Office Insider 2106 for Windows

Office Insider 2106 for Windows release notes.

Build 14131.20008 (June 4, 2021)

Word

Notable fixes

We fixed an issue where comment replies were sometimes lost when coauthoring with multiple users.
We fixed an issue where character spacing increased for specific fonts when rotating them 90 degrees.

PowerPoint

Notable fixes

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.

Office Suite

Notable fixes

We fixed an issue where the CLP feature previously caused unprompted saves to the SyncBacked file (File synced by OneDrive).
We fixed an issue where the user was unable to edit files stored in OnPrem servers.

Build 14122.20004 (May 28, 2021)

Outlook

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 Home ribbon. 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.

Notable Fixes:

We fixed an issue where users were unable to move items across folders in “non-business” licensed Outlook versions.

Word

Notable fixes:

We fixed an issue where some comments were not saved when exporting a document to PDF.
We fixed an issue that prevented the editing of a new comment in an unprotected area of a document when Restricted Editing is applied.
We fixed an issue related to unneeded scrolling animation.
We fixed an issue causing intermittent crashes in the comments pane.
We fixed an issue that was causing a mismatch between the Editor pane theme and the system theme.
We fixed a performance issue related to working with large documents.

Project

Notable fixes:

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

Build 14117.20000 (May 21, 2021)

Outlook

Sign in information

Outlook now tells you when and where you last signed into your account, and alerts you if any suspicious sign-in activity is detected. To check it out, click File > Info and look at the information provided under Most Recent Login.

Word

Notable fixes:

We fixed an issue where a Save As error message was displayed even after a user chose to discard changes.
We fixed an issue where signing in with a different account could result in a crash.
We fixed an issue that prevented images from being posted in modern comments.
We fixed an issue where the Reviewing pane could scroll or appear to scroll but didn’t align with selected comment.
We fixed an issue that caused the selection in the document to not be cleared when clicking outside a newly created comment.
We fixed an issue where comments aren’t highlighted when selected.
We fixed an issue where the wrong field is getting updated when running a macro if editing restrictions are applied.
We fixed an issue where some files don’t open because of corrupt bookmarks.

Excel

Notable fixes:

We fixed an issue where signing in with a different account could result in a crash.
We fixed an issue related to two-finger scrolling when using freeze panes.
We fixed an issue related to out of memory issues when printing on large-format printers.
We fixed an issue that impacted the performance of VLOOKUP and INDEX/MATCH when filling a large amount of data.
We fixed an issue that caused dynamic arrays to not update cell values when referenced by RealTimeData functions.

PowerPoint

Notable fixes:

We fixed an issue where signing in with a different account could result in a crash.
We fixed an issue that prevented copying from the speaker notes pane while in Read Only mode.

Build 14107.20000 (May 14, 2021)

Word

Notable fixes:

We fixed an issue where OneDrive would display a merge error message when there was indeed no merge conflict.
We fixed an issue where pressing key combinations such as ctrl + shift + @ would not produce the expected accented character( in this case, ‘å’).
We fixed an issue related to z-order of SVG objects when converted to shapes.
We fixed an issue related to image compression.
We fixed an issue where copying a mail attachment to an application other than Word would fail if the filename included DBCS characters.
We fixed an issue where Word sometimes displayed a border around text that should have not been there.

Excel

Notable fixes:

We fixed an issue where OneDrive would display a merge error message when there was indeed no merge conflict.
We fixed an issue related to z-order of SVG objects when converted to shapes.
We fixed an issue related to image compression.

PowerPoint

Notable fixes:

We fixed an issue where OneDrive would display a merge error message when there was indeed no merge conflict.
We fixed an issue related to z-order of SVG objects when converted to shapes.
We fixed an issue related to image compression.

Outlook

Notable fixes:

We fixed an issue that caused users to see actionable messages either constantly refreshing or reverting back to headers after download when running in Download Headers Only mode.
We fixed an issue that caused the people picker in Outlook to expand upwards rather than downwards for users with a perpetual license.
We fixed an issue that caused users of custom domains to see a warning message about permissions when pasting a link into an email message.

Build 14029.10000 (May 7, 2021)

Excel

Notable fixes:

We fixed an issue that prevented the Name Manager from opening books with a large number of hidden names.

Outlook

Notable fixes:

We fixed an issue that caused users to see copies of all of their sent items appearing in their Outbox folder.
We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to close unexpectedly when using Read Aloud with other versions of Windows.