Office

For those on the Slow ring of the Office Insider Program for Office for Mac, Microsoft has released a slow ring build and is now available for download on your Mac.

Office Insider builds for are updated on a regular basis to provide new or improved features, security updates and bug fixes.

The newly released version is 16.11.180305 which brings Translate for Word Outlook improvements, and more. Check out the full changelog below.

Release Notes:

Write your best resume with help from LinkedIn*

With Resume Assistant, see work experiences, suggested skills, and more for a given role. This feature is new in Word

* Only available when the display language is set to English and region is to the following countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, or United States.

Resume on the left side of the screen and the Resume Assistant pane on the right side

Break the language barrier

Translate words, phrases, or the whole document to another language with Microsoft Translator.This feature is new in Word.

Do more with Focus Mode

We heard you! Focus Mode now opens at your set zoom level and shows the page number while you scroll.This feature is new in Word

The same presentation remdering on a PC and a Mac, and looking identical

Get the look you want

Embedded fonts ensure that your presentation looks the same on every computer and people experience your content as you intend. No more surprises! This feature is new in PowerPoint.

Bring structure to your emails

We heard you! Insert tables in your messages and calendar events, and bring structure to your content. No more copying and pasting from other Office apps. This feature is ne in Outlook.

Message with a table and the Table Design tab in the ribbon visible

What time is it?

Want to know what time it is in another part of the world? Add a second time zone to your Outlook and never wonder again! This feature is new in Outlook

Timeliness across time zones

Traveling across time zones? Create an event with different start and end time zones, and Outlook will take care of the conversion. No mental math required!This feature is new in Outlook.

Meeting invite showing two different time zones

Improved security for Google accounts

Security improvements mean that you no longer need to allow access to “less secure apps” or set an app password in order to add your Google Account to Outlook. This feature is new in Outlook

Make your text larger… and smaller, too

Increase or decrease the font size in your sidebar, message list, and reading pane.This feature is new in Outlook