Office Insider 2111 for Windows release notes.
Build 14630.20000 (November 5, 2021)
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.
Build 14623.20002 (October 29, 2021)
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.
Build 14613.20000 (October 22, 2021)
Outlook
Notable fixes:
- We fixed an issue where the Like button did not appear for Group emails if the user opens an inbox email and closes it before going to Groups.
- We fixed an issue where Outlook would display fewer contact lists/contact groups in suggestions than expected.
Word
Notable fix:
- We fixed an issue where some tables spanning multiple pages would bounce up and down (due to redrawing) in a no-margin page view.
Excel
Notable fix:
- We fixed an issue where a query update caused Excel to stop responding.
PowerPoint
Notable fix:
- We fixed an issue where copying an embedded object caused the embedded object to save, as well as re-saving the containing document (which created a new version if AutoSave was enabled).
Build 14609.20000 (October 15, 2021)
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.
Build 14530.20000 (October 8, 2021)
Outlook
Update your photo using link in contact card
We’ve added a new way for you to update your photo in Outlook. Now when you open your own contact card, a new link appears under your name and title. Click on Update your photo to go to the web page where you can change the photo associated with your Outlook profile.
Excel
Notable fix:
- We fixed an issue where using a cell reference in a formula caused users to experience high CPU usage.
Word
Notable fixes:
- We fixed an issue where the application would stop responding when the user selected File > Save As.
- We fixed an issue where the app would close unexpectedly when the user clicked on comment text while dictating a reply to that comment.
- We fixed an issue where the Read Aloud playback sometimes jumps to a random location in the document.
PowerPoint
Notable fix:
- We fixed an issue related to reordering bulleted list items using drag and drop.
Office Suite
Notable fix:
- We fixed an issue where an update would stop responding. The update would open Software Center as expected; it would start the “download and apply” phase, but then would stop responding and an error would appear: 0x87d00668 (“Software update still detected as actionable after apply”).
