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Microsoft has released a new Office Insider Preview Build 14517.20000 for Windows users that registered in the Beta Channel of the Office Insider program. The new build adds tons of fixes for issues found in Word, Excel, Office Suite, Project, Outlook, but brings no new features. You can read the full official changelog below to know about what’s been fixed. Changelog Word Notable fixes We fixed an issue where changes failed to sync and progress was lost in both the synced file and the locally backed up file. We fixed an issue where Word would become slow to respond while using a high CPU percentage. We fixed an issue where AutoCorrect was not working in Modern Comments. Excel Notable fixes We fixed an issue where the error ERROR_DISK_FULL would appear before maintenance would begin. We fixed an issue where Excel’s enclosed numeric characters showed as question marks. Project Notable fix We fixed an issue where the beforetaskchange event would fire twice and included incorrect information when the predecessors field changed. Outlook Notable fixes We fixed an issue where the sensitivity tab was disabled in the frame-control window for some users. We fixed an issue where search did not include items from an online archive mailbox. Office Suite Notable fix We fixed an issue where a user can’t open an .xls/.ppt/.doc file in a folder that was synced from a SharePoint folder with read permission. To update to the latest Microsoft Office Insider Preview Build, open any Office program and go to File> Account> Update Options> Update Now. Microsoft releases Windows Office Insider Preview Build 14517.20000 for Beta Channel subscribers

Microsoft has released a new Office Insider Preview Build 14509.20000 for Windows users that registered in the Beta Channel of the Office Insider program. The new build adds the ability for the users to apply default sensitivity labels when modifying existing files. The update also includes bug fixes for issues found in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project. You can read the full official changelog below. Changelog Word, Excel, PowerPoint Apply default sensitivity labels when modifying existing files Up until now, default sensitivity labels, configured by your administrator, were automatically applied when a file was created. Now, labels are applied whenever a document, worksheet, or presentation is either created or modified. Note that you can select a different label if one better matches the sensitivity of a given file. Word Notable fixes We fixed an issue that negatively impacted the typing speed in a document when an animated GIF is playing. We fixed an issue that caused the Save indicator to stop responding. Excel Notable fix We fixed an issue that caused an insufficient memory warning to appear when copying and pasting content. PowerPoint Notable fix We fixed an issue where ink would not be displayed when a PowerPoint slide was pasted in another program. Outlook Notable fix We fixed an issue that negatively impacted the typing speed in a document when an animated GIF is playing. Project Notable fix We fixed an issue that caused the Visual Basic Applications (VBA) OrganizerMoveItem method that is used to move custom field information from one project to another to not work properly when the Name parameter is omitted. To update to the latest Microsoft Office Insider Preview Build, open any Office program and go to File> Account> Update Options> Update Now. Microsoft releases new Windows Office Insider Preview Build 14509.20000 for Beta Channel subscribers

Microsoft has released Office Insider Preview Build 14430.20088 for Insiders on Windows in the Current Channel. The new Office build adds a number of new features, including the ability to add WebP images to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, support for OpenDocument 1.3, improvement to the Read Aloud feature, and the ability to turn off the suggested replies in Outlook. The new Current Channel Office build also includes some minor changes. You can know about them in the Official changelog below. Changelog Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Add WebP images to Office creations WebP is a modern image format that offers better compression for publishing images to the web. We’ve now added support in Office apps for WebP images! To add a WebP image to your creation in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook, just go to the Insert tab, select Pictures > This Device, choose your image, and click Insert. Learn more Word, Excel, PowerPoint Support added for OpenDocument format 1.3 Support for the newest version of OpenDocument format (ODF) 1.3 is now available in Office! The ODF 1.3 specification adds support for many features already supported by the Office Open XML (OOXML) format; these features can now be saved by Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (file extensions .odt, .ods, and .odp). To use the new format, just click File > Save As and in the Save as type field, select the OpenDocument format. Learn more Apply default sensitivity labels when modifying existing files Up until now, default sensitivity labels, configured by your administrator, were automatically applied when a file was created. Now, labels are applied whenever a document, worksheet, or presentation is either created or modified. Note that you can select a different label if one better matches the sensitivity of a given file. Word and Outlook Natural-sounding voices with Read Aloud The Read Aloud feature in Word and Outlook is great for authors and readers alike. Whether you use it to “prooflisten” a document or an email you’ve drafted to catch errors, or simply to give your eyes a break, Read Aloud now features more natural-sounding voices for an improved listening experience. To access the feature, click the Read Aloud button (found on the Message tab in Outlook and on the Review tab in Word). To switch between different voice options, select the Settings icon at the upper-right corner of your message or document and click the Voice Selection drop-down menu. (Note: You must be connected to the internet to access this feature.) Excel Hide the flyout for query information If you use queries in Excel, you know that hovering over the query name in the task pane opens a preview flyout, with information about that query. You might prefer to hide this preview; now you can easily do it. To hide the query preview flyouts, go to the Data tab, then select Get Data > Query Options. In Global > General, uncheck the option Show the query peek when hovering on a query in the Queries task pane. Outlook Turn off Suggested Replies Outlook makes it easy to reply faster to emails by offering short suggested replies for messages that can be answered with just a few words. Some users may not want to see this option, so it’s now possible to turn the feature off. To do so, select File > Options > Mail, go to the Replies and Forwards section, and clear the Show suggested replies check box. Learn about your organization with Org Explorer Outlook now features Org Explorer, a new app that enables you to contextualize, visualize, and explore the people and teams around you.? To give it a try, select the Org Explorer icon from the left app bar. You’ll see a pleasing visual display showing the people from your team or organization; select a person’s card or icon to view more details about them. Learn more View vital details in the Profile card Are you sending a coworker an urgent email at 3 a.m. (where they’re located)? Now you can view your colleague’s time zone and working hours at a quick glance, simply by looking at their Profile card in Outlook, and make more informed communication decisions. To update to the latest Office Insider Preview Build, open any Office program and go to File> Account> Update Options> Update Now. New Windows Office Insider Build 14430.20088(Current Channel) adds a ton of new features

Microsoft has released a new Office Insider Preview Build for Office Insiders on Windows. The new Office update is rolling out to Beta Channel Insiders. The update carries version 2204 (Build 15109.20000) and comes with no new features, unlike previous Office Insiders updates. Windows Office Version 2204 (Build 15109.20000) is now rolling out to Beta Channel subscribers

Microsoft has released a new Office Insider Preview Build 14706.20000 for Windows users that registered in the Beta Channel of the Office Insider program. The new build adds no new features and includes only bug fixes for issues found in Word, Excel, Outlook, Project, Office Suite. You can read the full official changelog below to know about what’s been fixed. Changelog Excel Notable Fixes We fixed an issue where the filter dropdown arrows stopped working when the sheet was zoomed in. We fixed an issue where newly created PivotTables could lose custom settings if the data source range was changed. We fixed an issue where certain formula results weren’t updated after their inputs had changed. We fixed an issue with the LOGEST worksheet function, where a transient overflow error was not handled and cleared, and was incorrectly picked up for unrelated subsequent calculations. Outlook Notable Fix We fixed an issue where received emails that users sent to themselves (the same email address) rendered a blank message body. Word Notable Fix We fixed an issue where the cursor does not appear in the reply box when inserting a new comment if any pane is open on the right side of the document. Project Notable Fixes We fixed an issue where progress lines aren’t being drawn correctly when a summary task is at 0% complete. We fixed an issue where, when tasks are rescheduled in Project, manually scheduled tasks may be scheduled earlier than they should be. Office Suite Notable Fix We fixed an issue where explanations for TrialNotificationBarDismissed, DateHigh, and DateLow DWORDS were removed. To update to the latest Microsoft Office Insider Preview Build, open any Office program and go to File> Account> Update Options> Update Now. Microsoft releases Windows Office Insider Preview Build 14706.20000 for Windows users

Microsoft has released a new Office Insider Preview Build 14630.20000 for Windows users that registered in the Beta Channel of the Office Insider program. The new build adds a new Accessibility ribbon to the PowerPoint to let you make your presentation accessible to people with disabilities. The update also includes a ton of bug fixes. You can read the full official changelog below to know about what’s been fixed. Changelog PowerPoint Accessibility ribbon: Accessibility made easy Making your presentation accessible to people with disabilities requires knowledge, compassion, and special tools. The new Accessibility ribbon in PowerPoint helps you accomplish this by bringing all the tools you need together in one place. To open the Accessibility ribbon, click Check Accessibility on the Review tab. Notable fix We fixed an issue where a Save As operation with AutoSave off saved the changes to the original cloud file rather than creating a new version. Excel Notable fixes We fixed an issue where the original icon of the app was not displaying correctly if the source file was from a OneDrive location and the file name contained HTML encoding characters when adding an Excel, Word, or PowerPoint embedded object into an Excel file. We fixed an issue where apply name for defined name wasn’t working for dynamic array. We fixed an issue where the text in an Excel cell couldn’t be seen in live preview under certain conditions. We fixed an issue where switching sheets could cause the sheet tabs to not display properly. We fixed a visual glitch when clicking and dragging to select a range of cells. Outlook Notable fixes We fixed an issue where the calendar experienced problems when doing a full sync. We fixed an issue where saving Outlook messages to a SharePoint document library would generate an error, due to an Internet connectivity test. We fixed an LDAP Address Book search error generated when there were two LDAP Address Books from different domains. Word Notable fixes We fixed an issue where writing a comment that mixes language directions (like English and Hebrew) resulted in the word order appearing incorrectly. We fixed an issue with large URLs where a link could not be opened if its length exceeded a specific character limit. We fixed an issue of a persisting zoom level when relaunching and opening documents saved at different zoom levels. We fixed an issue related to page width when closing the comments pane with page width zoom selected. We fixed an issue where anchor highlights weren’t removed from a modern comment when the cursor moved off of it. We fixed an issue where Word became unresponsive when selecting and right-clicking a content control locked against deletion. Project Notable fix We fixed an issue where paste links weren’t updating as information in the project changed. Office Suite Notable fix We fixed an issue where Excel was unable to open a workbook saved from a workbook opened with Application Guard. To update to the latest Microsoft Office Insider Preview Build, open any Office program and go to File> Account> Update Options> Update Now. New Windows Office Insider Preview Build(Beta Channel) brings a new accessibility feature for PowerPoint

Microsoft has released a new Office Insider Preview Build 14623.20002 for Windows users that registered in the Beta Channel of the Office Insider program. The new build adds notable fixes to Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, but includes no new features. You can read the full official changelog below to know about what’s been fixed. Changelog Excel Notable fixes We fixed an issue where importing a query, then selecting a range in the new worksheet and loading from that range, would cause the query editor to open with the wrong table name. We fixed an issue causing rendering errors when teleporting great distances in the grid (such as when using Ctrl + arrow key). Outlook Notable fixes We fixed an issue where the wrong end date for an all-day event was appearing in Calendar view. We fixed an issue where the Windows Explorer would close unexpectedly when doing a “File – Send-To – Mail Recipient.” PowerPoint Notable fixes We fixed an issue where a printout would be cut off (data loss) when the user changed a document in portrait orientation from a bigger paper size to a smaller paper size. We fixed an issue so the app will no longer prompt for a password to modify it if the user explicitly opens the file in read-only mode. Word Notable fixes We fixed an issue that caused auto-scroll mode to not function. We fixed an issue with co-authoring mode where a revision might not be saved. We fixed an issue where a graphic could be missing in certain documents. We fixed an issue where certain font styles were not being mapped appropriately when pasting text as “Keep text only.” We fixed an issue where a mail-merge formatted document couldn’t be saved in .doc format. Office Suite Notable Fixes We fixed an issue where the PowerPoint app would stop responding and the error message “ERROR_TOO_MANY_FILES” would appear. We fixed an issue so that Eyedropper functionality is enabled in documents opened with limited permissions. We fixed an issue in which animated GIFs cropped to a non-rectangular shape would not animate in PowerPoint’s Slide Show presentation mode. We added an option to the Record Slide Show dialog to remove the prompt to Export to Video on closing. To update to the latest Microsoft Office Insider Preview Build, open any Office program and go to File> Account> Update Options> Update Now. Here’s what’s new in Windows Office Insider Preview Build (Beta Channel) Build 14623.20002

Microsoft has released a new Office Insider Preview Build 14609.20000 for Windows users that registered in the Beta Channel of the Office Insider program. The new build adds improvements to the coauthoring error recovery experience in Word, noteworthy fixes in Word, Excel, Outlook, Project, Office Suite. You can read the full official changelog below to know about what’s been fixed. Changelog Word Improved Coauthoring Error Recovery Experience We’ve developed an improved recovery experience to quickly restore users back to a connected state after experiencing coauthoring errors. Notable fix We fixed an issue where the app would stop responding when “at mentioning” (@mention) someone in a comment. Excel Notable fixes We fixed an issue where the word “Column” disappeared from the Cell Format ribbon dropdown menu on mouse over. We fixed an issue where localized characters were rendering too small in a worksheet tab (issue only present for users with the Fluent UI Coming Soon toggle enabled). We fixed an issue related to a workbook with many custom views with Freeze Panes that was causing Excel to stop responding immediately after launch. We fixed an issue where the user was seeing the Music data type button but the artists were not converting. We fixed an issue where hitting the hot key “e” for Filter would conflict with Search on the context menu. Outlook Notable fixes We fixed a sync failure that was occurring when generating a preview. We fixed an issue where the app would stop responding when conducting a search. We fixed an issue where default sensitivity labels were not getting applied on encrypted emails. We fixed an issue where an invite would go out to attendees but would not be saved to the Organizer’s calendar. We fixed an issue where an “Encrypt-Only” sensitivity label would not process for all UI languages except EN. We fixed an issue that caused the Appointment quick view to be cropped when previewing meeting invitations. Project Notable fix 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. Office Suite Notable fixes We fixed an issue affecting the MSI Office 2007 catalyst detection logic, which was causing Visio and Project to be unintentionally removed. We fixed an issue where corrupted SVGs in Office documents fail to render, showing a red X, by substituting an uncorrupted bitmap version of the image. We fixed an issue where a “wdlor” + GUID query parameter could get added to the end of a link. To update to the latest Microsoft Office Insider Preview Build, open any Office program and go to File> Account> Update Options> Update Now. New Windows Office Insider Preview Build(Beta Channel) brings improvements to Word and more

Microsoft has released Office Insider Preview Build 14527.20072 for Insiders on Windows in the Current Channel. The new Office build adds a number of new features, including the ability to edit the auto-generated alt text in PowerPoint with just one click, visual refresh for Office apps, and improvements to the Outlook search results. You can know about them in the Official changelog below. Changelog Office Suite ICYMI: New visual refresh for Office apps We’re excited to announce a full visual refresh for the Office desktop apps for Windows 10 and Windows 11! Based on your customer feedback, this update offers a simple and more consistent experience in all your favorite Office apps, allowing you to focus on your work. The fresh new look is based on Fluent Design principles and is aligned with the new Windows 11, providing more seamless experiences across your PC. Learn more PowerPoint Edit image alt text with one click Providing accurate alt text for your images is an important accessibility step when creating PowerPoint presentations. Now an Edit button appears on the caption bar, allowing you to edit the auto-generated alt text with one click. Just click on the Edit button and your cursor will be automatically inserted into the caption box for easy editing. Outlook Search Answers returns known entities Now when you’re searching Outlook for specific entities—such as calendar events, people, or files—they will appear as a card at the top of your Search results. Just click on the card to be taken to the relevant message(s) or other items related to that entity. Answers people entity card Answers calendar entity card To update to the latest Office Insider Preview Build, open any Office program and go to File> Account> Update Options> Update Now. New Windows Office Insider Build 14527.20072(Current Channel) brings rounded corners and more to Office desktop apps

Microsoft has released Office Insider Preview Build 14827.20088 for Insiders on Windows in the Current Channel. The new Office update adds a useful new feature for Word on Windows. Microsoft says Search in Word is a powerful tool that returns actions, definitions, files, people, and more when you enter just a few characters. Now, using Voice Search, you can say what you’re looking for and Search will find it just as if you had typed it. It’s all about giving you more ways to interact with Microsoft Search and make it easier to find what you need. You can read the full official changelog below. Changelog Word Search using your voice The Search function in Word is a powerful tool, returning actions, definitions, files, people, and more when you enter just a few characters. Now, with Voice Search, you can say what you are looking for and Search will find it, just as if you had typed it yourself. To access this feature, just click the new Microphone button in the right corner of the Search box (or hit Alt+Q on your keyboard to place the focus inside the Search box, then hit the right arrow key and press Enter). Then speak what you are looking for; a dropdown menu will appear, and you can select what you’re looking for from the list. Learn more about the new feature here. To update to the latest Office Insider Preview Build, open any Office program and go to File> Account> Update Options> Update Now. New Windows Office Insider Build 14827.20088 (Current Channel) comes with new Search by Voice feature