Office Insider 2110 for Windows release notes

Build 14527.20040 (October 1, 2021)

Excel

Notable fixes:

• We fixed an issue where the row and column header colors on partial selection were not discernible from the fishbowl color in Dark Gray theme (only present for users with the Fluent UI Coming Soon toggle enabled).
• We fixed an issue where users reported it was difficult to tell the selected tabs from the non-selected tabs in the Office light themes (issue only present for users with the Fluent UI Coming soon toggle enabled).
• We fixed an issue in the Excel macro language in which the alert dialog box did not show in the proper type.
• We fixed an issue with number formats used in Data Type property values for non-English regional system settings.
• We fixed an issue where, in some cases, the top rows could appear duplicated in worksheets with Freeze Panes enabled.
• We fixed an issue where the BizUD Gothic Japanese font was rendering differently between Office applications.

Word

Notable fixes:

• We fixed an issue where the document was appearing and disappearing in a flicker motion.
• We fixed an issue where emails forwarded with long image URLs wouldn’t display.
• We fixed an issue where the BizUD gothic Japanese font was rendering differently between Office applications.

Outlook

Notable fixes:

• We fixed an issue that caused users of Outlook’s Shared Calendar Improvements feature to experience high CPU usage.
• We fixed an issue where a delegate cannot see organizer details in Scheduling Assistant.

PowerPoint

Notable fix:

• We fixed an issue where the sub-menu opened in the wrong place in a slideshow.

Office Suite

Notable fix:

• We fixed an issue where Excel now has more control about the input events and users can explicitly decide when they want to start a PTP gesture.

Build 14517.20000 (September 24, 2021)

Word

Notable fixes:

• We fixed an issue where changes failed to sync and progress was lost in both the synced file and the locally backed up file.
• We fixed an issue where Word would become slow to respond while using a high CPU percentage.
• We fixed an issue where AutoCorrect was not working in Modern Comments.

Excel

Notable fixes:

• We fixed an issue where the error ERROR_DISK_FULL would appear before maintenance would begin.
• We fixed an issue where Excel’s enclosed numeric characters showed as question marks.

Project

Notable fix:

• We fixed an issue where the beforetaskchange event would fire twice and included incorrect information when the predecessors field changed.

Outlook

Notable fixes:

• We fixed an issue where the sensitivity tab was disabled in the frame-control window for some users.
• We fixed an issue where search did not include items from an online archive mailbox.

Office Suite

Notable fix:

• We fixed an issue where a user can’t open an .xls/.ppt/.doc file in a folder that was synced from a SharePoint folder with read permission.

Build 14509.20000 (September 17, 2021)

Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Apply default sensitivity labels when modifying existing files 

Up until now, default sensitivity labels, configured by your administrator, were automatically applied when a file was created. Now, labels are applied whenever a document, worksheet, or presentation is either created or modified. Note that you can select a different label if one better matches the sensitivity of a given file.

Word

Notable fixes:

• We fixed an issue that negatively impacted the typing speed in a document when an animated GIF is playing.
• We fixed an issue that caused the Save indicator to stop responding.

Excel

Notable fix:

• We fixed an issue that caused an insufficient memory warning to appear when copying and pasting content.

PowerPoint

Notable fix:

• We fixed an issue where ink would not be displayed when a PowerPoint slide was pasted in another program.

Outlook

Notable fix:

• We fixed an issue that negatively impacted the typing speed in a document when an animated GIF is playing.

Project

Notable fix:

• We fixed an issue that caused the Visual Basic Applications (VBA) OrganizerMoveItem method that is used to move custom field information from one project to another to not work properly when the Name parameter is omitted.

Build 14503.20002 (September 10, 2021)

Outlook

Use your voice to send email and @mention people

In our increasingly busy world, dictating your emails in Outlook has become a very popular way to improve your efficiency. We’ve now made this feature even more powerful by adding specific voice commands, enabling you to add people to an email, mention (@name) someone in a message, and send the mail—all using only your voice. To use this feature, click the Dictate button on the Message tab for an email. Then dictate your message and try out a voice command, such as “add [name] to email” or “at mention [name],” and observe the results.

Notable Fixes:

• We fixed an issue where double-clicking to save an untrusted attachment would fail to save to network locations.
• We fixed an issue where messages created via Send To do not get default sensitivity labels.

Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Data Loss Prevention policy tips

Additional sensitive information types configured as part of OneDrive and SharePoint data loss prevention (DLP) policies can now be detected by the app to show a policy tip. This update also brings accuracy improvements and globalization support.

Excel

Notable fix:

• We fixed an issue where automatic sensitivity labeling was not working for a few GCC-H tenants.

PowerPoint

Notable fix:

• We fixed an issue where using auto-save saved the file in an unexpected location; requests to save to a shared location were saved locally without notification.

Project

Notable fix:

• We fixed an issue where, if the decimal separator isn’t a period, enterprise resources can’t be saved when an enterprise number custom field is updated.

Office Suite

Notable fix:

• We fixed an issue where the ampersand character was incorrectly shown as an underline in the data types card.