Office Insider 2109 for Windows

Office Insider 2109 for Windows release notes.

Build 14430.20030 (September 3, 2021)

Office Suite

Notable fix:

We fixed an issue where, during the uploading of a file, the application stopped responding and the document was not syncing.

Access

Notable fix:

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

Excel

Notable fixes:

We fixed a rendering issue in worksheets with Freeze Panes enabled for certain scrolling scenarios.
We fixed an issue where localized characters appeared lower than English characters in the sheet tabs.
We fixed an issue where the Find/Replace dialog only saved history for Find and not Replace (the dialog was not saving the history of what was replaced when Replace occurred).

Outlook

Notable fixes:

We fixed an issue where Read Aloud neural voice regression stopped responding.
We fixed an issue that caused Room Finder to fail to load.
We fixed an issue that caused reminders to intermittently display late and show the wrong time in the dialog.

PowerPoint

Notable fix:

We fixed an issue where the slide size can change during print preview.

Project

Notable fix:

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

Word

Notable fixes:

We fixed an issue where Read Aloud neural voice regression stopped responding.
We fixed an issue related to crashes when calling DCompositionCreateDevice.
We fixed an issue where typing Hiragana with the Japanese input method editor (IME), with the At Mention people picker open, caused the IME to stop working.

Build 14420.20004 (August 27, 2021)

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.

Outlook

Calendar To-Do bar view displays multiple months

In previous versions of Outlook, users could customize their view to show more than one “mini-month” at a time in the Calendar To-Do bar (a pane on the right side of the screen). Thanks to user feedback, we’ve brought this feature back! Now you can show multiple months both horizontally and vertically in the Calendar To-Do bar. To show the To Do bar in the Calendar module, click View > To Do Bar > Calendar, then resize the pane to show multiple months as needed.

Notable Fixes:

We fixed an issue where an unexpected informational notification tip about shortening meetings by default appeared when creating meetings in Outlook, when the option was not configured by the Exchange administrator.

Word, Excel, Publisher

Notable Fixes:

We fixed a stability issue related to graphics during recalculation.

Excel

Notable Fixes:

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

Office Suite

Notable Fixes:

We fixed an issue where pictures copied from Word did not preserve the Lock Aspect Ratio setting when pasted into drawing canvases in other Office applications.

Build 14416.20006 (August 21, 2021)

Word

Notable Fixes:

We fixed an issue where enabling auto-save could cause recent edits to temporarily disappear.
We fixed an issue with the comments where icons, stickers, and illustrations were not visible if they were pasted along with the text in a comment.
We fixed an issue related to exporting a chart as an EMF, so the EMF has editable labels when inserted as a picture in Office.
We fixed an issue where Word was failing to render the base-64 encoded, embedded GIFs in the email body.
We fixed an issue with non-default ribbon configurations that could lead to the Style Gallery not functioning.
We fixed an issue where the Resolve button was disabled when the focus was on a comment.

Excel

Notable Fixes:

We fixed an issue with the Insert Cells dialog in which double-clicking on one of the options was not applying the selected option and dismissing the dialog.
We fixed an issue where scrolling using a mouse wheel or touch pad wasn’t working if the last row or column in the sheet was hidden.
We fixed a problem where the Analysis ToolPak add-in did not work with certain Automation Security settings.

Outlook

Notable Fixes:

We fixed an issue that was allowing users to be able to download protected attachments.
We fixed an error caused when forwarding large or long-running recurring meetings as ICAL.

Access

Notable Fixes:

We fixed an error that was causing tables dropped into the query design or system relationship window to appear in a different location than where they were dropped.

Office Suite

Notable Fixes:

We fixed a performance issue related to inserting or editing rows on some versions of Windows.
We fixed an issue related to the following scenario: when using Create Video to export a video from a presentation at the default OneDrive location, an error message would appear saying that the location is not available.
We fixed an issue where some documents were saving with an incomplete task pane.
We improved behavior during file save to a location requiring user access approval. The Grant Access screen should now appear to allow user access approval.

Build 14405.20002 (August 13, 2021)

Word

Track just your changes

Collaborating with others is a key part of producing great content in Word, and the Track Changes feature is an essential part of that process. Previously, when you turned on Track Changes, everyone’s changes were automatically tracked. But sometimes you only want your own changes to be tracked, without forcing this setting on others. Now we’ve given you the power to turn on Track Changes only for yourself. To do so, go to the Review tab and open the dropdown menu on the Track Changes button; then select Just Mine.

Notable Fixes:

We fixed an issue where the Repeat as Header Row feature in a table was disabled in some cases.

Excel

Notable Fixes:

We fixed an issue that caused the trend line on charts with logarithmic data to not be smooth.

Outlook

Notable Fixes:

We fixed an issue related to replying to a message from an external user with a sensitivity label and we do not apply our sensitivity label default.

Access

Notable Fixes:

We fixed an issue where, after an error is encountered when pasting records into a subform, data added to the subform is discarded when the form is closed.
We fixed an issue where attempting to use the DAO API from non-Office applications would cause a failure, with the message, “The operating system is not presently configured to run this application.”

Office Suite

Notable Fixes:

We improved behavior during a file Save or Save As to a location requiring user access approval; the Grant Access screen should now appear, to allow user access approval.

Build 14329.20000 (August 6, 2021)

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.

Excel

Notable Fixes:

We fixed an issue with switching separators after a Selection.Parent.Copy call.
We fixed an issue where Excel was clearing out the value for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\UserInfo\Company in non-MSI installs of Office.