted messages.
We fixed an issue where the "Allow Forwarding" option was missing from the shared calendar meeting "Response Options" if Download Shared folder wasn't checked.
Addressed an issue that caused users to be unable to save OneDrive attachments from outside their tenant to their local computer when selecting the "Save" option on the security dialog.
We fixed an issue that would display the print button in a disabled state even though the user had the appropriate print permissions.
Addressed an issue that caused attachments to get stripped from S/MIME messages when sending as unencrypted.
Addressed an issue that caused plain text S/MIME messages to become garbled when sending.
Addressed an issue that caused attachments to become corrupted when sending an S/MIME email unencrypted.
Addressed an issue that cause recipients to be unable to save rights protected messages even when the save as permission was granted by the sender.
This fix addresses an issue that caused users to be unable to add a signature when replying to a digitally rights managed message from an inspector window when the user didn't have Owner permissions on the message being replied to.
This fix addresses an issue that was causing Outlook to fail to display line breaks properly in markdown content.
Addressed an issue that caused the labels for some Advanced Search options to be truncated in some languages.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where a copy of an image with a radial gradient fill didn't match the original.
We fixed an issue where the Forms button in PowerPoint didn't allow the creation of Forms when access to Office Store wasn't permitted.

Project

We fixed an issue where tasks listed in the Task Board view weren't in sync with those in the Assign Resources dialog.
We fixed an issue where if you tried to save a PDF/XPS from Project to a SharePoint document library, nothing would happen.
We fixed an issue where if you copied & pasted a task that had multiple dependencies, not all dependencies were copied correctly.
Fixed an issue where for a SharePoint tasks list, the ribbon buttons on the second tab may be disabled.

Skype

Changed dancing emoticon skin tone to neutral color

Visio

After this fix, if the user halted the execution of delete command by any mechanism in between (in this case it was through add-in) the memory won't leak and the whole machine won't be impacted.

Word

We fixed an issue where Word would stop responding after pasting some text and an image in to a comments box.
We fixed an issue where a copy of an image with a radial gradient fill didn't match the original.
We fixed an issue where the placeholder text in the Search edit box would overflow if the application window was resized to a small dimension.
We fixed an issue where if a comment was added to track a change, the revisions pane would unexpectedly open.
We fixed an issue where the Editor command was disabled when the focus was in a comment text box.
We fixed an issue where the Show Markup command was disabled when the focus was in a comment text box.
We fixed an issue where the 'New comment' button would be disabled after deleting the last comment.
We fixed an issue where the 'Specific People' option for Track Changes was disabled.
We fixed an issue where links to documents weren't being inserted to the comments box via the Insert -> Link dropdown.
We fixed an occasional hang while opening HTML files.
We fixed an issue in custom XML where the state of comments may be lost when opening the document.
We fixed an issue where the hyperlink count in the VBA hyperlinks collection wasn't iterating correctly after adding an image containing a hyperlink.
For the old, non-web service based Share pane, upon closing the document while the Share pane is open could cause a crash. This is now fixed.
We fixed an issue where after the user opened a new app window from the taskbar and created a new blank document, more files were created.
We fixed an issue where if a user was editing a document but had lost permissions, we weren't notifying the user that they had to re-authenticate.

Version 2007: August 05

Version 2007 (Build 13029.20344)

Resolved issues

Outlook

Addressed an issue that caused Outlook to fail to retrieve search suggestions.
Addressed an issue that caused users to occasionally crash when retrieving persona information.

Project

Fixed an issue where a project that had gotten into a bad state couldn't be opened.

Version 2007: July 29

Version 2007 (Build 13029.20308)

Feature updates

Excel

Get Organization Data from Power BI using Data Types: Excel data types from Power BI are now rolling out to Insiders in organizations with Office 365 E5/A5 or Microsoft 365 E5/A5. Getting the information you need and easily refreshing it is critical to many everyday workflows. We're giving you access to your company or organization information from Power BI as a data type in Excel, which expands your ability to bring in linked information in your spreadsheets. Learn more See details in blog post

Outlook

Pick where to search: The new search scope drop down allows you to more easily modify your search and switch between Current Folder and Current Mailbox. Thank you to everyone in Coming Soon who provided feedback on the new Search at Top experience. This design and update came out of that feedback!

Word

Better collaboration with modern comments: Add comments to objects, @mention colleagues, and resolve comment threads for a better collaboration experience. Learn more

Resolved issues

Outlook

Addressed an issue that caused users of CLP to experience a crash when switching the from address on a reply from a protected context to an unprotected one.
Addressed an issue that caused the Scheduling Assistant page to fail to display.
Addressed an issue that caused formatting problems in incident notification alerts.

Version 2007: July 27

Version 2007 (Build 13029.20292)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2007: July 20

Version 2007 (Build 13029.20236)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2007: July 15

Version 2007 (Build 13029.20200)

Feature updates

Excel

Make polished Visio diagrams in Excel: Create a flow chart or organizational chart by putting data on a worksheet. Learn more

Resolved issues

Access

We fixed an issue where the linked table manager would prompt a primary key if a linked SQL table was refreshed.
We fixed an issue where queries in the Query Editor scrolled out of view.
We fixed an issue where query execution was taking approximately twice as long to complete than expected.
We fixed an issue that caused Microsoft Access to fail to identify an Identity Column in a linked SQL Server table, which could cause rows to be reported as deleted incorrectly.

Excel

We fixed an issue where URLs that weren't http or https based weren't being displayed in the Most Recently Used list.
Fixed an issue where an error or hang may occur when loading a workbook with with multiple sheets in page break preview.
We fixed an issue where data model tables created in certain versions of Excel couldn't be seen in 'Table Preview' even though the query associated with the table had not been edited.
Ignore Relative/Absolute' references in the Define Name \ Apply Names dialog would cause formulas to not work.
We fixed an issue where CustomUI XML for a custom ribbon tab was removed when saving a workbook to SharePoint/OneDrive.
We fixed an issue where workbooks were read-only when the file only had read-only recommended.
Fixed an issue where an error or hang may occur when loading a workbook with with multiple sheets in page break preview.
We fixed an issue where the major gridlines of radar charts couldn't be formatted correctly.
We fixed an issue where clearing an advanced data filter could lose table formatting.
We fixed an issue where the full path of an embedded PDF document would show in the document caption rather than just the filename.
We fixed an issue where after disabling the Wolfram cloud connector and then saving and re-opening an Excel workbook, could result in a crash.
We fixed an issue where booting Excel with the Solver add-in enabled would result in a crash.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where Outlook would hang if there were over 130 recipients on the 'To' line and we also improved the performance of rendering the text.
We fixed an issue where the Input Method Editor (IME) window would overlap the underlying text being entered via the IME when using multiple monitors with different resolutions.
We fixed an issue in the 'To Do Bar' where events that spanned more than two days, displayed the same end time for all subsequent days.
Addresses an issue that caused users to see the creation date of attachments that they copied to their file system via drag and drop getting set to January 1, 4501.
We fixed an issue where users were unable to 'Send As' or 'Send on behalf' of a distribution list.
Addresses an issue that caused delegates to receive an error when editing an existing calendar appointment on a manager's calendar.
We fixed an issue that caused users to see the following error when closing an appointment that was previously saved "The item cannot be saved because it was changed by another user or in another window. Do you want to make a copy in the default folder for the item?"
Addresses an issue that caused the "Allow Forwarding" option to be missing from shared calendar meeting "Response Options" when Download Shared folder wasn't checked.
Addresses an issue that caused users to be unable to save OneDrive attachments from outside their tenant to their local computer when selecting the "Save" option on the security dialog.
We fixed an issue that caused users of Outlook to see their message list stop updating for several minutes after using shared calendars.
We fixed an issue that prevented calendar reminders from showing exact times for meetings coming up in less than a week.
We fixed an issue where inserting an image inline in a message, then saving the message as a draft would result in a resizing of the image.
We fixed an issue that caused the body of an NDR message to change from Unicode to ASCII after editing the subject.
We fixed an issue where dates in the mini calendar failed to display in bold for users in Japan.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where a user's presence color indicator wasn't getting refreshed in the co-authoring gallery during a live co-authoring session.
We fixed an issue where pasting HTML to a text area on a slide would instead get pasted into a text box created at the top of the slide.
We fixed an issue where selecting all slides in Presenter View, then exiting Presenter View using Alt+Tab and returning to the slide show and clicking 'End Show' would result in an unhandled exception.

Project

Fixed an issue where you couldn't save a PDF/XPS from Project to a SharePoint document library.
Fixed an issue where projects couldn't be opened in the Project desktop client from Project Web App if the URL ended in .com.
We fixed an issue where Project may crash when opening certain XML files.
We fixed an issue where projects couldn't be opened in the Project desktop client from the Project Web App if the URL ended in '.com'.
Fixed an issue where if you paste a task that has multiple dependencies, not all dependencies are copied correctly.
Fixed an issue where the task selected in the assign resources dialog isn't the same as the task selected in the task board view.
We fixed an issue where the ProjectBeforeTaskChange event didn't fire when there was a change to the project summary task, either the project start/task field.
We fixed an issue where if Fixed Duration tasks are at 100% complete but the Actual Finish is not specified, the Task % Complete would display as less than 100%.
We fixed an issue where a baseline reset or update could change time-phased budget cost/work resources and the baseline could reflect incorrect budget values.
We fixed an issue where Project Planner links in Government Community Cloud environments had been disabled.
We fixed an issue where you couldn't open a Project file from a SharePoint document library if the library was in modern mode.

Word

We fixed an issue where the ability to clear formatting within the Comments pane via the Clear Formatting button in the Office Ribbon wasn't working.
We fixed an issue where text inserted in a Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) was illegible after inserting it in a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file, saving and closing the file, and then re-opening the file.
We fixed an issue where changing the size of a table when the ruler is not displayed caused other applications running in the background to start flashing.
We fixed an issue where in co-authoring mode, comment replies would sometimes not show up in the comments pane but would be visible in the revisions pane.
We fixed an issue during co-authoring mode when there is a merge conflict and the user has already chosen to discard changes, we no longer display the option to save or discard changes.
We fixed an issue where the HTML hyperlink color wasn't being rendered correctly.
We fixed an issue where if Word had a list of more than 50 frequently opened documents, then after saving and opening a document, a revision history would be displayed even though no revisions were made to that document.
We fixed in issue with autosave during coauthoring.
We fixed an issue that, when attempting to save a file containing a macro under a new name, would cause it to be saved with a .docx extension and the filename 'WRO0004.docx', regardless of what the user entered, rendering the document unusable.

Office Suite

A timing issue could cause a crash when closing office files
The fix for this issue was to ensure the service properly computed added products. We filtered out the newly added products (ensuring that they exist in the new configuration as well) and added them to the end of existing Product release IDs.

Version 2006: July 09

Version 2006 (Build 13001.20384)

Feature updates

Excel

Make a PDF connection: Connect to, import, refresh data from a PDF. Learn more
Create variables to use in formulas: Improve performance, readability, and composability with the LET function. This function allows you to create named variables in new or pre-existing formulas. Learn more
See details in blog post
Keyboard shortcuts in Excel: Updated keyboard shortcuts for Excel

Outlook

Create polls in Outlook with Quick Poll: Easily create a poll, collect votes, and view results within an email Learn more
Keep your pictures high fidelity when sending them as part of an email: A new Outlook setting is available to limit picture compression when you send pictures as part of the email contents

Resolved issues

Access

This issue is resolved, and you should expect to be able to successfully insert linked SQL tables that include an identity (e.g. autonumber) field into Access.

Excel

Fixed a crash that could happen when trying to create a data connection if you have signed out from your account.

Outlook

Addressed an issue that caused users to be unable to save OneDrive attachments from outside their tenant to their local computer when selecting the "Save" option on the security dialog.

Office Suite

We backported a new AppV51 drop to fix a regression in previous AppV51.
he office host was crashing in windows, when an add-in is being activated while the registry TabProcGrowth value is REG_SZ type and with value "0". That registry TabProcGrowth value can be under any one of 4 paths: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main This change would fix this issue.

Version 2006: June 25

Version 2006 (Build 13001.20266)

Feature updates

Visio

Make polished Visio diagrams in Excel: Create a flow chart or organizational chart based on data in a worksheet.

Resolved issues

Access

This problem is now resolved. Please let the team know if you experience more issues with this process.

Outlook

Addresses an issue that caused users to see the creation date of attachments that they copied to their file system via drag and drop getting set to January 1, 4501.
Addresses an issue that caused users of the Shared Calendar improvements to see calendar failures.
Addresses an issue that caused users to see Outlook continuously prompt them to run the Inbox Repair tool.
Addresses an issue that caused searching for a feature in Suggest a Feature to return no results and leave the user with no option to submit a new feature idea.

Version 2006: June 18

Version 2006 (Build 13001.20198)

Feature updates

Excel

Save to Pinned Folders: Pin your folders makes saving Office files easier We received feedback that users want more control over the folders available when a new file is saved. We're excited to bring a new capability to you: pin your folders in the Save dialog. This new capability will make saving your Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files easier. See details in blog post

PowerPoint

Save to Pinned Folders: Pin your folders makes saving Office files easier We received feedback that users want more control over the folders available when a new file is saved. We're excited to bring a new capability to you: pin your folders in the Save dialog. This new capability will make saving your Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files easier. See details in blog post

Word

Save to Pinned Folders: Pin your folders makes saving Office files easierWe received feedback that users want more control over the folders available when a new file is saved. We're excited to bring a new capability to you: pin your folders in the Save dialog. This new capability will make saving your Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files easier. See details in blog post

Resolved issues

Excel

Fixed an issue, which caused CustomUI XML for a custom ribbon tab to be removed when saving to SharePoint/OneDrive.

Outlook

Addressed an issue that caused Ctrl+click to stop working when cloud settings were enabled.

Project

Fixed an issue where a task that is marked 100% complete is wrongly changing to be less than 100% complete.

Version 2006: June 11

Version 2006 (Build 13001.20144)

Feature updates

PowerPoint

Improved Stream video performance in PowerPoint: We've made improvements to the playback performance of Microsoft Stream videos to minimize video loading time and create a smooth viewing experience. Use your corporate videos from Microsoft Stream to create better presentations.

Word

Retain text in vectors: Now you can retain the text in maps, charts, and other SVG vectors when converting these objects in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Resolved issues

Excel

We fixed an issue where Excel would occasionally shut down when engaging OneDrive.
We fixed an issue where custom values on the chart axis wouldn't get applied correctly.
We fixed an issue where worksheets containing multiple formulas with defined names was resulting in longer times when saving files.
We fixed an issue that caused printer names to be duplicated in the list of available printers.
We fixed an issue that resulted in improved performance time for users when they deleted merged columns.
We fixed an issue where the error message "This workbook is currently referenced by another and cannot be closed" would appear because add-ins were being loaded in alphabetical order rather than in a user specified order.
We fixed an issue where memory was being corrupted when managing fonts between Excel and some third party assistive technology applications.
We fixed an issue where clicking a bookmarked hyperlink within the same workbook would cause the workbook to be hidden.
We fixed an issue where some copy and pasted chart links used mapped drive addresses rather than universal addresses.
We fixed an issue where Excel could become unresponsive after using Ctrl+Shift+Arrow keys to scroll when the Excel window was shared through Teams.
We fixed an issue where Excel would crash when Add-ins ask for Host Items on worksheets that contain shapes with noSelect locks.
Addressed an issue where Excel may crash when attempting to insert PivotTables into a chart sheet.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where the IME (Input Method Editor) window would overlap the underlying text being entered via the IME when using multiple monitors with different resolutions.
We fixed an issue where viewing a template when composing a new email message would result in a crash.
We fixed an issue where users were unable to Exchange 2010 public folders after Outlook version 1911.
We fixed an issue where the Categorize button for group calendars in the Office Ribbon was disabled.
Addressed an issue where Outlook failed to enable Data Loss Protection policy tips people for users who had paid for the service who are on Microsoft 365 Business Plus plans.
Addressed an issue that caused Outlook to crash on some Windows builds.
We fixed an issue where users were unable to share a calendar with a guest user.
We fixed an issue where users saw calendar items that spanned the midnight threshold as All day events.
We fixed an issue that resulted in the Online Archive dropdown in folder properties to be missing for users on high DPI monitors.
We fixed an issue where the Folder.BeforeItemMove event didn't fire correctly when a user moved items between folders.
We fixed an issue where Outlook crashed when two add-ins added a button to the same group in the ribbon.
We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a crash in Outlook when working with hyperlinks in Plain Text emails.
We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to be unable to parse long file names encoded with RFC2231.
We fixed an issue that was causing Outlook users to experience intermittent hangs when using screen readers.
We fixed an issue that would cause users with conflicting contacts to experience crashes in Outlook.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue with opening server-configured files with forms-based authentication.
We fixed an issue where PowerPoint files with embedded charts / workbooks could result in failures when saving the file.
We fixed an issue where zooming in and out from the presentation area resulted in a gap between the zoomed selection marquee and the mouse pointer.
We fixed an issue where slides weren't centered after zooming using the mouse wheel.
We fixed an issue where keyboard shortcuts and spell check wouldn't function as expected when using an English Switzerland (QWERTZ) keyboard.
We fixed an issue where a Comment pane that had been closed by the user would re-open automatically.
We fixed an issue where the slide editor from one slide would overlap on to the next slide.

Project

Fixed an issue where the ProjectBeforeTaskChange event doesn't fire when there is a change to the project summary task - either the project start/task field.
Fixed an issue where a task that is marked 100% complete is wrongly changing to be less than 100% complete.
We fixed an issue where Project would crash after clicking on Options.
We fixed an issue that prevented orphaned tasks from being deleted or re-assigned after their parent plan was deleted.

Visio

There was regression in dependent code which has been fixed. Now, the images are getting rendered in Visio services running on SharePoint Onprem.

Word

We fixed an issue where timestamps in Comment panes weren't based on the system locale time.
Resolved an issue opening Word documents from custom document delivery (aspx) when the URL contains a query component.
We fixed an issue where copy and pasting text to a comment pane wouldn't be displayed.
We fixed an issue where hyperlinks in comments weren't working.
We fixed an issue where zooming in and out from the presentation area resulted in a gap between the zoomed selection marquee and the mouse pointer.
We fixed an issue where comments between the web app and the desktop application weren't in sync.
We fixed an issue where comment hint bubbles appeared blurry at 100% zoom.
We fixed an issue where adding a new comment on a blank document wouldn't do anything.
We fixed an issue where pasting HTML into WordMail for Calendar wasn't working.
We fixed an issue where replying to a comment in a coauthored session could sometimes cause Word to freeze.
We fixed an issue where inserting or updating an Index in a document containing more than a hundred entries would result in the application crashing.
We fixed an issue where enabling policy Word 2007 and later Binary Documents and Templates would cause some co-authoring cases to fail.
We fixed an issue where files with custom xml values opened slowly.
We fixed an issue where files with long path names (greater than 32K) wouldn't open and an appropriate error message wasn't being displayed.

Office Suite

We have investigated and resolved the issue where an Office 365 ProPlus deployment via InTune is paused after an OS shutdown.
We fixed an issue in Visual Basic for Applications in Microsoft Office where certain VBA projects that contain references to code libraries with DBCS characters in the library name or library path would be viewed by the Office application as corrupt on load.
This update fixes an issue in Microsoft Office where Visual Basic for Applications projects with references that are expected to be found by searching locations specified in the PATH environment variable may not be found properly at runtime, leading to VBA runtime errors.

Version 2005: June 08

Version 2005 (Build 12827.20336)

Resolved issues

PowerPoint

We have fixed an issue with replace fonts dialog where replace font dropdown only shows fonts within the presentation instead of fonts installed on the system.

Version 2005: June 04

Version 2005 (Build 12827.20320)

Feature updates

Access

Keep up with the times! The Date/Time Extended data type has better precision.: Introducing a new and improved data type. To enhance syntax compatibility with SQL, and to increase accuracy and level of detail in records that include dates and times, we're implementing the DateTime2 data type into Access. This additional date & time data type will include a larger date range (0001-01-01 through 9999-12-31), with higher-specified time precision (nanoseconds, rather than seconds) that you are able to provide and perform calculations on. To enable, select New field > Date & Time Extended. Learn more

Excel

Create PivotTables from Datasets in Power BI within Excel: You can create PivotTables in Excel that are connected to datasets stored in Power BI with a few clicks. Doing this allows you get the best of both PivotTables and Power BI. Calculate, summarize, and analyze your data with PivotTables from your secure Power BI datasets.

Outlook

Option to quickly reopen items from previous Outlook session: We added an option to quickly reopen items from a previous Outlook session.

Resolved issues

PowerPoint

This fixes an unexpected close when users have both modern and legacy comments in a file, thus triggering an upgrade on the comments.

Office Suite

We have resolved the ValidateInstall fail rate issue by setting the Bing Addon install validation to true by default and considering the MSI return success as an install success.

Version 2005: May 29

Version 2005 (Build 12827.20268)

Feature updates

Excel

Sheet View: Sort/filter while collaborating with others in Excel desktop.

Outlook

Additional buttons added to Outlook toast notifications: Quick Action buttons now appear in Outlook toast notifications when running Outlook on Windows 10.

Resolved issues

Outlook

Addressed an issue that caused users of Windows 10 server versions to see the warning Antivirus status: Invalid. This version of Windows supports antivirus detection, but no antivirus was found despite having anti virus correctly installed.

Office Suite

The office host was crashing in windows, when an add-in is being activated while the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\TabProcGrowth is set to zero. This change would fix this issue.

Version 2005: May 21

Version 2005 (Build 12827.20210)

Resolved issues

Excel

Fixed an issue where Excel could become unresponsive after using Ctrl+Shift+Arrow keys to scroll when the Excel window is shared through Teams.
In some cases, clicking a hyperlink to a place within the same workbook will cause the workbook to be hidden.

Outlook

Addressed an issue with the clp auditing event for the reply/forward label.
Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when submitting feedback from an Admin Notification.

Version 2005: May 14

Version 2005 (Build 12827.20160)

Feature updates

Excel

Auto-apply or recommend sensitivity labels: Office can recommend or automatically apply a sensitivity label based on the sensitive content detected.

PowerPoint

No need for a clicker: your earbuds have you covered: Use your Surface Earbuds to control your PowerPoint presentations. Important: You must pair your Surface Earbuds in the Surface Audio app for Windows 10 in order to use gestures to control presentations. Instructions for getting started with the Surface Audio app on Windows 10 are available here. Learn more
Auto-apply or recommend sensitivity labels: Office can recommend or automatically apply a sensitivity label based on the sensitive content detected.

Word

Auto-apply or recommend sensitivity labels: Office can recommend or automatically apply a sensitivity label based on the sensitive content detected.

Resolved issues

Excel

Increased the size of the cell reference edit controls on the Custom Error Bars dialog used with charts.
Fixed an issue where chart data table could render values in a date axis incorrectly.
Fixed an issue where page breaks couldn't be disabled after going into Page Layout or Page Break Preview.
Fixed an issue where chart line styles could be lost after hiding and unhiding columns with series data.
Fixed an issue where inserting a column in a filtered list would take longer than expected.
Fixed a problem with the scaling of checkboxes in form controls when printed.
Fixed an issue where the external link stops working after the file is reopened if the file path is too long.
Workbooks saved with a digital signature in Excel 2016 could have the signature invalidated upon opening in the current version of Excel.
Application.Evaluate (VBA) wasn't working for User-defined functions in some cases.
Workbooks saved with a digital signature in Excel 2016 could have the signature invalidated upon opening in the current version of Excel.
We fixed an issue where conditional formatting (CF) information wasn't being saved to XLSB files correctly.
We fixed an issue where the chart trendline R-Squared value (in the forced y-intercept case) was incorrect even though the LINEST function returns the correct value.
We fixed an issue where customized chart trendline formatting wasn't always being saved.
An unexpected close could occur when trying to list changes on a new sheet for a workbook using legacy"Shared Workbook" mode.
We fixed the issue where custom formatting in Pivot charts may not be saved when the "Invert if negative" option was enabled.
We fixed an issue where custom formatting for a single data point in a Pivot chart wasn't saved if the "Invert if negative" option was selected.
This change fixes an issue where the '@' character uploaded in a CSV file, would result in the string after the '@' character to be converted to a formula.
We fixed an issue where decimal values in the SEQUENCE function weren't rounded correctly.

OneNote

We fixed an issue where line breaks were being stored as vertical tabs.

Outlook

Addresses an issue that caused users to be unable to add a Personal Contact Group as a Meeting attendee.
Fixed an issue where the categorize button for group calendars in the Office Ribbon was disabled.
Addressed an issue that caused Outlook to crash when opening .msg or .oft files that were saved locally after a Windows update.
Fixed an issue where enterprise customers with group folders not implemented or not working, would result in Outlook displaying a "not responding" message.
Addressed an issue that caused very long safelinks that users clicked on in the Outlook Desktop client to fail to load due to truncation.
Fixed an issue where Outlook folders with names containing DBCS (Double Byte Character Set) characters would intermittently disappear when synchronizing with the server. For this to happen, Outlook had to be configured with an IMAP account and running on a system with the locale set to Japanese.
Addressed an issue that caused delete rules created for mailboxes other than the user's primary mailbox to become invalid.
Addressed an issue that caused attachments to get dropped when forwarding an encrypted message.
Addressed an issue that caused meetings that are more than 2 months away to fail to display a meeting subject in the Scheduling Assistant.
Addressed an issue that caused users to see message body truncation when forwarding large HTML messages.
Added the ability to enforce S/MIME default signing configuration via group policy.

PowerPoint

Fixed an issue where if a user created a comment without posting it and closed the Comments pane, then opened a new window, navigated through multiple slides and, closed the window, and finally re-opened the Comments pane in the original presentation, the draft comments wouldn't be available.
Fixed an issue where hovering over the asterisk (*) symbol didn't display the user name and date of the last person to update the document.

Project

When Predecessor/Successor data is edited within a Form view, an extra ProjectBeforeTaskChange event is fired.
Fixed an issue where Project may crash when changing the board status field on a project that is connected to a SharePoint task list.
Fixed an issue where Project may crash when saving projects created with older versions of Project.
Fixed an issue where if Project is connected to Project Web App and the decimal separator is a comma, TaskDependencies Add method fails when Lag is added.

Word

Fixed an issue where inserting comments on a document in collaboration mode wouldn't always work.
This change fixes an issue where the People card would flash if the @ mention was clicked.
Enabling the option "Show bookmarks" wouldn't display bookmarks. This has been fixed.
Fixed the issue where closing a document with draft comments would prompt the user if they wanted to close the document without saving the draft comments. Cancelling the prompt would close the document rather than leaving it open.
We fixed an issue in copying and pasting headings.
Fixed an issue where translating a posted comment would result in the error 'Inserting translated text failed'.
This change fixes an issue where text with hyperlinks may not display if the option: "Show field codes instead of their values" was enabled.
In Web View/Immersive reader, clicking on a hint would scroll to the top even though it was already in view. This has been fixed.
We fixed an issue that, when attempting to save a file containing a macro under a new name, would cause it to be saved with .docx extension and the filename WRO0004.docx, regardless of what the user entered, rendering the document unusable.

Office Suite

When a user is given a policy that moves them to Teams Only, they were still able to use the Skype for Business Outlook add-in to schedule meetings. After this update, you will no longer be able to schedule Skype for Business meetings after the client reads the policy indicating the user is Teams Only, and enters meeting join only mode. Additionally the Skype for Business Outlook Add-in will not activate itself while starting up if it sees the Skype for Business client is in meeting join only mode.
This update fixes an issue in Microsoft Office where Visual Basic for Applications projects with references that are expected to be found by searching locations specified in the PATH environment variable may not be found properly at runtime, leading to VBA runtime errors.
This update fixes an issue in Visual Basic for Applications in Microsoft Office where certain VBA projects that contain references to code libraries with DBCS characters in the library name or library path would be viewed by the Office application as corrupt on load.

Version 2004: May 11

Version 2004 (Build 12730.20270)

Feature updates

Excel

Tell your stories with animated GIFs: Animated GIFs are now supported in the Office editor - your documents just got snazzier.

Outlook

Improved links in email: When you include a link to a file, the file name replaces the URL. You can change permissions so all recipients have access. Learn more See details in blog post
Tell your stories with animated GIFs: Animated GIFs are now supported in the Office editor - your documents just got snazzier.

PowerPoint

Tell your stories with animated GIFs: Animated GIFs are now supported in the Office editor - your documents just got snazzier. Learn more

Word

Tell your stories with animated GIFs: Animated GIFs are now supported in the Office editor - your documents just got snazzier.

Resolved issues

Outlook

Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when displaying toast notifications.

Version 2004: May 04

Version 2004 (Build 12730.20250)

Feature updates

Outlook

Better results—in a jiffy: We've updated the Search experience to make it smarter, faster, and more reliable than ever. Learn more
Incident Notification for IT Admins: Office Apps Administrators are notified about Outlook and O365 Exchange incidents affecting their users with a new right-side panel notification in Outlook for Windows. Learn more

Resolved issues

Office Suite

This update fixes an issue in Visual Basic for Applications in Microsoft Office where certain VBA projects that contain references to code libraries with DBCS characters in the library name or library path would be viewed by the Office application as corrupt on load.

Version 2004: April 29

Version 2004 (Build 12730.20236)

Feature updates

Outlook

Help protect data in your group: The Sensitivity label you choose when creating a group is applied to group email, documents, and team sites.

Resolved issues

Outlook

Addresses an issue that caused Outlook to crash on some builds of Windows.

Version 2004: April 25

Version 2004 (Build 12730.20206)

Resolved issues

Outlook

Addressed an issue that caused Outlook to crash when opening .msg or .oft files that were saved locally after a Windows update.

Project

Fixed an issue where if you are using Project connected to Project Web App and the decimal separator is a comma, the TaskDependencies Add method fails when you try to add lag to a dependency.

Office Suite

This fix resolves an error which occurs preventing both restricting access and protecting files with a password simultaneously.

Version 2004: April 21

Version 2004 (Build 12730.20182)

Resolved issues

Outlook

Addresses an issue that caused the width of the folder pane to change unexpectedly.
Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a hang while exiting Outlook.

Version 2004: April 15

Version 2004 (Build 12730.20150)

Feature updates

Excel

Facebook connector support is ending: Starting in April 2020, Excel will no longer support external data connections that use the Facebook connector.

Outlook

New option to disable @ mention suggestions when composing mail in Outlook: Do you find the @ mention picker more annoying than useful? Now you can turn it off if you prefer.

PowerPoint

Synchronize changes while you are presenting: Synchronize changes whenever they are made even when the presentation is in slide show mode.

Word

Annotate your private copy: Create hand written notes for your eyes by making a private copy of a shared document. Go to View > Create a Private Copy to get started.

Resolved issues

Access

Fixed issues with resizing and refreshing tables in the task pane.
Fixed an issue where international versions of Access were displaying English strings in the user interface.

Excel

Fixed an issue where selecting a range of cells on a sheet would result in the selection of a single cell.
Workbooks saved with a digital signature in Excel 2016 could have the signature invalidated upon opening in the current version of Excel.
Fixed an issue, which would cause Excel to crash in some cases after copying a sheet containing a PivotTable.
Application.Evaluate (VBA) wasn't working for User-defined functions in some cases.
Fixed a performance issue that users may have experienced when programmatically editing a large range of cells.
Fixed a performance issue that occurred when opening csv files with Japanese environments.
Fixed an issue where inserting a user defined chart template as default would result in saving it as a column chart.
Fixed an issue where Data labels on charts would display as blank when the underlying data cells didn't have a caption.
Fixed an issue, which could cause Excel to stop responding when reducing the size of a chart with some x-axis ranges.
Fixed an issue where an Excel sheet with R1C1 cell referencing enabled and is being coauthored / shared, hovering over the user presence icon does not display the active cell reference in R1C1 mode.
This change addresses delays when processing images with malformed or invalid protocol information.

Outlook

This change addresses delays when processing images with malformed or invalid protocol information.
This change fixes an issue where the latest changes to draft emails weren't being updated.
Fixed an issue where right-mouse clicking on a file and using 'Send to' wouldn't work.
Addressed an issue that caused delegates to see different folder hierarchies on different machines for shared mailboxes.
Addressed an issue that caused categories to occasionally disappear from email messages.
Addressed an issue that caused some reminders to fail to fire when changing the timezone on a machine.
Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when attempting to view the properties of an Organizational Form.
Fixed an issue where if a user had a customized the search path for the Address book, Outlook's name resolution scope would be limited to the customized path rather than including the Global Address List (GAL).
Addressed an issue that caused the "Save to Cloud" button to be missing from Attachment Tools.
Addressed an issue that caused users to be unable to add a signature when replying to a digitally rights managed message from an inspector window when the user does not have Owner permission on the message being replied to.
Addressed an issue that caused users to be unable to add additional attachments from a web location to a previously created meeting.
Addressed an issue that caused the "Last Modified" date on a file to be updated when adding an attachment to a mail or saving an attachment from a mail by dragging and dropping it (as opposed to via a menu).
Addressed an issue that caused hitting enter in the expanded find pane to fail to start a search, requiring instead that users click on the search button.
Fixed an issue where within a set of returned search results, sorting the results by Categories wouldn't display the Category colors.
Fixed an issue where search shows no information about users when the option to "Show user photographs when available" is disabled.

PowerPoint

We fixed an error that could cause PowerPoint files containing emojis to fail when saving.
We fixed an issue where the rendering of a legacy Excel chart embedded as an OLE object in PowerPoint or Word may not always display the chart title.
We fixed an issue when copying text from Excel to PowerPoint might change its formatting.
We fixed an issue where finding special characters using 'find whole words only' didn't always work as expected.

Project

We fixed an issue where summary task dates weren't always getting calculated correctly.
We fixed an issue where the OnUndoOrRedo event doesn't fire without first running the OpenUndoTransaction method.
We fixed an issue where the 'ProjectBeforeTaskChange' Visual Basic Applications (VBA) event didn't fire when a user clicked the "Inactivate" button found on the Tasks Ribbon within the Scheduling grouping.
If you set predecessor or successor details from within a Form type view, the ProjectBeforeTaskChange Visual Basic Applications (VBA) event didn't always capture the changes. For example, if you deleted a dependency and clicked OK on the form, the event didn't fire. This behavior has been fixed.
We fixed an issue where the latest values for the Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP) wouldn't be displayed after making a change, such as a date change.
We fixed an issue where opening a project using the Most Recently Used (MRU) menu opened the project file with Read/Write access.
This change fixes an issue where if you created a manual task with a start date and a time (but no duration), it would be displayed with an incorrect time on the timeline.
We fixed an issue where printing a timeline using a Hijri calendar would result in a month being skipped or duplicated in the print view.
This change addresses an issue where working in Team Planner with GDI objects, could result in the over allocation of GDI objects and create low memory conditions.
We fixed an issue where if CustomFieldValueListGetItem' is executed and a lookup table for the custom field doesn't exist, an empty lookup table is created even though it shouldn't be.
WhenPredecessor/Successor data is edited within a Form view, an extra ProjectBeforeTaskChange event is fired
We fixed an issue where the user couldn't enter time-phased Baseline Work when the setting to protect actual work is on.

Word

We fixed an issue where hovering a cursor over a hint wouldn't highlight its card.
We fixed an issue with multiple pages selected from the View menu, where the comments pane could be displayed as blank.
We fixed an issue where the functionality to post comments was disabled.
We fixed an issue that would cause the text in grouped shapes to disappear temporarily when using the Lasso selection tool.
This change addresses delays when processing images with malformed or invalid protocol information.
We fixed an issue where the rendering of a legacy Excel chart embedded as an OLE object in PowerPoint or Word may not always display the chart title.
This change addresses an issue where the account manager wouldn't dispatch messages resulting in a hang with third party applications.
We fixed an issue in two page view, when creating a comment, the comment anchor didn't always come into view.
We fixed an issue when typing or editing a comment and using Ctrl+A would result in selecting text in the canvas instead of selecting text just within the comment card.
We fixed an issue where if a paragraph whose style is an ancestor of a style linked to a list, then the numbering of that list could be lost.
We fixed an issue where the Table of Contents would get updated with heading styles which weren't present in the document.
We fixed an issue, which alignment of word in document gets scrambled when tried to edit after printing using Quick Print.
We fixed an issue when merging 2 documents into one document.
We fixed an issue where digital signatures saved in Word documents would be removed when mailing the documents.
We fixed an issue where marking revisions involving equations could result in a failure when saving the file.

Version 2003: April 14

Version 2003 (Build 12624.20466)

Security updates listed here.

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2003: April 09

Version 2003 (Build 12624.20442)

Feature updates

Excel

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Version 2003: April 03

Version 2003 (Build 12624.20410)

Resolved issues

Excel

Using VBA's Application.Evaluate wasn't working for User-defined functions in some cases.

Outlook

Addressed an issue that caused users to occasionally experience a crash when using the "X" button on their mouse.

Project

When Predecessor/Successor data is edited within a Form view, an extra ProjectBeforeTaskChangeevent is fired.

Word

Addressed an issue that caused users to occasionally experience a crash when using the "X" button on their mouse.

Version 2003: March 31

Version 2003 (Build 12624.20382)

Feature updates

Access

"Add Tables" Task Pane: Access's new "Add Tables" Task Pane is finally here! This feature allows you to easily select/multi-select which tables they'd like to add/remove into a query window, without navigating to the "Show Tables" dialog for queries and for relationship view. This also includes a new "links" tab to display linked tables, a search box to filter the current list, "drag and drop" behavior, and more!

Resolved issues

Project

Fixed an issue where the user couldn't enter time-phased Baseline Work when the setting to protect actual work is on.

Version 2003: March 25

Version 2003 (Build 12624.20320)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2003: March 23

Version 2003 (Build 12624.20296)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2003: March 21

Version 2003 (Build 12624.20276)

Feature updates

Outlook

Join meetings without leaving your inbox: No need to switch to your calendar to join online meetings. With the Calendar pinned to the To-Do pane, join any meeting with just one click.
Calendar visual refresh: Last year, we brought you a refreshed mail experience, and, this year, it is the calendar's turn to get a facelift! The updates are fresh but familiar so, as a seasoned Outlook user, you can jump in and be more productive right away.

PowerPoint

Update slides during slide show: Update slides changed by other authors during your presentation.

Version 2003: March 16

Version 2003 (Build 12624.20224)

Feature updates

Excel

Pick the perfect color: Use hex color codes to choose exactly the color you want for your font, text highlight, and more.

Outlook

Pick the perfect color: Use hex color codes to choose exactly the color you want for your font, text highlight, and more.

PowerPoint

Pick the perfect color: Use hex color codes to choose exactly the color you want for your font, text highlight, and more.

Word

Pick the perfect color: Use hex color codes to choose exactly the color you want for your font, text highlight, and more.

Office Suite

Tabbed Panes: Now you can switch between multiple panes using a tab UI on the right hand side of the app. The UI will only be visible when you have 2+ panes open.

Resolved issues

Excel

Addressed an issue where external links don't update on fill if the source book is closed.

Outlook

Addressed an issue that caused users to see the Outlook process lingering in task manager after exiting.

Version 2003: March 10

Version 2003 (Build 12624.20176)

Security updates listed here.

Feature updates

Excel

Sensitivity labels: You can now apply a sensitivity label that your organization has configured to prompt you for custom permissions. Learn more

PowerPoint

Sensitivity labels: You can now apply a sensitivity label that your organization has configured to prompt you for custom permissions. Learn more

Word

Sensitivity labels: You can now apply a sensitivity label that your organization has configured to prompt you for custom permissions. Learn more

Resolved issues

Excel

Fixed a cosmetic issue where the 'OK' button on the File \ Options dialog displayed as being grayed out but functionality wasn't impacted.
Fixed an issue that users may have experienced when renaming pivot table measures.
Fixed an issue where text in a slicer isn't scaled properly in Print Preview.
Fixed a performance issue that users may have experienced when using a VBA macro to clear the contents of a range.
Fixed an issue that caused the UI to flash when users executed a macro that interacted with the ribbon.
Fixed an issue where CSV files were loaded incorrectly when the first word in the file was TABLE.
Fixed an issue where users may have experienced crashes when switching between two workbooks that had different zoom levels.
Fixed an issue where CUBEVALUE functions would sometimes return an incorrect result.
This change addresses a run-time error in the object model and potential crash of the App (Excel, Word) when add-ins ask for Host Items on documents/worksheets that contain shapes with noSelect locks.
Addresses an issue that caused Outlook users to experience a crash when synchronizing settings.

Outlook

Fixed an issue where creating a rule with Outlook Web Access didn't persist to the Exchange server and resulted in a conflict.
Addressed an issue that caused Outlook users to experience a crash when synchronizing settings.
Fixed an issue with Outlook in dark mode wouldn't display the drop down list in the 'From:' field.
Addressed an issue that caused Outlook to unexpectedly generate logging output in some scenarios, even when logging was turned off.
Addressed an issue that caused users to be unable to open public folder messages when Outlook was left running overnight.
Fixed a race condition where the 'Allow' and 'Deny' buttons on the permissions page are disabled during the authentication workflow of adding a Gmail account.
Addressed an issue that caused users to lose access to the "Free Busy Options" calendar permissions dialog.
Fixed an issue that may result in the alert: "Sorry we're having trouble opening this item" when opening some recurring meeting instances sent from a different time zone.
Addressed an issue that could cause users to be unable to reopen a .msg file after dragging and dropping an attachment from that message.
Fixed an issue where after uploading a file attachment from Outlook to OneDrive could result in the file name being changed if the attachment's name contained parenthesis.
Addressed an issue that caused users to be unable to attach a file to their mail message via the file explorer when that file was open in another application.
Addressed an issue that caused Outlook users to experience a crash when synchronizing settings.

PowerPoint

Fixed an issue where the recommended thumbnails flash when hovering your mouse over the thumbnails. In some cases this could cause PowerPoint to crash.
Fixed a cosmetic issue where the 'OK' button on the File \ Options dialog displayed as being grayed out but functionality wasn't impacted.
Fixed an issue that could result in a failure to save a document in PowerPoint or Word containing an Excel chart.

Project

Fixed an issue where task percent complete was incorrectly changing to a value less than 100% complete after it was marked complete.
Fixed an issue where the OnUndoOrRedo event doesn't fire without first running the OpenUndoTransaction method.
Fixed an issue where summary task dates weren't always getting calculated correctly.

Visio

Shape info pane was showing inconsistent details under Shape Data section, with respect to the file when opened in Visio Desktop. It has now been fixed.
Bitmaps imported in versions before 2016 weren't being rendered due to some security checks. We have fixed this issue in Visio Subscription.

Word

Fixed an issue where comment cards don't always get highlighted when a mouse pointer hovers over the comment card.
Fixed an issue that when tabbing through a comment card, the focus on the comment edit box wouldn't be visible.
Fixed a cosmetic issue where the 'OK' button on the File \ Options dialog displayed as being grayed out but functionality wasn't impacted.
During an active document co-authoring session, adding an image directly in to a comment card may result in the addition of a tag. This issue has been fixed.
Inserting a control (such as a Text Content Control) in an equation then saving and opening the file results in an un-readable content error.
Fixed an issue where saving a previously password protected file to a cloud storage wouldn't work.
Fixed an issue with Compare feature for documents that were protected for editing.

Office Suite

When using Multichoice/Lookup/Managed-metadata properties with Word/Excel/PowerPoint documents and saving to a SharePoint Document Library, these properties were previously limited to 255 characters. When these properties exceeded 255 characters, such documents couldn't be saved. With this change, this limit has been increased to 2048 characters.
Fixed an issue Word/Excel/PowerPoint where the User Principal Name (UPN) is no longer case sensitive resulting in less failures when working with files on SharePoint.
Fixed an issue when multiple documents are open in Word/Excel/PowerPoint from the same SharePoint library, only the first document opened is scanned for Policy compliance.

Version 2002: March 05

Version 2002 (Build 12527.20278)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2002: March 04

Version 2002 (Build 12527.20264)

Resolved issues

Project

Fixed an issue where summary task dates weren't always getting calculated correctly.

Office Suite

We fixed an issue when multiple documents are open in Word/Excel/PowerPoint from the same SharePoint library, only the first document opened is scanned for Policy compliance.

Version 2002: March 01

Version 2002 (Build 12527.20242)

Resolved issues

Outlook

Addresses an issue that caused third party applications to be unable to send email.

Version 2002: February 24

Version 2002 (Build 12527.20194)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2002: February 22

Version 2002 (Build 12527.20186)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

Version 2002: February 21

Version 2002 (Build 12527.20174)

Feature updates

Access

Be more productive working in Query Designer, SQL view, and the Relationships window: Right-click a table to open, design, size, and hide it. Search and replace text in SQL View. Select multiple tables in the Relationships window.

Outlook

New experience for captive wifi networks: Have you ever joined a wifi network that required a web page to sign in with? Outlook now detects this and helps you get connected.

Resolved issues

Excel

Fixed an issue where CUBEVALUE functions would sometimes return an incorrect result.

Outlook

Addresses an issue that caused commas in the location field of a meeting to turn into semicolons.
Addresses an issue that could result in a crash when viewing the same item in multiple windows.
Addresses an issue that caused Outlook to unexpectedly sync all mail even when the sync slider is set to a smaller setting.
Addresses an issue that caused users with Black Theme to see the "From" dropdown show white text on a white background.
This change restores the ability to view multi-line subjects in the message header.

Version 2002: February 18

Version 2002 (Build 12527.20138)

Version 2002: February 11

Version 2002 (Build 12527.20092)

Security updates listed here.

Feature updates

Outlook

Drag email to a group you own: Move and copy messages and conversations by dragging them from your inbox. Messages you drag are shared with all group members.

Word

Others see your changes quickly: Co-authoring improvements mean your collaborators can see your changes faster than ever before.

Office Suite

Clearer status bar icons: Status bar icons are now easier to see.

Resolved issues

Access

Access templates should no longer cause attachment columns to fail within a database. After instantiating a template, you should now be able to add an attachment field to your database.
We fixed an issue where using an ADODB. Recorder object in VB code may incorrectly report an error.
We fixed an issue that can cause Microsoft Access to fail to identify an Identity Column in a linked SQL Server table, which can cause rows to be reported as deleted incorrectly.

Excel

We fixed an issue where comment commands in the context menu weren't being displayed.
We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience crashes when converting text to columns with cells that have a spilling array.
We fixed an issue where Excel would crash when using Text To Columns with dynamic arrays.

Outlook

We fixed an issue where scrolling in calendar with month view, fails to show previous calendar events.
Folders saved in 'Favorites' in the left navigation pane may intermittently disappear.
Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when specifying an invalid From address.
Addressed an issue that caused the option to disable flagged item highlighting to fail to be respected in some scenarios.
Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when canceling account setup.
We fixed an issue where emails expiring based on a retention policy would display two labels. One showing that the mail will expire in one day and another displaying that it will expire in two days.
Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when viewing more than 30 calendars in a Citrix environment.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue where Ink may not render completely or get skipped when used in a PowerPoint ink animations.
We fixed an issue where After closing a file, PowerPoint does not immediately remove it from the Presentations collection if there are any event handlers running. Hence the number of open presentations reported by the object model is incorrect, and shutdown of PowerPoint is prevented.
We fixed an issue with highlighter : White texts with dark highlighter colors are printed as black in Grayscale.

Project

We fixed an issue where 100% tasks of type fixed duration may wrongly have their % complete calculated at less than 100% complete.

Word

Updating and scrolling through a table of contents may sometimes display a gray area over the document.
We fixed an issue where using 'Browse' to save a file didn't work if a comment was written but not posted and the user tried to save the file.
We fixed an issue where going back and forth between comment cards would sometimes display the initially selected comment with a selection highlight.
We fixed an issue where italics formatting is lost after editing a comment, italicizing the text and then posting it.
We fixed an issue where comment hint wasn't visible in read mode with Inverse page color.
We fixed an issue where if a document is being coauthored, the draft version of a root comment may not be preserved.
With SlideTrack enabled and the comments pane closed, Ctrl+Alt+M may not open the comments pane.
We fixed an issue when adding @mention in a table could generate the error message: 'A table in this document has become corrupted'.
We fixed an issue where comment commands (Edit comment, Reply to comment, Delete comment, Resolve comment) in the comments context menu weren't being displayed.

Office Suite

Resolves an issue that may have caused Norway Nynorsk (nn-no) proofing tools package to be installed incorrectly.
This change addresses reported problems with graphics adaptors that leverage the Intel Integrated GPU.

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Version 2410: October 25

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Excel

PowerPoint

Visio

Word

Version 2410: October 23

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Office Suite

Version 2410: October 21

Version 2410: October 15

Version 2410: October 14

Version 2410: October 09

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Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Project

Visio

Word

Office Suite

Version 2409: October 02

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Access

Project

Word

Version 2409: September 23

Version 2409: September 20

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PowerPoint

Version 2409: September 16

Version 2409: September 09

Version 2409: September 03

Feature updates

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PowerPoint

Word

Resolved issues

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Visio

Word

Version 2408: August 26

Feature updates

Office Suite

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Outlook

Version 2408: August 19

Version 2408: August 14

Resolved issues

Outlook

Version 2408: August 05

Resolved issues

Visio

Word

Office Suite

Version 2407: July 30

Feature updates

Excel

Office Suite

Version 2407: July 22

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Outlook

Version 2407: July 18

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Excel

Outlook

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Office Suite

Version 2407: July 15

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PowerPoint

Word

Office Suite

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