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Archived Release notes for Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel

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These release notes provide information about new features and nonsecurity updates that are included in Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel updates to Office 365 ProPlus, Visio Pro for Office 365, Project Online Desktop Client and Office 365 Business.

Note

  • We often roll out features (and sometimes even fixes) to Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel over a period of time. If you don't see something described below right away, you can expect it soon. Learn more
  • OneNote 2016 won't be included by default when a user on the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel downloads and installs Office 365 on Windows 10 from the Office Portal.

Version 2202: December 13

Version 2202 (Build 14931.20858)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • Fixed an issue where the OneDrive server file lock wasn't being release immediately in certain cases when an Excel spreadsheet was closed.

Outlook

  • We defined a registry 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.)

HkCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\RPC REG_DWORD UseInclusiveGlobalOfflineCapabilities Default: 0 Value 1 = Adjusts the Global Offline Capabilities for profiles with Exchange accounts, so that they are less restrictively aggregated/computed.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to see copies of all of their sent items appearing in their Outbox folder.

Word

  • We fixed an issue where after splitting document window, lower window does not scroll to expected position below cursor.

Version 2108: December 13

Version 2108 (Build 14326.21248)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2202: November 08

Version 2202 (Build 14931.20806)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Outlook

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a close unexpectedly when clicking on "Feedback."

  • We fixed an issue that caused mails outside of the client sync window to be lost when moving a folder from a cached Outlook profile to the Online Archive.

PowerPoint

  • We fixed an issue where the user couldn't exit the app due to encryption rights.

Version 2108: November 08

Version 2108 (Build 14326.21200)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2202: October 11

Version 2202 (Build 14931.20764)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Office Suite

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

Version 2108: October 11

Version 2108 (Build 14326.21186)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • We fixed an issue where an AMSI scan would cause the app to close unexpectedly.

Version 2202: September 13

Version 2202 (Build 14931.20724)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • We fixed an issue that provides more information when a person attempts to use a map chart in an unsupported region.

  • We fixed an issue that corrects 3D maps displaying for unsupported regions.

Outlook

  • We fixed an issue that provides more information when a person attempts to use a map chart in an unsupported region.

  • We fixed an issue where references and reply-to headers were removed when replying to an email and the subject was changed.

PowerPoint

  • We fixed an issue that provides more information when a person attempts to use a map chart in an unsupported region.

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.

Word

  • We fixed an issue that provides more information when a person attempts to use a map chart in an unsupported region.

  • We fixed an issue where an alternative font is displayed for certain special characters when exporting to PDF with Chinese (Traditional) Windows display language.

Office Suite

  • We fixed an issue related to text layout within SVG graphics.

  • We fixed an issue where settings in web add-ins may be lost during file save.

Version 2108: September 13

Version 2108 (Build 14326.21142)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

OneNote

  • Update OneNote UWP manifest to not use OneNote name, instead use OneNote for Windows 10.

Office Suite

  • We fixed an issue related to rendering SVG graphics in Outlook.

Version 2202: August 09

Version 2202 (Build 14931.20660)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • We fixed an issue where Excel could show a message bar indicating that a mandatory sensitivity label is required, even though the file already has a label.

Outlook

  • We fixed an issue that caused users of Outlook Desktop in the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (version 2202) to experience a profile corruption issue that results in symptoms such as synchronization stops working in shared folders and calendars, receiving NDRs for messages that have been delivered, and search stops working in shared folders. Users experiencing this issue need to re-create their profile to restore normal operations.

  • We fixed an issue where users weren't able to add room mailboxes to the calendar.

PowerPoint

  • We fixed an issue where mandatory sensitivity labeling wasn't required for save-as when using browse to a location.

Word

  • We fixed in issue where copy and paste numbered list might not result in proper numbering.

Version 2108: August 09

Version 2108 (Build 14326.21096)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • We fixed an issue with slow performance or freezing when using UI Automation and dealing with large sets of data with many hidden rows and/or columns.

Version 2102: August 09

Version 2102 (Build 13801.21582)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2202: July 26

Version 2202 (Build 14931.20646)

Resolved issues

Access

Version 2108: July 27

Version 2108 (Build 14326.21080)

Version 2202: July 12

Version 2202 (Build 14931.20604)

Security updates listed here.

Feature updates

Excel

  • Sensitivity label audit logging: When users apply, change, or remove sensitivity labels on their documents and emails, that information is now made available to administrators in the Microsoft 365 audit logs.

  • AutoSave and coauthoring on sensitive encrypted documents: Don't trade off productivity for security. With Microsoft 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).

  • DLP policy tips in Word/Excel/PowerPoint: More sensitive information types configured as part of OneDrive and SharePoint data loss prevention (DLP) policies can now be detected by the app to show a policy tip. This update also brings accuracy improvements and globalization support. Learn more

  • Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros are disabled by default to improve security for Microsoft 365 customers.: To help protect customers, Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros are disabled by default in Microsoft 365. We encourage you to migrate these macros to the latest version of Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Learn more

  • Create a custom data type in Power Query: Use any data source to create a custom data type that lets you load multiple related pieces of information into one column. Learn more See details in blog post

  • 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

  • Use the Advanced Dialog to Create Data Types: The Advanced Dialog allows you to manually select the columns, which combine the Data Type you are creating. Learn more

Outlook

  • Sensitivity label audit logging: When users apply, change, or remove sensitivity labels on their documents and emails, that information is now made available to administrators in the Microsoft 365 audit logs.

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

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

  • Auto-Expanding Online Archive Search: Enabling auto-expanding Online Archive Search. More information related to Unlimited Archives can be found here: Overview of auto-expanding archiving

  • Expanded GAL people suggestions for mail and calendar compose: Outlook returns results from the complete GAL when suggestions people for email and calendar compose. (Ex: Adding someone to the To line of a new email)

  • 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.

  • Make your messages accessible for everyone: Outlook automatically lets you know when there are accessibility issues in your messages when you're sending it and helps you fix the issue. See details in blog post

  • 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 Learn More See details in blog post

PowerPoint

  • DLP policy tips in Word/Excel/PowerPoint: More sensitive information types configured as part of OneDrive and SharePoint data loss prevention (DLP) policies can now be detected by the app to show a policy tip. This update also brings accuracy improvements and globalization support. [Learn more] (/microsoft-365/compliance/sensitive-information-type-learn-about)

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

  • Sensitivity label audit logging: When users apply, change, or remove sensitivity labels on their documents and emails, that information is now made available to administrators in the Microsoft 365 audit logs.

  • AutoSave and coauthoring on sensitive encrypted documents: Don't trade off productivity for security. With Microsoft 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).

  • 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

  • Support for Windows 10 Large Text setting: You can use the Large Text setting in Windows 10 (version 1809 and later) to make text larger so that it is easier to read. It works well in PowerPoint for Windows.

  • Text Anchored Comments: As part of PowerPoint's modern comments, customers has the ability to anchor comments to specific ranges of text.

  • PowerPoint Accessibility Ribbon: All of the tools to help you make your presentation accessible in one place. See details in blog post

Word

  • DLP policy tips in Word/Excel/PowerPoint: Additional sensitive information types configured as part of OneDrive and SharePoint data loss prevention (DLP) policies can now be detected by the app to show a policy tip. This update also brings accuracy improvements and globalization support. Learn more

  • AutoSave and coauthoring on sensitive encrypted documents: Don't trade off productivity for security. With Microsoft 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).

  • Sensitivity label audit logging: When users apply, change, or remove sensitivity labels on their documents and emails, that information is now made available to administrators in the Microsoft 365 audit logs.

  • 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

Office Suite

  • The home place banner allows Microsoft to recommend features the user has on their device as part of their Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise: Starting with Version 2202, users who obtain their updates from the Monthly Enterprise Channel, Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview) and Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel will also see these recommendations. When users click on the File menu, the Home tab may display a banner with a feature recommendation. Each recommendation comes with a Learn button that will take the user to either a help file or a tutorial about the feature. There is also a Dismiss option to dismiss the banner.

  • Use your voice to send email and mention: New voice commands let you send mail and @mention others while dictating. See details in blog post

Resolved issues

Access

  • We fixed an issue where PowerBI would sometimes stop working to refresh data from an Access database if there were links to SharePoint lists in the database.

  • We fixed an issue caused while attempting to support Unicode character in unique identifier column.

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

  • We fixed 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.

  • This change fixes 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.

  • We fixed an issue where an error was attempting to use the DAO API from non-Office applications would stop responding with message, "The operating system isn't presently configured to run this application."

  • We fixed an issue where an application would stop working and generate an error message such as "can't open any more databases"; the issue could also prevent Access from shutting down properly.

  • We fixed an issue that would prevent multiple users from opening a database on a network file share. Learn More

  • In certain customer configurations, it was discovered that document exports to PDF or XPS formats from Office would fail due to recent updates. This update fixed these regressions and reenabled export to these formats.

  • We fixed an issue where the app stops responding when we open privacy settings window, as the dialog manager is empty adding isn't empty check as a defensive check.

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

  • We fixed an issue where the user saw a grey box (add-in loading experience for Viva Insights) when trying to open the add-in (Viva Insights) from ribbon button, infobar or actionable message in Outlook win32. The issue only occurred when using trusted sandbox to host the Viva Insights.

  • We fixed an issue where the app closed unexpectedly when replying or forwarding an email while an Event-Based Add-In is running in the background.

  • We fixed an issue that caused newer versions of the Viva Insights add in to load less efficiently.

  • We fixed an issue that prevented Outlook Event-Based Add-Ins from functioning properly.

  • 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.

  • We fixed an issue where an application using the OLEDB API with the ACE.OLEDB.12.0 or ACE.OLEDB.16.0 provider was closing unexpectedly.

Excel

  • We fixed an issue where the app stops responding when we open privacy settings window, as the dialog manager is empty adding isn't empty check as a defensive check.

  • In certain customer configurations, it was discovered that document exports to PDF or XPS formats from Office would fail due to recent updates. This update fixed these regressions and reenabled export to these formats.

  • We fixed an issue with the LOGEST worksheet function, where a transient overflow error wasn't handled and cleared, and incorrectly picked up for unrelated subsequent calculations.

  • We fixed an issue where interacting with Forms control could cause Excel to close unexpectedly.

  • We fixed an issue that occurs when trying to use Power Pivot with Azure Analysis Services.

  • We fixed an issue where shapes and form controls couldn't call VBA macros.

  • We fixed an issue where the search text gets reset in Pivottable fields selection taskpane.

  • When you have 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 doesn't complete the conversion until you open the embedded object and make a change to it. This was fixed so that the object is converted upon using the Convert feature.

  • We fixed a performance issue when using slicers and accessibility tools.

  • We fixed issue with subtotal optimization when there is a hidden field in a Pivot Table.

  • Excel was clearing out the value for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\UserInfo\Company in non-MSI installs of Office. We have fixed this issue, which primarily affected customers using non-MSI versions of Office.

  • Addresses an issue where under rare circumstances Excel could stop responding while calculating a workbook.

  • 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 a query update caused Excel to stop responding.

  • We fixed an issue with the WEBSERVICE worksheet function, where Excel would stop working in rare cases when calculations were canceled by the user.

  • We fixed an issue where newly created PivotTables could lose custom settings if the data source range was changed.

  • We fixed an issue that adjusts how gradients fill on a series in a waterfall chart aligns with gradient fills on series in a column chart.

  • We fixed an issue where certain formula results weren't updated after their inputs changed.

  • On a multi-monitor setup dialogs with two cell edit boxes would hide data from the user when selecting cells. This fix unhides that data from the UI dialog box. Change impacts the conditional formatting or series selection dialog boxes on a 3 monitor setup.

  • We fixed an issue where some worksheet functions weren't appearing for users with certain languages.

  • We fixed an issue where automatic sensitivity labeling wasn't working for a few GCC-H tenants.

  • We fixed an issue where on opening an Excel file, the cell selection was off.

  • We fixed an issue where using custom command bars could cause Excel to close unexpectedly.

  • We fixed an issue where differences in macros wouldn't be detected in some cases when using the Compare Files feature of the Inquire add-in or when running Spreadsheet Compare from Start.

  • We fixed an issue with dates on the axis of charts not appearing when the source data is typed directly into the chart rather than coming from a range of cells.

  • We fixed an issue where running a VBA script / add-in on a workbook with chart sheet may cause Excel to close unexpectedly.

  • We fixed an issue displaying some SVG files.

  • This version fixed a unexpected close, which happened during save for some documents in tenants, which opted into protected coauthoring if the local file cache had tenant Id datum formatted incorrectly.

  • We fixed an issue where the BizUD Gothic Japanese font was rendering differently between Office applications.

  • We fixed an issue where an error would occur trying to connect to a Data Feed when using Power Pivot.

  • We fixed an issue where shared workbooks in .xls format may improperly merge changes.

  • We fixed an issue where an AMSI scan would cause the app to close unexpectedly.

  • We fixed an issue, which prevented Solver from working when a group policy was enabled which disabled XL4 macros.

  • We fixed an issue with slow performance or freezing when using UI Automation and dealing with large sets of data with many hidden rows and/or columns.

OneNote

  • We fixed an issue, which updated the hot key for creating a Quick Note to be Win + Alt + N.

Outlook

  • We fixed an issue displaying some SVG files.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a stop responding when expanding conversations.

  • We fixed an issue that caused a sync to stop working 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 where the folder hierarchy didn't synchronize all folders for very large primary mailboxes with more than 10000 folders.

  • We fixed an issue where a received email wouldn't include a link to open the message.

  • 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 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 be able to download the MP3 attachment from protected voicemail messages.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to see their default signatures stop being able to be inserted in new emails, replies, or forwards after a restart of Outlook.

  • We fixed an issue that caused some toggle-type options to sync incorrectly when using Cloud Settings.

  • We fixed an issue that caused the "Index out of date" message to display too often.

  • 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 some users to experience a unexpected close after adding a shared calendar.

  • We fixed an issue that caused certain Smart Link callouts to be inaccessible to screen readers.

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

  • 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.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to experience a stop responding when moving a person card.

  • We fixed an issue that caused an unexpected close when displaying a contact card.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to experience an unexpected close when loading people photos.

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

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

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to expect a stop responding in Outlook in some diagnostic scenarios.

  • We fixed an issue where a meeting, after it was autosaved, would be sent to attendees but not saved on the organizer's calendar.

  • 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 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.

  • A data change was made to include a new United Kingdom holiday in UK-based calendars.

  • 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 fail 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.

  • We fixed an issue where Outlook stopped responding when trying to respond to a specific contact after calling ResolveContacts thousands of times.

  • We fixed an issue where the user would get an error when attempting to open a shared contacts folder for, which they had editor or delegate permissions.

  • 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 was enabled.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users so 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 the "Play on phone" button to be enabled in scenarios where it should not have been enabled.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to see multiple copies of a shared calendar rendered in certain circumstances.

  • 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.

  • 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 some users to experience a stop responding when attempting to retrieve AutoDiscover settings.

  • We fixed an issue where a meeting, after it was autosaved, would be sent to attendees but not saved on the organizer's calendar.

  • We fixed an issue that caused the scroll bar on the appointment view in meeting invitations to be shrunk horizontally.

  • 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 failed to get added.

  • We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to close unexpectedly during shutdown under some circumstances.

  • We fixed an issue where calendars weren't selected in the nav pane when using "Open Shared Calendar".

  • We fixed an issue where the app stops responding when we open privacy settings window, as the dialog manager is empty adding isn't empty check as a defensive check.

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

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

  • We fixed an issue that caused newer versions of the Viva Insights add in to load less efficiently.

  • We have fixed a scenario, which causes problem in saving the PPAM file type.

  • We fixed an issue that prevented Outlook Event-Based Add-Ins from functioning properly.

  • We fixed an issue where the app closed unexpectedly when replying or forwarding an email while an Event-Based Add-In is running in the background.

  • We fixed an issue where the user saw a grey box (add-in loading experience for Viva Insights) when trying to open the add-in (Viva Insights) from ribbon button, infobar or actionable message in Outlook win32. The issue only occurred when using trusted sandbox to host the Viva Insights.

  • We fixed an issue that prevented the Room Finder from loading in the GCC-High environment.

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.

  • We have fixed a scenario, which causes problem in saving the PPAM file type.

  • We fixed an issue where there is a potential stop responding when drawing an image.

  • We fixed an issue to display the company info in Info | Properties | Advanced Properties dialog for PowerPoint that is installed from C2R.

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

  • The product is updated not to save changes to original cloud file with AutoSave off when Save a Copy operation is executed.

  • We have fixed an issue where charts are not formatting correctly in PowerPoint when the source chart is resized in Excel.

  • We fixed an issue so the app will no longer prompt for a password to modify it if the user explicitly opens the file in read-only mode.

  • This version fixed a unexpected close, which happened during save for some documents in tenants, which opted into protected coauthoring if the local file cache had tenant Id datum formatted incorrectly.

  • In certain customer configurations, it was discovered that document exports to PDF or XPS formats from Office stopped working due to recent updates. This update fixed this issue and reenabled export to these formats.

  • We fixed an issue where Word was taking a longer time to save than expected.

  • We fixed an issue where the app stops responding when we open privacy settings window, as the dialog manager is empty adding isn't empty check as a defensive check.

  • We fixed an issue where the default sensitivity label wasn't getting properly applied when creating a new document in PowerPoint.

Project

  • We fixed an issue displaying some SVG files.

  • We fixed an issue where the status manager wasn't updated in reporting tables. Users should now see changes reflected in the status manager.

  • 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.

  • We no longer overwrite local formatting settings when a user saves a server-based project as an MPP file.

  • We fixed an issue 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.

  • We fixed an issue where manually scheduled tasks were rescheduled to earlier dates when the user opened projects that was 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 close unexpectedly when loading customized reports.

  • 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.

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

  • 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 mask separator used an asterick () if it matched with list separator. In filters is used for regular expressions, which caused errors and unexpected behavior if value contained it. A pipe (|) is now used.

  • We fixed an issue where the application opened onto a screen that is no longer available making the project hidden.

Publisher

  • We fixed an issue displaying some SVG files.

Skype

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

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

Visio

  • We fixed an issue where the user can now insert charts seamlessly without facing any issues where the app closes unexpectedly.

Word

  • We fixed an issue where there is a potential stop responding when drawing an image.

  • We fixed an issue where the theme picker in Word's File > Options menu for x64 users where the theme selected wouldn't apply. The theme picker in the File > Account place continues to work and is unaffected by this change.

  • We fixed an issue where digital signatures for VBA projects weren't recognized when loading PowerPoint files using the 97-2003 file format.

  • 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 where SVG images that contain external content may not show up.

  • We fixed an issue that caused shared calendars to be in an unselected state after adding them.

  • This version fixed a unexpected close, which happened during save for some documents in tenants, which opted into protected coauthoring if the local file cache had tenant Id datum formatted incorrectly.

  • In certain customer configurations, it was discovered that document exports to PDF or XPS formats from Office would fail due to recent updates. This update fixed these regressions and reenabled export to these formats.

  • We fixed a performance issue when opening Word documents with thousands of track changes.

  • We fixed an issue related to the app stops responding when calling DCompositionCreateDevice.

  • 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 the BizUD Gothic Japanese font was rendering differently between Office applications.

  • We fixed an issue where the file format changes occurred when saving documents with the AIP add-in enabled.

  • We fixed an issue where a potential close unexpected occurred when iterating through pages in a Word document collection using a macro.

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

  • We fixed an issue, which typing Hiragana with the Japanese IME with the At Mention people picker opened caused the IME to stop working.

  • We fixed an issue where Word goes unresponsive when selecting and right-clicking a content control locked against deletion.

  • We fixed an issue where the app stops responding when attempting to open a OneDrive shared file.

  • We fixed an issue in sending email notifications to users whose comments have gotten replies from other users.

  • We fixed a potential performance issue when searching keywords in a large Word document.

  • We fixed an issue where applying Styles from the Home tab didn't work.

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

  • We fixed an issue where Word was taking a longer time to save than expected.

  • We fixed an issue where bookmarks and table of content links weren't working after exporting to PDF.

  • We fixed an issue where the insert Online video button was disabled.

  • We fixed an issue where the app stops responding when we open privacy settings window, as the dialog manager is empty adding isn't empty check as a defensive check.

  • We fixed an issue selecting text via double-tap when using the touchpad.

  • We fixed an issue in which certain papers would overlap when printed in Outlook.

  • We fixed an issue in which the UTC timestamp of comments in a Word document wasn't matching after comments are merged from different clients.

Office Suite

  • We fixed an issue where the following error was displaying, "Read Aloud not starting."

  • We fixed an issue that would occasionally cause applications to close unexpectedly on startup.

  • Fixed an issue in Outlook where custom VSTO controls stopped working after opening and switching between multiple windows and views.

  • We fixed an issue that completed the following changes:

  1. There was a bug in Outlook where the teaching callouts (tips) about the new look of Office didn't appear. These appear now.
  2. 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.

  • 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 related to scroll binding for an input source where memory could become corrupted.

  • We fixed an issue displaying customized views in Project.

  • We fixed a reliability issue related to refreshing elements that may contain text.

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

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

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

  • We fixed a stability issue related to Power BI controls and Forms as slide content when starting or recording Slide Show.

  • We fixed an issue related to multi-threading for Direct2D and Direct3D interoperability.

  • We fixed an issue related to text anchoring in SVG rendering.

  • We fixed an issue where Office shows an account error in the SSO and ADFS DRS environment.

  • We fixed the case where cross origin requests for Outlook event-based add-ins unexpectedly stopped working.

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

  • 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 issue where the font dropdown wouldn't accurately reflect what font was selected in a shape.

  • We fixed an issue that may have caused errors while running an application.

  • We fixed an issue, which improved reliability and security of Office on ARM64.

  • This update fixes an issue that could cause an application using the Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 or Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.16.0 provider to connect to SharePoint data to close unexpectedly.

  • A change will allow IT admins to see private add-ins for devices in Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel in Add-in Health page in Microsoft 365 Apps Health. Add-ins are a major source of Office closing unexpectedly and through Add-in Health page, admins will gain visibility to the health of their add-ins deployed in their tenant and identify potential issues.

Version 2108: July 12

Version 2108 (Build 14326.21062)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2102: July 12

Version 2102 (Build 13801.21528)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2108: June 14

Version 2108 (Build 14326.21018)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Outlook

  • We fixed an issue that prevented Outlook Event-Based Add-Ins from functioning properly.

  • We fixed an issue where a meeting, after it was autosaved, would be sent to attendees but not saved on the organizer's calendar.

Version 2102: June 14

Version 2102 (Build 13801.21418)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2108: May 10

Version 2108 (Build 14326.20962)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • We fixed an issue where a memory leak could cause Excel to close unexpectedly under certain conditions.

Outlook

  • We fixed an issue where the app closed unexpectedly when replying or forwarding an email while an Event-Based Add-In is running in the background.

  • We fixed an issue that caused newer versions of the Viva Insights add in to load less efficiently.

  • We fixed an issue that caused EU users to see information missing from person cards.

PowerPoint

  • We fixed a scenario, which caused a problem in saving the PPAM file type.

Word

  • We fixed a scrolling performance issue with documents with a large number of merge fields.

  • We fixed an issue where Outlook may stop responding scrolling through an email message.

  • We fixed an issue in which cross-referenced display wrong numbers with automatic numbering.

Office Suite

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

Version 2102: May 10

Version 2102 (Build 13801.21334)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2108: April 12

Version 2108 (Build 14326.20910)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • We fixed an issue where using custom command bars could cause Excel to close unexpectedly.

Outlook

  • We fixed an issue where a received email wouldn't include a link to open the message.

PowerPoint

  • We fixed an issue to display the company info in Info | Properties | Advanced Properties dialog for PowerPoint that is installed from C2R.

  • We fixed an issue where PowerPoint presentation inserted as object can't be used/opened after the initial modifications.

Visio

  • This issue was resolved in the latest build. Users can continue inserting charts into the files seamlessly, without experiencing the close unexpectedly issues.

Word

  • We fixed an issue where PowerPoint presentation inserted as object can't be used/opened after the initial modifications.

Office Suite

  • We fixed an issue when a user opened a non-coauthorable file that was locked by another user. Office client didn't notify that the file was locked, and the user could edit the file. Editing the file caused the user to be unable to upload. Office client now will prompt the user that the file is currently locked, and the user won't be able to update the file.

  • We fixed an issue where hyperlinks containing folder names starting with "fl" weren't able to be opened from Office desktop applications.

Version 2102: April 12

Version 2102 (Build 13801.21278)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Outlook

  • A data change was made to include a new United Kingdom holiday in UK-based calendars.

Visio

  • We fixed an issue where Visio abruptly closes when charts or certain enhanced metafiles are inserted in Visio drawing or opening Visio drawings which contain charts or certain enhanced metafiles.

Version 2108: March 08

Version 2108 (Build 14326.20852)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • We fixed an issue with subtotal optimization when there is a hidden field in a Pivot Table.

Outlook

  • We fixed an issue that caused the scroll bar on the appointment view in meeting invitations to be shrunk horizontally.

Office Suite

  • We fixed an issue where Word, Excel or PowerPoint would close unexpectedly when saving documents to the cloud.

  • We fixed an issue that would occasionally cause applications to close unexpectedly on startup.

Version 2102: March 08

Version 2102 (Build 13801.21214)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2108: February 08

Version 2108 (Build 14326.20784)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • We fixed an issue where the application could stop responding when closing a file.

  • We fixed an issue that occurs when trying to use Power Pivot with Azure Analysis Services.

  • We fixed an issue where shapes and form controls couldn't call VBA macros.

  • We fixed an issue where the search text gets reset in PivotTable fields selection taskpane.

  • When a Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Worksheet object was embedded inside another application such as a Word document, using the Convert feature to convert it to a Microsoft Excel Worksheet (Office OpenXML), in some cases, the object didn't complete the conversion until you opened the embedded object and made a change. This issue was fixed so that the object is converted upon using the Convert feature.

Outlook

  • We fixed an issue that caused Reply All to fail to include the sender when the sender is different from the Reply To address and is also the recipient.

PowerPoint

  • We fixed an issue where charts weren't formatting correctly in PowerPoint when the source chart was resized in Excel.

Project

  • We fixed an issue where the status manager wasn't updated in reporting tables. Users should now see changes reflected in the status manager.

Word

  • We fixed an issue where the application could stop responding when closing a file.

  • We fixed an issue where Word was unresponsive when selecting and right-clicking a content control locked against deletion.

Office Suite

  • We fixed an issue selecting text via double-tap when using the touchpad.

Version 2102: February 08

Version 2102 (Build 13801.21156)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Access

  • We fixed an issue that would prevent multiple users from opening a database on a network file share. The issue is now fixed for all remaining network paths, including those containing DFS namespaces, short file names, and mapped drives. Learn More

Version 2008: February 08

Version 2008 (Build 13127.21886)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Access

  • We fixed an issue that would prevent multiple users from opening a database on a network file share. The issue is now fixed for all remaining network paths, including those containing DFS namespaces, short file names, and mapped drives. Learn More

Version 2008: January 12 (Build 13127.21856)

Version 2008 (Build 13127.21856)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2108: January 11

Version 2108 (Build 14326.20738)

Security updates listed here.

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

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

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

  • 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

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

  • Require users to apply sensitivity labels: Users are prompted to apply a sensitivity label if their organization's policy requires it.

  • Government customers: Apply sensitivity labels to your documents and emails: Sensitivity labeling features are now available for customers in the DoD environments. 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

  • 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

  • Automatically use new data types: When you type a data value that resembles a stock or a geographic location, Excel offers to convert it to the right connected data type - Stocks or Geography. Learn more

Outlook

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

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

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

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

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

  • Break the language barrier with a built-in translator feature in Outlook: You can now use the Intelligent Translator in Outlook. When you receive a message in another language, a prompt will appear on top of the message asking if you’d like Outlook to translate it to your preferred language. You can also right-click to translate specific words, phrases, or the whole message. Learn more

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

  • Every meeting online: Update your calendar settings to make every meeting you create a Teams Meeting by default so you no longer need to remember to click the Teams Meeting option.

  • Delete conversation by message owner: This feature allows you to delete a conversation by message owner.

  • Focused Inbox settings remain the same across devices: Your Focused Inbox preferences are now stored in the cloud. Enjoy the same experience when you use Outlook for Windows on any computer and Outlook on the web. Learn more

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Get meeting suggestions when you search for a person: When you type a person’s name in the Search box, the most relevant email containing calendar invites are included with your search suggestions.

  • Get relevant file suggestions when you search: When you type in the Search box, the most relevant files related to your search are included in your suggestions.

  • 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!

  • 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

PowerPoint

  • 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

  • SVG Clipboard Support: You can now paste SVG content from Office into 3rd party apps. Learn more See details in blog post

  • Export animated GIF in a range: Select a range of slides when exporting to animated GIF.

  • 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.

  • Require users to apply sensitivity labels: Users are prompted to apply a sensitivity label if their organization's policy requires it.

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

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

Word

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

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

  • Require users to apply sensitivity labels: Users are prompted to apply a sensitivity label if their organization's policy requires it.

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

Resolved issues

Access

  • We fixed an issue that may cause applications using the Access Database Engine ODBC API to close unexpectedly.

  • We 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.

  • We fixed an issue where 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 attempting to use the DAO API from non-Office applications would stop responding with "The operating system isn't presently configured to run this application."

  • We fixed an issue that may cause Access to fail to terminate properly when shutting down, potentially leaving databases locked.

  • We fixed an issue that would prevent multiple users from opening a database on a network file share. Learn More

  • We fixed an issue when running a SQL Server pass through query could result in an "invalid cursor state" error.

  • We fixed an issue when an external application requests an accessibility interface. It would prevent the application closing until reference was released.

  • We fixed an issue that would prevent multiple users from opening a database on a network file share. Learn More

  • 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 was discovered that document exports to PDF or XPS formats from Office may stop responding due to recent updates. This update fixes these regressions and reenables export to these formats.

Excel

  • We fixed an issue where some users would fail to open into edit mode on password protected files.

  • We fixed an an issue where a major version build rollback could result in the application terminating unexpectedly on file open.

  • We fixed an issue where the "File" tab text was getting cut off in some languages.

  • We fixed an issue where some automation add-ins for Excel failed to load.

  • We fixed an issue where chart axis values can't be changed if both the thousand and decimal separators use the same symbol.

  • 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 where opening xlsm file in SpreadsheetCompare tool can cause the tool to stop responding.

  • We fixed an issue in which changes might not be be saved in a rare situation when coauthoring.

  • We fixed an issue where the Analysis ToolPak add-in didn't work for some users.

  • We fixed an issue where the Analysis ToolPak add-in wasn't responsive.

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

  • We fixed an issue to enable the Name Manager to open on books with a large number of hidden names.

  • We fixed an issue where a saved workbook would appear at the top of the Recent list when saving to a SharePoint Online (SPO) document library.

  • We fixed an issue where localized function names are recognized when opening CSV files.

  • We fixed an issue when saving as Xml Data (.xml) from workbooks containing Xml Map.

  • We fixed an issue where a blank duplicate window will open when legacy add-ins are enabled.

  • We fixed a problem where the Analysis ToolPak add-in didn't work with certain Automation Security settings.

  • We addressed an issue where, under rare circumstances, Excel could stop responding while calculating a workbook.

  • We fixed an issue where certain formula results were incorrect after opening a file.

  • We fixed an issue where using a cell reference in a formula caused users to experience high CPU usage.

  • We fixed an issue primarily affecting customers using non-MSI versions of Office where Excel was clearing out the value for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\UserInfo\Company.

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

  • We fixed an issue where DRM-protected workbook can't be opened from VBA if Application.DisplayAlerts is set to True.

  • We fixed an issue where connecting to a data source from within the PowerPivot window wasn't working.

  • We fixed an issue where certain formula results aren't updated after their inputs have changed.

  • We fixed an issue with the WEBSERVICE worksheet function where Excel would stop working, in rare cases, when calculations were canceled by the user.

  • 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 automatic sensitivity labeling wasn't working for a few GCC-H tenants.

  • We fixed an issue that may cause some linked Dynamics table to stop responding.

  • We fixed an issue where not all columns may appear when linking to or importing from a Dynamics table.

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

  • We fixed an issue where the Office application was nonresponsive when drawing an image.

  • We fixed an issue where the BizUD Gothic Japanese font was rendering differently between Office applications.

  • We fixed an issue that caused Office apps to stop responding when multiple Office apps were running at the same time. This also resolved other stability issues across the system that arose because of the incident.

  • We fixed an issue that caused date fields in PivotTables to be grouped incorrectly.

OneNote

  • We updated the hot key for creating a Quick Note to be Win + Alt + N.

Outlook

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

  • We fixed an issue related to forwarding emails that contain some animated gifs.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to experience an unexpected property change prompt when closing a message they replied to or forwarded.

  • 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 that are resent by a different user to appear to have been sent by the original sender in organizations where SendFromAliasEnabled is set to True.

  • We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience Outlook to close unexpectedly when syncing folder hierarchy changes.

  • We fixed an issue that prevented Outlook from booting after using "Send To->Mail Recipient" from the Windows Explorer.

  • We fixed an issue in a component of Outlook that is used by MAPI-enabled applications on computers with ARM processors. The issue could cause search to not work properly or cause extra load on the computer as background apps restarted repeatedly.

  • We fixed an issue that caused a sync failure to occur when generating a preview.

  • We fixed an issue that caused some instructions for the "Shorten Meetings" feature to be disabled through screen reader technologies.

  • We fixed an issue that caused 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 some users to see their primary and secondary calendar switching places in the Navigation Pane.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to be able to save MP3 attachments from a protected voicemail message.

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

  • We fixed an issue that caused Cloud Settings to be unsuccessful to roam settings when it hit a conflict.

  • 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 where email signatures would be missing after a change in the account's UPN/SMTP name.

  • We fixed an issue where changes only to the content of a signature wouldn't be updated in the cloud-based setting.

  • 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 Outlook to override the Focused Inbox preferences configured in OWA.

  • 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 users to see signatures disappear unexpectedly.

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

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to experience the process terminating unexpectedly when searching.

  • We fixed a search-related unexpected close.

  • We fixed an issue where the app closed unexpectedly while composing an email using Outlook.

  • We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience a unexpected close while retrieving service-powered search suggestions.

  • We fixed an issue that caused Room Finder to fail to load.

  • 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 caused the translation options to be disabled for some users. Customers who experienced this issue would have seen their translation options disabled when navigating to File -> Options -> Language. Due to this, they would have been unable to change their preferred translation language and other translation-related settings.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to be able to download protected attachments.

  • We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience a stop responding when adding calendars to the navigation pane.

  • We fixed an issue that caused administrators to be unable to access an auditing feature for CLP.

  • 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 performing searches.

  • We fixed an issue that caused some users to experience a close unexpectedly when loading person cards.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to get an error when selecting "Open Outlook Properties" from the right click context menu for a recipient on an email.

  • 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 where the app stops responding shortly after Outlook boot.

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

  • This change enables users to submit feedback through our new feedback system.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to be able to download protected voice mail messages.

  • 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 when forwarding some large or long-running recurring meetings as ICAL.

  • We fixed an issue that caused name resolution to not work properly when sending on behalf of another user and resolving against an address book that isn't the Global Address List.

  • We fixed an issue where a delegate can't see organizer details in Scheduling Assistant.

  • 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 some users to experience a stop responding when attempting to retrieve AutoDiscover settings.

  • 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.

  • 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 didn't get added.

  • We fixed an issue that caused calendars added to the "shortcuts" module to disappear after Outlook restarts.

  • We 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 users of the Shared Calendar Improvements feature to see newly added shared calendars fail to display until after a restart of Outlook.

  • 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 the SMTP address to stop working to be in display next to the user's primary calendar in a multi-account profile after enabling the "Shared Calendar Improvements" option.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to see duplicate calendar items created when responding to the meeting request through the right-click context menu.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users of the Shared Calendar Improvements option who have many shared calendars to experience some performance issues.

  • We fixed a issue that caused increased network activity shortly after Outlook boot with profiles that have multiple accounts.

  • 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 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.

  • We fixed an issue where the Office application was nonresponsive when drawing an image.

PowerPoint

  • We fixed an an issue where a major version build rollback could result in the application terminating unexpectedly on file open.

  • We fixed an issue where product updates weren't saved to original cloud file with AutoSave off when Save a Copy operation is executed.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • We fixed an issue where the ShapeID and other attributes of VML are written during Save As and Save to non-Cloud locations.

  • We fixed an issue when zooming in or out of selected objects on a slide using Ctrl + scroll, then the Slide Show button appeared disabled.

  • We fixed an issue where Reuse Slides option wasn't available for a few users.

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

  • We fixed an issue where the Office application was nonresponsive when drawing an image.

  • We fixed an issue where Word was taking a longer time to save than expected.

Project

  • We fixed an issue where the application becomes nonresponsive during close.

  • We fixed a security issue at XML deserialization.

  • We fixed a security issue of URL redirection from remote source.

  • We fixed a security issue of missing XML validation.

  • We fixed a security issue of remote code execution at deserialization of delegates.

  • We fixed an issue where the status manager wasn't updated in reporting tables. Users should now see changes reflected in the status manager.

  • We fixed an issue when tasks were rescheduled. Manually-scheduled tasks may have been scheduled earlier than they should have been in Project.

  • We fixed an issue where assignments on manually-scheduled tasks were moved to an incorrect date.

  • We fixed an issue where users were unable to remove projects from the resource pool.

Skype

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

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

Visio

  • We fixed an issue where the application becomes nonresponsive during close.

  • We fixed an issue where users can seamlessly access files without experiencing any unexpected close now.

  • We fixed an issue where SPO/ODB Links with guest access wasn't working.

Word

  • We fixed an issue where comment cards next to the Word canvas were the incorrect size.

  • We fixed an issue where a major version build rollback could result in the application terminating unexpectedly on file open.

  • We fixed an issue when coauthoring a document, active draft isn't cleared when comment order changes.

  • We fixed an issue where a dialog showcasing the new visual refresh contained text that was inaccessible to screen readers.

  • We fixed an issue when editing contacts related to adding pictures using 'This Device' option.

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

  • We fixed an issue where Outlook stop responding when using the Magnifier feature.

  • We fixed an issue that may cause Word to unexpectedly close when shutting down due to the user logging off or restarting their computer.

  • We fixed an issue where the Office application was nonresponsive when drawing an image.

  • We fixed an issue where the insert Online video button was disable.

  • We fixed an issue, which optimizes conditions for text predictions to be offered.

  • We fixed an issue where print preview were closed unexpectedly.

  • We fixed an issue where some select text wasn't visible when using dark mode theme in reading mode.

  • We fixed an issue where Word wouldn't render the base-64 encoded, embedded GIFs in the email body.

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

  • We fixed an issue where Word may not be responding during proofing.

  • We fixed a issue where you are unable to turn off any of the Editor options in the "Resume" section.

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

  • We fixed an issue where character spacing increases for specific fonts when rotating them 90 degrees.

  • We fixed an issue where Word sometimes displays a border around text that should not be there.

  • We fixed an issue in Word where RTF formats of content had serious performance issues.

  • We fixed an issue where Word incorrectly redraws tables with preferred percentage width after breaking linked section headers.

  • We fixed an issue where the app closed unexpectedly with .doc files.

  • We fixed an issue where a border was displaying around text when it shouldn't be there.

  • We fixed an issue where the file format changes occurred when saving documents with the AIP add-in enabled.

  • We fixed a performance issue with RTF formats.

  • We fixed an issue where the BizUD Gothic Japanese font was rendering differently between Office applications.

  • We fixed an error when updating Fields in Word.

  • We fixed an issue that updates text on autosave callout for files saved locally.

  • We fixed an issue where doc saved locally was shown as Autosave Disabled.

  • We fixed an issue about graphics missing on certain documents.

  • We fixed an issue where styleref fields may show truncated results.

  • We fixed an issue with non-default ribbon configurations that led to the Style Gallery to not function.

  • We fixed an issue maintaining "Current List" of citations on password-protected DOCX files.

  • We fixed an issue where Word was taking longer time to save than expected.

  • Office apps now support OpenDocument format 1.3.

  • We fixed an issue, which required a change on editing OLE object.

  • We fixed an issue in Print where the print preview wasn't loading.

  • We fixed an issue that caused Office apps to stop responding when multiple Office apps were running at the same time. This also resolved other stability issues across the system that arose because of the incident.

Office Suite

  • We fixed an issue where user is unable to edit certain documents stored in OnPrem sharepoint servers.

  • We fixed a performance regression on opening SyncBacked files.

  • We fixed a unexpected close when reopening certain files.

  • We fixed an issue that would cause cloud document to not open.

  • We fixed an issue where customers using Office on ARM64 devices would intermittently see incorrectly rendered text.

  • We fixed an issue in Outlook where custom VSTO controls stopped working after opening and switching between multiple windows and views.

  • We fixed an issue where Office would close unexpectedly when trying to show a promotional dialog.

  • We fixed a localization issue where en-gb, fr-ca, and es-mx are matched with their respective parent versions.

  • We fixed an issue related to scrolling on a thumbnail view in a PPT slide using touch or trackpad.

  • We fixed an issue related to instability during DirectX device loss and recovery situations.

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

  • We fixed an issue where users may have experienced a delayed response to typing while an animated gif plays in the Word or Outlook canvas, either on screen or scrolled just off screen.

  • We fixed an issue where some documents failed to load after using some web add-ins.

  • 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.

  • We fixed an issue where the sensitivity labels configured to apply the Encrypt-Only encryption policy were shown in the Sensitivity dropdown menu when they shouldn't have been.

  • We fixed an issue where Office applications reported reliability problem.

Version 2102: January 11

Version 2102 (Build 13801.21106)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2102: December 16

Version 2102 (Build 13801.21092)

Resolved issues

Access

  • We fixed an issue that would prevent multiple users from opening a database on a network file share. Learn More

Version 2008: December 16

Version 2008 (Build 13127.21846)

Resolved issues

Access

  • We fixed an issue that would prevent multiple users from opening a database on a network file share. Learn More

Version 2102: December 14 (Build 13801.21086)

Version 2102 (Build 13801.21086)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • We fixed an issue where certain formula results were incorrect after opening a file.

  • We fixed an issue where using a cell reference in a formula caused users to experience high CPU usage.

Skype

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

Version 2102: December 14

Version 2102 (Build 13801.21076)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Skype

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

Version 2008: December 14

Version 2008 (Build 13127.21842)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2102: November 09

Version 2102 (Build 13801.21050)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

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

Word

  • We fixed an issue where Word incorrectly redraws tables with preferred percentage width after breaking linked section headers.

  • We fixed an issue in Word where RTF formats of content had serious performance issues.

  • We fixed an issue with non-default ribbon configurations that can lead to the Style Gallery to not function.

Office Suite

  • We fixed an issue where the sensitivity labels configured to apply the Encrypt-Only encryption policy were shown in the Sensitivity dropdown menu when they shouldn't have been.

Version 2008: November 09

Version 2008 (Build 13127.21820)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Office Suite

  • ​Fixed an issue where it was possible to get Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook clients into a state where we send requests against an incorrect URL endpoints. Specifically, without this fix it was possible for US Government document content to be sent to the worldwide augloop.office.com endpoint, or to a lower-tier USGov endpoint(for example, DoD data sent to GCC)

Version 2102: October 12

Version 2102 (Build 13801.21004)

Security updates listed here.

Feature updates

Outlook

  • New profile card for Outlook: New profile card for Outlook including a better Organization view and matches the card style of Outlook Web.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • Addresses an issue where, under rare circumstances, Excel could stop responding while calculating a workbook.

  • Excel was clearing out the value for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\UserInfo\Company in non-MSI installs of Office. We have fixed this issue, which primarily affected customers using non-MSI versions of Office.

Word

  • Fixed an issue where Word sometimes displays a border around text that should not be there.

  • Fixed an issue where character spacing increases for specific fonts when rotating them 90 degrees.

Office Suite

  • We fixed an issue where Office applications report reliability problem.

Version 2008: October 12

Version 2008 (Build 13127.21792)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2102: September 14

Version 2102 (Build 13801.20960)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Access

  • We fixed an issue that may cause Access to fail to terminate properly when shutting down, potentially leaving databases locked.

Excel

  • We fixed an issue where chart axis values can't be changed if both the thousand and decimal separators use the same symbol.

  • We fixed an issue where localized function names are recognized when opening CSV files.

  • Fixed an issue when saving as Xml Data (.xml) from workbooks containing Xml Map.

  • We fixed an issue where a blank duplicate window are opened when legacy add-ins are enabled.

  • Fixed a problem where the Analysis ToolPak add-in didn't work with certain Automation Security settings.

Outlook

  • We fixed an issue that prevented Outlook from booting after using "Send To->Mail Recipient" from the Windows Explorer.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to be able to download protected attachments.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to be able to download protected voice mail files.

Word

  • We fixed an issue where styleref fields may show truncated results.

Version 2008: September 14

Version 2008 (Build 13127.21766)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2102: August 10

Version 2102 (Build 13801.20864)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • We fixed an issue in which changes might not be be saved in a rare situation when coauthoring.

  • We fixed an issue where a saved workbook would appear at the top of the Recent list when saving to an SPO document library.

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.

  • 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.

Word

  • We fixed an issue where Word may not be responding during proofing.

  • We fixed an issue when updating Fields in Word.

Version 2008: August 10

Version 2008 (Build 13127.21736)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Word

  • We fixed an issue where there is duplicate sensitivity buttons.

Version 2002: August 17

Version 2002 (Build 12527.22021)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2002: August 10

Version 2002 (Build 12527.22017)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2102: July 13

Version 2102 (Build 13801.20808)

Security updates listed here.

Feature updates

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

  • 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

  • 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. Learn more See details in blog post

  • Lasso and eraser in Ink Toolbox: When using the drawing tools, the lasso and the eraser are now available in the Ink Toolbox. See details in blog post

  • Make polished Visio diagrams in Excel: Create data-driven diagrams like flowcharts or organizational charts from data in a worksheet. Learn more

  • Make a PDF connection: Connect to, import, refresh data from a PDF. Learn more

  • 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 / Microsoft 365 and the Power BI Pro service plan. 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

  • AMSI integration with Office for XLM macros: AMSI is an open interface available on Windows 10 for applications to request, at runtime, a synchronous scan of a memory buffer by an installed antivirus or security solution. When malicious activity is detected, the user is notified by Excel, and the application session is shut down to avoid any further damage. This can stop an attack in its tracks, protecting both the device and user. See details in blog post.

  • 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. Learn more

Outlook

  • Incident Notification for IT Admins: Microsoft 365 tenant global administrators and 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

  • 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

  • Search conference rooms with specific characteristics that are needed for your meeting: Filter for rooms based on your group size, the features you require, and the floor it is located on under the Capacity, Features, and Floor fields.

  • Help protect data in your group: The Sensitivity label you choose when creating a group is applied to group email, documents, and team sites.

  • Create polls in Outlook with Quick Poll: Easily create a poll, collect votes, and view results within an email Learn more

  • Search for it the way you'd say it: Use everyday language like "vet appointment last week" to filter and narrow your search. Learn more

  • Quickly reopen items from previous session: We added an option to quickly reopen items from a previous Outlook session. Whether Outlook crashes or you close it, you’ll now be able to quickly relaunch items when you reopen the app. This feature is on by default. To turn it off, go to Options > General > Start up Options.

  • 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

PowerPoint

  • All of your drawing tools in one location: We have updated the Draw Tab pen toolbox to include lasso and eraser, bringing together the tools you use with ink. See details in blog post

  • 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

  • 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. Learn more See details in blog post

Visio

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

Word

  • 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. Learn more See details in blog post

  • 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

  • Lasso and eraser in Ink Toolbox: When using the drawing tools, the lasso and the eraser are now available in the Ink Toolbox. Learn more See details in blog post

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. See details in blog post

Resolved issues

Access

  • We fixed an issue when using DAO from non-Office applications would cause the application to close unexpectedly.

  • Fixed 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 where users were getting an error dialog "Invalid cursor state".

Excel

  • Fixed an issue where disabled commands in the Office Ribbon would only have the icon grayed out but not the text in Dark Gray Office Theme.

  • We fixed an issue that broke some legacy Excel 4.0 and Excel 5.0 macros and some VBA calls to dialogsheets.show.

  • Fixed an issue where some automation add-ins for Excel unable to load.

  • We fixed an issue, which removes extra padding that appeared on Pareto charts and reduced the available charting space.

  • Fixed an issue where Excel might close unexpectedly when using the "Show Values As" menu for a PivotTable.

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

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

  • 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.

  • We fixed an issue that caused the Status Bar to not indicate a Ready state for some users.

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

  • We fixed an issue that caused some PivotTable formatting to corrupt the workbook when saving to the .xls or .xlt format.

  • We fixed an issue that caused date formatting to be displayed incorrectly on some languages when using Add-ins.

  • We fixed an issue that was preventing the ability to paste as formulas on a protected sheet.

  • We fixed an issue that caused Dynamic Arrays to not update cell values when referenced by RealTimeData functions.

  • We fixed an issue, which data validation could be applied to cells unexpectedly after adding rows to a table on another sheet.

  • We fixed an issue where the DialogSheets show function wasn't working on 32-bit versions of Excel

  • Fixed an issue where Excel may leave macros disabled without prompting when opening an Excel Add-in file containing Excel 4.0 Macros.

  • 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 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 fail to launch or close unexpectedly if certain Windows Security exploit protection settings (SimExec, CallerCheck) are in use.

  • We fixed an issue by increasing the number of properties that can show in the property AutoComplete drop down to 256 properties.

  • We fixed an issue by improving the error message when refreshing Power BI data types and the user does not have access to some of the data types.

  • This change addresses an issue with properly displaying fonts within equations.

  • Fixed an issue where read-only books would no longer refresh pivot table data when opened.

  • This change provides a fix for the following issue: Excel "Insert Object" does not show correct icon when inserts a file from OneDrive local sync folder.

  • Fixed an editing issue where using IME with Overwrite mode would incorrectly advance extra characters.

  • Fixed an issue when using real time data in conjunction with multithreaded recalc functionality.

  • Fixed an issue where Excel would close unexpectedly when opening UNC files that have invalid file attributes (creation time, modified time, etc.)

  • We fixed an issue where decimal and thousands separators settings wouldn't carry over when copying a chart from Excel and pasting into Word or PowerPoint.

  • We fixed an issue where the performance of running a macro involving PivotTable range formatting would get worse each time the macro is run.

  • We fixed an issue where conditional formatting rules were dropped when copying or moving sheets to another workbook.

  • We fixed an issue where users were unable to apply sensitivity labels to Excel files when the start screen on app boot was disabled.

  • We fixed an issue in opening cloud file from OneDrive sync folder.

  • We fixed an issue where Excel would stop responding after selecting a data series in a chart.

Outlook

  • We fixed an issue that caused the sender's address to be displayed as a LegacyExchangeDN when resending an email.

  • Addressed an issue, which caused Outlook to stop working sporadically when adding or saving attachments.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to get connectivity errors when the internal and external EWS endpoints are different and the call to the internal endpoint fails.

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

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

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

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

  • Addressed an issue that caused delegates to see intermittent failures when opening shared folders in another mailbox.

  • Addressed an issue that caused some users to observe Outlook unexpectedly starting in an offline state.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to experience the application to terminate unexpectedly when selecting a search result.

  • This enables end users to configure Outlook to add an online meeting to every meeting they create.

  • 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 and issue that caused users to see duplicate calendar groups appearing after creating a new group.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to see newly added calendars disable in the navigation pane until after Outlook was restarted.

  • 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 customers to encounter unresponsiveness while loading their calendars.

  • Addressed an issue that caused Search to return no results when searching uncached shared calendars.

  • 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 Outlook closed unexpectedly when idle.

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

  • We fixed an issue that caused the MailItem.BeforeAttachmentAdd event to be broken.

  • We fixed an issue that caused the app to sometimes close unexpectedly when users were searching in Outlook.

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

  • We fixed an issue that caused an edited signature to fail to save after prompting the user to do so.

  • We fixed an issue that caused some users to see no signatures in the signatures drop down despite having one or more signatures configured.

  • We fixed an 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.

  • We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to create a second empty signature for people with cloud settings enabled.

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

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to see signatures containing unicode content to get damaged.

  • We fixed an issue that caused issues with displaying the correct default signature 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 prevented the cloud settings option from being enabled when selected by a user.

  • Fixed an issue where end users and administrators were unable to turn on Cloud Settings.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users of inline translation to be unable to submit feedback.

  • We fixed an issue that caused ZeroConfigExchange to fail to work properly on Microsoft Entra hybrid joined machines connected to an external network.

  • 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 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.

  • We added a regkey that allows customers to disable filetime inclusion for attachments in IDataObject operations (i.e. drag drop, clipboard).
    Registry Key:

    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.

  • We fixed an issue that caused the encryption icon to fail to display on emails sent using the encryption only option.

  • We fixed an issue that caused mails to be sent as digitally signed after the user unchecked that option.

  • 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 SmartLinks to lose their formatting when saved to drafts.

  • We fixed an issue to provide a user a way to customize justification text when overriding a policy.

PowerPoint

  • Fixed an issue with copy/paste of an equation from Word to PowerPoint.

  • Fixed an issue where disabled commands in the Office Ribbon would only have the icon grayed out but not the text in Dark Gray Office Theme.

  • 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.

  • We fixed an issue related to linked pictures.

  • This change addresses an issue with handling errors that may occur during video loading.

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

  • We fixed an issue where Forms content add-in doesn't render after insertion until user clicks to another slide to make it show.

  • We fixed an issue that disabled IRM protections when opening a PowerPoint file in Protected View.

  • We fixed an issue where, in some cases, Excel object embedded within PowerPoint presentation wasn't being displayed as expected.

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

  • We fixed an issue where there is an error when saving the file after duplicating a slide that contains a newly recorded audio.

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

  • Fix to address a an issue when using IRM/protected documents during a merge error.

  • 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.

  • Fixed an issue where some corrupt PowerPoint files weren't opening correctly, even after a document repair operation.

  • We fixed an issue where certain users weren't able to add Forms extension to PowerPoint presentations.

  • We fixed an issue where the store is updated to version 1.0.0.2 to support central deployment. The user needs to update the version info in PowerPoint to access the store.

  • Fixed an issue where copy and paste of a slide with 'keep source formatting' option would sometimes copy over a new slide master unexpectedly.

  • Fixed an issue that could cause the application to close unexpectedly if a document save failed.

  • Addresses an issue where selecting a Design Idea removes the presentation's Data Classification Label, in certain cases.

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.

  • 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 Project may terminate unexpectedly when opening files where resource contours were specified in a certain manner.

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

  • 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.

  • Fixed an issue where when a cost resource was assigned to a milestone task, baseline cost didn't rollup correctly.

  • Fixed an issue where if you create a custom field formula, which uses the ProjectDate*/ProjectDur* functions and if the second parameter is the Date(), Now() or Time() date and time functions, then a #ERROR results.

  • Fixed an issue where the resource pool becomes unresponsive and can't be opened.

Visio

  • We fixed an issue related to missing results on entering search keywords in shape search.

  • We fixed an issue where user are able to create straight lines using connectors in Visio for Office 365 for both custom Visio stencils and in-built templates.

Word

  • Fixed an issue with copy/paste of an equation from Word to PowerPoint.

  • Fixed an issue where disabled commands in the Office Ribbon would only have the icon grayed out but not the text in Dark Gray Office Theme.

  • This change addresses an issue with the cursor when editing a document.

  • Fixed an issue related to unresponsiveness of the application when inserting Online Pictures.

  • Fixed an issue with colors applied to icons and SVG graphics with 3D effects.

  • We fixed an issue where copy and paste styles may not be same in pasted text.

  • We fixed an issue relating to copy and paste.

  • We fixed an issue with Narrator, which may skips over a paragraph.

  • Fixed an issue in Wordmail where someone can't send this item' when the 2084th character in a link is an escaped character.

  • We fixed an issue with typing at the end of a hidden paragraph may result in application hang.

  • We fixed an issue with Rich text content controls.

  • We fixed an issue, which removes limit on size of strings allowed for content controls.

  • We fixed an issue with Style Gallery dialog.

  • We fixed an issue in resolving conflicts while in coauthoring.

  • We fixed an issue related to editing OLE object.

  • We fixed an issue, which document styles are replaced with other styles from the template.

  • Fixed an assert bug exposed by optimized gates affecting Word.

  • We fixed an issue in opening cloud file from OneDrive sync folder.

  • Fixed an issue that could cause the application to close unexpectedly if a document save failed.

Office Suite

  • Fixed user switching data scenario when user switches between Active Directory Identities from the Me control in Office applications.

  • Before this change, Office templates were displaying even if GPO for disabling them was turned on. With this change, templates now honor the GPO correctly and display/hide as requested.

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

  • Fixed an issue where trying to do a SaveAs would fail in certain scenarios.

  • We fixed an issue where SaveRequestManagerCam was causing the application to close instead of returning an error.

  • Fixed the file closing sequence so that all the interdependent components are closed gracefully.

  • Fixed an issue of file would be opened as NOT SyncBacked when url from cache and url from OneDrive does NOT match.

  • Fixed an issue when open placeholder files. Office was non-responsive to open the sync-backed file.

  • Fixed an issue where users are unable to save file when open a previously opened file with edits not saved but now the file was deleted. After the fix, users will get a friendly message to inform them that the file is deleted, thus user can choose to discard changes, or SaveAs the file.

  • Fixed an issue related to file unable to rename if open SyncBacked file offline.

  • Fixed an issue Word, Powerpoint and Excel would fail to open cloud document if rolling back to a previous build.

  • Fixed an issue where an error would occur when copy/paste text from a comment into Excel.

  • Fixed an issue where Dictation was disabled for GCC users.

  • Fixed an issue that could happen when using narrator within text that contains math equations.

  • 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".

  • Fixed an issue that could sometimes lead to text in Outlook becoming transparent and thereby not legible.

  • Fixed an issue that caused Word to close unexpectedly while printing long documents.

  • 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.

  • Fixed an issue where Microsoft 365 Endpoint data loss prevention was unable to classify Office documents on disk.

  • We fixed a reliability issue related to support of Office apps running in session 0.

  • We fixed an issue with the Compress Picture dialog not retaining certain user settings.

  • Fixed an issue related to media controller event notifications.

  • Fixed an issue related to media player engine timing.

  • This change addresses an issue related to opening files containing legacy diagrams.

  • Optimized binary size.

  • This change addresses an issue with SVG fallback proxy resulting in access violations.

  • Anaheim WebView does not support Windows Information Protection (WIP) yet. With this fix Office add-in 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.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented successful open of a file in Office.

  • Fixed an issue where documents containing Sketched outlines applied to connectors via Format Painter could become corrupted.

  • Fixing a bug an issue where copy/paste in Skype for Business messages resulted in a dialog displaying, "Something went wrong when pasting your content".

  • Fixed an issue where Office templates turned on even with GPO placed disable request.

Version 2008: July 13

Version 2008 (Build 13127.21704)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

PowerPoint

  • We fixed an issue where, in some cases, Excel object embedded within PowerPoint presentation wasn't being displayed as expected.

  • We fixed an issue where certain users weren't able to add Forms extension to PowerPoint presentations

Version 2002: July 13

Version 2002 (Build 12527.21986)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2008: June 08

Version 2008 (Build 13127.21668)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

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

  • We fixed an issue that caused the Status Bar to not indicate a Ready state for some users.

Word

  • Fixed an issue where numbering and indents were lost when pasting text with custom styles.

  • Fixed an issue, which removes limit on size of strings allowed for content controls.

Office Suite

  • Before this change, Office templates were displaying even if GPO for disabling them was turned on. With this change, templates now honor the GPO correctly and display/hide as requested.

  • Fixed a rare issue where opening files from SharePoint Online could be unnecessarily delayed by Licensing and Digital Rights Management experiencing timeouts.

Version 2002: June 08

Version 2002 (Build 12527.21952)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

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

Version 2008: May 11

Version 2008 (Build 13127.21624)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • Fixed an issue where some automation add-ins for Excel unable to load.

  • We fixed an issue that was preventing the ability to paste as formulas on a protected sheet.

  • We made a fix to improve performance while switching between sheets or scrolling with accessibility focus tracking turned on.

  • Resolved an issue where inking could cause Excel to become unresponsive.

Outlook

  • We fixed an issue that caused mails to be sent as digitally signed after the user unchecked that option.

Word

  • Fixes an issue where some files weren't able to be exported as PDF.

Version 2002: May 11

Version 2002 (Build 12527.21912)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • Fixed an issue where some automation add-ins for Excel unable to load.

Version 2008: April 13

Version 2008 (Build 13127.21506)

Security updates listed here

Resolved issues

Excel

  • We fixed an issue that caused some PivotTable formatting to corrupt the workbook when saving to the .xls or .xlt format.

  • We fixed an issue where some notes were unexpectedly shown when opening a workbook.

Outlook

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

  • We fixed an issue that caused some users to experiences an unexpected closure when syncing their mailbox.

PowerPoint

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to see Office applications become unresponsive after bringing up a person card and navigating to another application.

Word

  • Fixes an issue where the built-in Sensitivity Label button is greyed out when saving a Word doc and reopening.

Version 2002: April 13

Version 2002 (Build 12527.21814)

Security updates listed here

Version 2008: March 09

Version 2008 (Build 13127.21348)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • We fixed an issue where Excel would stop responding after selecting a data series in a chart.

PowerPoint

  • Fixed an issue that could cause the application to close unexpectedly if a document save failed.

  • Addresses an issue where selecting a Design Idea removes the presentation's Data Classification Label, in certain cases

Word

  • Fixed an issue that could cause the application to close unexpectedly if a document save failed.

Office Suite

  • Fixed an issue where copy/paste in Skype for Business messages resulted in a dialog displaying "Something went wrong when pasting your content".

Version 2002: March 09

Version 2002 (Build 12527.21686)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2008: February 09

Version 2008 (Build 13127.21216)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • Fixed an issue where Excel would close unexpectedly when opening UNC files that have invalid file attributes (creation time, modified time, etc.)

  • We fixed an issue where decimal and thousands separators settings wouldn't carry over when copying a chart from Excel and pasting into Word or PowerPoint.

  • We fixed an issue where the performance of running a macro involving PivotTable range formatting would get worse each time the macro is run.

  • We fixed an issue where conditional formatting rules were dropped when copying or moving sheets to another workbook.

  • We fixed an issue where users were unable to apply sensitivity labels to Excel files when the start screen on app boot was disabled.

  • We fixed an issue in opening cloud file from OneDrive sync folder.

Outlook

  • Addressed an issue, which caused Outlook to stop working sporadically when adding or saving attachments.

PowerPoint

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

  • Fixed an issue where copy and paste of a slide with 'keep source formatting' option would sometimes copy over a new slide master unexpectedly

Word

  • We fixed an issue in Track Changes which sometimes opening Word document might display error dialog.

  • We fixed an issue in opening cloud file from OneDrive sync folder.

Office Suite

  • Fixed an issue that prevented successful open of a file in Office.

  • Fixed an issue where documents containing Sketched outlines applied to connectors via Format Painter could become corrupted.

Version 2002: February 09

Version 2002 (Build 12527.21594)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Office Suite

  • Fixed an issue where documents containing Sketched outlines applied to connectors via Format Painter could become corrupted.

Version 1908: February 09

Version 1908 (Build 11929.21008)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2008: January 12

Version 2008 (Build 13127.21064)

Security updates listed here.

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.

  • Add tables with fewer clicks: Use the Add Tables task pane, which stays open while you work, to add tables to relationships and queries. Learn more

Excel

  • Your favorite Excel functions just got faster: The SUMIFS, AVERAGEIFS, COUNTIFS, MAXIFS, and MINIFS functions are much faster than ever before. Get to the bottom line more quickly. Try one now.

  • Realtimedata (RTD) improvements: In Office 365 version 2002 monthly channel and later, Excel's RealTimeData (RTD) function is much faster than Excel 2010 calculating data in the spreadsheet. We removed bottlenecks in its underlying memory and data structures and made it thread-safe to allow it to be calculated on all available threads of Multithreaded recalculation (MTR).

  • Improved map charts: We've made map charts better by integrating them with Excel's Geographic Data Types, which can reveal rich information about your mapped locations. Learn more

  • Pick the perfect color: Use hex color codes to choose exactly the color you want for your font, text highlight, and more. See details in blog post

Outlook

  • Pick the perfect color: Use hex color codes to choose exactly the color you want for your font, text highlight, and more. See details in blog post

  • Calendar gets a makeover: See visual updates that make your calendar easier to scan. Learn more See details in blog post

  • Shared calendar updates just got faster: 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.

  • 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. See details in blog post

  • 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, user accounts hosted on Exchange Server 2019 or Exchange Online can join any meeting with just one click. Learn more

  • 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. See details in blog post

  • Get email suggestions when you search for a person: When you type a person’s name in the Search box, the most relevant email messages are included with your search suggestions. Learn more

  • Better results—in a jiffy: We've updated the Search experience to make it smarter, faster, and more reliable than ever. Learn more

PowerPoint

  • GIFs in a jiffy: One slide, one frame. Easily create looping GIFs in PowerPoint. Learn more See details in blog post

  • Link to a slide: Ask a colleague to contribute to your slide deck, and start them directly on the slide you need help with. Learn more See details in blog post

  • Pick the perfect color: Use hex color codes to choose exactly the color you want for your font, text highlight, and more. See details in blog post

  • Improved map charts: We've made map charts better by integrating them with Excel's Geographic Data Types, which can reveal rich information about your mapped locations. Learn more

  • Better diagrams: With better connectors and a smoother ink conversion process you can ink your ideas more confidently. Learn more

  • 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.

  • Get their attention with @mentions: Use @mentions in comments to let co-workers know when you need their input. Learn more

  • Synchronize changes while you are presenting: Synchronize changes whenever they are made even when the presentation is in slide show mode. Learn more See details in blog post

  • Comments: The new commenting experience in PowerPoint allows you to quickly and easily discover and add comments to your documents. Modernize your collaboration workflows with new features like comment anchoring, resolve, tasks, improved mention notifications, and much more. Learn more

Word

  • Lasso your ink: The Lasso tool on the Draw tab helps you select objects drawn with ink. Select individual strokes, or whole words. Learn more

  • Pick the perfect color: Use hex color codes to choose exactly the color you want for your font, text highlight, and more. See details in blog post

  • Improved map charts: We've made map charts better by integrating them with Excel's Geographic Data Types, which can reveal rich information about your mapped locations. Learn more

  • Confirmation of action in screen readers: Confirmation of action is an important accessibility requirement. With the introduction of a new Notification API from Windows, we are now able to alert screen reader users about the success of their actions. Cut, copy, paste, bold, italic, underline, undo, redo, auto corrections, and auto-capitalizations are now all announced to Narrator users in Win32 Word. To enable this feature, turn on Narrator by pressing windows + ctrl + enter. See details in blog post

Office Suite

  • Sensitivity labels: You can now apply a sensitivity label that your organization was configured to prompt you for custom permissions.

Resolved issues

Access

  • Fixed an issue where the application would close unexpectedly when using Zoom window.

  • This fix addresses the issue where trying to run certain queries have previously produced the error message 'Query is too complex'.

  • This change fixes an issue that could cause Access to to close unexpectedly when launching the Zoom box (Shift + F2) to edit text.

  • Resolved an issue with inserting linked SQL tables that include an identity (for example autonumber) field.

  • We fixed an issue where query execution was taking approximately twice as long to complete than expected.

  • Fixed an issue to be able to call the Date/Time Extended data type into your code without experiencing any issues in your app.

  • Fixed an issue so you can now revert back to your most updated Access version, and use DAO/VBA to manage and edit a decimal data type.

  • We fixed an error issue when trying to use ODBC DSN builder

  • This issue was resolved - you can now use our ODBC driver outside of Office's Click-to-Run applications.

Excel

  • Automatic document classification may have occurred for workbooks that were in read-only mode.

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

  • Fixed a bug with PivotDateFilter APIs in which 'Before' and 'After' filter conditions were reversed.

  • Addressed an issue where Excel may close unexpectedly when attempting to insert PivotTables into a chart sheet.

  • Fixed an issue where pivot tables couldn't be edited and workbooks couldn't be saved if they were exported from Project plan.

  • An error could occur when trying to save a file that contains a formula using the LET() function.

  • We fixed an issue where in some cases, multiple message bars were appearing when a file was opened in read-only mode.

  • We fixed an issue where outline sub-totals could stop working when there were many duplicate column header values.

  • Fixed an issue where read-only books would no longer refresh pivot table data when opened.

  • This change provides a fix for the following issue: Excel "Insert Object" does not show correct icon when inserts a file from OneDrive local sync folder.

  • We fixed an issue where Excel would stop working when there is a Group Policy Object update (for example via Remote Group Policy Refresh) during multithreaded recalc.

  • We fixed an issue where Excel would stop working when users use the subtotal function on more than 255 columns.

  • Improved text kerning in PowerPoint when when content is copied from Excel and pasted into PowerPoint with the Embed option.

  • Fixed an issue that would prevent switching from Table Preview and the Query Editor in PowerPivot.

  • We fixed an issue where a user was unable to open atomsvc (UTF8+BOM) file from SharePoint, directly.

  • Fixed an issue where customers would incorrectly get notified about a new version of the file when coauthoring.

  • Fixed an editing issue where using IME with Overwrite mode would incorrectly advance extra characters.

  • Fixed an issue when using real time data in conjunction with multithreaded recalc functionality.

  • Fixes an issue where Excel would fail to launch or crash unexpectedly if certain Windows Security exploit protection settings (SimExec, CallerCheck) are in use

  • Fixed an issue where Excel could close unexpectedly in certain circumstances when using the Format Painter.

  • 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 issue where Excel could close unexpectedly when using the Quick Analysis after freezing the top row of the sheet.

  • We fixed an issue where certain functions would have an incorrect result after loading a workbook.

  • We fixed an issue where the application would terminate unexpectedly, which was related to XLAM add-in references and named ranges.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • We fixed an issue, which could cause a hang when refreshing OLAP PivotTables.

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

  • Fixed an issue where Excel could become unresponsive after using Ctrl+Shift+Arrow keys to scroll when the Excel window is shared through Teams.

  • Fixed an issue where in some cases, clicking a hyperlink to a place within the same workbook will cause the workbook to be hidden.

  • 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.

  • Fixed an issue, which would cause Excel to close unexpectedly in some cases after copying a sheet containing a PivotTable.

  • Fixed an issue where the external link stops working after the file is reopened if the file path is too long.

  • Fixed an issue when using real time data in conjunction with multithreaded recalc functionality could cause the application to close unexpectedly.

  • Addressed an issue where external links don't update on fill if the source book is closed.

  • Fixed an issue that could cause a warning about a corrupt workbook if it contained formulas using IFNA().

  • We fixed an issue where Power Pivot recognizes tab delimiter.

OneNote

  • Inform users through the InfoBar about temporary adjustments in Microsoft OneNote that will help improve sync and service availability during high worldwide usage.

  • Improved sync and service stability by temporarily adjusting sync frequency in OneNote.

  • Improved detection of co-authoring status to reduce resource utilization.

  • Improved sync and service stability by temporarily altering how frequently page version histories are created.

  • Improved sync and service stability by temporarily reducing the maximum allowable size of new embedded attachments to 50MB in OneNote. For files that exceed this limit, users will have the option of uploading the file to OneDrive and inserting a link into OneNote.

  • Improved sync and service stability by temporarily disabling in-app video recording in OneNote. Local notebooks are not impacted by this measure.

  • Improved sync and service stability by temporarily disabling moving pages into the recycle bin. Users who want to delete a page will instead be shown a dialog asking if they'd want to permanently delete the page.

  • We fixed an issue where the spelling menu wasn't loading.

Outlook

  • We fixed an issue where optional connected experiences blocked web add-ins from loading. See more detail here: https://developer.microsoft.com/office/blogs/outlook-add-ins-and-optional-connected-experiences/

  • 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 that caused users to be unable to grant Editor permission to their delegates.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to experience the application to terminate unexpectedly when selecting a search result.

  • Fixes 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.

  • Fixes an issue that caused users to be unable to connect to Public Folders after adding a shared mailbox.

  • 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 prevented some users of the Shared Calendar Improvements feature from being able to view a newly-added shared calendar.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to be unable to close shared calendars by clicking on the "X" in the corner.

  • Addresses an issue that caused the "Turn on shared calendar improvements" setting to sometimes fail to apply to existing shared calendars.

  • We fixed an issue that caused searches in Group calendars fail to return any results.

  • Fixes an issue that caused users to experience occasional closures when interacting with Cloud attachments.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users of CLP to experience an issue when switching the from address on a reply from a protected context to an unprotected one.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see an error on the safelinks page instead of the document they were trying to open when opening a cloud attachment.

  • Addressed an issue where Outlook failed to enable Data Loss Protection policy tips people for users who paid for the service who are on M365 Business Plus plans.

  • Addressed an issue with the clp auditing event for the reply/forward label.

  • Addressed an issue that caused the width of the folder pane to change unexpectedly.

  • We fixed an issue that caused the To: field to be empty when sending a status report on a Task.

  • We fixed an issue that caused the MailItem.BeforeAttachmentAdd event to be broken.

  • Addressed 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.

  • 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 that caused users to see the "The rules on this computer do not match the rules on Microsoft Exchange" message when updating their rules in Outlook.

  • Addressed an issue that caused Outlook to fail to retrieve search suggestions.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users of the Shared Calendar improvements to see calendar failures.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience intermittent hangs and closures in some scenarios.

  • Addressed an issue, which caused users to experience an issue when deleting 4 or more emails from a POP account with the "Download Headers Only" option selected.

  • Addressed an issue that caused delegates to see intermittent failures when opening shared folders in another mailbox.

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

  • Addressed an issue that caused the "Allow Forwarding" option to be missing from shared calendar meeting "Response Options" when Download Shared folder wasn't checked.

  • Addressed an issue that caused delegates to receive an error when editing an existing calendar appointment on a manager's calendar.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience an issue in third party MAPI applications.

  • Addressed an issue that caused Outlook to close unexpectedly when opening .msg or .oft files that were saved locally after a Windows update.

  • Addressed an issue that caused Outlook to close unexpectedly on some builds of Windows.

  • 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.

  • We fixed an issue that was causing some users to experience the application to close unexpectedly when sending Outlook mail from applications other than Outlook.

  • Addresses a performance issue with attachment upload.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to see Outlook continuously prompt them to run the Inbox Repair tool.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to occasionally experience an issue when using the "X" button on their mouse.

  • 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 caused the headers of Chinese messages to get garbled when replying or forwarding.

  • Addressed an issue that caused the Scheduling Assistant page to fail to display.

  • Addressed an issue that caused some users to see the Scheduling Assistant page fail to display.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to experience degraded performance when moving multiple mail items between folders in online mode.

  • 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.

  • We fixed an issue that caused the user name to be displayed as a phone number when sending an Azure Protected Voicemail, causing Outlook Desktop users to be unable to open voicemails from external users.

  • We fixed an issue where setting up OME Configuration was adding an extraneous attachments on the mail item, which was forcing Outlook to Encrypt the message even though the DecryptAttachmentsForEncryptOnly option was setup on the service side.

  • We fixed an issue that caused the Encrypt Only and Do Not Forward options to continue to be enabled in some scenarios despite being disabled by policy.

  • We fixed an issue that caused SmartLinks to lose their formatting when saved to drafts.

  • We fixed an issue to provide a user a way to customize justification text when overriding a policy.

  • We fixed an issue that caused Chinese characters to get changed to question marks when saving as an OFT file.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to occasionally experience unexpected closures when retrieving persona information.

  • This fixes an issue that caused users to experience occasional application closures when editing recipients.

  • Fixes an issue that caused users to see anomalies when using the compact view.

  • Addressed an issue that caused outlook users to see issues with navigation in compact views.

  • Addressed an issue that caused the right-click context menu to fail to appear in the search controls.

  • 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"

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a hang while exiting Outlook.

  • Addressed 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.

  • Addressed an issue that caused formatting problems in incident notification alerts.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience sudden closures when submitting feedback from an Admin Notification.

  • We fixed an issue for copy and paste SVG image.

PowerPoint

  • This change addresses an issue with Export to Animated GIF feature where clicking on Export button wasn't exporting.

  • We have fixed an issue where Forms content add-in doesn't render after insertion until user click to another slide to make it show.

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

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

  • We fixed an issue where linked excel chart incorrectly changes to excel sheet when user changes the source path to local OneDrive folder.

  • Fixed an issue when users have both modern and legacy comments in a file, thus triggering an upgrade on the comments.

  • We have fixed an issue with suggestion pane that may cause the application to close unexpectedly.

  • We have fixed an issue in Action Settings dialog, which was causing the PowerPoint app to close unexpectedly.

  • We have fixed an issue with PowerPoint app that may cause it to close unexpectedly.

  • We fixed an issue due to, which the feature ‘Welcome back! Pick up where you left off in the office' wasn't working in the PowerPoint .

  • Fixed an issue where some corrupt PowerPoint files weren't opening correctly, even after a document repair operation.

  • Fixed an issue where some corrupt PowerPoint files weren't opening correctly, even after a document repair operation.

  • We fixed an issue where Slideshow in protected view wasn't working.

Project

  • 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.

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

  • Fixed an issue where the Project finish date isn't getting updated for projects connected to SharePoint tasks list.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Fixed an issue where the ProjectBeforeTaskChange event does not detect when a task was inactivated/activated via the Inactivate button.

  • Fixed an issue when Predecessor/Successor data is edited within a Form view, an extra ProjectBeforeTaskChange event is fired.

  • Fixed an issue where Project may close unexpectedly when saving projects created with older versions of Project.

  • Fixed an issue where the user couldn't enter time-phased Baseline Work when the setting to protect actual work is on.

  • Fixed an issue where you couldn't save a PDF/XPS from Project to a SharePoint document library.

  • Fixed an issue where if you paste a task that has multiple dependencies, not all dependencies are copied correctly.

  • Fixed an issue where projects couldn't be opened in the Project desktop client from Project Web App if the URL ended in .com.

  • 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.

  • Fixed an issue where Project may terminate unexpectedly on opening files where resource contours were specified in a certain manner.

Skype

  • Changed dancing emoticon skin tone to neutral color.

  • 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. The Skype for Business Outlook Add-in won't activate itself while starting up if it sees the Skype for Business client is in meeting join only mode.

  • Fixes an issue where a user's TLS-DSK certificate wouldn't renew at the expected time, instead only renewing when less than 12 hours remain on its validity.

  • Fixes an issue where the Skype for Business UI shows as blank after signing in when Office isn't yet licensed.

Visio

  • We fixed an issue that caused the Live preview to close unexpectedly on text alignment.

  • We fixed an issue where users are able to create straight lines using connectors in Visio for Office 365 for both custom Visio stencils and in-built templates.

Word

  • Resolved an issue opening Word documents from custom document delivery (aspx) when the URL contains a query component.

  • This change fixes an issue where Office applications can get stuck in a silent Save failure state after a previous coauthoring session.

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

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to occasionally experience an issue when using the "X" button on their mouse.

  • Fixes an issue that caused users to experience an issue when opening certain very large emails.

  • We fixed an issue where pasted numbered headings showed an indent.

  • We fixed an issue for copy and paste SVG image.

  • We fixed an issue where the user might lose content when resize a shape.

  • We fixed an issue, which user might experience issues when opening a document.

  • We fixed an issue where long links weren't being wrapped when saving document to HTML format.

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

  • FIxes a bug with comment extensions where the comment reply would have the same extension as the parent comment.

  • We fixed an issue where if you reply to a parent comment that has unknown extensions in an extension list, the reply will get those same extensions.

  • Resolved an issue that may have caused the application to close unexpectedly when booting.

  • We fixed an issue with Outlook with message set to Do not forward.

  • We fixed an issue with Style Gallery dialog.

  • We fixed an issue where macro AutoOpen runs before AutoExec

Office Suite

  • Fixed an issue for the old, non-web service based Share pane, where upon closing the document while the Share pane is open could cause the application to close unexpectedly.

  • Fixed a timing issue that could cause the application to close unexpectedly when closing office files.

  • Addresses an issue that prevented users from importing SPO Lists when ADAL was disabled.

  • 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".

  • 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.

  • We backported a new AppV51 drop to fix a regression in previous AppV51.

  • Fixed a Click-to-Runissue, which was resulting in update failure when trying to hard link symbolic links.

  • Addressed an issue for commercial customers who leverage System Center Configuration Manager or other management tool for the Office Update using Microsoft 365 Endpoint data loss prevention.

  • Fixed an issue that caused a runtime message to show even though the transition to the full product is complete. 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.

  • We fixed an issue where users were seeing the UI elements or content not being displayed under certain conditions, in particular with coming in and out of Presenter View or using multiple monitors.

  • This change addresses an issue related to opening files containing legacy diagrams.

  • This change addresses an issue with SVG fallback proxy resulting in access violations.

  • Fixes high CPU usage on idle with GIF/animated model3D

  • This change addresses potential hangs when loading and playing animated content such as GIFs or 3D models.

  • This change addresses a issue when launching Office apps due to failing to load d2d1.dll.

  • The office host was close unexpectedly 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.

  • Fix an issue that the Messaging API for Office Add-ins isn't working.

  • 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.

  • 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 fix resolves an error, which occurs preventing both restricting access and protecting files with a password simultaneously.

  • Resolved an issue that may have caused an unexpected closure when dragging some content from the app.

Version 2002: January 12

Version 2002 (Build 12527.21504)

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Resolved issues

Excel

  • Fixed an issue when using real time data in conjunction with multithreaded recalc functionality could cause the application to close unexpectedly.

PowerPoint

  • Fixed an issue where some corrupt PowerPoint files weren't opening correctly, even after a document repair operation.

Word

  • Fixes a bug with comment extensions where the comment reply would have the same extension as the parent comment.

Version 1908: January 12

Version 1908 (Build 11929.20994)

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Resolved issues

Office Suite

  • This change addresses an issue related to opening files containing legacy diagrams.

Version 2002: December 08

Version 2002 (Build 12527.21416)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • Improved text kerning in PowerPoint when content is copied from Excel and pasted into PowerPoint with the Embed option.

  • We fixed an issue where Excel would stop working during recalc.

  • We fixed an issue where a user was unable to open atomsvc (UTF8+BOM) file from SharePoint, directly.

  • Fixed an issue that would prevent switching from Table Preview and the Query Editor in PowerPivot.

  • Improved performance for files that are using many of the more recently released functions.

Outlook

  • We fixed an issue where setting up OME Configuration was adding an extraneous attachments on the mail item, which was forcing Outlook to Encrypt the message even though DecryptAttachmentsForEncryptOnly option is setup on the service side.

PowerPoint

  • We fixed an issue where linked excel chart incorrectly changes to excel sheet when user changes the source path to local OneDrive folder.

Project

  • We fixed an issue where projects couldn't be opened in the Project desktop client from Project Web App is the URL ended in .com.

Version 1908: December 08

Version 1908 (Build 11929.20984)

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Version 2002: November 10

Version 2002 (Build 12527.21330)

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Resolved issues

Excel

  • 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.

  • We fixed an issue, which could cause a hang when refreshing OLAP PivotTables.

  • Fixed a bug where certain functions would have an incorrect result after loading a workbook.

  • We fixed an issue where the application would terminate unexpectedly, which was related to XLAM add-in references and named ranges.

  • Fixed an issue where running the advanced filter macro would incorrectly report errors.

Outlook

  • We fixed an issue that caused internal add-ins to be unexpectedly disabled when optional connected experiences were disabled.

  • We fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to send as or on behalf of a Distribution List that was hidden from the Global Address List.

Version 1908: November 10

Version 1908 (Build 11929.20974)

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Version 2002: October 13

Version 2002 (Build 12527.21236)

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Resolved issues

Access

  • You should no longer receive a "Query is too complex" or a system resource exceeded error on your 64-bit version of Access, as long as you are meeting Access database guidelines and requirements.

  • Once you decide to use our filter feature after our query designer, your database should no longer crash. Please check accordingly.

Excel

  • 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.

PowerPoint

  • New presentations created from a template could inherit a setting that prevented a good co-authoring experience. This fix ensures that the setting is cleared in this case.

Word

  • We fixed an issue, which when opening documents with page breaks and columns, user might encountered an error message, " You have exceeded the maximum number of pages allowed by Microsoft Word supported, or the document may be damaged"

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 1908: October 13

Version 1908 (Build 11929.20966)

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Resolved issues

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 2002: September 08

Version 2002 (Build 12527.21104)

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Resolved issues

Excel

  • This addresses an issue where connections created by the SQL data provider in older versions of Office would set internal table properties differently from Office 365. This caused the Table Preview / Query Editor dropdown to be disabled for files with connections created in older versions of Office when they were opened using Office 365.

  • Resolved an issue where inking could cause Excel to become unresponsive.

Outlook

  • Fixes an issue that caused users to be unable to connect to Public Folders after adding a shared mailbox.

Office Suite

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

Version 1908: September 08

Version 1908 (Build 11929.20946)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2002: August 11

Version 2002 (Build 12527.20988)

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Resolved issues

Excel

  • Fixed an issue, which prevented the ability to switch to editing for files that opened as "read-only recommended".

OneNote

  • Removed redundant identity calls to reduce resource utilization

  • Improved detection of co-authoring status to reduce resource utilization.

  • Improved capability for detecting errors and the quality of the sync experience.

Outlook

  • Addressed an issue that caused a significant performance issue when starting Outlook for some tenants.

Skype

  • Fixed an issue where starting a screen share can fail on a 32-bit Skype for Business client after it was running for several days.

Office Suite

  • Fixed an issue where if AutoSave is turned off through group policy, some documents might not show the latest server contents on open until the user clicks on 'Updates available'.

Version 1908: August 11

Version 1908 (Build 11929.20934)

Security updates listed here.

Version 1902: August 11

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20644)

Security updates listed here.

Version 2002: July 14

Version 2002 (Build 12527.20880)

Security updates listed here.

Feature updates

Access

  • Find linked tables fast: Our new search box makes finding linked tables a breeze. Learn more

Excel

  • Faster file sharing: Share your documents right from the recently used list without having to open the file.

  • Data visualizer add-in: Quickly create Visio flowcharts from Excel. Learn more

  • Create more accessible PDFs: Create a PDF and the accessibility checker will point out accessibility issues to fix before you save. Learn more See details in blog post

  • More icons to match your mood: We've added over 300 new icons. Find them at Insert > Icons. Learn more

  • Convert files to improve accessibility: Upgrade your files to the modern format to make them more accessible for everyone. See details in blog post

  • Focus on what's left to do: Select Resolve to collapse comments and make open items stand out.

  • Type a formula that returns multiple values: Quickly type a formula that returns multiple values, and they'll automatically spill into the neighboring cells. Learn more See details in blog post

  • No more bouncing to the browser: You decide how links to Office documents open: in the browser or in the app.

  • Sketch it out: Give a casual, hand-drawn look to Office shapes in your workbook. Learn more See details in blog post

  • Find what you're looking for: Search for commands, people, files, photos, web articles, and more. Learn more

  • Six powerful functions: We’ve added six new functions to supercharge your spreadsheets: FILTER, SORT, SORTBY, UNIQUE, SEQUENCE and RANDARRAY. Learn more

  • Look left, look right… XLOOKUP is here!: Row by row, find anything you need in a table or range with XLOOKUP. Learn more See details in blog post

  • Tame your big workbook: Cells, formulas, charts, tables... get a snapshot of your workbook with Workbook Statistics.

  • Read and reply on the fly: Respond to comments and mentions right from email without opening the workbook.

  • Get Their Attention with @Mentions: Use @mentions in comments to let co-workers know when you need their input. Learn more

Outlook

  • Fit more messages on the screen: Select View > Use Tighter Spacing to adjust spacing between messages. Learn more

  • More icons to match your mood: We've added over 300 new icons. Find them at Insert > Icons. Learn more

  • Let me draw it out: Scribble on top of pictures or add a Drawing Canvas to send your thoughts with ink. Learn more

  • Get location suggestions: Start typing in Location when scheduling appointments and meetings, and Outlook will suggest rooms, addresses and other recent places. Learn more See details in blog post

  • Advanced protection against attack: With Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection, you're protected against attacks through hyperlinks within email subjects, attached messages, signed messages, network paths, and so on.

  • Insert Link Menu in Outlook will insert a link with permission defined by tenant admin: A link from the Insert Link MRU in Outlook would insert a link that only worked for users who already had permissions to it. This often caused back and forth emails between users asking to be granted access to a document. We've updated this experience so now the link is inserted with the default permission set by the tenant admin. For MSIT this is "organization can edit" so all internal users who receive a link shared this way are able to access it.

  • See your messages in a different light: Use the Sun/Moon button to switch between light and dark backgrounds in the reading pane. Learn more

  • Phishing mails are easy to spot: Spam and phishing messages have a different look and feel so you can easily identify and eliminate them from your inbox.

  • All your encryption options in one place: Just go to Options > Encrypt to choose how to secure your email message. Learn more

  • Search with spelling woes or typos: Outlook will find what you're looking for even when your spelling doesn't match.

  • Connect your LinkedIn network with Outlook: Securely connect your LinkedIn account with your Microsoft account to see information from LinkedIn profiles directly in the People card. Learn more

  • See relevant messages in your search results: Outlook analyzes search terms and shows the most relevant email messages at the top of your search results. You'll also see all results sorted by date in the Top Results section. Learn more

PowerPoint

  • You compute, we format: We change hand-drawn math expressions into standard characters. Just choose Ink to Math and select your handwritten notes to get started. Learn more

  • Find what you're looking for: Use the search box to find text, commands, help, and more. Learn more

  • Ink a splendid slide: Convert your ink to standard shapes and text, then get smart slide-design ideas from PowerPoint Designer. Learn more

  • Sketch it out: Give a casual, hand-drawn look to Office shapes in your presentation. Learn more See details in blog post

  • Ink-stant replay: When inking on your slides, apply a replay animation to replay the actual drawing of your ink during your slide show. Learn more See details in blog post

  • A more secure video experience: Security enhancements mean a safer online video experience for you.

  • Save an illustration as SVG: Save a chart, shape, or other illustration as a scalable vector graphic, which can be resized with no loss of image quality. Learn more

  • Print slide numbers on handouts: Slide numbers are included on your handouts automatically. Leave them on, turn them off, it's all up to you. Learn more

  • Find and fix missing slide titles: Slide titles add punch to your pitch and make your slides accessible to users of all abilities. Accessibility Checker shows you where titles are missing so you can add them in a snap. Learn more

  • Convert files to improve accessibility: Upgrade your files to the modern format to make them more accessible for everyone. See details in blog post

  • More icons to match your mood: We've added more than 300 new icons. Find them at Insert > Icons. Learn more

  • Create more accessible PDFs: Create a PDF and the accessibility checker will point out accessibility issues to fix before you save. See details in blog post

  • Faster file sharing: Share your documents right from the recently used list without having to open the file.

  • Fast real-time collaboration in PowerPoint: Fast real-time collaboration in PowerPoint

  • No more bouncing to the browser: You decide how links to Office documents open: in the browser or in the app.

  • New proofreading tools: Don't stress about your words. PowerPoint now provides grammar and writing suggestions. Learn more

  • Live captions and subtitles: The presenter’s words are automatically shown on screen as captions or translated into subtitles in the language of your choice. Learn more

  • Optimize your presentation for all: Accessibility Checker helps you arrange objects on your slides with screen readers in mind. See details in blog post

  • Why reinvent when you can re-use?: Save time by re-using slides that you created or that others have shared with you. Learn more

Visio

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

  • Back to the scene of the crime: Use new Evidence, Indoor, and Outdoor stencils in the Crime Scene Investigation template to recreate crime scenes in detail.

Word

  • A more secure video experience: Security enhancements mean a safer online video experience for you. Learn more

  • Create more accessible PDFs: Create a PDF and the accessibility checker will point out accessibility issues to fix before you save. Learn more See details in blog post

  • Faster file sharing: Share your documents right from the recently used list without having to open the file.

  • More icons to match your mood: We've added over 300 new icons. Find them at Insert > Icons. Learn more See details in blog post

  • Erase with precision: Choose from two eraser sizes to fix small inking imperfections. Learn more

  • Convert files to improve accessibility: Upgrade your files to the modern format to make them more accessible for everyone. See details in blog post

  • Sketch it out: Give a casual, hand-drawn look to Office shapes in your document. Learn more See details in blog post

  • Find what you're looking for: Use the search box to find text, commands, help, and more. Learn more

  • No more bouncing to the browser: You decide how links to Office documents open: in the browser or in the app. Learn more

  • Editor for Resume joins LinkedIn Resume Assistant: Editor for Resume offers a selection of grammar and style checks specially tailored for resumes, to make your writing more precise and professional.

  • Others see your changes quickly: Co-authoring improvements mean your collaborators can see your changes faster than ever before.

  • Fixed a document corruption issue caused by merge of 3D objects.: Fixed a document corruption issue caused by merge of 3D objects.

  • Coauthoring improvements: Improved Word performance when coauthoring in documents with tracked changes.

  • Coauthoring improvements: Improved reliability when coauthoring.

  • Collaborate in living color: Comments and changes are color coded by contributor so it's easy to see who's who among your collaborators.

  • Edit macro-enabled docs collaboratively: Save your docm files on OneDrive for Business and edit with your collaborators in real time.

Office Suite

  • Change handwritten ink to shapes, text, or math in PowerPoint for Office 365: Go from free-form ink to Office shapes, text, or a mathematical expression in a couple of strokes. Learn more

Resolved issues

Access

  • This update fixes an issue where using an ADODB. Recorder object in VB code may incorrectly report an error.

  • 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.

  • This update fixes 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.

  • This update fixes an issue in Microsoft Access that may cause the error "Query is Corrupt" when an Update Query is run, or an UPDATE statement is used in SQL.

Excel

  • Speed up loading of files that are available on local OneDrive folder.

  • Fixed an issue where CUBEVALUE functions would sometimes return an incorrect result.

  • Resolved an issue with ribbon customization not loading when opening embedded workbook.

  • Excel would crash in certain cases when re-opening a workbook embedded in Word or PowerPoint.

  • Fixed an issue where comment commands in the context menu weren't being displayed.

  • We fixed the right click menu for Pivot Charts to enable the option to Show Details.

  • Resolved an issue that may have caused a crash when searching for recent files while no workbook is open.

  • Fixed an issue where clicking a bookmarked hyperlink within the same workbook would cause the workbook to be hidden.

  • When saving as a CSV file, Excel could merge all columns into a single column in some cases.

  • Using Range.ClearContents on a range in a protected sheet could take longer than expected.

  • Fixed a problem with scaling of text in form controls when displayed in Print Preview.

  • VBA macros that interact with the ribbon may run with ScreenUpdating set to True unexpectedly.

  • Fixed an issue, which would cause Excel to crash in some cases after copying a sheet containing a PivotTable.

  • Opening CSV files was taking longer than expected in some circumstances.

  • Excel may crash in some circumstances when switching between workbooks with different zoom levels.

  • Fixed an issue with VBA in, which writing values to a range would be slower than expected.

  • Data copied from a column filtered by color sometimes wouldn't paste properly.

  • Opening a workbook with references to numerous other workbooks, especially with hidden windows, would be slower than expected.

  • Addressed an issue where external links don't update on fill (fill down, fill across, etc.) if the source book is& closed.

  • Fixed an issue where Excel could become unresponsive after using Ctrl+Shift+Arrow keys to scroll when the Excel window is shared through Teams.

  • Workbooks saved with a digital signature in Excel 2016 could have the signature invalidated upon opening in the current version of Excel.

  • Addresses an issue where the "Value Crosses At" property on chart axis unexpectedly changes when saving and re-opening a file.

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

  • Improved performance when deleting columns with merged cells.

  • Fixed an issue where printer names could be repeated in the list of printers in the Print dialog.

  • Fixed an issue where the external link stops working after the file is reopened if the file path is too long.

  • Fixed a problem with the scaling of checkboxes in form controls when printed.

  • A crash could occur when trying to list changes on a new sheet for a workbook using legacy "Shared Workbook" mode.

  • Inserting a column in a filtered list would take longer than expected.

  • We fixed an issue where some copy and pasted chart links used mapped drive addresses rather than universal addresses.

  • Fixed an issue where the error message “This workbook is currently referenced by another and can't be closed” would appear because add-ins were being loaded in alphabetical order rather than in a user specified order.

  • Fixed an issue where a workbook could become hidden when clicking a hyperlink to a spot within an already opened workbook.

  • Opening a workbook with references to numerous other workbooks, especially with hidden windows, would be slower than expected.

  • Using VBA's Application.Evaluate wasn't working for User-defined functions in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that some users may have experienced with embedded and linked objects (OLE).

  • Users may encounter an error when saving changes while using some non-English character sets.

  • This update fixes an issue that caused the formula bar to display text in a different font than expected.

  • Users may encounter an error when saving changes while using some non-English character sets.

  • Resolved an issue where selecting a cell after scrolling could result in the wrong cell being selected.

  • Users may encounter an error when accessing a hidden named range.

  • Excel may have issues when editing a protected file from an untrusted network share.

  • Text to Column functionality may fail for some localizations.

  • Addresses a performance issue when creating charts from templates.

  • Fixed an issue that caused some users to experience crashes when converting text to columns with cells that have a spilling array.

  • Using a Range.Value and Range.Value2 (VBA) would cause formulas to be entered as dynamic arrays.

  • Fixed an issue where an @ symbol starting a formula would be considered an implicit intersection operator.

  • We fixed an issue where worksheets containing multiple formulas with defined names was resulting in longer times when saving files.

  • This change circumvents a problem with certain Intel graphics drivers by leveraging software rendering.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience crashes when renaming a signature.

OneNote

  • Improve sync and service stability by temporarily adjusting sync frequency in OneNote 2016.

  • Improve sync and service stability by temporarily deferring the downloading of embedded files and images in online notebooks until the user navigates to the page in OneNote 2016.

  • Improve sync and service stability by temporarily disabling the recycle bin in OneNote 2016. When a user tries to delete data that would normally be sent to the recycle bin, users are asked if they would prefer to keep or permanently delete the data.

  • Improve sync and service stability by temporarily reducing the number and sync frequency of version history pages in OneNote 2016.

  • Display a notification that allows the user to learn more about temporary measures being enacted in the OneNote user experience to improve sync and service stability.

  • Improve sync and service stability by temporarily reducing the maximum allowable size of new embedded attachments to 50MB in OneNote 2016. For files that exceed this limit, users will have the option of uploading the file to OneDrive and inserting a link into OneNote.

  • Improve sync and service stability by temporarily disabling in-app video recording in OneNote 2016. Local notebooks are not impacted by this measure.

  • Localises the notification that allows the user to learn more about temporary measures being enacted in the OneNote user experience to improve sync and service stability.

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.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see occasional crashes in Outlook.

  • This updates the attachment blocking logic in Outlook to also block python attachments.

  • Addresses an issue that caused web add ins to access Digital Rights Managed messages.

  • Addresses an issue that caused recurring appointments or meetings to be displayed at the wrong time when approaching a timezone definition change.

  • When using the Brasília time zone in the year 2019, recurring meetings and appointments are displayed in the wrong timeslot for the year 2020. This change is relevant for clients set in the Brasília time zone or for meetings and appointments set in that time zone.

    This change allows Outlook to override certain time zone settings used by Outlook. In order to invoke a time zone override you must set a registry key for the current user. The registry key name must match the internal name of the time zone. The value indicates the time zone rule's year to be used in place of the effective year. For example, the following registry key override value will use the Brasília time zone rule for the year 2020 as the effective rule. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\TimeZoneOverride]"E. South America Standard Time"=dword:000007e4.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see the location field in meetings change unexpectedly.

  • Addresses an issue that caused the Location field in meetings to get updated unexpectedly.

  • Addresses an issue that caused the location of a meeting to get added back to the meeting unexpectedly after clearing it.

  • Addresses an issue that caused commas in the location field of a meeting to turn into semicolons.

  • Enables joining a Teams meeting directly through the native Teams client.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users with mailboxes on Exchange 2010 servers to experience issues when adding attachments to calendar items.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience issues when replying to digitally signed messages.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to be unable to open some instances of recurring calendar items.

  • Addresses an issue that caused the Group header to expand unexpectedly in some scenarios.

  • Addresses an issue that caused the width of the folder pane to change unexpectedly.

  • Addresses an issue where Outlook failed to enable Data Loss Protection policy tips people for users who paid for the service who are on M365 Business Plus plans.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see a noticeable delay when interacting with their mailbox folders through keyboard shortcuts.

  • Addresses an issue that could result in a crash when viewing the same item in multiple windows.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see the "The rules on this computer do not match the rules on Microsoft Exchange" message when updating their rules in Outlook.

  • Addresses an issue that caused a memory leak for very long Outlook sessions.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a crash when specifying an invalid From address.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see a "The rules on this computer do not match the rules on Microsoft Exchange" prompt when opening the Rules dialog.

  • Addresses an issue that caused the option to disable flagged item highlighting to fail to be respected in some scenarios.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see mails unexpectedly send when pressing the "S" key after closing the accessibility checker pane.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience crashes when renaming a signature.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a crash when canceling account setup.

  • 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.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a crash during profile creation.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see an empty message box with an "OK" button when trying to contact support from the Account Creation context.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see an empty message box with an "OK" button when trying to contact support from the Account Creation context.

  • Addresses an issue that caused third party applications to be unable to send email.

  • Addresses an issue that caused categories to occasionally disappear from email messages.

  • Addresses an issue that caused Outlook users on server operating systems to see the error, "Antivirus status: Invalid. This version of Windows supports antivirus detection, but no antivirus was found" despite having anti virus properly configured.

  • Addresses an issue that caused delegates to see different folder hierarchies on different machines for shared mailboxes.

  • Addresses an issue that caused delegates to receive an error when editing an existing calendar appointment on a manager's calendar.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users with the incorrect browser emulation setting when to be unable to complete the authentication prompt for Gmail.

  • 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 experience a crash when trying to open .msg and .oft files after a Windows update.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to occasionally experience a crash when using the X button on the mouse.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a crash when selecting certain search results.

  • Addresses an issue that caused the Save to Cloud button to be missing from Attachment Tools.

  • This change restores the ability to view multi-line subjects in the message header.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a crash when two add-ins add a button to the same ribbon group.

  • Addresses an issue that caused links to fail to be added to emails with the correct tenant default permission when the tenant default permission is configured as "anyone".

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to be unable to address emails to a Personal Distribution List.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see message body truncation when forwarding large HTML messages.

  • Corrected an issue with SMIME algorithm selection.

  • We fixed an issue, which could have prevented files from being saved to a WebDAV location.

  • 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.

  • Addresses an issue that caused the body of an NDR message to change from Unicode to ASCII after editing the subject.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to observe a memory leak in the Outlook process.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see emails sent to an address that didn't match the displayed SMTP address in some circumstances.

  • Addresses an issue that caused the search box to be improperly aligned in high dpi mode.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience hangs in Outlook when retrieving Cloud Settings.

  • Addresses an issue that caused a hang in the Search Feedback experience.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see occasional crashes in Outlook.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience crashes when renaming a signature.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a crash during profile creation.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see occasional crashes in Outlook.

PowerPoint

  • Addressed an issue that may have caused a crash when using context menu in legacy PPT comments.

  • Improved a copy-paste scenario: Copying the Shape in powerpoint slide and paste it in other slide in a loop might fail with exception.

  • Fixes an issue to relay correct messaging for users who open a copy of a file that has improved comments.

Project

  • Fixed an issue where summary task dates weren't always getting calculated correctly.

  • Fixed an issue where the OnUndoOrRedo event doesn't fire without first running the OpenUndoTransaction method.

  • Fixed an issue where the ProjectBeforeTaskChange event does not detect when a task was inactivated/activated via the Inactivate button.

  • Fixed an issue where Project may crash when saving projects created with older versions of Project.

  • Identified an issue where users could get several messages when opening a read-only project

  • Fixed an issue where 100% tasks of type fixed duration may wrongly have their % complete calculated at less than 100% complete.

Word

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to occasionally experience a crash when using the X button on the mouse.

  • 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 with fit text in a table.

  • We fixed an issue where inserting horizontal lines are not shorter and centered.

  • Building blocks organizer may display an invalid alert: "You have modified styles, building blocks".

  • We fixed an issue in coautthoring if we enable policy FileBlick\Word2007Files.

  • We fixed an issue, which Word QuickPart doesn't work when adding lookup field that was renamed.

  • We fixed an issue when merging 2 documents into one document.

  • Fixed an issue with Compare feature for documents that were protected for editing.

  • This update fixes a problem in Microsoft Word where text longer than 255 characters inserted while applying a sensitivity label couldn't subsequently be identified and removed by changing or removing the label if the label policy applied a header or footer or watermark.

Office Suite

  • Fixed an issue where ​users can experience excessive network and CPU usage while coauthoring on large PowerPoint files.

  • This is a fix to address that Project app should not block network when the file is cached in the client.

  • We resolved this issue by updating the channel names in the backstage to the new channel names in the January 2020 Fork.

  • We have fixed this issue and going forward, if a device is policy-managed, it won't call the DMS Audience API.

  • We have resolved the issue where there is an incomplete removal when adding and removing apps in a single transaction.

  • Fix to bug in ODT and GPO Update Deadline setting where relative deadline only works the first time it is set, the fix enables the relative deadline for subsequent updates.

  • Resolves an issue where Office updates may have unexpectedly downloaded files from the Office CDN instead of the intended source, such as a local or network share, or Configuration Manager-provided location.

  • Fix to bug in ODT and GPO Update Deadline setting where relative deadline only works the first time it is set, the fix enables the relative deadline for subsequent updates.

  • We backported a new AppV51 drop to fix a regression in previous AppV51.

  • We have resolved the issue where an internal operation was throwing an exception on failure instead of logging and continuing on. The affected users won't be blocked from receiving updates anymore.

  • Our team has added client support for reporting telemetry on the Office CDN domains in Semi-Annual Enterprise Preview.

  • This change addresses reported problems with graphics adaptors that leverage the Intel Integrated GPU.

  • This change ensures Sketched outline works properly in the ribbon.

  • Fixed an issue while opening files from on-prem locations with some specific proxy configurations.

  • 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.

  • Fixed an issue that eliminates crashes during Office handoff sessions and improved reliability in the user experience.

  • This bug updates the enhanced configuration service (ECS) url endpoint. Calling this newer endpoint has a higher success rate for fetching from ECS.

  • This update fixes an issue with Microsoft Outlook not displaying the current sensitivity label when viewing or composing messages.

  • Fixes an issue when multiple documents are open in Word/Excel/PowerPoint from the same SharePoint library, only the first document opened are scanned for Policy compliance.

  • To protect Office customers’ security, Microsoft Office updates are now signed using the SHA-2 algorithm exclusively.

  • The office host was closing 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.

  • Resolved the issue where Access and Publisher might not boot correctly depending on, which languages were installed.

Version 1908: July 14

Version 1908 (Build 11929.20904)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Access

  • This update fixes an issue where aggregate like Sum may truncate the result to an integer value.

  • This update fixes an issue where a Union query that includes references to remote tables (for example, SQL Server tables) may cause Access to close and restart.

  • This update fixes an issue in Microsoft Access that may cause the error "Query is Corrupt" when an Update Query is run, or an UPDATE statement is used in SQL.

Excel

  • Dutch keytip for document title was changed to Alt-G.

  • Fixed an issue in Excel where macros assigned to shapes or form controls may show incorrect error message, or may work on incorrect target ranges.

  • Resolved an issue with Find and Replace that change where the focus was in the dialog after finding the first item.

  • This fixes an issue where changing the way a PivotTable is sorted and refreshing it while in a coauthoring session with other users could trigger a crash.

  • We fixed a problem when the filter for an OLAP PivotTable was set to a value that were removed from the cube.

  • This update fixes an issue that caused an error to occur whenever VBA was used to add an image to the header/footer of a chart.

  • We fixed an issue, which could have caused scatter line charts from rendering properly when changing the series collection

  • Fix to correct colors used in previews when inserting charts using chart templates.

  • Resolved an issue that caused Waterfall and Funnel charts to get out of sync with tables when cells were inserted or deleted.

  • Fixed a merge conflict issue in Excel that would result in users being prompted to reopen workbook to pick up the changes.

  • Resolved an issue that caused a macro run-time error activating minimized windows.

  • Resolved an issue with ribbon customization not loading when opening embedded workbook.

  • Resolved an issue that caused cut and paste operations next to a table to fail when co-authoring with others.

  • Resolved an issue that caused co-authoring interruptions when changing custom properties with running macros.

  • There was a problem in, which you would be unable to select items from combo box of a WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) form that was opened by an add-in.

  • Resolved an issue that may have caused a crash when searching for recent files while no workbook is open.

  • Fixed an issue where the border of a Group Box control wasn't visible in print preview or when printed.

  • Fixed an issue where some users may have experienced multiple pop-up windows when external links were present in the workbook.

  • Fixed a performance issue that users may have experienced when using a VBA macro to clear the contents of a range.

  • Fixed an issue with VBA in, which writing values to a range would be slower than expected.

  • Addresses an issue where the "Value Crosses At" property on chart axis unexpectedly changes when saving and re-opening a file.

  • 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 led to slow performance when deleting columns that contain merged cells.

  • Fixed a problem with scaling of text in form controls when displayed in Print Preview.

  • When copying data filtered by color to a column with a different width, the values wouldn't be pasted.

  • Fixed an issue where Excel could become unresponsive after using Ctrl+Shift+Arrow keys to scroll when the Excel window is shared through Teams.

  • Fixed a problem with the scaling of checkboxes in form controls when printed.

  • Fixed an issue where clicking a bookmarked hyperlink within the same workbook would cause the workbook to be hidden.

  • A crash could occur when trying to list changes on a new sheet for a workbook using legacy "Shared Workbook" mode.

  • Text to Column functionality may fail for some locales.

  • Users may encounter an error when accessing a hidden named range.

  • Users may encounter an error when saving changes while using some non-English character sets.

  • Fixed an issue where the file size of images in chart headers increased when the workbook containing the chart was saved.

  • Performance issue with Asynchronous User-Defined Functions that was causing them to be run Synchronously.

  • Significant improvements to the performance of deleting columns with merged cells.

  • Resolved an issue where selecting a cell after scrolling could result in the wrong cell being selected.

  • Resolved an issue where the Lookup function may return an error.

  • Fixed an issue that causes corruption of DBCS characters in cross referenced books by keeping the selection ranges in sync with the cross referenced book.

  • Resolved an issue that could cause check box controls to shrink when using autofit to adjust row height.

  • Issue with slow performance on clicking on the Font Color button when a file has extensive conditional formatting.

  • We fixed an issue where the print area in print preview wasn't correct.

  • Excel may have issues when editing a protected file from an untrusted network share.

  • We have significantly improved the performance of filtering by color.

  • Resolved an issue where workbooks created in earlier versions of Office could cause Excel to hang when opened in current versions of Office.

  • Enabled more than 16 add-ins to show when browsing in the add-in manager.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented Hyperlinks from being pasted in some protected sheets.

  • This change circumvents a problem with certain Intel graphics drivers by leveraging software rendering.

  • The links of cid: images from Outlook messages can now be successfully broken when requested.

  • This update fixes an error where Office documents may fail to upload to OneDrive for Business with the message "Upload Failed".

  • Fix issue in Excel Ideas feature, error when loading the add-in by clicking the Ideas button in Win32 client.

OneNote

  • Localizes the notification that allows the user to learn more about temporary measures being enacted in the OneNote user experience to improve sync and service stability.

Outlook

  • The links of cid: images from Outlook messages can now be successfully broken when requested.

  • Fixed an issue where users having their mailbox upgraded from basic to modern authentication were ending up with the wrong account associated with their Outlook profile.

  • Addresses an issue that caused web add ins to access Digital Rights Managed messages when they should not.

  • Addresses an issue that caused the simple-hover URLs to fail to display for some safelinks.

  • This updates the attachment blocking logic in Outlook to also block python attachments.

  • Addresses an issue that caused a subset of POP3 users to see all of their emails formatted at plain text, regardless of settings. This fix will restore the view of the HTML formatted messages.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a permission error when copying items from their primary calendar to a group calendar.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to be unable to access location suggestions via a screen reader.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see a noticeable delay when interacting with their mailbox folders through keyboard shortcuts.

  • Addresses an issue that caused a memory leak for very long Outlook sessions.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a crash when specifying an invalid From address.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see a "The rules on this computer do not match the rules on Microsoft Exchange" prompt when opening the Rules dialog.

  • Addresses an issue that would cause users to experience a crash in Outlook when interacting with certain safelinks.

  • Addresses an issue that caused ambiguity for managers around whether or not a delegate responded to a given meeting request.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a crash when processing some AutoDiscover responses.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see an empty message box with an "OK" button when trying to contact support from the Account Creation context.

  • This change allows administrators to enable a policy to prefer the provided account email in AutoDiscover auth prompts over the UPN. By default, AutoDiscover prefers the account UPN, when available.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see search failing against Modern Groups.

  • Addresses an issue that caused Outlook users to get stuck in the "Needs Password" state in certain scenarios.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience sync failures when processing conflict messages.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a crash when opening .msg and .oft files after applying a recent Windows update.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a hang at the "Loading Profile" screen when Outlook is starting up.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a crash when selecting certain search results.

  • Addresses an issue that caused the "Save to Cloud" button to be missing from Attachment Tools.

  • By default, retention policy labels display the retention time period in parenthesis. This provides a registry key to allow administrators to specify that only the policy name should be displayed. HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Preferences\HideRetentionPolicyDuration 0 = Default 1 = we will only show the PolicyName for Retention policy text.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a crash when shutting down Outlook.

  • Addresses an issue that caused customers to see an empty room list in some scenarios.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see intermittent crashes when changing views.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to have problems problems with shared calendar folders syncing to the OST, resulting in permission errors when they try to interact with these folders.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a crash when viewing more than 30 calendars in a Citrix environment. Here's the individual KB where this was documented for previous versions

  • Corrects an issue with SMIME algorithm selection.

  • Addresses an issue that caused Policy Tips to fail to display when using an alternate sender.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see room suggestions for meetings that occurred outside of that room's availability hours.

  • Addressed an issue for non-English users where the subject line in a mail would be incredibly small.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a crash when attempting to create a rule from a "Missed Conversation" message.

  • Addresses an issue that caused some users to see duplicate special folders created when adding a secondary Exchange account.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see message body truncation when forwarding large HTML messages.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to observe a memory leak in the Outlook process.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience intermittent crashes when updating presence information.

  • Addresses an issue that caused current folder search to intermittently fail.

  • Addresses an issue that caused some users to encounter authentication errors when trying to retrieve their cloud settings for Outlook.

  • Addresses an issue that caused a hang in the Search Feedback experience.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience a crash when processing some AutoDiscover responses.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to experience intermittent crashes when updating presence information.

PowerPoint

  • The links of cid: images from Outlook messages can now be successfully broken when requested.

  • This change restores the accessible name for PowerPoint video controls.

  • We fixed an issue, which could prevent some animations from starting

  • We fixed an issue when copying a slide from one presentation to another might create duplicate masters.

  • Improved a copy-paste scenario: Copying the Shape in powerpoint slide and paste it in other slide in a loop might fail with exception.

  • Fixed an issue with highlighter : White texts with dark highlighter colors are printed as black in Grayscale.

  • Files with new modern comments will show a yellow warning if opened in unsupported version.

  • Fixed an issue that was causing slower performance between collaboration users.

  • Reliability fix: Fixed an issue where third party add-in might crash PowerPoint.

  • Fixed an issue that can occur when a file being opened incrementally contains a slide with more than one embedded media stream.

  • We fixed an issue with Shape.Paste method: when user copies and paste the shape using Shape.Paste method it changes the selection to the pasted shape.

  • We fixed an issue where security warning message bar may not appear for untrusted add-ins on first launch of PowerPoint.

  • Fixed an issue where some add-ins would throw unexpected errors around shapes in charts.

  • Prevents PowerPoint users from running into error when trying to Present Online.

Project

  • Fixed an issue to enable users on Windows 7 to be able to open projects from Project Web App and SharePoint sites.

  • Identified an issue where users could get several messages when opening a read-only project.

  • Level All command doesn't properly resolve a resource overallocation.

  • An assignment with zero work on a task, the task may be unable to be marked complete and will always show up at 99%.

  • Fixed an issue where actual work may be different between the timesheet and project plan due to resource calendars not being updated when the base calendar changes.

Skype

  • Fixed title name for the tabbed conversation while more than one conversation is going on.

Visio

  • Export as SVG from Visio was failing for a variety of shapes.

Word

  • The links of cid: images from Outlook messages can now be successfully broken when requested.

  • We fixed an issue, which could have caused scaling issues when printing to Deskjet printers

  • We fixed an issue in Fit Text in Table.

  • We fixed an issue in track changes that sometimes go into infinite loop.

  • We fixed an issue where in some cases, saving an existing file always causes the Save As dialog and the file never actually saves.

  • We fixed an issue when merging 2 documents into one document.

  • Fixed an issue with Compare feature for documents that were protected for editing.

  • Fixes various issues where the app may hang on shutdown. Also fixes certain add-in related crashes.

Office Suite

  • Fixed an issue of incorrectly identifying the new era name “Reiwa” in Hiragana and Kanji as a misspelled or ungrammatical expression.

  • Fixed an issue, which caused users to get this message "Sorry, something is preventing us from sharing this" when trying to share files stored on SharePoint 2016.

  • Fixed issue that could cause data loss in sessions that involved both coauthoring and offline editing in PowerPoint.

  • This is a fix for a crash that users could hit on opening a file.

  • In some instances, a sync-engine backed sharepoint file could show 'Saved' but not have actually saved any changes, resulting in data loss.

  • Resolved an issue where users may be unable to save Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents. This issue affects users that create a new file and bring up the "Save as Dialog" option after clicking on the Save icon or pressing Ctrl + S.

  • Fixes a crash in Word by moving away from a deprecated API.

  • Fixing an issue where half-width katakana characters weren't rotating properly when in vertical text boxes in PowerPoint.

  • Fixed a perf issue on Win7 where the insert shapes gallery from the ribbon in all apps took approximately 4 seconds to appear.

  • Fixed a bug where accessibility information wasn't being displayed in the Info Place slab of the backstage.

  • Improves reliability of the Office update process concerning registry integrity.

  • We have updated the channel names for the January and July 2019 forks to the new channel names.

  • Corrects an issue where updates may have been unexpectedly blocked on metered networks.

  • Fix to bug in ODT and GPO Update Deadline setting where relative deadline only works the first time it is set, the fix enables the relative deadline for subsequent updates.

  • In certain circumstances, Office shortcuts may disappear following an update. This update improves reliability when publishing of Office shortcuts.

  • Resolves an issue where Office updates may have unexpectedly downloaded files from the Office CDN instead of the intended source, such as a local or network share, or Configuration Manager-provided location.

  • Resolves an issue where an update wouldn't apply in certain cases where the user isn't an administrator and the System account didn't have network connectivity.

  • Fixed an issue where Office update messages appear in a different language than expected. Going forward, Office update messages will correctly match the Windows display language.

  • Improved reliability when downloading Office updates by resuming downloads, which may have been previously interrupted.

  • Address issues related to Textbox/Shape Autofit property in third-party plug-ins.

  • This change addresses correctly rendering images after opening a corrupted file.

  • This change addresses slow rendering of some scatter charts with markers.

  • We fixed an issue where large tree views could result in a crash

  • 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.

  • To protect Office customers' security, Microsoft Office updates are now signed using the SHA-2 algorithm exclusively.

  • To protect Office customers' security, Microsoft Office updates are now signed using the SHA-2 algorithm exclusively.

Version 1902: July 14

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20624)

Security updates listed here.

Version 1908: June 09

Version 1908 (Build 11929.20838)

Security updates listed here.

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.

  • Fixed a problem with the scaling of checkboxes in form controls when printed.

  • A crash could occur when trying to list changes on a new sheet for a workbook using legacy "Shared Workbook" mode.

Outlook

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to see message body truncation when forwarding large HTML messages.

Office Suite

  • We have updated the channel names for the January and July 2019 forks to the new channel names.

Version 1902: June 09

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20602)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Office Suite

  • We have updated the channel names for the January and July 2019 forks to the new channel names.

  • We removed obsolete references from the baseline files that were breaking the C2R Build.

Version 1908: May 12

Version 1908 (Build 11929.20776)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • When copying data filtered by color to a column with a different width, the values would not be pasted.

Outlook

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when opening msg and .oft files after applying a recent Windows update.

Word

  • We fixed an issue when merging 2 documents into one document.

  • Fixed an issue with Compare feature for documents that were protected for editing.

Version 1902: May 12

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20586)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Outlook

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when opening .msg and .oft files after applying a recent Windows update.

  • By default, retention policy labels display the retention time period in parenthesis. This provides a registry key to allow administrators to specify that only the policy name should be displayed. HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Preferences\HideRetentionPolicyDuration. 0 = Default. 1 = we will only show the PolicyName for Retention policy text.

Version 1908: May 04

Version 1908 (Build 11929.20752)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Outlook

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when selecting certain search results.

  • Addressed an issue that caused the "Save to Cloud" button to be missing from Attachment Tools.

  • By default, retention policy labels display the retention time period in parenthesis. This provides a registry key to allow administrators to specify that only the policy name should be displayed. HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Preferences\HideRetentionPolicyDuration. 0 = Default 1 = we will only show the PolicyName for Retention policy text.

Office Suite

  • 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.

Version 1902: May 04

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20572)

Resolved issues

Office Suite

  • 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.

Version 1908: April 26

Version 1908 (Build 11929.20736)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • Fixed a performance issue that users may have experienced when using a VBA macro to clear the contents of a range.

  • Fixed an issue with VBA in, which writing values to a range would be slower than expected.

  • Addressed an issue where the "Value Crosses At" property on chart axis unexpectedly changes when saving and re-opening a file.

  • Workbooks saved with a digital signature in Excel 2016 could have the signature invalidated upon opening in the current version of Excel.

OneNote

  • Localizes the notification that allows the user to learn more about temporary measures being enacted in the OneNote user experience to improve sync and service stability.

Version 1908: April 14

Version 1908 (Build 11929.20708)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • Fixed an issue, which led to slow performance when deleting columns that contain merged cells.

  • Fixed a problem with scaling of text in form controls when displayed in Print Preview.

Skype

  • Fixed title name for the tabbed conversation while more than one conversation is going on.

Outlook

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when shutting down Outlook.

  • Addressed an issue that caused customers to see an empty room list in some scenarios.

PowerPoint

  • Fixed an issue with highlighter : White texts with dark highlighter colors are printed as black in Grayscale.

Word

  • Fixed an issue in Fit Text in Table.

Version 1902: April 14

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20564)

Security updates listed here.

Version 1908: March 10

Version 1908 (Build 11929.20648)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • Fixed an issue where some users may have experienced multiple pop-up windows when external links were present in the workbook.

  • Text to Column functionality may fail for some locales.

  • Users may encounter an error when accessing a hidden named range.

PowerPoint

  • We fixed an issue with Shape.Paste method: when user copies and paste the shape using Shape.Paste method it changes the selection to the pasted shape.

Word

  • We fixed an issue where in some cases, saving an existing file always causes the Save As dialog and the file never actually saves.

Office Suite

  • This change addresses slow rendering of some scatter charts with markers.

Version 1902: March 10

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20554)

Security updates listed here.

Version 1908: February 11

Version 1908 (Build 11929.20606)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • This update fixes an issue that caused an error to occur whenever VBA was used to add an image to the header/footer of a chart.

  • Fixed an issue where the border of a Group Box control wasn't visible in print preview or when printed.

  • Users may encounter an error when saving changes while using some non-English character sets.

  • Fixed an issue where the file size of images in chart headers increased when the workbook containing the chart was saved.

  • Fixed an issue that causes corruption of DBCS characters in cross referenced books by keeping the selection ranges in sync with the cross referenced book.

  • Resolved an issue that could cause check box controls to shrink when using autofit to adjust row height.

Outlook

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when specifying an invalid From address.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience sync failures when processing conflict messages.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a hang at the Loading Profile screen when Outlook is starting up.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to see intermittent crashes when changing views.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when viewing more than 30 calendars in a Citrix environment. Here is the individual KB where this was documented for previous versions.

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to have problems problems with shared calendar folders syncing to the OST, resulting in permission errors when they try to interact with these folders.

PowerPoint

  • Improved a copy-paste scenario Copying the Shape in powerpoint slide and paste it in other slide in a loop might fail with exception.

  • Fixed an issue that was causing slower performance between collaboration users.

  • Fixed an issue that can occur when a file being opened incrementally contains a slide with more than one embedded media stream.

  • We fixed an issue where security warning message bar may not appear for untrusted add-ins on first launch of PowerPoint.

Project

  • Fixed an issue where actual work may be different between the timesheet and project plan due to resource calendars not being updated when the base calendar changes.

Word

  • Fixed a crash in Word by moving away from a deprecated API.

Office Suite

  • This change addresses correctly rendering images after opening a corrupted file.

Version 1902: February 11

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20526)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Outlook

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to encounter encryption algorithm isn't supported errors when sending an encrypted email.

Word

  • Fixed a crash in Word by moving away from a deprecated API.

Version 1808: February 11

Version 1808 (Build 10730.20438)

Security updates listed here.

Version 1908: January 14

Version 1908 (Build 11929.20562)

Security updates listed here.

Feature updates

Access

  • Keep tabs on your database objects: Clearly see the active tab, easily drag tabs to rearrange them, and close database objects with just one click.

  • Switch seamlessly: The new account manager shows all of your Office 365 work and personal accounts in one place. Switching between them has never been easier. Learn more

  • Zoom with more room: Make the Zoom box bigger, change the font, and Zoom remembers it all. Learn more

Excel

  • Switch seamlessly: The new account manager shows all of your Office 365 work and personal accounts in one place. Switching between them has never been easier. Learn more

  • Increase the reach of your content: Need to make your presentations accessible? Let the accessibility checker keep an eye on it for you, without getting in the way. Try it by clicking Review > Check Accessibility – we’ll tell you when we find something you need to look at in the status bar.

  • Find that file fast: Looking for a file you worked on recently? Just type in the Search box on the File > Home page to find the file you're looking for.

  • Watch your worksheet come alive: Insert animated 3D graphics to see hearts beat, planets orbit, and T-Rex rampage through the workbook. Learn more

  • Discover more about your data: The new Ideas button looks for patterns in your data, and uses them to create intelligent, personalized suggestions. Learn more

  • Collaboration just got easier: Co-authoring improvements mean that when working with conditional formatting, cell styles, and more, your changes are merged seamlessly with those of your collaborators.

  • Join tables on similar columns: Get & Transform (Power Query) now features approximate text matching logic (also called fuzzy matching) when comparing columns for merging tables. Learn more

  • Code quickly with Power Query enhancements: Get to code completion quickly with auto-complete and syntax coloring. Easily discover functions, columns, and parameters, too.

  • Search and enjoy: We've added Search to Insert Icons to make it easy to find the icon you want. And when you're selecting, the Insert button tells you how many you've picked. Learn more

Outlook

  • We’ve updated the Outlook user experience for you: A simplified experience, previously available for preview with Coming Soon, designed to help you focus on what matters most. Learn more

  • A simplified ribbon that's customizable, too: Enjoy a streamlined, single row of the most frequently used buttons. Easily switch between classic and Simplified views, and pin/unpin commands. Learn more

  • Keep working while moving messages: Outlook now moves messages in the background, so you can keep working while moving lots of messages between folders.

  • Build in time between back-to-back meetings: Give attendees time to catch their breath or travel between locations by setting meetings to end 5-10 minutes early by default.

  • Pick your favorite action: Don't use Flag and Delete? How about Archive or Mark as Read? Customize the quick action menu with the commands you use most.

  • They'll see what you meme: When text or static images just won't do, use an animated GIF to make your point. Learn more

  • A quicker way to add accounts: Thanks to account setup improvements, it's easier than ever to add Outlook.com and Gmail accounts that use 2-factor authentication to Outlook. Learn more

  • Say goodbye to sync limits: Outlook improvements mean the folder limit is gone so go ahead and synchronize your shared mailboxes.

  • Search and enjoy: We've added Search to Insert Icons to make it easy to find the icon you want. And when you're selecting, the Insert button tells you how many you've picked. Learn more

PowerPoint

  • Better shapeshifting: Name your shapes for more control over how they morph. Learn more

  • Find that file fast: Looking for a file you worked on recently? Just type in the Search box on the File > Home page to find the file you're looking for.

  • Increase the reach of your content: Need to make your presentations accessible? Let the accessibility checker keep an eye on it for you, without getting in the way. Try it by clicking Review > Check Accessibility – we’ll tell you when we find something you need to look at in the status bar.

  • Switch seamlessly: The new account manager shows all of your Office 365 work and personal accounts in one place. Switching between them has never been easier. Learn more

  • Online videos have a new home: Save a video to Microsoft Stream so anyone in your organization can see it. Insert the video link and enjoy a multimedia presentation at a fraction of the file size. Learn more

  • Save your changes as they happen: Upload your file to OneDrive to make sure all your updates are saved automatically.

  • Ask your audience with a quiz or survey: Put a quiz or survey on a slide. Office collects and stores the responses for you. Learn more

  • Inserting an online video is easier than ever: Want to put a video from Vimeo or YouTube on your slide? The video page link is all you need. Learn more

  • Search and enjoy: We've added Search to Insert Icons to make it easy to find the icon you want. And when you're selecting, the Insert button tells you how many you've picked. Learn more

Project

  • Switch seamlessly: The new account manager shows all of your Office 365 work and personal accounts in one place. Switching between them has never been easier. Learn more

Visio

  • Export process diagrams to Word: Automatically add diagram content, such as shapes and metadata, to a Word document. Then customize the document to create process guidelines and operation manuals. Learn more

  • Double-take on data flowcharts: Gorgeous new layouts for Data Visualizer flowcharts are clean, crisp, and easy to understand. Click the Design tab for options.

  • Azure stencils built right in: Design a cloud app or plan an architecture using dozens of Azure stencils. Learn more

  • Say goodbye to broken Excel links: Can't find the Excel workbook linked to your Data Visualizer diagram? Relink it, and you're back in business. Learn more

  • Switch seamlessly: The new account manager shows all of your Office 365 work and personal accounts in one place. Switching between them has never been easier. Learn more

  • Export Visio visuals from Power BI: Visio Visual for Power BI displays properly when you export Power BI reports as PDFs, PowerPoint files, and more. Learn more

Word

  • Learning Tools mode has support for more page colors: Learning Tools in Word adds support for more page theme colors, which allows the changing of the background color of the page. Many people have challenges reading with an all-white or all-black background, so we’ve expanded the choice of colors in Word on PC and Mac.

  • Editing comes naturally with Ink Editor: With a single stroke, split or join words, add a new line, or insert words using your pen. Learn more

  • Take your doc from static to stunning: Transform your document into an interactive, easy-to-share web page that looks great on any device. Learn more

  • Increase the reach of your content: Need to make your documents accessible? Let the accessibility checker keep an eye on it for you, without getting in the way. Try it by clicking Review > Check Accessibility – we’ll tell you when we find something you need to look at in the status bar.

  • Find that file fast: Looking for a file you worked on recently? Just type in the Search box on the File > Home page to find the file you're looking for.

  • Switch seamlessly: The new account manager shows all of your Office 365 work and personal accounts in one place. Switching between them has never been easier. Learn more

  • Improve comprehension with Line Focus: Move through a document line by line without distractions. Adjust the focus to put one, three, or five lines in view at a time. Learn more

  • Save your changes as they happen: Upload your file to OneDrive to make sure all your updates are saved automatically.

  • Get Their Attention with @Mentions: Use @mentions in comments to let co-workers know when you need their input. Learn more

  • Search and enjoy: We've added Search to Insert Icons to make it easy to find the icon you want. And when you're selecting, the Insert button tells you how many you've picked. Learn more

Office Suite

  • Find that file fast: Looking for a file you worked on recently? Just type in the Search box on the File > Open tab to find the file you're looking for.

  • Save your changes as they happen: Upload your file to OneDrive to make sure all your updates are saved automatically.

  • Privacy controls: New, updated, and improved controls for diagnostic data and connected experiences. Learn more

  • Office icons have a new look: The Office icons have been redesigned to reflect simple, powerful, and intelligent Office experiences.

  • Installation of Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams is installed by default for existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus. Learn more

Resolved issues

Access

  • This update fixes an issue where aggregate like Sum may truncate the result to an integer value.

  • This update fixes an issue where a Union query that includes references to remote tables (for example, SQL Server tables) may cause Access to close and restart.

  • This update fixes an issue in Microsoft Access that may cause the error "Query is Corrupt" when an Update Query is run, or an UPDATE statement is used in SQL.

Excel

  • Dutch keytip for document title was changed to Alt-G.

  • Fixed an issue in Excel where macros assigned to shapes or form controls may show incorrect error message, or may work on incorrect target ranges.

  • Resolved an issue with Find and Replace that change where the focus was in the dialog after finding the first item.

  • This fixes an issue where changing the way a PivotTable is sorted and refreshing it while in a coauthoring session with other users could trigger a crash.

  • We fixed a problem when the filter for an OLAP PivotTable was set to a value that was removed from the cube.

  • Fix to correct colors used in previews when inserting charts using chart templates.

  • We fixed an issue, which could have caused scatter line charts from rendering properly when changing the series collection.

  • Resolved an issue that caused Waterfall and Funnel charts to get out of sync with tables when cells were inserted or deleted.

  • Fixed a merge conflict issue in Excel that would result in users being prompted to reopen workbook to pick up the changes.

  • Resolved an issue with ribbon customization not loading when opening embedded workbook.

  • Resolved an issue that caused a macro run-time error activating minimized windows.

  • Resolved an issue with ribbon customization not loading when opening embedded workbook.

  • Resolved an issue that caused cut and paste operations next to a table to fail when co-authoring with others.

  • Resolved an issue that caused co-authoring interruptions when changing custom properties with running macros.

  • There was a problem in, which you would be unable to select items from combo box of a WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) form that was opened by an add-in.

  • Resolved an issue that may have caused a crash when searching for recent files while no workbook is open.

  • Performance issue with Asynchronous User-Defined Functions that was causing them to be run Synchronously.

  • Significant improvements to the performance of deleting columns with merged cells.

  • Resolved an issue where selecting a cell after scrolling could result in the wrong cell being selected.

  • Resolved an issue where the Lookup function may return an error.

  • Resolved an issue where workbooks created in earlier versions of Office could cause Excel to hang when opened in current versions of Office.

  • Issue with slow performance on clicking on the Font Color button when a file has extensive conditional formatting.

  • We fixed an issue where the print area in print preview wasn't correct.

  • Excel may have issues when editing a protected file from an untrusted network share.

  • We have significantly improved the performance of filtering by color.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented Hyperlinks from being pasted in some protected sheets.

  • Enabled more than 16 add-ins to show when browsing in the add-in manager.

  • This change circumvents a problem with certain Intel graphics drivers by leveraging software rendering.

  • The links of cid: images from Outlook messages can now be successfully broken when requested.

  • This update fixes an error where Office documents may fail to upload to OneDrive for Business with the message "Upload Failed".

  • Fix issue in Excel Ideas feature, error when loading the add-in by clicking the Ideas button in Win32 client.

Outlook

  • The links of cid: images from Outlook messages can now be successfully broken when requested.

  • Fixed an issue where users having their mailbox upgraded from basic to modern authentication were ending up with the wrong account associated with their Outlook profile.

  • Addressed an issue that caused web add ins to access Digital Rights Managed messages when they should not.

  • Addressed an issue that caused the simple-hover URLs to fail to display for some safelinks.

  • This updates the attachment blocking logic in Outlook to also block python attachments.

  • Addressed an issue that caused a subset of POP3 users to see all of their emails formatted at plain text, regardless of settings. This fix will restore the view of the HTML formatted messages.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a permission error when copying items from their primary calendar to a group calendar.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to be unable to access location suggestions via a screen reader.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to see a noticeable delay when interacting with their mailbox folders through keyboard shortcuts.

  • Addressed an issue that caused a memory leak for very long Outlook sessions.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to see a "The rules on this computer do not match the rules on Microsoft Exchange" prompt when opening the Rules dialog.

  • Addressed an issue that would cause users to experience a crash in Outlook when interacting with certain safelinks.

  • Addressed an issue that caused ambiguity for managers around whether or not a delegate responded to a given meeting request.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when processing some AutoDiscover responses.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to see an empty message box with an "OK" button when trying to contact support from the Account Creation context.

  • This change allows administrators to enable a policy to prefer the provided account email in AutoDiscover auth prompts over the UPN. By default, AutoDiscover prefers the account UPN, when available.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to see search failing against Modern Groups.

  • Addressed an issue that caused Outlook users to get stuck in the "Needs Password" state in certain scenarios.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to see room suggestions for meetings that occurred outside of that room's availability hours.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to encounter "encryption algorithm isn't supported" errors when sending an encrypted email.

  • Addressed an issue for non-English users where the subject line in a mail would be incredibly small.

  • Addressed an issue that caused some users to see duplicate special folders created when adding a secondary Exchange account.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when attempting to create a rule from a "Missed Conversation" message.

  • Corrected an issue with SMIME algorithm selection.

  • Addressed an issue that caused Policy Tips to fail to display when using an alternate sender.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to observe a memory leak in the Outlook process.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience intermittent crashes when updating presence information.

  • Addressed an issue that caused current folder search to intermittently fail.

  • Addressed an issue that caused some users to encounter authentication errors when trying to retrieve their cloud settings for Outlook.

  • Addressed an issue that caused a hang in the Search Feedback experience.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when processing some AutoDiscover responses.

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to experience intermittent crashes when updating presence information.

PowerPoint

  • Fixed an issue where some add-ins would throw unexpected errors around shapes in charts.

  • The links of cid: images from Outlook messages can now be successfully broken when requested.

  • This change restores the accessible name for PowerPoint video controls.

  • We fixed an issue, which could prevent some animations from starting.

  • We fixed an issue when copying a slide from one presentation to another might create duplicate masters.

  • Files with new modern comments will show a yellow warning if opened in unsupported version

  • Reliability fix: Fixed an issue where third party add-in might crash PowerPoint.

  • Fixed an issue where half-width katakana characters weren't rotating properly when in vertical text boxes in PowerPoint.

Project

  • Fixed an issue to enable users on Windows 7 to be able to open projects from Project Web App and SharePoint sites.

  • Identified an issue where users could get several messages when opening a read-only project.

  • Level All command doesn't properly resolve a resource overallocation.

  • An assignment with zero work on a task, the task may be unable to be marked complete and will always show up at 99%.

Visio

  • Export as SVG from Visio was failing for a variety of shapes.

Word

  • This change will lead to performance improvements in opening documents using Word.

  • The links of cid: images from Outlook messages can now be successfully broken when requested.

  • We fixed an issue, which could have caused scaling issues when printing to Deskjet printers.

  • We fixed an issue in track changes that sometimes go into infinite loop.

  • Fixed various issues where the app may hang on shutdown. Also fixes certain add-in related crashes.

Office Suite

  • Fixed an issue of incorrectly identifying the new era name “Reiwa” in Hiragana and Kanji as a misspelled or ungrammatical expression.

  • Fixed an issue, which caused users to get this message "Sorry, something is preventing us from sharing this" when trying to share files stored on SharePoint 2016.

  • Fixed issue that could cause data loss in sessions that involved both coauthoring and offline editing in PowerPoint.

  • This is a fix for a crash that users could hit on opening a file.

  • Prevents PowerPoint users from running into error when trying to Present Online.

  • In some instances, a sync-engine backed sharepoint file could show 'Saved' but not have actually saved any changes, resulting in data loss.

  • Resolved an issue where users may be unable to save Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents. This issue affects users that create a new file and bring up the "Save as Dialog" option after clicking on the Save icon or pressing Ctrl + S.

  • Fixed a perf issue on Win7 where the insert shapes gallery from the ribbon in all apps took approximately 4 seconds to appear.

  • Fixed a bug where accessibility information wasn't being displayed in the Info Place slab of the backstage.

  • Improves reliability of the Office update process concerning registry integrity.

  • Resolved an issue where Office updates may have unexpectedly downloaded files from the Office CDN instead of the intended source, such as a local or network share, or Configuration Manager-provided location.

  • Fixed an issue where Office update messages appear in a different language than expected. Going forward, Office update messages will correctly match the Windows display language.

  • Resolved an issue where an update wouldn't apply in certain cases where the user isn't an administrator and the System account didn't have network connectivity.

  • In certain circumstances, Office shortcuts may disappear following an update. This update improves reliability when publishing of Office shortcuts.

  • Corrected an issue where updates may have been unexpectedly blocked on metered networks.

  • Fix to bug in ODT and GPO Update Deadline setting where relative deadline only works the first time it is set, the fix enables the relative deadline for subsequent updates.

  • Improved reliability when downloading Office updates by resuming downloads, which may have been previously interrupted.

  • Addressed issues related to Textbox/Shape Autofit property in third-party plug-ins.

  • We fixed an issue where large tree views could result in a crash.

  • To protect Office customers' security, Microsoft Office updates are now signed using the SHA-2 algorithm exclusively.

Version 1902: January 14

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20512)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • Resolved an issue with ribbon customization not loading when opening embedded workbook.

Outlook

  • Addresses an issue that caused users to encounter "encryption algorithm isn't supporte" errors when sending an encrypted email.

PowerPoint

  • Files with new modern comments will show a yellow warning if opened in unsupported version.

Word

  • This change will lead to performance improvements in opening documents using Word.

Version 1808: January 14

Version 1808 (Build 10730.20432)

Security updates listed here.

Version 1902: December 10

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20492)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • This change circumvents a problem with certain Intel graphics drivers by leveraging software rendering.

Outlook

  • Calendar items for next year may display an incorrect time in Outlook. Learn More

  • Addresses an issue that caused customers to encounter a crash when attempting to create a rule from a "missed conversation" message.

PowerPoint

  • Fixed an issue related to printing in notes page with layout issues in some cases.

Version 1808: December 10

Version 1808 (Build 10730.20426)

Resolved issues

Outlook

  • Calendar items for next year may display an incorrect time in Outlook. Learn More

Version 1902: November 22

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20480)

Resolved issues

Access

  • Fixed an issue where running an Update query would incorrectly give an error message: "Query is corrupt".

Outlook

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to observe memory leaks when toast notifications were enabled.

Office Suite

  • With this change, syncing won't be throttled for sync errors that are not related to throttling.

Version 1808: November 22

Version 1808 (Build 10730.20422)

Access

  • Fixed an issue where running an Update query would incorrectly give an error message: "Query is corrupt".

Version 1902: November 12

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20468)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Excel

  • Resolved an issue that was causing delays in displaying typed values after deleting a range.
  • Resolved an issue where workbooks created in earlier versions of Office could cause Excel to hang when opened in current versions of Office.

Outlook

  • Addressed an issue that caused users to observe memory leaks when toast notifications were enabled.
  • Addressed an issue that caused customers to notice a memory leak in Outlook.

PowerPoint

  • Reliability fix: Fixed an issue where third party add-in might cause PowerPoint to fail.

Word

  • We fixed an issue with font changed to MS Mincho when trying to finalize some special characters.

Office Suite

  • Fixed a perf issue on Win7 where the insert shapes gallery from the ribbon in all apps took approximately 4 seconds to appear.
  • Fixed an issue where Start Menu shortcuts and Office file extensions would unexpectedly disappear following an update.
  • To protect Office customers' security, Microsoft Office updates are now signed using the SHA-2 algorithm exclusively.

Version 1808: November 12

Version 1808 (Build 10730.20416)

Security updates listed here.

Resolved issues

Outlook

  • Addresses an issue that caused users with a "mail to keep offline setting" of anything other than "All" to see data loss when moving items outside of the sync window from a local store to Exchange Online mailbox.

Office Suite

  • To protect Office customers' security, Microsoft Office updates are now signed using the SHA-2 algorithm exclusively.

Version 1902: October 08

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20438)

Security updates listed here.

Nonsecurity updates

Excel

  • Resolved an issue that prevented Hyperlinks from being pasted in some protected sheets.

Project

  • Fixed an issue when the PDF of XPS file isn't created in the following scenario: You open a project.You click the File menu, click Export and click the Create PDF/XPS button. Within the Browse dialog box, you enter a file name and click OK.

Word

  • Fixed an issue where JAWS on Windows current builds won't announce words when using Caps + Right arrow.

Office Suite

  • Users are able to save Office files synced by the OneDrive sync client with missing required properties. The document properties will continue to be available for viewing and editing through the document backstage by going to File>Info. This change will lead to performance improvements.

  • Fixed an issue where "Fix my account" notification does not disappear after signing-in successfully.

Version 1808: October 08

Version 1808 (Build 10730.20386)

Security updates listed here.

Version 1902: September 10

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20420)

Security updates listed here.

Nonsecurity updates

Access

  • Fixed an issue that caused certain queries in Microsoft Access to run more slowly than in previous builds.

Outlook

  • Fixed temporary service issue that caused users to see the error "can't find this file. Verify the path and file name are correct" when using cloud attachments. Learn more

  • Fixed an issue that caused users to see uploaded files from Outlook to OneDrive or Sharepoint have the file name changed where several characters replaced by underscores.

Word

  • Fixed an issue where users would get error messages while collaborating with others on a Word document.

Version 1808: September 10

Version 1808 (Build 10730.20380)

Security updates listed here.

Nonsecurity updates

Access

  • Fixed an issue that caused certain queries in Microsoft Access to run more slowly than in previous builds.

Version 1902: August 13

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20392)

Security updates listed here.

Excel: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue where the clear filter icon was shown for both filtered and unfiltered Slicers in tables.

Outlook: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue where users having their mailbox upgraded from basic to modern authentication were ending up with the wrong account associated with

PowerPoint: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue where the application could unexpectedly terminate while collaborating on a document with other users.

Word: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue, which VBA updating fields were slow.
  • Fixed in issue when opening some DOC file, it says it is corrupt.
  • Fixed an issue where the application could unexpectedly terminate while collaborating on a document with other users.

Office Suite: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue in, which Setting API doesn't work in the Office JavaScript library in certain scenarios Learn More

Version 1808 August 13

Version 1808 (Build 10730.20370)

Security updates listed here.

Office Suite: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue in, which Setting API doesn't work in the Office JavaScript library in certain scenarios Learn More

Version 1803 August 13

Version 1803 (Build 9126.2432)

Security updates listed here.

Office Suite: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue in, which Setting API doesn't work in the Office JavaScript library in certain scenarios Learn More

Version 1902: July 09

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20368) Security updates listed here.

Access: Feature updates

  • Refresh, relink, or remove linked tables: The updated Linked Table Manager is the location for managing all data sources and linked tables. Learn more
  • Paint it black, paint it gray: Change the look of Access as often as you like. Four themes to choose from: Colorful, Dark Gray, Black, or White. Learn more
  • Office has a new look: Office apps now have modern icons that are simpler and more accessible, and the ribbon has updated visuals that highlight the rich collaboration features available in Office apps.

Excel: Feature updates

  • Get a faster start The newly designed Start Page puts your recently opened documents front and center. Get to files in fewer clicks, and open Account settings or Options right from here.
  • Collaborate with comments: Keep the conversation going right in your spreadsheet with the built-in reply box. Learn more
  • Your ribbon icons have a new look: Don't worry, everything works the same. Plus, they look great on screens of all sizes. Learn more
  • Ability to insert SVG's with filters applied: Office users now have the ability to insert SVG's that have filters applied to them. Learn more
  • Reveal what's behind a picture: Put a picture in a worksheet, pick your preset, and watch the transparency change. That's it! Learn more
  • Calling all Get & Transform fans: If you use Get & Transform a lot, you'll be happy to know that the Column From Example feature was improved. And, many connectors have been improved as well. Learn more
  • Improved support for high definition displays: If you use multiple monitors or a laptop dock, Office apps look crisp on every display, even if the displays have different scaling settings. Learn more
  • Speedy Lookup We've turbo-charged your VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, and MATCH calculations so you can get answers faster. Learn more

Outlook: Feature updates

  • Use Read Aloud to listen to your email: Outlook can read your email aloud, highlighting text as it's read. To turn on Read Aloud, go to the Ease of Access settings. Learn more
  • Type hands-free: Got a microphone? Click Dictate and watch Outlook type while you talk. Learn more
  • Your ribbon icons have a new look: Don't worry, everything works the same. Plus, they look great on screens of all sizes. Learn more
  • Block download of external content by default in SMIME encrypted and signed emails: Due to a vulnerability in the SMIME protocol - Outlook will block download of external content on messages that have been encrypted or signed over SMIME. Users won't be able to single-click download external content through Outlook UI to protect from the security vulnerability. There is a new option in the Options dialog to allow for users to revert to old behavior.
  • Turn off forwarding for a meeting: Prevent attendees from forwarding your meeting to others. Just go to the ribbon and click Response Options. Learn more
  • People suggestions in the Scheduling Assistant: See recommendations for attendees to add when you schedule a meeting. No more switching back and forth between the Scheduling Assistant and the To line. Learn more
  • Reserving a room just got easier: Look for a conference room using more than one room list - and switch lists without losing rooms you've selected.
  • New default for range of recurrence: For the Recurrence dialog, the range of recurrence used to default for "No end date". This facilitated the creation of long-running recurring series, which can become corrupted over time. We are updating the default for the Recurrence dialog to "End by", such that our default value matches recommended best practices for calendaring.
  • Join Teams meetings from the Outlook Reminders dialog: When Outlook reminds users of an upcoming meeting, it will show a Join Online button if the upcoming meeting is a Teams online meeting. This is similar to the experience of joining a Skype for Business meeting from the Outlook Reminders dialog.
  • Stop seeing reminders for past events: You can set your calendar to automatically dismiss reminders for events after they've ended. Learn more
  • See the URL behind Safe Links: Safe Links protects you from malicious URLS received in email but they hide the original URL. To see the original, hover your mouse over the URL. Requires an Advanced Threat Protection license. Learn more
  • Zoom and stick: Instead of adjusting Zoom each time you read a message, choose a default to use for all your messages. Learn more
  • Message Encryption: encrypt-only IRM policy: New encrypt-only option appears in the Options > Permissions menu for Office 365 Message Encryption users. This option allows you to encrypt a message and send it to anyone, inside or outside your organization.
  • Warning when you've been BCC'ed: The BCC infotip will warn you before you accidentally reply all to a mail that you've been blind carbon copied on.
  • A smarter To: line: When you click the To: line to address a message, we suggest recipients you're likely to choose. Plus, you can see their picture, so you know yo're sending to the right person. Learn more
  • Ability to insert SVG's with filters applied: Office users now have the ability to insert SVG's that have filters applied to them. Learn more
  • Improved support for high definition displays: If you use multiple monitors or a laptop dock, Office apps look crisp on every display, even if the displays have different scaling settings. Learn more

PowerPoint: Feature updates

  • Get a faster start The newly designed Start Page puts your recently opened documents front and center. Get to files in fewer clicks, and open Account settings or Options right from here.
  • Type hands-free: Got a microphone? Click Dictate and watch PowerPoint type while you talk. Learn more
  • Your ribbon icons have a new look: Don't worry, everything works the same. Plus, they look great on screens of all sizes. Learn more
  • Improved support for high definition displays: If you use multiple monitors or a laptop dock, Office app look crisp on every display, even if the displays have different scaling settings. Learn more
  • Hyperlinks in living color: Hyperlinks aren't just blue anymore. Apply any font color you like. Learn more
  • Watch your slides come alive: Insert animated 3D graphics to see hearts beat, planets orbit, and T-Rex rampage across the screen. Learn more
  • You sketch, we polish: We change hand-drawn text and shapes into refined diagrams. Just select your ink strokes to get started. Learn more
  • Reveal what's behind a picture: Put a picture in a worksheet, pick your preset, and watch the transparency change. That's it! Learn more
  • Publish to Microsoft Stream: Share a presentation as a video more securely within your organization by using Microsoft Stream. Learn more
  • Export to 4K video: When you export a presentation to video, 4K resolution is now an option. Learn more
  • Ability to insert SVG's with filters applied: Office users now have the ability to insert SVG's that have filters applied to them. Learn more
  • Large files now open faster: Images, videos, and other large elements now download in the background when opening files stored on OneDrive or SharePoint.

Word: Feature updates

  • Get a faster start The newly designed Start Page puts your recently opened documents front and center. Get to files in fewer clicks, and open Account settings or Options right from here.
  • Type hands-free: Got a microphone? Click Dictate and watch Word type while you talk. Learn more
  • Watch your documents come alive: Insert animated 3D graphics to see hearts beat, planets orbit, and T-Rex rampage across the page. Learn more
  • Your ribbon icons have a new look: Don't worry, everything works the same. Plus, they look great on screens of all sizes. Learn more
  • Reveal what's behind a picture: Put a picture in a worksheet, pick your preset, and watch the transparency change. That's it! Learn more
  • Ability to insert SVG's with filters applied: Office users now have the ability to insert SVG's that have filters applied to them. Learn more
  • Improved support for high definition displays: If you use multiple monitors or a laptop dock, Office apps look crisp on every display, even if the displays have different scaling settings. Learn more
  • Write your best resume or CV with help from LinkedIn: With Resume Assistant, see work experiences, suggested skills, and more for a given role. Learn more

Project: Feature updates

  • See more info on Task Board cards: When the title alone doesn't tell the story, customize your Task Board cards to show all the most important details. Learn more
  • Office has a new look: Office apps now have modern icons that are simpler and more accessible, and the ribbon has updated visuals that highlight the rich collaboration features available in Office apps.

Publisher: Feature updates

  • Office has a new look: Office apps now have modern icons that are simpler and more accessible, and the ribbon has updated visuals that highlight the rich collaboration features available in Office apps.

Visio: Feature updates

  • Enjoy an iconic moment in your next diagram: Pick from 26 new stencils with icons for analytics, arts, celebration, faces, sports, and more.
  • Office has a new look: Office apps now have modern icons that are simpler and more accessible, and the ribbon has updated visuals that highlight the rich collaboration features available in Office apps.

Office Suite: Feature updates

  • Office 3rd Party Applications now have insert SVG support using the office.js api: 3rd party applications also known as add-ins in Office now have the ability to insert SVG's. Users can now connect their personal collection of SVG's to Office. Developers can use this feature by using the Office.js API.
  • Installation of Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams is installed by default for NEW installations of Office 365 ProPlus. Learn more

Skype for Business: Feature updates

  • Improved support for high definition displays: If you use multiple monitors or a laptop dock, Office apps look crisp on every display, even if the displays have different scaling settings. Learn more

Excel: Nonsecurity updates

  • Resolved an issue that caused a crash when saving a file containing an XML map to PDF.
  • Resolved an issue that caused external links to be removed when workbooks containing invalid sheet names are loaded.
  • Fixed an issue where using the Camera tool in Excel could cause the spreadsheet to hang.
  • Resolved an issue that caused Waterfall and Funnel charts to get out of sync with tables when cells were inserted or deleted.
  • Resolved an issue when a data table is recalculated during Worksheet Calculate with an array formula on another sheet depending on the table.
  • Resolved an issue that prevented password protected workbooks from being opened from SharePoint without checking out file first.
  • A change was made to ensure the BeforeSave event is handled when sharing or toggling AutoSave.
  • An issue using the mouse scroll wheel on an in-active window with a chart sheet was fixed.
  • A problem that caused an "Unexpected Error" message to appear when importing a spreadsheet in SharePoint was resolved.
  • A problem that opening a workbook containing conditional formatting that uses a Name for its rule and a custom view is applied was resolved.
  • Macros using data validation with formulas longer than 255 characters may have produced run-time errors. This issue has now been corrected.
  • A problem, which caused files containing PivotTables linked to other workbooks to load slowly. This issue was resolved.
  • An issue with opening HTML files and receiving a "file format and extension do not match" error was resolved.
  • A change was made to resolve issues with mouse-wheel scrolling on inactive windows.
  • Resolved an issue where pressing the Tab key wouldn't move to the next cell when in a cell containing a formula ending in a defined name.
  • Resolved an issue where cell formatting was causing the file size to grow unnecessarily.
  • Resolved an issue where cutting and pasting a PivotTable between workbooks may result in the data being pasted, without a PivotTable for others you are collaborating with.

Outlook: Nonsecurity updates

  • Addressed an issue that caused customers to see their tasks seem to disappear when adding a 2nd condition to "Group by".
  • Addresses an issue that caused customers to be unable to edit some fields on items that were migrated.
  • Fixed an issue in, which windows wouldn't appear in the correct location when the system task bar was kept at the left or top of the screen.
  • Addresses an issue that caused customers to experience a crash when loading pictures on the contact card.
  • Addresses an issue that caused some customers to experience crashes when starting office applications.
  • Fixed an issue in, which windows wouldn't appear in the correct location when the system task bar was kept at the left or top of the screen.
  • Addresses an issue that caused customers to be unable to edit some fields on items that were migrated.

PowerPoint: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue that PowerPoint stops uploading user changes to the cloud in rare situations.

Skype for Business: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue in Lync (Skype for Business) where for any online meeting with more 7+ participants, the meeting window can disappear.
  • Sign into Skype for Business with credentials used to sign into another Office application.
  • Properly activate the Skype for Business app when installed with shared computer activation.

Visio: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue, which was causing broken window hierarchy issues for 3rd party solutions extending Visio by disabling Dynamic DPI feature.

Word: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed when sharing a document, which is currently being collaborated upon the document produces attachment with .asd extension.
  • Fixed an issue with comments get attributed to random authors.
  • Fixed an issue in the remove signature when checking out a document.
  • Fixed an issue where editing a Related Person added by SharePoint could crash.
  • Fixed where the "Failed to load resource" dialog when Word launches.
  • If a file is opened in read-only mode and you click 'Save As' from the 'Info' pane, fixes issue so that the save UI is displayed.

Office Suite: Nonsecurity updates

  • This fixed a bug in VBA reporting incorrect shape fill state after an "undo" action.
  • This is a fix for an issue where files can't be saved to Apache WebDAV folders.
  • Fixes an issue where Office closes abruptly when customers open some cloud-stored files.
  • Fixed an issue of incorrectly identifying the new era name "Reiwa" in Hiragana and Kanji as a misspelled or ungrammatical expression.
  • Fixed an issue where the recent files list appeared to have been cleared for many users on Windows 10.
  • Fixed an issue that caused an end-user to see an Office Update business bar, even though there is an Admin-triggered update in progress.
  • Fixed an issues related to intermittent blank sign-in prompts.
  • Fixed an issue where parts of an Office update do not use Delivery Optimization peer caching. Learn more
  • Fix to a bug that could lead to products being removed or not activated if Office was installed using the Office Deployment Tool and there was a case mis-match.
  • Fixed an issue, which was causing excessive sign-in prompts on Windows 10 (version 1803 or later) devices.
  • Fixed regression that causes hangs when downloading linked pictures.
  • Fixed blurriness of large EMF files pasted in Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
  • Fixed the bug in version history parsing logic that in few cases caused the documents to be opened in read-only.

Version 1808: July 09

Version 1808 (Build 10730.20360) Security updates listed here.

Word: Nonsecurity updates

  • Improved performance when enabling Quick Parts for Document properties.
  • Fixed an issue about remove signature when checking out a file.

Office Suite: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue affecting Office applications running on virtualized Windows.

Version 1803: July 09

Version 1803 (Build 9126.2428) Security updates listed here.

Version 1808: June 11

Version 1808 (Build 10730.20348) Security updates listed here.

Word: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue about remove signature when checking out a file.

Office Suite: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue that could crash Office applications running on virtualized Windows.

Version 1803: June 11

Version 1803 (Build 9126.2388) Security updates listed here.

Version 1808: May 14

Version 1808 (Build 10730.20344)

Outlook: Nonsecurity updates

  • Addresses an issue that caused customers to be unable to edit some fields on items that were migrated.

Visio: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue, which was causing broken window hierarchy issues for 3rd party solutions extending Visio by disabling Dynamic DPI feature.

Word: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue where editing a Related Person added by SharePoint could crash.

Office Suite: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue of incorrectly identifying the new era name "Reiwa" in Hiragana and Kanji as a misspelled or ungrammatical expression.

Version 1803: May 14

Version 1803 (Build 9126.2387)

Outlook: Nonsecurity updates

  • Addresses an issue that caused customers to be unable to edit some fields on items that were migrated.

Office Suite: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue of incorrectly identifying the new era name "Reiwa" in Hiragana and Kanji as a misspelled or ungrammatical expression.

Version 1808: April 9

Version 1808 (Build 10730.20334)

Skype for Business: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue in Lync (Skype for Business) where for any online meeting with more 7+ participants, the meeting window can disappear.

Word: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue where the user can open documents anonymously in IE or Edge.
  • Fixed an issue where text highlight color formatting applied to any Word document header/footer PAGE and/or NUMPAGES field renders the field as black instead of the applied text highlight color.
  • We added support to Word Japanese postcard wizard add-in for the Japanese new era.

Version 1803: April 9

  • Security updates listed here.

Version 1808: March 12

Version 1808 (Build 10730.20304)

Word: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue when VBA returns incorrect page number.
  • Improve time to save on local Word file.

Outlook: Nonsecurity updates

  • Provided regkey to disable the "Encrypt Only" option in the Office 365 Message Encryption menu.

Office Suite: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue where Office update may get stuck for some time trying to download.

Version 1803: March 12

  • Security updates listed here.

Version 1808: February 12

Version 1808 (Build 10730.20280)

Access: Nonsecurity updates

  • This update adds support for new Japanese eras to Access.

Outlook: Nonsecurity updates

  • Addresses an issue that caused users with rules that refer to a folder that no longer exist to 1. See an error when trying to manage rules and 2. See client-side rules fail to run.
  • Addresses an issue that caused users with cached delegate mailboxes to encounter frequent hangs at unpredictable intervals.
  • Addresses an issue that caused All Day Meetings to appear to span one more day than intended in some views due to the end time of the meeting being set to midnight of the following day.
  • Fixed a hang when creating new appointments or meetings that reference Japanese eras.

Office Suite: Nonsecurity updates

Version 1803: February 12

Version 1803 (Build 9126.2356)

This is the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release that's been available since July 2018. It will continue to be supported and receive security updates until September 2019. But, a new Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release is now available — Version 1808 (Build 10730.20280) — which contains new features, security updates, and nonsecurity updates.

Access: Nonsecurity updates

  • This update adds support for new Japanese eras to Access.

Excel: Nonsecurity updates

  • This update adds support for new Japanese eras to Excel.

Outlook: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed a hang when creating new appointments or meetings that reference Japanese eras.

Project: Nonsecurity updates

  • This update adds support for new Japanese eras to Project

Word: Nonsecurity updates

  • This update adds support for new Japanese eras to Word.

Visio: Nonsecurity updates

  • This update adds support for new Japanese eras to Visio.

Office Suite: Nonsecurity updates

Version 1708: February 12

Version 1708 (Build 8431.2372)

This is the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release that's been available since January 2018. It will continue to be supported and receive security updates until March 2019. But, a new Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release is now available — Version 1808 (Build 10730.20280) — which contains new features, security updates, and nonsecurity updates.

Office Suite: Nonsecurity updates

Version 1808: January 8

Version 1808 (Build 10730.20264)

Access: Feature Updates

  • Visualize data with new charts: Choose from 11 charts and add one to your forms and reports to better visualize the data and make informed decisions. Learn more

Excel: Feature updates

  • Collaborative editing: Work with others at the same time in your workbook. Learn more
  • AutoSave for cloud files is now enabled by default: This change means users won't have to worry about losing their changes in documents stored on OneDrive or SharePoint Online. Changes are saved in the cloud automatically, and users will no longer have to explicitly press Ctrl + S or the Save button. However, they will have to understand this change in behavior so they don't make accidental changes to documents. Note that users can turn off AutoSave using the AutoSave toggle at the top of the screen. We recommend that you notify your users about this upcoming change and educate them about how to best take advantage of this new feature in Office 365. Learn more about AutoSave and Learn more about what IT admins should know about AutoSave
  • Improved cell and formula bar editing: You can now use CTRL+A to select text in a cell or the formula bar. There's also improved support for emojis and other complex characters. Learn more
  • Accessibility Checker improvements: The Accessibility Checker has updated support for international standards and recommendations to make your workbooks more accessible. Learn more
  • Avoid unwanted edits: Set your workbooks to open as read-only to prevent accidental changes. Go to File > Info > Protect Workbook > Always Open Read-Only

Excel: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue in coauthoring sessions where a slicer isn't properly updated after another user applies a column filter to the data in that slicer.
  • Fixed an issue in a coauthoring session where one of the users clears the caption for a slicer and this causes another user in the coauthoring session to experience an Excel crash.
  • Fixed possible crash when creating multiple table slicers bound to the same column of data and then deleting that column of data.
  • Fixed an issue where Excel would sometimes crash while refreshing a filtered query table that contains wrapped text in cells when the option to automatically adjust column widths was off.
  • Fixed an issue where slicers saved in Excel 2007 can trigger a crash when opened in newer versions of Excel if the number of items shown in the slicer changes.
  • Introduces support for the Get Diagnostics button to simplify the investigation of support requests.
  • Fixed a bug where Power Pivot didn't appear in some builds/versions.
  • Fixed the issue in Excel wherein Excel may become unresponsive when the user hovers over formatting options in a workbook with many defined names, and where Excel may become unresponsive in the Quick Analysis tool even when Live Preview was disabled in options.
  • We are currently investigating slow performance when moving the Excel Application Window from one desktop to another. In the meantime, if you do notice this slowness then a work around to consider is to select "Optimize for compatibility" for "When using multiple displays" in the "General" tab in the File Options dialog.
  • Fixed an issue where Excel may crash when changing a chart's source data from its original set of cells.
  • Fixed an issue where recalculation may not happen on open even if the FullCalcOnLoad property is set.
  • Fixed an issue where the wrong year is shown when Japanese Era calendar is used in date cell format.
  • When importing data into the Excel Data Model, incoming values of negative zero would result in an error. The fix imports such values as zero.
  • Fixed an issue where a group (or ungroup) operation in an Excel PivotTable could sometimes trigger a crash.
  • Fixed an issue where charting actions could cause Excel to crash.
  • Fixed an issue where the Power View add-in is inadvertently disabled for some users.
  • Fixed an issue where temporary auto-recovery files created during document recovery are never cleaned up.
  • Fixed an issue where attempting to make a new connection to a text file in a protected workbook results in getting a "Workbook is protected and can't be changed" error message.
  • Fixed an issue where Quick Print of an Excel workbook attached to an Outlook email may not print.
  • Fixed an issue where clicking on a hyperlink may cause Excel to crash.
  • Fixed an issue where using cube functions causes Excel to crash.

Outlook: Feature updates

  • Accessibility Checker improvements: The Accessibility Checker has updated support for international standards and recommendations to make your messages more accessible. Learn more
  • Manage Profiles from the Profile Picker: If you use the Profile Picker when Outlook starts up, you can now make changes without going to the control panel. Create and delete profiles, change settings, all from the Profile Picker.
  • Accessibility built right in: Make your messages accessible to everyone by adding descriptive alt text to your images.
  • Outlook add-in warnings: Occasionally an Outlook COM add-in can encounter problems that slows down the rest of Outlook. These problems could be due to latency of events such as switching between Outlook folders, arrival of new emails, opening Calendar items, etc. When such issues arise, Outlook will display a warning in the notification bar.
  • Know who you'll be meeting with: You can see other people's responses to a meeting request, even if you aren't the organizer.
  • Never miss a reminder: Set reminders to pop up over windows you're working in. Otherwise, Outlook will blink in the taskbar to get your attention. Learn more
  • Mark deleted items as read: You can now set any message that you delete as read. Opt in by going to File > Options > Mail > Other.
  • View three time zones: Need to schedule a meeting across time zones? Add multiple time zones to your calendar to easily see everyone's availability and pick a time that works for all. Learn more
  • Refined user experience for creating a group: We have refined the user experience for the create group to make it look more modern and clutter-free. Learn more

Outlook: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue that caused users to experience calendar synchronization errors.
  • Fixed an issue that caused users to see an error when launching the "Manage Rules and Alerts" dialog.
  • Fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to connect to their mailboxes over DirectAccess when using a metered connection.
  • Fixed an issue that caused users to see free docs stored in Public Folders erroneously open in "Protected View".
  • Fixed an issue that caused users to see unexpected attachments when forwarding items with inline attachments.
  • Fixed an issue that caused OFT files to render poorly after being sent as an attachment.
  • Fixed an issue that caused some add in users to experience crashes when adding a meeting to a shared calendar.
  • Fixed an issue that caused users to experience hangs when opening the Conversation History folder.
  • Fixed an issue where if you switch the system language to Japanese and attempt to type Japanese characters into the VBA IDE when loaded within Outlook, it freezes.
  • Fixed an issue where switching to the Outbox or Sent Items folder causes Outlook to crash.
  • Fixed an issue where all attendees receive meeting updates when the meeting body or attachments change, instead of sending a meeting update to the attendees being optional.
  • Fixed an issue that causes users to be unable to connect to EWS and REST endpoints because of a change in the User-Agent string.
  • Fixed an issue where a meeting location update to attendees shows the old location instead of the new location.
  • Fixed an issue where the user sees an error when previewing an attachment in the reading pane.
  • Fixed an issue where Outlook crashes when resolving display names to email addresses when the user is composing an email.
  • Fixed an issue where some users don't receive support features that have been enabled by their tenant admin.

OneNote: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed a stability issue that can occur involving sync and navigating to a deleted section.

PowerPoint: Feature updates

  • AutoSave for cloud files is now enabled by default: This change means users won't have to worry about losing their changes in documents stored on OneDrive or SharePoint Online. Changes are saved in the cloud automatically, and users will no longer have to explicitly press Ctrl + S or the Save button. However, they will have to understand this change in behavior so they don't make accidental changes to presentations. Note that users can turn off AutoSave using the AutoSave toggle at the top of the screen. We recommend that you notify your users about this upcoming change and educate them about how to best take advantage of this new feature in Office 365. Learn more about AutoSave and Learn more about what IT admins should know about AutoSave
  • Improved cell and formula bar editing: You can now use CTRL+A to select text in a cell or the formula bar. There's also improved support for emojis and other complex characters. Learn more
  • Convert your ink: Take scribbled notes and drawings, and convert them into readable text and crisp shapes to create a polished presentation. Learn more
  • Improved SVG support: You can insert SVG's that have filters applied to them. Learn more
  • Title your slides with a pen: Use your pen to ink in a title, and watch PowerPoint convert it to text. Learn more
  • Avoid unwanted edits: Set your workbooks to open as read-only to prevent accidental changes. Go to File > Info > Protect Workbook > Always Open Read-Only
  • Accessibility Checker improvements: The Accessibility Checker has updated support for international standards and recommendations to make your presentations more accessible. Learn more

PowerPoint: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue of potential file corruptions when saving files with ActiveX content.
  • Fixed an issue where tables are rendered incorrectly with thick borders.
  • Fixed an issue where a potential crash could occur when changing the Shape.Visibile property.
  • Fixed an issue where changes in coauthored documents fail to merge.
  • Fixed an issue where documents containing ActiveX controls would cause co-authoring to fail.
  • Fixed an issue where spelling correction in shapes causes PowerPoint to crash.
  • Fixed an issue where PowerPoint crashes when opening a file from SharePoint Online.
  • Fixed an issue where the Recovery Pane incorrectly appears when AutoSave is on.
  • Fixed an issue where sign-in isn't shown preventing a user from accessing a file.
  • Fixed an issue where multiple users co-authoring on the same presentation results in an incorrect duplication of slides masters.
  • Fixed an issue where opening a file saved on OneDrive results in PowerPoint crashing when exiting Protected View.

Project: Feature updates

  • Sprint management: Quickly add, update, or delete agile sprints.
  • Task board filtering: Streamline your task boards by filtering on key resources or summary tasks.
  • Set percent complete from a task board: Choose a percent complete for each column, and then update task completion with drag-and-drop.
  • Sprint navigation: Switch from one sprint view to another, and quickly move tasks between sprints.
  • A new way to manage sprints: Take an agile approach to working with Task Boards. Go to Manage Sprints to add and remove sprints as your project evolves.
  • Stay organized with Recent save locations: Project keeps a running list of where you've saved other projects. When you're ready to save your project, just choose one of your Recent save locations and get on with your day.

Project: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue around supporting a new Venezuelan currency in Project.
  • Fixed an issue where Project may hang when using a Surface 4 that is connected to an external monitor.
  • Fixed an issue where Project may crash when saving the project to the XML format.
  • Fixed an issue where enterprise resource custom fields may be deleted after editing a resource's calendar.
  • Fixed an issue that caused users to experience crashes when searching for Korean display names.
  • Fixed an issue where you are blocked from saving a sub project when working with them through the context of a master project.

Word: Feature updates

  • AutoSave for cloud files is now enabled by default: This change means users won't have to worry about losing their changes in documents stored on OneDrive or SharePoint Online. Changes are saved in the cloud automatically, and users will no longer have to explicitly press Ctrl + S or the Save button. However, they will have to understand this change in behavior so they don't make accidental changes to presentations. Note that users can turn off AutoSave using the AutoSave toggle at the top of the screen. We recommend that you notify your users about this upcoming change and educate them about how to best take advantage of this new feature in Office 365. Learn more about AutoSave and Learn more about what IT admins should know about AutoSave
  • Accessibility Checker improvements: The Accessibility Checker has updated support for international standards and recommendations to make your documents more accessible. Learn more
  • Improved SVG support: You can insert SVG's that have filters applied to them. Learn more

Word: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue that causes an insufficient memory message to appear.
  • Fixed a set of issues that prevented some users from opening IRM-protected documents & emails that were shared with them by people in other organizations.
  • Fixed some performance issues.
  • Improve open performance.

Skype for Business: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue related to TLS 1.2 support. (Note: This is the same fix that was mentioned in the April 10 notes and is mentioned here again as part of the September rollup.)
  • Fix an issue where adding users by selecting 'Skype Call' in a meeting causes an error.
  • Remove prompt asking user to add Skype coordinates to a meeting, if a Skype Room is added as the location and the meeting already contains Teams meeting coordinates.
  • Fix an issue where location is populated even when UseLocationForE911Only is set to true.
  • Fix an issue where Skype for Business hangs when using the "call using conference center" option to invite users from the roster.
  • Fix an issue where Outlook running on terminal server freezes while creating a Skype for Business meeting.
  • Change the default value of EnableRestoreOAuthUsedKeyWhenUsingCachedWebTicket to TRUE.

Visio: Feature updates

  • Keep your diagram and source in sync: When you edit a Data Visualizer diagram in Visio, you have the option to update the linked Excel source data with the latest diagram content.
  • Data Visualizer audit template: Import content from Excel and create audit diagrams for financial transactions, inventory management, and more.
  • Starter diagrams: The Organization Chart, Brainstorming, and SDL templates have new starter diagrams to get you up and running quickly.
  • Build a Word document out of Visio shapes Automatically add diagram content, including shapes and metadata, to a Word document. Then customize the document to create process guidelines and operation manuals. Learn more

Office Suite: Security update

  • Flash, Silverlight and Shockwave controls blocked from activating in Office for security reasons: For security reasons new builds of Microsoft Office for Office 365 on Windows block activation of Flash, Silverlight, and Shockwave controls. Learn more here and here.

Office Suite: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue that caused update install to take a long time in certain scenarios.
  • Fix an issue where, when opening an application, the user might see a message about launching in Safe mode and then the application fails to open.
  • Fixed some performance issues.

Version 1803: January 8

Version 1803 (Build 9126.2351)

This is the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release that's been available since July 2018. It will continue to be supported and receive security updates until September 2019. But, a new Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release is now available — Version 1808 — which contains new features, security updates, and nonsecurity updates.

PowerPoint: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue to ensure feature parity of the LinkedIn option between Office applications.

Version 1803: December 11

Version 1803 (Build 9126.2336)

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8597: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8598: Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8627: Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8636: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Outlook: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8587: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

PowerPoint: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8628: Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Outlook: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue that caused Outlook to close unexpectedly when updating certain contact fields.
  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see an error when launching the "Manage Rules and Alerts" dialog.
  • Addresses an issue that caused Outlook users to experience crashes while running some add ins.

Version 1708: December 11

Version 1708 (Build 8431.2351)

This is the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release that's been available since January 2018. It will continue to be supported and receive security updates until March 2019. But, a new Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release is now available — Version 1803 (Build 16.0.9126.2336) — which contains new features, security updates, and nonsecurity updates.

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8597: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8598: Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8627: Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8636: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Outlook: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8587: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

PowerPoint: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8628: Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Outlook: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed an issue that caused Outlook to close unexpectedly when updating certain contact fields.
  • Addresses an issue that caused users to see an error when launching the "Manage Rules and Alerts" dialog.
  • Addresses an issue that caused Outlook users to experience crashes while running some add ins.

Version 1803: November 13

Version 1803 (Build 9126.2315)

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8574: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8577: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Outlook: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8522: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8524: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8558: Microsoft Outlook Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8576: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8579: Microsoft Outlook Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8582: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Project: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8575: Microsoft Project Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Word: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8573: Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Skype for Business: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8546: Microsoft Skype for Business Denial of Service Vulnerability

Outlook: Nonsecurity updates

  • This change allows users to Save All for physical files to a network share, including a mapped network drive.

Version 1708: November 13

Version 1708 (Build 8431.2329)

This is the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release that's been available since January 2018. It will continue to be supported and receive security updates until March 2019. But, a new Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release is now available — Version 1803 (Build 16.0.9126.2315) — which contains new features, security updates, and nonsecurity updates.

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8574: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8577: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Outlook: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8522: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8524: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8558: Microsoft Outlook Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8576: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8579: Microsoft Outlook Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8582: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Project: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8575: Microsoft Project Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Word: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8573: Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Skype for Business: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8546: Microsoft Skype for Business Denial of Service Vulnerability

Outlook: Nonsecurity updates

  • This change allows users to Save All for physical files to a network share, including a mapped network drive.

Version 1803: October 9

Version 1803 (Build 9126.2295)

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8502: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Outlook: Security updates

  • ADV180026: Microsoft Office Defense in Depth Update

PowerPoint: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8501: Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Word: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8504: Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • ADV180026: Microsoft Office Defense in Depth Update

Office suite: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8432: Microsoft Graphics Components Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Office Suite: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fixed issue of apps showing animations despite turning off animations through accessibility and performance settings.
  • Fixed issue of background turning blank when using highlighter drawing tool.

Version 1708: October 9

Version 1708 (Build 8431.2316)

This is the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release that's been available since January 2018. It will continue to be supported and receive security updates until March 2019. But, a new Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release is now available — Version 1803 (Build 16.0.9126.2282) — which contains new features, security updates, and nonsecurity updates.

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8502: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Outlook: Security updates

  • ADV180026: Microsoft Office Defense in Depth Update

PowerPoint: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8501: Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Word: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8504: Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • ADV180026: Microsoft Office Defense in Depth Update

Office suite: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8432: Microsoft Graphics Components Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Version 1803: September 11

Version 1803 (Build 9126.2282)

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8331: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8429: Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Word: Security updates

Office suite: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8332: Win32k Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Version 1708: September 11

Version 1708 (Build 8431.2309)

This is the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release that's been available since January 2018. It will continue to be supported and receive security updates until March 2019. But, a new Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release is now available — Version 1803 (Build 16.0.9126.2282) — which contains new features, security updates, and nonsecurity updates.

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8331: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8429: Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Word: Security updates

Office suite: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8332: Win32k Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Version 1803: August 14

Version 1803 (Build 9126.2275)

Access: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8312: Microsoft Access Remote Code Execution Use After Free Vulnerability

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8375: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8379: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8382: Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Outlook: Security updates

  • ADV180021: Microsoft Office Defense in Depth Update

Office Suite: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8378: Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Version 1708: August 14

Version 1708 (Build 8431.2299)

This is the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release that's been available since January 2018. It will continue to be supported and receive security updates until March 2019. But, a new Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release is now available — Version 1803 (Build 16.0.9126.2275) — which contains new features, security updates, and nonsecurity updates.

Access: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8312: Microsoft Access Remote Code Execution Use After Free Vulnerability

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8375: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8379: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8382: Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Outlook: Security updates

  • ADV180021: Microsoft Office Defense in Depth Update

Office Suite: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8378: Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Version 1803: July 10

Version 1803 (Build 9126.2259)

Access: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-0903: Microsoft Access Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8312: Microsoft Access Remote Code Execution Use After Free Vulnerability

Access: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue where opening an Access runtime application (.accde file) results in a "This database is in an unrecognized format" error message and the application won’t open.
  • Fix an issue where attempting to select text in a text box or combo box appears to select all the text, rather than the indication selection.

Excel: Feature updates

  • Microsoft Translator: Translate words, phrases or sentences to another language with Microsoft Translator. You can do this from the Review tab in the ribbon.
  • Convert SVG icons to shapes: Transform all SVG pictures and icons into Office shapes so you can change their color, size, or texture.
  • Deselect cells: Make selections in your worksheet and deselect cells that you accidentally clicked without having to start over.
  • Quickly access your sites and groups: Use the File menu to work with documents stored in your frequently used sites and groups.
  • Digital Pencil: Write or sketch out ideas with our new pencil texture. Simply tilt to do shading with supported digital pens.
  • LinkedIn features setting: Go to File > Options > General to control whether LinkedIn features are shown in your Office applications. Learn more
  • 3D models: Use 3D to increase the visual and creative impact of your workbooks. Easily insert a 3D model, then you can rotate it through 360 degrees. Learn more
  • New ink effects: Express your ideas with flair using metallic pens and ink effects like rainbow, galaxy, lava, ocean, gold, silver and more.
  • Sharing files UI: For OneDrive for Business or SharePoint files, clicking the Share button in the upper right-hand corner of the ribbon or going to File > Share launches a simplified and improved Share dialog. For new or locally-saved files, the UI allows users to easily upload their files to OneDrive to start collaborating.
  • Block dangerous extensions: Extensions that are considered to be high risk, and are embedded as OLE package objects, are blocked, by default, from activating. For example, .exe, .vbs, and .js. Learn more
  • Helpful sounds improve accessibility: Turn on audio cues to guide you as you work. Find it in File > Options > Ease of Access. No add-in needed. Learn more
  • File locations by account: When opening or saving a file, the list of places is organized by the account associated with them.
  • Pen customization: Choose a personal set of pens and highlighters for inking. Your customized set is available on all your Windows PCs.

Excel: Security updates

Excel: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue where the wrong year is shown when Japanese Era calendar is used in date cell format.
  • When importing data into the Excel Data Model, incoming values of negative zero would result in an error. The fix imports such values as zero.
  • Fix an issue where a group (or ungroup) operation in an Excel PivotTable could sometimes trigger a crash.
  • Fix an issue where charting actions could cause Excel to crash.
  • Fix an issue where the Power View add-in is inadvertently disabled for some users.
  • Fix an issue where temporary auto-recovery files created during document recovery are never cleaned up.
  • Fix an issue where Excel crashes when opening a file from SharePoint Online.
  • Fix an issue where Quick Print of an Excel workbook attached to an Outlook email may not print.
  • Fix an issue where clicking on a hyperlink may cause Excel to crash.
  • Fix an issue where using cube functions causes Excel to crash.
  • Fix a problem where print or print preview only prints or displays a portion of the worksheet, with the content being truncated at a slicer on the worksheet.
  • Fix an issue where attempting to make a new connection to a text file in a protected workbook results in getting a "Workbook is protected and can't be changed" error message.Fix an issue where, if your editing language is Japanese, Chinese, or Korean, Excel may freeze when you try to choose a new font on the Home tab or when you edit.
  • Fix an issue where the scroll bars are missing when a workbook is opened when Excel is minimized.
  • Fix an issue where workbook references fail when opening multiple workbooks by double-clicking on the file names in File Explorer.
  • Fix an issue where the programmatic creation of a PivotTable followed by a programmatic refresh causes Excel to crash.
  • Fix an issue where programmatically calling Workbook.Open() may cause Excel to crash.
  • Fix an issue where the user incorrectly sees a "catastrophic failure" error message when opening an Office 2007 or older workbook (.xls or .xla) with macros.
  • Fix an issue where Excel might crash when a user opens a context menu.
  • Fix an issue where, when the user tries to insert an object in an existing workbook, Excel crashes when the user clicks Browse.
  • Fix an issue where, when protecting a range with a password, the dialog box to enter the password to unlock the range isn't visible.
  • Fix an issue where the user can't close a workbook in protected view when the file name contains square brackets.
  • Fix an issue where placement of the tooltip is misaligned when dragging or drag filling.
  • Fix an issue where, when saving a workbook by using File > Save As, a file name that contains periods appears blank or truncated in the file save dialog.
  • Fix an issue where, when saving a sync-backed file, Office fails to write to disk, but Office keeps uploading the file to OneDrive. With this fix, user see an error message and the upload won't proceed.

Outlook: Feature updates

  • Sort your email with ease: Thanks to your feedback, we've brought back sorting above the message list and the Unread filter for people who don't use Focused Inbox.
  • Convert SVG icons to shapes: Transform all SVG pictures and icons into Office shapes so you can change their color, size, or texture.
  • Improvements to Office 365 groups: It’s easier than ever to read and reply to group conversations because you can double-click on a group message to open it in its own window.
  • LinkedIn features setting: Go to File > Options > General to control whether LinkedIn features are shown in your Office applications. Learn more
  • 3D models: Use 3D to increase the visual and creative impact of your email. Easily insert a 3D model, then you can rotate it through 360 degrees. Learn more
  • Profile card: Shows you the most relevant details about people and groups, whether you’re on the desktop, the web, or using a mobile app.
  • Add an appointment to a group calendar: Now you can let everyone in your group know when you’ll be away without sending a meeting in email.
  • Downloading cloud attachments: When you save or drag and drop OneDrive attachments to your computer, we download the file for you.
  • Helpful sounds improve accessibility: Turn on audio cues to guide you as you work. Find it in File > Options > Ease of Access. No add-in needed. Learn more
  • Focused Inbox: The Inbox is separated into two tabs – Focused and Other. Messages are sorted based on the content of the message and who you interact with most often. Learn more
  • Quickly access the groups you use most: Groups you're most likely to interact with now appear at the top of the list under Groups in the Folder pane.

Outlook: Security updates

  • CVE-2017-11939: Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0791: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0793: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0850: Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0852: Microsoft Outlook Memory Corruption Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8150: Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8244: Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8310: Microsoft Office Tampering Vulnerability

Outlook: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue where switching to the Outbox or Sent Items folder causes Outlook to crash.
  • Fix an issue where all attendees receive meeting updates when the meeting body or attachments change, instead of sending a meeting update to the attendees being optional.
  • Fix an issue that causes users to be unable to connect to EWS and REST endpoints because of a change in the User-Agent string.
  • Fix an issue where a meeting location update to attendees shows the old location instead of the new location.
  • Fix an issue where the user sees an error when previewing an attachment in the reading pane.
  • Fix an issue where Outlook crashes when resolving display names to email addresses when the user is composing an email.
  • Fix an issue where some users don't receive support features that have been enabled by their tenant admin
  • Fix an issue where search fails with “No matches found” when search is scoped to All Mailboxes.
  • Fix an issue where, when monitoring using Accessible Event Watcher (AccEvent.exe), Outlook crashes when switching folders.

PowerPoint: Feature updates

  • Microsoft Translator: Translate words, phrases or sentences to another language with Microsoft Translator. You can do this from the Review tab in the ribbon.
  • 3D animations: Bring your 3D models to life with animations such as swinging gently or jumping and turning.
  • Convert SVG icons to shapes: Transform all SVG pictures and icons into Office shapes so you can change their color, size, or texture.
  • Roaming of revision tracking info: The read/unread status for highlighting shared slides that have been modified by others is now stored in a roaming service (instead of on the user's local computer) so that this information can be synchronized across multiple devices or platforms.
  • Quickly access your sites and groups: Use the File menu to work with documents stored in your frequently used sites and groups.
  • Digital Pencil: Write or sketch out ideas with our new pencil texture. Simply tilt to do shading with supported digital pens.
  • LinkedIn features setting: Go to File > Options > General to control whether LinkedIn features are shown in your Office applications. Learn more
  • Run a slide show with your digital pen: Use your Surface Pen, or other pen with a Bluetooth button, to advance your slides. Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is required. Learn more
  • 3D models: Use 3D to increase the visual and creative impact of your presentations. Bring 3D models to life in your presentations with transitions like Morph that create cinematic animations between slides. Learn more
  • New ink effects: Express your ideas with flair using metallic pens and ink effects like rainbow, galaxy, lava, ocean, gold, silver and more.
  • Sharing files UI: For OneDrive for Business or SharePoint files, clicking the Share button in the upper right-hand corner of the ribbon or going to File > Share launches a simplified and improved Share dialog. For new or locally-saved files, the UI allows users to easily upload their files to OneDrive to start collaborating.
  • Block dangerous extensions: Extensions that are considered to be high risk, and are embedded as OLE package objects, are blocked, by default, from activating. For example, .exe, .vbs, and .js. Learn more
  • Revision highlighting: Slides that have been modified by other users are highlighted.
  • While you were away: PowerPoint shows you who edited your shared presentation since your last visit.
  • Designer improvement: Designer now recommends design ideas for timelines in a bulleted list.
  • Helpful sounds improve accessibility: Turn on audio cues to guide you as you work. Find it in File > Options > Ease of Access. No add-in needed. Learn more
  • File locations by account: When opening or saving a file, the list of places is organized by the account associated with them.
  • Pen customization: Choose a personal set of pens and highlighters for inking. Your customized set is available on all your Windows PCs.
  • Designer improvement: Designer now recommends design ideas for charts added to your slides.
  • QuickStarter: Automatically builds an outline to help users get started researching a subject of their choosing. Learn more
  • Digital ruler: On devices that have touch screens, go to Draw > Ruler, then use your pen or finger to draw straight lines or to align a set of objects. Learn more

PowerPoint: Security updates

  • CVE-2017-11934: Microsoft PowerPoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability

PowerPoint: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue where tables are rendered incorrectly with thick borders.
  • Fix an issue where a potential crash could occur when changing the Shape.Visibile property.
  • Fix an issue where changes in coauthored documents fail to merge.
  • Fix an issue where documents containing ActiveX controls would cause co-authoring to fail.
  • Fix an issue where spelling correction in shapes causes PowerPoint to crash.
  • Fix an issue where PowerPoint crashes when opening a file from SharePoint Online.
  • Fix an issue where the Recovery Pane incorrectly appears when AutoSave is on.
  • Fix an issue where sign-in isn't shown preventing a user from accessing a file.
  • Fix an issue where multiple users co-authoring on the same presentation results in an incorrect duplication of slides masters.
  • Fix an issue where opening a file saved on OneDrive results in PowerPoint crashing when exiting Protected View.Fix an issue where removing document properties and personal information causes saving to SharePoint to fail.
  • Fix an issue where references to Flash Player based YouTube embed codes result in a new window opening to play the video. Old embed codes are now upgraded to reference HTML5 based YouTube videos so that they correctly play in place.
  • Fix an issue where, when saving a sync-backed file, Office fails to write to disk, but Office keeps uploading the file to OneDrive. With this fix, user see an error message and the upload won't proceed.

Project: Feature updates

  • Task Board view: Sort tasks on cards in the Task Board view. Reorder and move cards between columns on the board just like in Agile projects.
  • Agile projects: Manage your Agile projects using backlogs, task boards, sprints, and more. Both Scrum or Kanban methodologies are supported. Learn more
  • Manage a task in Planner: Link a Project task to Planner and create a plan for it. Break the task into subtasks, add a team, assign tasks, and manage the work on a task board.

Project: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue where if a task is split with a cost resource, the cost resource isn't correctly updated and the cost is lost.
  • Fix an issue where in the Timeline view - Add Existing Tasks to the Timeline dialog, only tasks from the first summary task would show up.
  • Fix an issue where saving as XML may fail for master projects from Project Online or Project Server.
  • Fix an issue where in the Timeline view - Add Existing Tasks to the Timeline dialog, only tasks from the first summary task would show up.
  • Fix an issue where using the AutoFilter dropdown on a date column causes all tasks in the project to be hidden.
  • Fix an issue where only tasks from the first summary task show up in the dialog box when adding existing tasks to a timeline when in Timeline view.
  • Fix an issue where setting more than one baseline in a session sets the MOD_DATE value as the same.
  • Fix an issue where Actual Work is still shown in the reporting tables after being removed in a Save for Sharing session.
  • Fix an issue in the German language version where using a Weeks date format returns an error when scheduling.
  • Fix an issue where, when editing finish dates in Schedule Web Part, tasks stay at 8 hours per day instead of being spread over time.
  • Fix an issue where "Progress point shape" is drawn at an unexpected location.
  • Fix an issue where VBA code gets lost from projects.
  • Fix an issue where tasks show as complete even when there is remaining work.
  • Fix an issue where Project hangs when using the Task Path feature.
  • Fix an issue where the timescale doesn't show the timescale labels.
  • Fix an issue where visual reports show incomplete information or fail.
  • Fix an issue where a failed save can corrupt a file and cause Project to crash on open.
  • Fix an issue where you can't drag tasks in the Timeline and Team Planner view.
  • Fix an issue where resource availability isn't shown in Team Builder.
  • Fix an issue where graphical indicators aren't displaying correctly.
  • Fix an issue where Project hangs while leveling on hour-by-hour or day-by-day basis.
  • Fix an issue for working with master/sub projects from a SharePoint Document library.
  • Fix an issue where, when you add assignments to a fixed duration task, you may end up with a nameless resource.
  • Fix an issue that produces an incorrect error message of change on protected work.
  • Fix an issue where Project might crash when going to reports that contain several images.

Publisher: Feature updates

  • Block dangerous extensions: Extensions that are considered to be high risk, and are embedded as OLE package objects, are blocked, by default, from activating. For example, .exe, .vbs, and .js. Learn more

Publisher: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue where filtering on data source fields containing null (empty) values fails when running the Mail Merge wizard.

Skype for Business: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue related to TLS 1.2 support.
  • Fix an issue where adding users by selecting 'Skype Call' in a meeting causes an error
  • Fix an issue where adding users by selecting 'Skype Call' in a meeting causes an error.
  • Remove prompt asking user to add Skype coordinates to a meeting, if a Skype Room is added as the location and the meeting already contains Teams meeting coordinates.
  • Fix an issue where location is populated even when UseLocationForE911Only is set to true.
  • Fix an issue where Skype for Business hangs when using the "call using conference center" option to invite users from the roster.
  • Fix an issue where Outlook running on terminal server freezes while creating a Skype for Business meeting.
  • Change the default value of EnableRestoreOAuthUsedKeyWhenUsingCachedWebTicket to TRUE.
  • Fix an issue where "More Options" and "Invite More People" buttons are hidden when a meeting is in full-screen mode.
  • Fix an issue where the P2P audio call window or conference call window becomes transparent when you attempt to join.
  • Fix an issue where upcoming Skype meetings do not show up in the meetings tab.
  • Fix an issue where, when Skype for Business is configured to join meetings without audio, adding audio to a meeting initiates a new P2P call to the user itself rather than adding audio to the existing meeting.
  • Fix an issue where user receives the error message "We couldn't find this Skype meeting" when clicking 'Join Skype Meeting' link in a meeting request from Outlook.
  • Add call transfer button in the toast UI for incoming PSTN calls.
  • Notify users that calls and chat are being sent to Teams when ChatDefaultClient and CallDefaultClient are set to Teams.
  • Show user's presence as Offline when user isn't in a meeting and disabled from Skype for Business and meeting join experience is set to Native Limited Client.
  • Disable all options except Open and Exit when Skype for Business is minimized to the notification area.
  • Suppress new calls and conversations when paired with Aries phones and RedirectClient is enabled.
  • Fix an issue where searching messages in PChat by date fails when the date format is other than US format (mm/dd/yy).
  • Fix an issue where, when EnableExternalP2PFileTransfer policy is set to false, users are still able to attach files in meetings.
  • Fix an issue where, in Conversation History, the caller is shown instead of the called person. This happens when the called person's work number is modified using Active Directory.
  • Fix an issue where, for outgoing PSTN calls to mobile numbers, recipient information is missing in the call history in conversation history.
  • Fix an issue where, when initiating an IM from an email in Outlook, the subject line of the email isn't included in the subject of the IM.
  • Fix an issue where, when IM conversation windows are snapped to one side, conversations appear double stacked.
  • Fix an issue where, in a VDIv2 environment, VbSS screen sharing requests appear as RDP-based requests.
  • Fix an issue where, in a failed call transfer, the caller is listed in the failure notification, instead of the missed recipient.
  • Fix an issue where the "Start using Teams" button is hidden within the client upgrade redirect banner.
  • Fix DPI scaling issues in IM windows.
  • Fix an issue where LinkedIn data does not appear in the Skype for Business Contact Card.
  • Add the ability for users to stop receiving calls on behalf of a hunt group.
  • Add the ability to automatically hold calls when a call is active in Skype for Business or Teams and a new call is received or initiated.
  • Fix an issue where users are unable to IM after full screen sharing.
  • Fix an issue where users in the lobby aren't notified when they're denied from entering the meeting.
  • Fix an issue where automatic gain control increases uncontrollably during calls.
  • Fix an issue where users are unable to select a presenter in Meeting Options when a conference room resource mailbox is added to a meeting invite.
  • Fix an issue where the desktop sharing button is dimmed during a peer-to-peer video call if AllowlPVideo is set to False.
  • Fix an issue where IM stays disabled after changing the Meeting Option setting to Enable IM for existing meetings created with Disable IM.
  • Fix an issue where the tooltip isn't shown when hovering over the "Insert Link" button in the chat window, and there isn't an accessibility name when the button is selected.

Visio: Feature updates

  • Built-in database model diagrams: Use the new Database Model Diagram template to accurately model your database as a Visio diagram. No add-in required.
  • More stencils for business diagrams: Using modern shapes, compare and contrast data with a Venn diagram, or draw Cycle, Matrix, or Pyramid diagrams to help tell your story.
  • Create a wireframe diagram for a website: Quickly create a wireframe diagram of a website including interface, navigation, and how they work together. Learn more
  • Create a wireframe of your mobile application: Use a template to create a wireframe of your mobile application. Learn more
  • Apply data graphics to Data Visualizer diagrams: Save time when you create a Data Visualizer diagram by automatically applying shape data as data graphics. Learn more
  • Collaborate on drawings: Work with others by sharing your drawings on OneDrive for Business or SharePoint Online. You can see who is working on the drawing, add comments, and see file activity. Learn more
  • Block dangerous extensions: Extensions that are considered to be high risk, and are embedded as OLE package objects, are blocked, by default, from activating. For example, .exe, .vbs, and .js. Learn more

Word: Feature updates

  • Convert SVG icons to shapes: Transform all SVG pictures and icons into Office shapes so you can change their color, size, or texture.
  • Character count: Display the character count on the status bar as you type. You can enable this from the Customize Status Bar menu.
  • Quickly access your sites and groups: Use the File menu to work with documents stored in your frequently used sites and groups.
  • Microsoft Translator: Translate words, phrases, or the whole document into another language using Microsoft Translator, right in Word. Learn more
  • Digital Pencil: Write or sketch out ideas with our new pencil texture. Simply tilt to do shading with supported digital pens.
  • LinkedIn features setting: Go to File > Options > General to control whether LinkedIn features are shown in your Office applications. Learn more
  • SharePoint property panel: Display and edit SharePoint document library column values from within a document. A ribbon button on the View tab provides easy access to the panel and SharePoint admins can use a document library setting to automatically open the property panel.
  • 3D models: Use 3D to increase the visual and creative impact of your documents. Easily insert a 3D model, then you can rotate it through 360 degrees. Learn more
  • New ink effects: Express your ideas with flair using metallic pens and ink effects like rainbow, galaxy, lava, ocean, gold, silver and more.
  • Sharing files UI: For OneDrive for Business or SharePoint files, clicking the Share button in the upper right-hand corner of the ribbon or going to File > Share launches a simplified and improved Share dialog. For new or locally-saved files, the UI allows users to easily upload their files to OneDrive to start collaborating.
  • Block dangerous extensions: Extensions that are considered to be high risk, and are embedded as OLE package objects, are blocked, by default, from activating. For example, .exe, .vbs, and .js. Learn more
  • Edit using Learning Tools: Learning Tools is now available in Word's Web Layout. Adjust your text spacing and show syllables while you edit. In any view, see each word highlighted as the document is read aloud. Learn more
  • LaTeX syntax: Create and edit math equations using LaTeX syntax.
  • Helpful sounds improve accessibility: Turn on audio cues to guide you as you work. Find it in File > Options > Ease of Access. No add-in needed. Learn more
  • File locations by account: When opening or saving a file, the list of places is organized by the account associated with them.
  • Pen customization: Choose a personal set of pens and highlighters for inking. Your customized set is available on all your Windows PCs.
  • Enhanced writing assistance with Editor pane: Use the Editor pane for advanced spelling, grammar and writing style recommendations. It’s built to be accessible with improved support for assistive technologies.

Word: Security updates

Word: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue where Word crashes when opening a file from SharePoint Online.
  • Fix an issue where lower-case Roman number page numbers are incorrectly changed to upper case.
  • Fix an issue that causes an insufficient memory message to appear.
  • Fix an issue where Word won’t open on a computer running Windows 7 that doesn't have the update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry installed.
  • Fix an issue where bullets in lists don’t print.
  • Fix an issue where Word crashes when a user tries to do a Save As to an existing document on OneDrive for Business and then cancels the save or tries to merge existing changes.
  • Fix an issue where filtering on data source fields containing null (empty) values fails when running the Mail Merge wizard.
  • Fix an issue where, when saving a sync-backed file, Office fails to write to disk, but Office keeps uploading the file to OneDrive. With this fix, user see an error message and the upload won't proceed.
  • Fix an issue where removing IRM protection on a document doesn’t remove the protection.

Office suite: Security updates

  • CVE-2017-11882: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0795: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0851: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0853: Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0950: Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-1026: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-1030: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8157: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8158: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8281: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • Advisory 180003: Microsoft Office Defense in Depth Update

Office suite: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue where, when deploying updates using Configuration Manager to a client that has running Office applications the update isn't applied after restarting the device while Office applications are running.
  • Fix an issue where, when opening an application, the user might see a message about launching in Safe mode and then the application fails to open.
  • The Update Now option is hidden from File > Account > Update Options when an Office COM object is enabled so that Office 365 client updates are managed by Configuration Manager.
  • Fix an issue where the Office app crashes when the user tries to activate Office using the Activate Office dialog box.
  • Fix an issue with zooming and scaling in Office Add-ins under dynamic DPI environment.
  • Fix an issue where the CurrentStatus node of the Office configuration service provider (CSP) returns an empty string even if Office 365 ProPlus is currently installed.
  • Fix an issue that causes .box file format changes, which impacts functionality of older versions of Office installed on the same computer, because .box files are shared across all versions of an Office app on the same computer.
  • Fix a bug that caused update install to take a long time in certain scenarios.
  • Fix an issue where SVG tests are failing
  • Fix an issue where, when deploying updates using Configuration Manager to a client that has running Office applications the update isn't applied after restarting the device while Office applications are running.

Version 1708: July 10

Version 1708 (Build 8431.2280)

This is the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release that's been available since January 2018. It will continue to be supported and receive security updates until March 2019. But, a new Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release is now available — Version 1803 (Build 9126.2259) — which contains new features, security updates, and nonsecurity updates.

Access: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8312: Microsoft Access Remote Code Execution Use After Free Vulnerability

Outlook: Security updates

Office Suite: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8281: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Version 1708: June 12

Version 1708 (Build 8431.2270)

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8246: Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8248: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Outlook: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8244: Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Outlook: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue that caused users of Windows 7 SP1 to be unable to add members to Modern Groups.

Version 1705: June 12

Version 1705 (Build 8201.2294)

This is the Deferred Channel release that's been available since September 2017. It will continue to be supported and receive security updates until July 2018. But, a new Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release is now available — Version 1708 (Build 8431.2270) — which contains new features, security updates, and nonsecurity updates.

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8246: Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8248: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Outlook: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8244: Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Version 1708: May 8

Version 1708 (Build 8431.2250)

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8147: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8148: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8162: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8163: Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Outlook: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8150: Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Office suite: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8157: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8158: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Version 1705: May 8

Version 1705 (Build 8201.2278)

This is the Deferred Channel release that's been available since September 2017. It will continue to be supported and receive security updates until July 2018. But, a new Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release is now available — Version 1708 (Build 8431.2250) — which contains new features, security updates, and nonsecurity updates.

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8147: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8148: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8162: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8163: Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Outlook: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8150: Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Office suite: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-8157: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-8158: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Version 1708: April 10

Version 1708 (Build 8431.2242)

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-1029: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Skype for Business: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue related to TLS 1.2 support.

Office suite: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-0950: Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-1026: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-1030: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Version 1705: April 10

Version 1705 (Build 8201.2272)

This is the Deferred Channel release that's been available since September 2017. It will continue to be supported and receive security updates until July 2018. But, a new Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release is now available — Version 1708 (Build 8431.2242) — which contains new features, security updates, and nonsecurity updates.

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-1029: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Office suite: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-0950: Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-1026: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-1030: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Version 1708: March 13

Version 1708 (Build 8431.2236)

Access: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-0903: Microsoft Access Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Excel: Security updates

Word: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-0919: Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Version 1705: March 13

Version 1705 (Build 8201.2265)

This is the Deferred Channel release that's been available since September 2017. It will continue to be supported and receive security updates until July 2018. But, a new Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release is now available — Version 1708 (Build 8431.2236) — which contains new features, security updates, and nonsecurity updates.

Access: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-0903: Microsoft Access Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Excel: Security updates

Word: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-0919: Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Version 1708: February 13

Version 1708 (Build 8431.2215)

Access: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue where, when using a multiple items form, adjusting the position of the mouse wheel or the scrollbar thumb doesn't change the items that are displayed in the form.

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-0841: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Outlook: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-0850: Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0852: Microsoft Outlook Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Office suite: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-0851: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0853: Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Version 1705: February 13

Version 1705 (Build 8201.2258)

This is the Deferred Channel release that's been available since September 2017. It will continue to be supported and receive security updates until July 2018. But, a new Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release is now available — Version 1708 (Build 8431.2215) — which contains new features, security updates, and nonsecurity updates.

Excel: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-0841: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Outlook: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-0850: Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0852: Microsoft Outlook Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Office suite: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-0851: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0853: Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Version 1708: January 9

Version 1708 (Build 8431.2153)

Access: Feature updates

  • Label Name property: Enhance accessibility by associating a label with a control on a form.
  • Editing a new item is more accessible: Use a quick keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+E) to edit a new item from a Combo Box or List Box.
  • Dynamics connector: Import data from or link to data stored in Microsoft Dynamics. More information
  • Salesforce connector: Import data from or link to data stored in Salesforce. More information

Access: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue where attempting to select text in a text box or combo box appears to select all the text, rather than the indication selection.
  • Fix an issue where a query won't execute if the query has a join with a primary key from a Microsoft Dynamics linked table.
  • Fix an issue where decimal places aren't shown for currency values in a Microsoft Dynamics table.

Excel: Feature updates

  • “Add Column from Examples” enhancements: Supports more Date/Time, Math, and Index Column transformations.
  • Performance improvements: Excel opens complex workbooks with multiple sheets faster, so you can crunch formulas with large ranges, filter lots of rows, or copy and paste quicker.
  • Insert online pictures: New landing page for selecting images and attribution information is automatically inserted with the image.
  • Azure Data Lake Store connector: Users can now import data from Azure Data Lake Store.
  • "Add column from Examples" enhancements: Supports suggestions, more Date/Time operations, and more transformations.
  • Data tab: Ribbon buttons on the Data tab have been rearranged into two new groups: Get & Transform Data and Queries & Connections.
  • Share queries: Export any query definition into an Office Database Connection (ODC) file, and then share it across workbooks or with others.
  • Load data: Load data from a query directly into PivotTables or PivotCharts without having to save the data into the Data Model.
  • Shared file activity: Choose the Activity button in the upper right corner of the file to see when a file shared in OneDrive for Business or SharePoint was shared, edited, renamed, or restored.
  • Safe links: When a user clicks on a link, Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) inspects the link to see if it’s malicious. If the link is deemed malicious, the user is redirected to a warning page instead of the original target URL. More information
  • Enhanced data import functionality: Easily import and shape data from various sources. Manage workbook queries and connections with the Queries & Connection side pane, and share queries with others via ODC files. More information
  • Changes in shared files: View who has made changes in shared workbooks, and restore earlier versions. More information
  • Lasso Select with a pen button: Use supported digital pen buttons to Lasso Select ink without visiting the ribbon.

Excel: Security updates

Excel: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue where the programmatic creation of a PivotTable followed by a programmatic refresh causes Excel to crash.
  • Fix an issue where the user incorrectly sees a "catastrophic failure" error message when opening an Office 2007 or older workbook (.xls or .xla) with macros.
  • Fix an issue where opening a workbook from the command line might result in the loss of rich text formatting in a cell.
  • Fix an issue where the user can't close a workbook in protected view when the file name contains square brackets.
  • Fix an issue where, when the user tries to insert an object in an existing workbook, Excel crashes when the user clicks Browse.
  • Fix an issue where selecting "Resize shape to fix text" (in the Text Options/Text Box portion of the Format Shape pane) results in no change to the shape.
  • Fix an issue where, when opening a workbook by double-clicking on it, the cell text fonts and formats don't get loaded or two identical workbooks are opened for a single template.
  • Fix an issue where the first workbook created when Excel starts won't close when a new workbook is opened or created.
  • Fix an issue where placement of the tooltip is misaligned when dragging or drag filling.
  • Fix an issue where, when saving a workbook by using File > Save As, a file name that contains periods appears blank or truncated in the file save dialog.
  • Fix an issue where, when saving a sync-backed file, Office fails to write to disk, but Office keeps uploading the file to OneDrive. With this fix, user see an error message and the upload won't proceed.
  • Fix an issue with rendering where black lines and headers appear due to a faulty graphics driver.
  • Fix an issue where Excel crashes or is unable to save the workbook after a chart is inserted.
  • Fix an issue where the page break line in page break preview is incorrectly positioned.
  • Fix an issue where Excel crashes when opening an .XLL file.
  • Fix an issue where the pattern style of a cell doesn’t render correctly after adding a header or footer in Page Layout view.
  • Fix an issue where pasting a copy of a PivotTable into another workbook could result in a crash.
  • Fix an issue where, when you choose the Replace command and the Find and Replace dialog box opens, the focus of the dialog box is on the Find tab instead of the Replace tab.
  • Fix an issue where Excel crashes when opening the Activity pane for a workbook opened from a SharePoint server older than SharePoint Server 2016.
  • Fix an issue where Excel opens and displays a blank window when one or more XLL add-ins are enabled.
  • Fix an issue where Excel crashes after having used the Forms button in an already closed workbook.
  • Fix an issue where, when using the SheetBeforeRightClick event, inserting a column that intersects merged cells doesn't expand the merged cells.
  • Fix an issue where Excel temporarily hangs when you expand or collapse a PivotTable and the PivotTable headers move off the screen.
  • Fix an issue where tabs are ignored when copying and pasting tab delimited text from Word, resulting in the text not being parsed into columns.
  • Fix an issue where Excel crashes when opening the Publish as Web Page dialog box.
  • Fix an issue where a data refresh doesn't succeed or Excel crashes when using data from a SQL Server Analysis Services server, and the locale of Excel and the locale of the SQL Server Analysis Services server differ.
  • Fix an issue where errors appear when trying to save changes to documents synchronized with the OneDrive client.
  • Fix an issue where changes can't be made anywhere in a worksheet when there is a PivotTable with fields in the Filter area, but no fields anywhere else.

Outlook: Feature updates

  • Accessibility improvements: We've made it easier to read and edit text, tables, lists, and images in email when you're using a screen reader.
  • New account configuration: Set up new accounts with a new wizard that requires fewer manual steps.
  • Attach dialog for links: When attaching a link using Attach File on the ribbon, you can select whether to add it as a link or as an attachment. If you don’t want to see this dialog each time, go to File > Options > General and specify how you want links to be attached under “Attachment options.”
  • Support for on-premises attachments: Files from on-premises SharePoint Server show up as recent files under Message > Attach File, on-premises OneDrive for Business and SharePoint team sites appear under Attach File > Browse Web Locations, and local files can be uploaded to on-premises OneDrive for Business sites.
  • Business classifications for groups:  A business classification level defined by the tenant admin, such as Confidential, can be assigned when creating or editing a group, and that classification appears in the group header.
  • Guest access to Office 365 groups: Collaborate with people outside the organization by granting them access to group conversations, files, calendar invitations, and the group notebook. More information
  • Actionable messages: Developers can create messages to make it easy for users to take simple or quick actions right from Outlook without having to switch to an external web site or separate app. [More information]((https://devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft365dev/create-more-engaging-conversations-with-new-actionable-messages-updates-announced-at-microsoft-build/)

Outlook: Security updates

  • CVE-2017-8571: Microsoft Office Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
  • CVE-2017-8572: Microsoft Office Outlook Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2017-8663: Microsoft Office Outlook Memory Corruption Vulnerability
  • CVE-2017-11774: Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
  • CVE-2017-11776: Microsoft Outlook Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2017-11939: Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0791: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0793: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Outlook: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue where the user sees the focus in the message list jump unexpectedly when deleting messages.
  • Fix an issue that causes the user to see authentication prompts when interacting with attachments
  • Fix an issue where the "Learn more" link in Policy Tips isn't visible when using the Dark Gray theme.
  • Fix an issue where Outlook crashes when the user is trying to set up a new account and they close the window without completing the account setup.
  • Fix an issue where Mark as Read and Mark as Unread show as options for messages in the shared inbox for a group.
  • Fix an issue where you're unable to configure an IMAP account in Outlook.
  • Fix an issue that causes an intermittent crash when opening Outlook.

PowerPoint: Feature updates

  • Insert online pictures: New landing page for selecting images and attribution information is automatically inserted with the image.
  • Closed captions for videos: Add closed captions to a video to make it more accessible. More information
  • Narrate a recording: Include video of yourself narrating when you make a recording of a presentation. Recordings can include animations, ink, audio, and video.
  • Shared file activity: Choose the Activity button in the upper right corner of the file to see when a file shared in OneDrive for Business or SharePoint was shared, edited, renamed, or restored.
  • Alt text creation: A cloud-based service automatically generates alternative text for pictures in a presentation.
  • Safe links: When a user clicks on a link, Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) inspects the link to see if it’s malicious. If the link is deemed malicious, the user is redirected to a warning page instead of the original target URL. More information
  • Designer improvements: Recommends professional design ideas for action-oriented lists.
  • Changes in shared files: View who has made changes in shared presentations, and restore earlier versions. More information

PowerPoint: Security updates

PowerPoint: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue where, when saving a sync-backed file, Office fails to write to disk, but Office keeps uploading the file to OneDrive. With this fix, user see an error message and the upload won't proceed.
  • Fix an issue where editing and formatting text after an undo in a table causes PowerPoint to crash.
  • Fix an issue where references to Flash Player based YouTube embed codes result in a new window opening to play the video. Old embed codes are now upgraded to reference HTML5 based YouTube videos so that they correctly play in place.
  • Fix an issue where PowerPoint crashes when opening a presentation from a SharePoint server older than SharePoint Server 2016.
  • Fix an issue where end-user defined characters (EUDCs) that are linked to fonts fail to display.

Project: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue an issue where project level custom field data can get lost on save.
  • Fix an issue where a failed save can corrupt a file and cause Project to crash on open.
  • Fix an issue where opening a project plan could lead to a crash.
  • Fix an issue where opening certain files from Project Online causes Project to crash.
  • Fix an issue where Actual Start may be wrongly cleared when you set remaining work.
  • Fix an issue where Assignment Actual Start Date may show different data than was reported by the resource through statusing in Project Web App.
  • Fix an issue where actual work may be rescheduled if the task's finish date is changed.
  • Fix an issue where if you copy and paste cost fields, the pasted values might not exactly match the copied values due to a rounding issue.
  • Fix an issue where timephased data for Budget resources isn't copied when you save from one baseline into another one.
  • Fix an issue where the status field doesn't always calculate correctly for summary tasks.
  • Fix an issue where actual work wrongly gets transferred to an enterprise resource when it replaces a local resource and protected work is enabled.
  • Fix an issue where Project crashes if you have a table where the first column is Task Name, the column is locked, and you click on a task.
  • Fix an issue where you can assign the same resource multiple times to the same task through the Task Usage view.
  • Fix an issue where values in the number custom fields may be lost when opening XML files.
  • Fix an issue where top-level task indentation doesn't sync properly from Project to a SharePoint tasks list.
  • Fix an issue where if you import task, resource, or assignment information from an Excel workbook, the values in the work field may be ignored.
  • Fix an issue where timephased Baseline values don't match the initial values when you save a project to the XML file format.
  • Fix an issue where the Project client won't open a project since it thinks the project is checked out when it really isn't.
  • Fix an issue so that opening Project files from a file server with high latency open faster.

Skype for Business: Security updates

  • CVE-2017-8676: Windows GDI+ Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2017-8695: Graphics Component Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2017-8696: Microsoft Graphics Component Remote Code Execution

Skype for Business: Nonsecurity updates

  • Add dialog explaining why a user is unable to join a meeting when certain ports are blocked or IPs are not allowed.
  • Fix an issue where unread messages in persistent chat rooms are marked as read when you click IM conversation tabs.
  • Fix an issue where incoming IM toasts experience a several second delay.
  • Fix an issue where an AD contact is displayed as a phone number instead of contact name when sync with Exchange is disabled.
  • Fix an issue where anonymous join users are blocked from joining when federation is disabled and anonymous join isn't explicitly blocked by meeting organizer.
  • Fix an issue where the number of invitees is incorrectly displayed to meeting organizer for meetings that exceed the limit.
  • Fix an issue where phone number isn't displayed in toast on inbound PSTN calls.
  • Fix an issue where, when using the Delete key while renaming a contact list group, the entire group is deleted.
  • Fix an issue where the sharing notification in an IM conversation is dismissed before sharing stops.
  • Fix an issue where the sign-in screen is blank for some non-English languages.
  • Fix an issue where non-English characters in chat and chat history are garbled.
  • Display the caller's phone number for an incoming call handled by the Organizational Auto Attendant if the user's name isn't known.
  • Add an inband setting allowing restriction of "Anyone (no restrictions)"as an option for "These people don't have to wait in the lobby."
  • Add ability to turn on or off self-video for P2P video calls in VDIv2.
  • Fix an issue where duplicate numbers display for contacts in the call drop-down menu.
  • Fix an issue where delegates are removed for users who move between Skype for Business and Skype for Business Basic.
  • Fix an issue where Appear Offline isn't visible when using the Enable Appear Offline and Custom State URL client policies.
  • Widen the Meeting Join button to fix truncation of some localized languages.
  • Increase the prominence of High Importance messages in chat.
  • Add Office and Skype for Business file extension types to allowable file transfer blocklists.
  • Localization corrections in Outlook meeting invitations for meeting footer text set in non-English.
  • Fix an issue where sender names can be switched in conversations of multiple users.
  • Fix an issue where the blank conversation window fails to appear until a meeting is joined successfully.
  • Fix an issue where the department field information in a contact card is empty in search results if the title field is empty.
  • Fix sign-in failures for users migrated from on-premises to online due to firewall rules.
  • Add a new DWORD registry key to fix an issue where, when a user signs into the client on an external network performing LyncAutoD, the client resets the OAuthUsed registry key to false. To fix the issue, set the value to 1 for EnableRestoreOAuthUsedKeyWhenUsingCachedWebTicket under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Lync\<SipID>.

Visio: Feature updates

  • Make diagrams from Excel data: Automatically create a Basic Flowchart or a Cross-Functional Flowchart from Excel data by using new Data Visualizer templates. More information
  • Safe links: When a user clicks on a link, Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) inspects the link to see if it’s malicious. If the link is deemed malicious, the user is redirected to a warning page instead of the original target URL. More information

Visio: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue where COM add-ins don't receive document opened events when a Visio file is opened by a double-click on a file icon or file name.

Word: Feature updates

  • Insert online pictures: New landing page for selecting images and attribution information is automatically inserted with the image.
  • Alt text creation: A cloud-based service automatically generates alternative text (alt text) for pictures in a document.
  • Shared file activity: Choose the Activity button in the upper right corner of the file to see when a file shared in OneDrive for Business or SharePoint was shared, edited, renamed, or restored.
  • Safe links: When a user clicks on a link, Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) inspects the link to see if it’s malicious. If the link is deemed malicious, the user is redirected to a warning page instead of the original target URL. More information
  • Changes in shared files: View who has made changes in shared documents, and restore earlier versions. More information

Word: Security updates

Word: Nonsecurity updates

  • Fix an issue where Word crashes when a user tries to do a Save As to an existing document on OneDrive for Business and then cancels the save or tries to merge existing changes.
  • Fix an issue where, when saving a sync-backed file, Office fails to write to disk, but Office keeps uploading the file to OneDrive. With this fix, user see an error message and the upload won't proceed.
  • Fix an issue where Word can hang if the user navigates to the Insert tab shortly after opening Word.
  • Fix an issue where, after clicking the margin, characters are displayed in the upper left of the screen when entering characters.
  • Fix an issue where Word crashes when opening the Activity pane for a document opened from a SharePoint server older than SharePoint Server 2016.
  • Fix an issue where Word closes unexpectedly while loading the Grammarly add-in.
  • Fix an issue where, under certain conditions, Word crashes while trying to recover cloud-based files.
  • Fix an issue where shapes within drawing canvas can't be rotated.
  • Fix an issue where, when typing in Korean, consonants and vowels are incorrectly separated.
  • Saving a document as a PDF saves the document as a version 1.7 PDF.

Office suite: Security updates

Office suite: Nonsecurity updates

  • Add support for single sign-on (SSO) for domain users for Office 365 Germany plans where the identity is federated with an on-premises Active Directory.
  • Add functionality to prevent minors from acquiring and activating Office Add-ins that come from the Office Store.
  • Fix an issue with zooming and scaling in Office Add-ins under dynamic DPI environment.
  • Fix an issue where the CurrentStatus node of the Office configuration service provider (CSP) returns an empty string even if Office 365 ProPlus is currently installed.
  • Fix an issue that causes .box file format changes, which impacts functionality of older versions of Office installed on the same computer, because .box files are shared across all versions of an Office app on the same computer.
  • Fix an issue where, under certain circumstances when using shared computer activation, an error message appears saying that the app has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly and asking if the user wants to run a repair.
  • Fix an issue where Online Repair progress isn't shown to the user.
  • Fix an issue where Office file properties aren't displayed in File Explorer.
  • Fix an issue where Office add-in buttons disappear from the ribbon when there is a second document opened.
  • Fix an issue where some VBA modules, which have names with double-byte characters can't be opened.
  • Fix an issue that prevents the What's New dialog from appearing.
  • Fix an issue where clicking on the Draw tab causes the application to crash for some users.
  • Fix an issue where hovering over a Common Control that has a tooltip on it causes the application to crash.
  • Fix an issue where a licensing error message appears when using Common Controls.
  • Fix an issue with how some program files are signed, causing anti-virus programs to flag those files and problems protecting or accessing data under Windows Information Protection (WIP).
  • Add support.to allow users working in 64-bit versions of Office to open macro files that contain mscomctl.ocx controls.
  • Improve accessibility of controls used in mscomctl.ocx.
  • Fix an issue where commands are missing from the Ribbon or the Quick Access Toolbar customization dialogs.

Version 1705: January 9

Version 1705 (Build 8201.2217)

This is the Deferred Channel release that's been available since September 2017. It will continue to be supported and receive security updates until July 2018. But, a new Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel release is now available — Version 1708 (Build 8431.2153) — which contains new features, security updates, and nonsecurity updates.

Excel: Security updates

Outlook: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-0791: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0793: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Word: Security updates

  • CVE-2018-0792: Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0793: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0794: Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0798: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0801: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0802: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0804: Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0805: Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0806: Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0807: Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-0812: Microsoft Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Office suite: Security updates

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