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OFFICE INSIDER – WHAT HAPPENED IN APRIL?

OFFICE INSIDER – WHAT HAPPENED IN APRIL?

NEW FEATURES/FIXES

You can find and follow all monthly Office insider new features and fixes (updates) on our blog. 👍🏻  Officer insider gets updates and new features regularly. It is important to follow these Office insider updates and use them in terms of increasing your knowledge. Now let’s take a look at what kind of changes happened in Office insider in the month of April.

 

April 2021

April 30, 2021 , Version 2105 (Build 14026.20000)

Visio

AWS stencils and shapes

You can now use stencils with the latest AWS shapes to help you create diagrams and represent your AWS architecture more accurately.

AWS şekilleri

 

outlook new iconOutlook

Ensure accessibility of your content

When composing an email to large audiences or external users, for example, accessibility violations will now be brought up to your attention, through a mailtip.

To turn off this feature, select File > Options > Ease Of Access > Accessibility checker options and select the Run the accessibility checker only when I open it option.

Notable fixes
  • We fixed an issue where using High Contrast mode for extended periods of time would cause Outlook to crash.

Excel

Notable Fixes
  • We fixed an issue which could cause Excel to crash when using Paste Special with formats in certain situations.
  • We fixed an issue that cause Excel to crash when moving through comments in the Comments pane.
  • We fixed an issue that caused date formatting to be displayed incorrectly in some languages when using add-ins.
  • We fixed an issue that caused the Dictation button to be misaligned when adding comments to a document.

word new iconWord

Notable fixes
  • We fixed an issue that caused the ability to collapse margins in a document containing multiple columns to be available.
  • We fixed an issue where text formatting remains after removing hyperlinks.
  • We fixed an issue where users would not be prompted to save documents when using a command (rather than the CTRL+S keyboard shortcut).
  • We fixed an issue where Word was unable to perform a Mail Merge with an Access database.
  • We fixed an issue where the sensitivity label disappears from a file in Word after uploading the file to SharePoint Online.
  • We fixed an issue where comments are not displayed after filtering by people.
  • We fixed an issue where Word would become unresponsive when editing fields.
  • We fixed an issue where some characters are not displayed correctly in table cells when there are comments in the document.
  • We fixed an issue where the file format changes occurred when saving documents with the AIP add-in enabled.
  • We fixed an issue that caused the Dictation button to be misaligned when adding comments to a document.
PowerPoint
Notable fixes
  • We fixed an issue that caused the Dictation button to be misaligned when adding comments to a document.
msproject new iconProject
Notable fixes
  • We fixed an issue where changes done through Planning Wizards weren’t always captured by change events.
  • We fixed an issue where users were unable to remove projects from the resource pool.

April 23, 2021 , Version 2105 (Build 14014.20002)

Excel

Import data from dynamic arrays

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

Notable fixes
  • We fixed an issue to support backward compatibility with older versions of Excel. The issue may cause a file that is saved in a more recent version of Excel fail to load properly in older versions of Excel due to functions such as IFERROR and XLOOKUP added to Excel since Office 2007.
  • We fixed an issue where some files would occasionally fail to open in Protected View.
  • We fixed an issue that caused the status bar to not indicate a Ready state for some users.

outlook new iconOutlook

Notable fixes
  • We fixed an issue that caused name resolution to fail when sending on behalf of another user and resolving against an address book that is not the Global Address List.
word new iconWord
Notable fixes
  • We fixed a issue where placeholder text was clipped in comments when using right-to-left languages.
Office 
Notable fixes
  • We fixed an issue where hyperlinks including digits would be broken when composing a message in Outlook in a right-to-left language.
  • We fixed an issue where some Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) did not render correctly.

April 16, 2021 , Version 2105 (Build 14007.20002)

Excel

Notable fixes
  • We fixed an issue that caused Excel to crash when using 32 bit Office on 64 bit Windows.
  • We fixed an issue that caused Narrator to incorrectly read the properties of two buttons on the Header/Footer tab in the Page Setup dialog box.
PowerPoint
Notable fixes
  • We fixed an issue related to linked pictures.

April 9, 2021 , Version 2105 (Build 14002.20000)

Excel

Accessibility ribbon

Find all of the tools you need to create accessible content in one place – the Accessibility ribbon!

word new iconWord
Proofing for selected text within the Document

With these changes you can now review spelling, grammar and other intelligent writing suggestions for just the selected text. Additionally you can also review suggestions for the whole document.

April 2, 2021 , Version 2104 (Build 13926.20000)

outlook new iconOutlook

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.

word new iconWord
Notable fixes
  • We fixed an issue that prevented specific policies from being honored.
  • We fixed an issue in auto save.
  • We made a fix in Application.OnTime where it might not trigger correctly.
Access
Notable fixes
  • We fixed an issue when an external application requests an accessibility interface, it will prevent us from shutting down until they release their reference.
We compiled all the new features and fixes in April in Office insider.
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