Windows 10: Office 365 Semi-Annual Targeted v2002 build 12527.20278 - March 10

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Version 2002 (Build 12527.20278)

Security updates listed here

Feature updates

Access

Find linked tables fast: Our new search box makes finding linked tables a breeze. Learn more

Excel

Get their attention with @mentions: Use @mentions in comments to let co-workers know when you need their input. Learn more

Find what you're looking for: Search for commands, people, files, photos, web articles, and more. Learn more

More icons to match your mood: We've added over 300 new icons. Find them at Insert > Icons. Learn more

Sketch it out: Give a casual, hand-drawn look to Office shapes in your workbook. Learn more

Faster file sharing: Share your documents right from the recently used list without having to open the file.

No more bouncing to the browser: You decide how links to Office documents open: in the browser or in the app.

Focus on what's left to do: Select Resolve to collapse comments and make open items stand out.

Create more accessible PDFs: Create a PDF and the accessibility checker will point out accessibility issues to fix before you save. Learn more

Convert files to improve accessibility: Upgrade your files to the modern format to make them more accessible for everyone.

Data visualizer add-in: Quickly create Visio flowcharts from Excel. Learn more

Read and reply on the fly: Respond to comments and mentions right from email without opening the workbook.

Get stats on your workbook: Workbook Statistics provides an overview of the content of a workbook, to help you more easily discover its contents.

Save shapes as pictures: In just a few clicks, save a shape, icon, or other object as a picture file so you can reuse it elsewhere. Learn more

Search and enjoy: We've added Search to Insert Icons to make it easy to find the icon you want. And when you're selecting, the Insert button tells you how many you've picked. Learn more

Outlook

See people's LinkedIn details in Outlook: Now, when you open a contactâs profile card, you can learn more about them by viewing their LinkedIn profile.

Polished the Focused Inbox on and off experiences: For customers that do not use Focused Inbox, we brought back the Unread tab in the message list across all folders. We also added a sort by Flag to make it easier to find flagged items. Finally, Focused Inbox has a better interaction model with search: Focused Inbox remains until a user starts to search and we show 'Results' text shown after a search completes.

Connect your LinkedIn network with Outlook: Securely connect your LinkedIn account with your Microsoft account to see information from LinkedIn profiles directly in the People card. Learn more

All your encryption options in one place: Just go to Options > Encrypt to choose how to secure your email message. Learn more

Insert Link Menu in Outlook will insert a link with permission defined by tenant admin: A link from the Insert Link MRU in Outlook would insert a link that only worked for users who already had permissions to it. This often caused back and forth emails between users asking to be granted access to a document. We've updated this experience so now the link is inserted with the default permission set by the tenant admin. For MSIT this is "organization can edit" so all internal users who receive a link shared this way will be able to access it.

Search with spelling woes or typos: Outlook will find what you're looking for even when your spelling doesn't match.

Contact Support window now dockable: Find the Contact Support window now docked in a pane on the right of your screen.

More icons to match your mood: We've added over 300 new icons. Find them at Insert > Icons. Learn more

Phishing mails are easy to spot: Spam and phishing messages have a different look and feel so you can easily identify and eliminate them from your inbox.

Advanced protection against attack: With Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection, you're protected against attacks through hyperlinks within email subjects, attached messages, signed messages, network paths, and so on.

Let me draw it out: Scribble on top of pictures or add a Drawing Canvas to send your thoughts with ink. Learn more

See relevant messages in your search results: Outlook analyzes search terms and shows the most relevant email messages at the top of your search results. You'll also see all results sorted by date in the Top Results section. Learn more

Get location suggestions: Start typing in Location when scheduling appointments and meetings, and Outlook will suggest rooms, addresses and other recent places. Learn more

Fit more messages on the screen: Select View > Use Tighter Spacing to adjust spacing between messages. Learn more

See your messages in a different light: Use the Sun/Moon button to switch between light and dark backgrounds in the reading pane. Learn more

Search and enjoy: We've added Search to Insert Icons to make it easy to find the icon you want. And when you're selecting, the Insert button tells you how many you've picked. Learn more

PowerPoint

Fast real-time collaboration in PowerPoint: Fast real-time collaboration in PowerPoint

New proofreading tools: Don't stress about your words. PowerPoint now provides grammar and writing suggestions. Learn more

See slide number on printed handouts: Add slide number to the print copy of your handouts

Live captions and subtitles: The presenterâs words are automatically shown on screen as captions or translated into subtitles in the language of your choice. Learn more

You compute, we format: We change hand-drawn math expressions into standard characters. Just choose Ink to Math and select your handwritten notes to get started. Learn more

Find what you're looking for: Use the search box to find text, commands, help, and more. Learn more

More icons to match your mood: We've added more than 300 new icons. Find them at Insert > Icons. Learn more

Find and fix missing slide titles: Slide titles add punch to your pitch and make your slides accessible to users of all abilities. Accessibility Checker shows you where titles are missing so you can add them in a snap. Learn more

Sketch it out: Give a casual, hand-drawn look to Office shapes in your presentation. Learn more

Faster file sharing: Share your documents right from the recently used list without having to open the file.

No more bouncing to the browser: You decide how links to Office documents open: in the browser or in the app.

Save an illustration as SVG: Save a chart, shape, or other illustration as a scalable vector graphic, which can be resized with no loss of image quality. Learn more

Print slide numbers on handouts: Slide numbers are included on your handouts automatically. Leave them on, turn them off, it's all up to you. Learn more

Ink-stant replay: When inking on your slides, apply a replay animation to replay the actual drawing of your ink during your slide show. Learn more

Create more accessible PDFs: Create a PDF and the accessibility checker will point out accessibility issues to fix before you save.

Optimize your presentation for all: Accessibility Checker helps you arrange objects on your slides with screen readers in mind.

Convert files to improve accessibility: Upgrade your files to the modern format to make them more accessible for everyone.

A more secure video experience: Security enhancements mean a safer online video experience for you.

Search and enjoy: We've added Search to Insert Icons to make it easy to find the icon you want. And when you're selecting, the Insert button tells you how many you've picked. Learn more

Why reinvent when you can re-use?: Save time by re-using slides that you created or that others have shared with you.

Change handwritten ink to shapes, text, or math in PowerPoint for Office 365: Go from free-form ink to Office shapes, text, or a mathematical expression in a couple of strokes. Learn more

Visio

Back to the scene of the crime: Use new Evidence, Indoor, and Outdoor stencils in the Crime Scene Investigation template to recreate crime scenes in detail.

Make polished Visio diagrams in Excel: Create a flow chart or organizational chart by putting data on a worksheet. Learn more

Word

Microsoft Equation Editor converter: Converter allows users to convert equations created using Microsoft Equation editor to Office Math ML format to enable editing.

Editor for Resume joins LinkedIn Resume Assistant: Editor for Resume offers a selection of grammar and style checks specially tailored for resumes, to make your writing more precise and professional.

Fixed a document corruption issue caused by merge of 3D objects.: Fixed a document corruption issue caused by merge of 3D objects.

Find what you're looking for: Use the search box to find text, commands, help, and more. Learn more

Collaborate in living color: Comments and changes are color coded by contributor so it's easy to see who's who among your collaborators.

Edit macro-enabled docs collaboratively: Save your docm files on OneDrive for Business and edit with your collaborators in real time.

Coauthoring improvements: Improved Word performance when coauthoring in documents with tracked changes.

More icons to match your mood: We've added over 300 new icons. Find them at Insert > Icons. Learn more

Others see your changes quickly: Co-authoring improvements mean your collaborators can see your changes faster than ever before.

Sketch it out: Give a casual, hand-drawn look to Office shapes in your document. Learn more

Erase with precision: Choose from two eraser sizes to fix small inking imperfections. Learn more

Faster file sharing: Share your documents right from the recently used list without having to open the file.

No more bouncing to the browser: You decide how links to Office documents open: in the browser or in the app.

Others see your changes quickly: Co-authoring improvements mean your collaborators can see your changes faster than ever before.

Coauthoring improvements: Improved reliability when coauthoring.

Create more accessible PDFs: Create a PDF and the accessibility checker will point out accessibility issues to fix before you save. Learn more

Convert files to improve accessibility: Upgrade your files to the modern format to make them more accessible for everyone.

A more secure video experience: Security enhancements mean a safer online video experience for you. Learn more

Who's working with me?: Easily see who else is working along with you, and where they are in the [document/spreadsheet/presentation]

Save shapes as pictures: In just a few clicks, save a shape, icon, or other object as a picture file so you can reuse it elsewhere. Learn more

Search and enjoy: We've added Search to Insert Icons to make it easy to find the icon you want. And when you're selecting, the Insert button tells you how many you've picked. Learn more

Office Suite

What's New Pane: The What's New experience has moved to the Help Pane, so you can more easily access and stay up to date with our latest updates.

Your ribbon icons have a new look: Donât worry, everything works the same. Plus, they look great on screens of all sizes. Learn more

Resolved issues

Access

This update fixes an issue in Microsoft Access that may cause the error "Query is Corrupt" when an Update Query is run, or an UPDATE statement is used in SQL.

This update fixes an issue that can cause Microsoft Access to fail to identify an Identity Column in a linked SQL Server table, which can cause rows to be reported as deleted incorrectly.

This update fixes an issue where using an ADODB. Recorder object in VB code may incorrectly report an error.

Access templates should no longer cause attachment columns to fail within a database. After instantiating a template, you should now be able to add an attachment field to your database.

Excel

Addressed an issue that caused users to experience crashes when renaming a signature.

This change circumvents a problem with certain Intel graphics drivers by leveraging software rendering.

Fixed an issue that caused some users to experience crashes when converting text to columns with cells that have a spilling array.

This update fixes an issue that caused the formula bar to display text in a different font than expected.

Text to Column functionality may fail for some locales.

Users may encounter an error when accessing a hidden named range.

Users may encounter an error when saving changes while using some non-English character sets.

Resolved an issue where selecting a cell after scrolling could result in the wrong cell being selected.

Excel may have issues when editing a protected file from an untrusted network share.

Text to Column functionality may fail for some localizations.

Users may encounter an error when accessing a hidden named range.

Users may encounter an error when saving changes while using some non-English character sets.

Fixed an issue that some users may have experienced with embedded and linked objects (OLE).

We fixed the right click menu for Pivot Charts to enable the option to Show Details.

Resolved an issue that may have caused a crash when searching for recent files while no workbook is open.

Fixed an issue where some users may have experienced multiple pop-up windows when external links were present in the workbook.

Fixed an issue where comment commands in the context menu were not being displayed.

Resolved an issue with ribbon customization not loading when opening embedded workbook.

Fixed an issue where CUBEVALUE functions would sometimes return an incorrect result.

Outlook

Addressed an issue that caused a hang in the Search Feedback experience.

Addressed an issue that caused users to experience hangs in Outlook when retrieving Cloud Settings.

Addressed an issue that caused the search box to be improperly aligned in high dpi mode.

Addressed an issue that caused users to observe a memory leak in the Outlook process.

Addressed an issue that caused users to see emails sent to an address that did not match the displayed SMTP address in some circumstances.

This change restores the ability to view multi-line subjects in the message header.

We fixed an issue which could have prevented files from being saved to a WebDAV location.

Corrected an issue with SMIME algorithm selection.

Addressed an issue that caused third party applications to be unable to send email.

Addressed an issue that caused users to see an empty message box with an "OK" button when trying to contact support from the Account Creation context.

Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash during profile creation.

Addressed an issue that caused Outlook to unexpectedly sync all mail even when the sync slider is set to a smaller setting.

Addressed an issue that caused users with Black Theme to see the "From" dropdown show white text on a white background.

Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when canceling account setup.

Addressed an issue that caused users to experience crashes when renaming a signature.

Addressed an issue that caused the option to disable flagged item highlighting to fail to be respected in some scenarios.

Addressed an issue that caused users to see a "The rules on this computer do not match the rules on Microsoft Exchange" prompt when opening the Rules dialog.

Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash when specifying an invalid From address.

Addressed an issue that caused a memory leak for very long Outlook sessions.

Addressed an issue that could result in a crash when viewing the same item in multiple windows.

Addressed an issue that caused users to see a noticeable delay when interacting with their mailbox folders through keyboard shortcuts.

Addressed an issue that caused users to be unable to open some instances of recurring calendar items.

Addressed an issue that caused users with mailboxes on Exchange 2010 servers to experience issues when adding attachments to calendar items.

Addressed an issue that caused users to experience issues when replying to digitally signed messages.

Addressed an issue that caused the Location field in meetings to get updated unexpectedly.

Addressed an issue that caused commas in the location field of a meeting to turn into semicolons.

Addressed an issue that caused the location of a meeting to get added back to the meeting unexpectedly after clearing it.

Addressed issues relating to meetings and appointments set in the Brazilia time zone.

Addressed an issue that caused users to see mails unexpectedly send when pressing the "S" key after closing the accessibility checker pane.

This updates the attachment blocking logic in Outlook to also block python attachments.

Addressed an issue that caused web add ins to access Digital Rights Managed messages.

Addressed an issue that caused users to experience a crash during profile creation.

Addressed an issue that caused users to experience crashes when renaming a signature.

PowerPoint

We fixed an issue with Shape.Paste method: when user copies and paste the shape using Shape.Paste method it changes the selection to the pasted shape.

Addressed an issue that may have caused a crash when using context menu in legacy PPT comments.

Project

Identified an issue where users could get several messages when opening a read-only project.

Fixed an issue where 100% tasks of type fixed duration may wrongly have their % complete calculated at less than 100% complete.

Fixed an issue where summary task dates weren't always getting calculated correctly.

Fixed an issue where the OnUndoOrRedo event doesn't fire without first running the OpenUndoTransaction method.

Word

We fixed an issue where in some cases, saving an existing file always causes the Save As dialog and the file never actually saves.

Building blocks organizer may display an invalid alert: "You have modified styles, building blocks".

Office Suite

This change addresses slow rendering of some scatter charts with markers.

This change addresses reported problems with graphics adaptors that leverage the Intel Integrated GPU.

Fixed a bug in ODT and GPO Update Deadline setting where relative deadline only works the first time it is set, the fix enables the relative deadline for subsequent updates.

Resolved an issue where Office updates may have unexpectedly downloaded files from the Office CDN instead of the intended source, such as a local or network share, or Configuration Manager-provided location.

Fixed an issue when multiple documents are open in Word/Excel/PowerPoint from the same SharePoint library, only the first document opened will be scanned for Policy compliance.

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Office Insider Monthly (Targeted) v2002 build 12527.20186 - Feb. 22

UPDATE 2/24: Office Insider Monthly (Targeted) v2002 build 12527.20194 - Feb. 24

Version 2002 (Build 12527.20186)

Various bugs and performance fixes.

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Office 365 Semi-Annual (Targeted) v1902 build 11328.20230 - April 9

UPDATE 5/14: Office 365 Semi-Annual (Targeted) v1902 build 11328.20286 - May 14

Version 1902: April 9

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20230)

Outlook: Non-Security updates

Addresses an issue that caused customers to experience a crash when loading pictures on the contact card.

Addresses an issue that caused some customers to experience crashes when starting office applications.

Fixed an issue in which windows would not appear in the correct location when the system task bar was kept at the left or top of the screen.

Word: Non-Security updates

If a file is opened in read-only mode and you click 'Save As' from the 'Info' pane, fixes issue so that the save UI is displayed.

Office Suite: Non-security updates

Fixed an issue which was causing excessive sign-in prompts on Windows 10 (version 1803 or later) devices.

Fixed regression that causes hangs when downloading linked pictures.

Fixed blurriness of large EMF files pasted in Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Fixed the bug in version history parsing logic that in few cases caused the documents to be opened in read-only.

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Source: Release notes for Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted) releases in 2019 | Microsoft Docs

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Office 365 Semi-Annual (Targeted) v1902 build 11328.20230 - April 9

UPDATE 5/14: Office 365 Semi-Annual (Targeted) v1902 build 11328.20286 - May 14

Version 1902: April 9

Version 1902 (Build 11328.20230)

Outlook: Non-Security updates

Addresses an issue that caused customers to experience a crash when loading pictures on the contact card.

Addresses an issue that caused some customers to experience crashes when starting office applications.

Fixed an issue in which windows would not appear in the correct location when the system task bar was kept at the left or top of the screen.

Word: Non-Security updates

If a file is opened in read-only mode and you click 'Save As' from the 'Info' pane, fixes issue so that the save UI is displayed.

Office Suite: Non-security updates

Fixed an issue which was causing excessive sign-in prompts on Windows 10 (version 1803 or later) devices.

Fixed regression that causes hangs when downloading linked pictures.

Fixed blurriness of large EMF files pasted in Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Fixed the bug in version history parsing logic that in few cases caused the documents to be opened in read-only.

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Source: Release notes for Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted) releases in 2019 | Microsoft Docs

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