Microsoft is now rolling out a new update to the Microsoft Office. The latest update to Microsoft Office comes to Windows platform.
The new build of Microsoft Office for Windows comes in the Office Beta Channel in the Insider Preview Program. The update to Microsoft Office Insider comes with build version 2010 with build number 13318.20000 with some new features and improvements over the previous one. The update majorly focuses on Excel, Outlook, Word and PowerPoint on Windows.
A detailed changelog is given below,
Changelog:
Excel
Create Power Query data types in Excel
Use the Power Query Editor to create your own custom data types, load the result of the query to the Excel grid, and easily consume and explore the output of their query with interactive data cards and formulas. This feature is available for E3+E5 customers only. To enable this feature, in the Power Query Editor, select several columns, move to the Transform tab, select the Create Data Type button.
In the Create Data Type dialog, define:
1. Data type name
2. Display column
Notable fixes
- We fixed an issue where multi-level category manual interval was not working in charts.
- We fixed an issue where adding to a table used for Data Validation did not update options for all sheets in the workbook.
- We fixed an issue which could cause a hang when refreshing OLAP PivotTables.
Outlook
User experience updates for Tasks
The tasks items received a visual refresh.
Text predictions
As you type an email, we’ll show ghost text prediction to help you complete your sentences faster. You can accept it by pressing tab.
Word
Microsoft Editor gets an upgrade in Word and Outlook
We have upgraded the current experience with the Editor pane in Word for desktop clients.
Notable fixes
- We fixed an issue where links to workflow-enabled files were not opening as expected.
PowerPoint
Notable fixes
- We fixed an issue where when a PowerPoint file with a linked Excel chart incorrectly changes to an Excel sheet when the user changes the source path to the local OneDrive folder.
OneNote
Notable fixes
- We fixed an issue when you hover over green colour in notebook colour selector, the pop up reads “red chalk.”
- We fixed an issue where OneNote didn’t honour High Contrast colours in the canvas for custom themes.
Access
Notable fixes
- We fixed an issue where the scrollbar position was not set correctly when loading query/relationship window saved while scrolled.
- We fixed an issue where Add Table Task Pane was not displaying names containing ‘&’ correctly.
