Office Insider 1912 for Windows.

Build 12325.20012 (December 6, 2019)

Outlook

New feature:

Advanced group email settings

Are you part of too many groups to count? Customize which emails or events to receive or follow in your inbox. In group settings you can select to receive all mail and events, only replies to you, replies and events sent to you, or to keep them out of your inbox altogether.

Groups Naming policy

A group naming policy enables the IT admin to standardize and manage the names of groups created by users in the organization. The admin can require a specific prefix and suffix be added to the name for a group when it’s created, and can block specific words from being used. This helps minimize the use of inappropriate words in group names as well as IT manage the representation of groups in their directory. Naming Policy also helps organizations that deploy team sites to categorize them based on department.

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where inserting images into emails may have caused them to be resized.
• We resolved an issue where policy tips may not have worked when you changed the sender.
• We resolved an issue that may have displayed the retention policy for inboxes alongside the inbox name.
• We resolved an issue where the Meeting Notes add in for Outlook may not have launched OneNote.
• We resolved an issue where the name order in a user’s account may not have been correct for Japanese names.
• We resolved an issue where blank spaces may have appeared in Contact cards with Japanese language pack.

Word

New features:

Tabbed panes

Now you can switch between multiple panes using a tab UI on the right hand side of the app. The UI will only be visible when you have 2+ panes open.

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where the comment pane may have reloaded when using copy+paste.
• We resolved an issue where comments may not have pasted in the correct order.
• We resolved an issue where safelinks from Word to PowerPoint may not have launched PowerPoint correctly.
• We resolved an issue where @mentions may not have worked correctly.
• We resolved an issue where applying a template with multi-level list with custom styles may not have preserved the style.
• We resolved an issue where the margin dropdown menu may not have rendered correctly.
• We resolved an issue where the building blocks organizer may have displayed an invalid alert.
• We resolved an issue where follow-up preview loaded too much text.
• We resolved an issue where saving after a mail merge may not have worked.
• We resolved an issue where resizing a split screen border may have introduced an additional split screen.
• We resolved an issue where the name order in a user’s account may not have been correct for Japanese names.
• We resolved an issue where hovering a mouse pointer over comments may display a textbox outline around the comment.

Excel

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where users may have encountered an error when saving changes while using some non-English character sets.
• We resolved an issue where ribbon customization may not have loaded when opening an embedded workbook.
• We resolved an issue where clearing a modern array formula with backspace may not have cleared all cells.
• We resolved an issue where disabling hardware graphics acceleration with 4k resolution may have delayed the rendering of cells.
• We resolved an issue where ribbon customization may not have loaded correctly.
• We resolved an issue where users may have encountered an error while attempting to access a hidden named range.
• We resolved an issue where the margin dropdown menu may not have rendered correctly.
• We resolved an issue where the name order in a user’s account may not have been correct for Japanese names.
• We resolved an issue where hovering a mouse pointer over comments may display a textbox outline around the comment.

PowerPoint

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where safelinks from Word to PowerPoint may not have launched PowerPoint correctly.
• We resolved an issue that may have prevented scrolling on touch screens.
• We resolved an issue where the margin dropdown menu may not have rendered correctly.
• We resolved an issue where closing PowerPoint with the Camtasia add in running may have produced an error.
• If a user has two (or more) different videos on a slide in a cloud file, the video images are rendered correctly, but when the user clicks on each one to play, the video content is the same.
• We resolved an issue where the name order in a user’s account may not have been correct for Japanese names.
• We resolved an issue where hovering a mouse pointer over comments may display a textbox outline around the comment.

Project

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where the overallocation table may have been hard to read in dark mode.
• We resolved an issue where comparing projects may have caused the app to crash.
• We resolved an issue where updates to the effort column may not have been reflected in the day.

OneNote

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where the Meeting Notes add in for Outlook may not have launched OneNote.
• We resolved an issue where the name order in a user’s account may not have been correct for Japanese names.

Build 12307.20000 (November 15, 2019)

Excel

New feature:

Natural Language Queries in Ideas in Excel

Tired of trying to remember tons of complicated formulas? Now you can simply ask Excel questions to glean insights from your data, all with the power of your voice! Using the intelligence that powers Ideas in Excel, natural language query will quickly answer users’ data questions with formulas, charts, or pivot tables.

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where editing dynamic array formulas within a cell may have resulted in text being aligned outside of the boundary of the cell.
• We resolved an issue where Text to Column functionality may have failed for some localizations.
• We resolved an issue where replying to a comment may have caused the textbox to expand vertically beyond the edge of the pane.

Word

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where right-clicking sometimes did not result in selecting the whole word.
• We resolved an issue where some themes made it difficult to determine which comment is selected.
• We resolved an issue where selecting a comment hint did not show the modern comments pane when hidden in pane switcher.
• We resolved an issue where the cursor may have remained active inside an object after converting to a suggested format instead of outside once the conversion has been accepted.
• We resolved an issue where embedded images may have appeared smaller than expected.
• We resolved an issue where replying to a comment may have caused the textbox to expand vertically beyond the edge of the pane.

Project 

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where users may experience an invalid error regarding licensing.
• We resolved an issue where the Today button in the date picker may have set the incorrect date.
• We resolved an issue where replying to a comment may have caused the textbox to expand vertically beyond the edge of the pane.

Outlook

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where embedded images may appear smaller than expected.
• We resolved an issue where replying to a comment may have caused the textbox to expand vertically beyond the edge of the pane.

PowerPoint

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where the cursor may have disappeared after moving focus from text.
• We resolved an issue where replying to a comment may have caused the textbox to expand vertically beyond the edge of the pane.

OneNote

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where replying to a comment may have caused the textbox to expand vertically beyond the edge of the pane.

Publisher

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where replying to a comment may have caused the textbox to expand vertically beyond the edge of the pane.

Access

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where replying to a comment may have caused the textbox to expand vertically beyond the edge of the pane.

Visio

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where replying to a comment may have caused the textbox to expand vertically beyond the edge of the pane.

Build 12231.20000 (November 8, 2019)

Excel

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where pasting a chart from Excel to PowerPoint could have reduced the size of the chart.

Outlook

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue that may have caused crashes when working with cross-folder content.

PowerPoint

Notable fixes:

• We resolved an issue where pasting a chart from Excel to PowerPoint could have reduced the size of the chart.