What's new and improved in Office 2016 for Office 365
Source From: Microsoft
As an Office 365 subscriber, you regularly get new and improved features. Take a look below to see what's available to you today and what's coming. Not an Office 365 subscriber but using Office 2016? Find out what's available in your version. Need a subscription? Check out your options.
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December 2016 Featured Updates
Take a look at the table below to find out about some of the features that are being added this month. For a complete list of all of the updates and changes, check this page. For more information about how to get the newest features, including the ones mentioned below, check this page. For a visual tour of what's new this month, check out the video below.
View and Restore Changes in Shared Files
In Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Quickly view who has made changes in your shared documents, workbooks, and presentations, and easily restore earlier versions.
Learn more about viewing historical versions of Office files.
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Easily Select and Manipulate Objects
In Excel
You can use the Surface pen when resizing, rotating, and moving handles on objects as well as us the pen button to Lasso select ink without visiting the ribbon.
Learn more about using the pen to move or resize objects.
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Closed Captioning and Multiple Audio Tracks
In PowerPoint
If a slide contains a video that has closed captions or multiple audio tracks, you can now play these tracks in your slideshow.
Learn more about what's new in accessibility for PowerPoint.
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Get Outlook on Your Phone
In Outlook
The Outlook you love, now on your mobile device. Download here.
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New Data Transformation and Connectivity Enhancements
In Excel
The Percentage Data Type is now supported, and binary combining and function authoring experiences have been enhanced.
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New OLEDB Connector
In Excel
Use the new OLEDB Connector in Get & Transform to easily connect to and clean data from OLEDB sources.
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Accessibility Built Right In
In Visio
Get improved support for creating accessible diagrams and for using the keyboard, Narrator, and other assistive technology to work with shapes, edit with others, and more.
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Visio Viewer for iPad and iPhone
In Visio
You can view Visio diagrams on iPad and iPhone in high fidelity on the go. Download the app here.
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NOTE: If you use Office 2016 at work, the availability of the features above may vary based on your company's update policies.
November 2016 Featured Updates
Take a look at the table below to find out about some of the features that are being added this month. For a complete list of all of the updates and changes, check this page. For more information about how to get the newest features, including the ones mentioned below, check this page. For a visual tour of what's new this month, check out the video below.
Turn Data Into Maps
In Excel
Use the new Maps chart type to transform geographic data into professional visualization with just a few steps, and identify insights, trends, and opportunities.
Learn more about creating a Map Chart.
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Edit with Others in Real-Time
In PowerPoint
See where others are working and view changes as they type.
Learn more about working together on PowerPoint presentations.
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Improved Reading with Learning Tools
In Word
New commands in Read mode boost reading skills by adjusting text spacing, showing the breaks between syllables, and highlighting each word as the document is read aloud.
Learn more about Learning Tools.
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Accessibility Built Right In
In Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
Improved support for using your keyboard, Narrator, and other assistive technology to read and edit documents, workbooks, presentations, and projects.
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Insert and Edit Icons
In Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Use icons to add visual impact to your document by inserting and editing one of 500 icons.
Learn more about inserting icons and check out this video.
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Use SVG Images
In Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Insert and edit scalable vector graphics (SVG) in your documents, workbooks, presentations, and emails to create sharp and well-designed content. No expert software required.
Learn more about inserting SVG images.
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Quickly Search Recent Folders
In Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Save documents, workbooks, and presentations to recently used folders using the Recent tab right in your Save or Save As experience.
Learn more about saving a file.
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Shared with Me
In Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
See documents others have shared with you.
Learn more about seeing files others have shared with you.
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Easily Select and Manipulate Objects
In PowerPoint
You can use the Surface pen when resizing, rotating, and moving handles on objects as well as us the pen button to Lasso select ink without visiting the ribbon.
Learn more about drawing and annotating with ink.
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Create Precise Ink Shapes
In PowerPoint
Drag the Segment Eraser to remove excess bits of ink, right up to the nearest line.
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Show Your Progress on Your Timeline
In Project
Check marks and colored progress bars in Timeline View show how far along you are with each task.
Learn more about creating a timeline.
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Label Your Timelines
In Project
Differentiate your timeline bars by using labels to give them descriptive names.
Learn more about creating a timeline.
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Get Outlook on Your Phone and Tablet
In Outlook
The Outlook you love is now available on your mobile device. Download here.
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Visio Online Preview
In Visio
Now you can share your Visio diagrams (.vsdx) along with data connectivity in SharePoint Online or OneDrive for Business with your colleagues and partners who can view them in a web browser. Learn more here.
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NOTE: If you use Office 2016 at work, the availability of the features above may vary based on your company's update policies.
October 2016 Featured Updates
Take a look at the table below to find out about some of the features that are being added this month. For a complete list of all of the updates and changes, check this page. For more information about how to get the newest features, including the ones mentioned below, check this page. For a visual tour of what's new this month, check out the video below.
Edit with Natural Gestures
In Word
Make changes to your document by circling to select, crossing out to delete.
Learn more editing your document with natural gestures.
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Your First Draft Just Got Easier #
In Word
Researcher helps you find relevant quotes, citable sources, and images - all without leaving Word.
Learn more about doing research for your paper within Word.
# Only available in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Japanese
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A New Digital Writing Assistant ##
In Word
Watch for new visual cues and suggestions from Editor, an intelligent built-in service that offers advanced, contextual proofing to help you improve your writing.
Learn more about Editor - your writing assistant.
## To use Editor today, your proofing language must be set to English (support for additional languages coming soon). Also note that this feature is rolling out gradually over the next few weeks so it may not be available to you immediately.
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Stay On Top of Your Travel and Deliveries
In Outlook
Show summaries of your travel reservations and package deliveries in your Inbox, and automatically add them to your calendar.
Learn more about automatically adding travel and package delivery events to your calendar.
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Use SVG Images *
In Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Insert and edit scalable vector graphics (SVG) in your documents, workbooks, presentations, and emails to create sharp and well-designed content. No expert software required.
Learn more about inserting SVG images.
* Only available to Insiders
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Data Transformations and Connectivity Enhancements
In Excel
You can now select to import related tables when loading data from OData sources, add custom columns with values coming from a function computation, or show the dependencies between queries using a dedicated view.
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Easy Discovery of Third-Party Content
In Visio
You can now browse or search for new templates and sample diagrams available from select third-party content providers.
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Ink Replay
In Word and Excel
Replay your handwriting forward and backward to hide and reveal content, provide step-by-step instructions, or better understand the flow of others' thoughts.
Learn more about replaying your ink strokes.
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We're listening
In Project
To suggest new features, tell us what you like, and what's not working, go to File > Feedback.
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CSV (UTF-8) Support
In Excel
You asked for it! You can now save and open CSV files that use UTF-8 character encoding, and enjoy better support when working with files that contain non-English data as well as ease of moving data to other applications.
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Shared with Me
In Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
See documents others have shared with you.
Learn more about seeing files others have shared with you.
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Shape Recognition
In Word
Automatically transform your drawings into shapes.
Learn more about converting ink to shapes.
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NOTE: If you use Office 2016 at work, the availability of the features above may vary based on your company's update policies.
September 2016 Featured Updates
Take a look at the table below to find out about some of the features that are being added this month. For a complete list of all of the updates and changes, check this page. For more information about how to get the newest features, including the ones mentioned below, check this page. For a visual tour of what's new this month, check out the video below.
Find and Reuse Content ^
In Word and Outlook
Go to Insert > Tap, and select Document Item to find and reuse content from your organization's relevant documents.
^ Requires one of the following Office 365 SKUs: Business Premium, E3 or E5.
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Better Recordings
In PowerPoint
You can create a presentation made up of recorded slides, screen recordings and inserted video, and then share that recorded content to be viewed remotely. You can also embed quizzes to assist with remote learning and make your presentation more interactive as well as change the ink color and use simpler controls to record narrations and audio.
Learn more about recording your slide show.
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Get Someone's Attention
In Outlook
You can make sure that recipients know they're being asked for input or action by including the @ symbol followed by the person's name to the body of an email or calendar item. This will also automatically add them to the To line.
Learn more about use @ to get someone's attention.
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Accessibility Built Right In
In Outlook
Improved keyboard and assistive technology experiences for reading email, scheduling meetings, and adding a signature.
Learn more about accessibility features in Outlook 2016, keyboard shortcuts, and using a screen reader.
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Designer Keeps Getting Better
In PowerPoint
Make your bulleted process list visually impactful in one click, with options tailored for your slides by Designer.
Learn more about PowerPoint Designer and how to use it.
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Ink Replay
In PowerPoint
Replay your handwriting forward and backward to hide and reveal content, provide step-by-step instructions, or better understand the flow of others' thoughts.
Learn more about replaying ink strokes.
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New Data Transformations and Connectivity Enhancements
In Excel
Add parameters to your queries, or create new queries from Merge or Append operations. Also take advantage of the Web connector to preview web pages.
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We're listening
In Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher, OneNote, Outlook, Visio, and Word
To suggest new features, tell us what you like, and what's not working, go to File > Feedback.
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Change Text Color Faster Using Tell Me
In Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Request your color change in the Tell Me box and it finds the commands for you; all you have to do is confirm.
Learn more about using Tell Me to quickly change colors.
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NOTE: If you use Office 2016 at work, the availability of the features above may vary based on your company's update policies.
August 2016 Featured Updates
Take a look at the table below to find out about some of the features that are being added this month. For a complete list of all of the updates and changes, check this page. For more information about how to get the newest features, including the ones mentioned below, check this page. For a visual tour of what's new this month, check out the video below.
Help Right Where You Need It
In Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Type your question in the Tell Me box and find your answers right there in the app, with improved search, content, and recommendations.
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Introducing the Insider Fast Program
In Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Want to get access to new and improved features and capabilities faster? Join the Office Insider program and you will updated to the Insider build at the level you selected (Slow or Fast).
Learn more about how to join the Insider program for Windows Desktop.
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Mini-Previews for Attached Photos
In Outlook
When photos are attached to an email, Outlook shows a small preview of the photo in the message.
Learn more about attaching files to an email.
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Refresh the Query - Keep the Layouts
In Excel
Formats and calculated columns for data imported using Get & Transform are now preserved after queries refresh.
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NOTE: If you use Office 2016 at work, the availability of the features above may vary based on your company's update policies.
July 2016 Featured Updates
Take a look at the table below to find out about some of the features that are being added this month. For a complete list of all of the updates and changes, check this page. For more information about how to get the newest features, including the ones mentioned below, check this page. For a visual tour of what's new this month, check out the video below.
Bring Your Presentation to Life
In PowerPoint
You can now create an interactive summary of your presentation with automatic navigation links using Zoom.
Learn more about using Zoom for PowerPoint to bring your presentation to life.
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Your First Draft Just Got Easier
In Word
Researcher helps you find the relevant quotes, citable sources, and images without leaving Word.
Learn more about Researcher.
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Have an Idea?
In Outlook
You can now suggest and vote on future feature ideas right from Outlook by clicking on File > Feedback > Suggest a Feature.
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Recover Deleted Items
In Outlook
You asked for it! It's now easier to recover deleted items that are no longer stored in your Deleted Items folder. Simply click the Recover items recently deleted from this folder link under the Search box in the Deleted Items folder, select the items you want to restore, and then click Ok.
Learn more about recovering deleted items.
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Unified Modeling Language (UML) Templates
In Visio
New UML 2.5-compliant templates are available: Component, Communication, and Deployment.
Learn more about creating UML component diagrams, UML communication diagrams, and UML deployment diagrams.
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New Data Transformations and Connectivity Enhancements
In Excel
Improvements keep coming in! You can now easily migrate workbooks to a different environment, group two or more clauses for row filtering, perform even more Date/Time and Text manipulations, and document your transformations within the Query Editor window.
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NOTE: If you use Office 2016 at work, the availability of the features above may vary based on your company's update policies.
June 2016 Featured Updates
Take a look at the table below to find out about some of the features that are being added this month. For a complete list of all of the updates and changes, check this page. For more information about how to get the newest features, including the ones mentioned below, check this page. For a visual tour of what's new this month, check out the video below.
Text Highlighter
In PowerPoint
Grab the new text highlighter and select your important info.
Learn more about highlighting your text.
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Faster PivotTables
In Excel
Watch data fly when you create, edit, and refresh PivotTables with OLAP connections.
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Shape Recognition
In Excel
Automatically transform your drawings into shapes.
Learn more about converting ink to shapes with the Draw tab.
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Import Data from New Data Sources
In Excel
Create a query using options from the new Online Services category including connectors to SharePoint Online, Exchange, and SAP HANA.
Learn more about these new enhanced data gathering and shaping capabilities.
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New and Improved Data Transformation
In Excel
Take advantage of new and improved data transformation capabilities, such as converting duration values to years, supporting whitespace and line feeds in Query Editor preview, and renaming queries directly from the Queries pane.
Learn more about these improvements
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Get & Transform Improvements
In Excel
Improvements keep coming in! For example, you can now easily detect jagged CSV files, sort columns in the Choose Column builder in alphabetical order, and disable data previews to download in the background to improve the performance .
Learn more about these improvements.
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NOTE: If you use Office 2016 at work, the availability of the features above may vary based on your company's update policies.
May 2016 Featured Updates
Take a look at the table below to find out about some of the features that are being added this month as well as get links to additional content to help you take advantage of these improvements and additions. For a complete list of all of the updates and changes, check this page. For more information about how to get the newest features, including the ones mentioned below, check this page. For a visual tour of what's new this month, check out the video below.
AutoCAD support
In Visio
You can import AutoCAD 2010 and 2013 files in Visio faster and more reliably. You can also add shapes and elements as well as overlay additional data on your layouts and designs. These capabilities make facilities and space management a breeze.
To learn more about working with AutoCAD drawings.
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Send messages anytime
In Skype for Business
Don't wait until someone is online before sending them a message in Skype for Business. You'll no longer receive those "this message can't be delivered" notifications when you send a message to someone who is offline.
Learn more about using offline messaging.
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More efficient online meetings
In Skype for Business
Get a quick start to meetings by pre-loading attachments when you set up your online meeting in Outlook so that you can get started as soon as the participants join.
Learn more about pre-loading attachments for a meeting.
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NOTE: If you use Office 2016 at work, the availability of the features above may vary based on your company's update policies.
April 2016 Featured Updates
Take a look at the table below to find out about some of the features that are being added this month as well as get links to additional content to help you take advantage of these improvements and additions. For a complete list of all of the updates and changes, check this page. For more information about how to get the newest features, including the ones mentioned below, check this page. For a visual tour of what's new this month, check out the video below.
Collaboration made easy
In Word and PowerPoint
Working with others couldn't be any easier. You can now not only share and work on files with others as well as add comments, but also chat with them, review previous versions of the document you're working on and restore one of them if needed.
Learn more about easy collaboration in Word and PowerPoint.
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NOTE: If you use Office 2016 at work, the availability of the features above may vary based on your company's update policies.
March 2016 Featured Updates
Take a look at the table below to find out about some of the features that are being added this month as well as get links to additional content to help you take advantage of these improvements and additions. For a complete list of all of the updates and changes, check this page. For more information about how to get the newest features, including the ones mentioned below, check this page. For a visual tour of what's new this month, check out the video below.
Power Query Enhancements
In Excel
Power Query provides an intuitive and consistent experience for discovering, combining, and refining data across a wide variety of sources, and the ability to search for public data from sources such as Wikipedia. This month, we are enhancing the connectivity capabilities as well as adding new transformations.
Learn more about getting started with Get & Transform.
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Find Photos in a Flash
In OneDrive
You can use the Search Photos command to not only scan photo tags and metadata, but also extract and search text shown in photos. It now can also recognize objects in a photo, as another way to find the picture you want.
Learn more about organizing and finding photos.
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Share Files and Folders More Easily
In OneDrive
Sharing files and folders should be an easy and uncomplicated process. To speed up the process, we now present you with the two most popular options up front: Get a link and Email.
Learn more about sharing OneDrive files and folders.
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NOTE: If you use Office 2016 at work, the availability of the features above may vary based on your company's update policies.
February 2016 Featured Updates
Take a look at the table below to find out about some of the features that are being added this month as well as get links to additional content to help you take advantage of these improvements and additions. For a complete list of all of the updates and changes, check this page. For more information about how to get the newest features, including the ones mentioned below, check this page. For a visual tour of what's new this month, check out the video below.
Archiving & De-cluttering
In Outlook
Ready to de-clutter your Inbox without worries of losing items? You can now quickly move an item stored in your Inbox or any other folder to an archive folder. Once moved, the archived items remain accessible and can easily be restored to their original location.
Learn more about archiving messages.
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Collaboration Made Easy with Groups
In Outlook
Groups enable you to easily collaborate and communicate with others by storing all of your project or team information, such as emails, discussions, and events, in one shared location . You can now browse, join, and even create groups right from Outlook as well as add the ones to follow most actively to your Favorites for easy access.
Learn more about creating a group.
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Do More with Power BI*
In Excel
Ready to get more done with your worksheet data? You can now save and publish workbook items, such as charts, ranges and tables, to powerbi.com and interact with that data in a dashboard format.
Learn more about publishing to Power BI from Excel.
* Requires a Power BI subscription
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NOTE: If you use Office 2016 at work, the availability of the features above may vary based on your company's update policies.
January 2016 Featured Updates
Take a look at the table below to find out about some of the features that are being added this month as well as get links to additional content to help you take advantage of these improvements and additions. For a complete list of all of the updates and changes, check this page. For more information about how to get the newest features, including the ones mentioned below, check this page. For a visual tour of what's new this month, check out the video below.
Ink Annotations
In Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Use your finger or pen to write and draw, and use the tools on the new Draw tab to highlight content of particular interest.
Learn more about drawing and annotating with ink.
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Black theme
In Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote
Use this new theme to get the highest level of contrast while working in your Office apps.
Learn more aboutchanging the look and feel of Office 2016 apps with themes.
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New Charts
In Excel
Funnel charts can be used to help you display values as progressively decreasing proportions.
Learn more about creating a funnel chart.
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New functions
In Excel
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Data entry made easier
In Excel
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More Send As Options
In Excel
Send a document either as an attachment or as a PDF without leaving the confines of your worksheet from the Share pane.
Learn more about sharing your workbook with others.
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Improved Formula Autocomplete
In Excel
Only remember a part of a formula name (for example, you know if contains a “rand” or a “value” somewhere)? No problem! Excel now returns all partial matches for everything you type—not just exact matches from the beginning of the string.
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Real-Time Presence
In PowerPoint
When collaborating with others on a presentation, see not only who is working on the presentation but also what slide each person is working on.
Learn more about collaborating on PowerPoint presentations with real time co-authoring.
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Finding email from specific contacts made easier
In Outlook
Ever looked for a mail from someone and realized that they have same name as someone else you frequently email? You can now pick the right person from the list of suggested contacts as their picture appears next to their name.
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NOTE: If you use Office 2016 at work, the availability of the features above may vary based on your company's update policies.
November 2015 Featured Updates
Take a look at the table below to find out about some of the features that are being added this month as well as get links to additional content to help you take advantage of these improvements and additions. For a complete list of all of the updates and changes, check this page. For a visual tour of what's new this month, check out the video below.
Morph
In PowerPoint
Create seamless transitions between slides and bring motion to your presentations to more effectively convey concepts and information.
Learn more about using the Morph transition
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Designer
In PowerPoint
Deliver customized and high-quality presentations and maximize the visual impact of its most important content. As you use it, Designer learns about your preferences and adapts its recommendations to be tailored to you.
Learn more about the PowerPoint Designer
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Calendar Insights Template
In Excel
View your calendar as a dashboard and drill into the data get a better handle on how you spend your time and identify ways to get more out of your days.
Learn more about the Calendar Insights template
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Financial Templates
In Excel
Take advantage of couple new templates to track what you earn, how much you spend, and where your spending occurs as well as quickly analyze and compare the performance of selected stocks over time.
Learn more about the My Cashflow template, and the Stock Analysis template
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More Send As Options
In Word and PowerPoint
Send a document either as an attachment or as a PDF without leaving the confines of your document from the Share pane.
Learn more about sharing documents in Word and presentations in PowerPoint
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Insert Online Video
In OneNote
Liven up your notes by adding online videos and bringing interactivity to your content.
Learn more about inserting online videos
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NOTE: If you use Office 2016 at work, the availability of the features above may vary based on your company's update policies.
September 2015
Co-Authoring
In Word and PowerPoint
Work with others simultaneously on a document regardless of the device you're using.
Learn more about co-authoring in Word and PowerPoint
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Simplified Sharing
In Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Just click the Share button in the Ribbon for easy sharing right from your Office documents. See who has access to a given document and who is currently working in the document, and change individual authoring permissions for any document you own.
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Shared Notebooks
In OneNote
Collect any and all relevant information (e.g., photos, videos, clippings, drawings,...) in one central location, work with others, and watch the app sync changes within seconds.
Learn more about sharing a OneNote notebook with other people
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Real-Time Typing
In Word
As you collaborate with others in a document, see where others are working and view their edits as they happen.
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Modern Attachments
In Outlook
Attach a document from your recent items and share them from OneDrive or SharePoint with email recipients. Also configure sharing permissions so that all the recipients have access to the attached file without having to leave the app.
Learn more about attaching a file to an email
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Mail Triage
In Outlook
The Clutter feature learns how you prioritize your mail and then helps you by putting low priority messages in a separate folder (while still giving you a daily summary so you don't miss anything). When on the go, you can also take advantage of this capability by using the Focused Inbox.
Learn more about using Clutter to sort low priority messages
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Improved Version History
In Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Refer back to previous snapshots and earlier drafts of documents during the editing process as you collaborate with others.
Learn more about viewing historical versions of Office files
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One-Click Forecasting
In Excel
With one simple click, create forecast charts based on historical data and predict future trends. This new capability uses the industry standard Exponential Smoothing (ETS) algorithm to give you reliable forecasting data.
Learn more about creating a forecast
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New Chart Types
In Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
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Export Data Source Information to Excel
In Access
Get a list of all the linked data sources from your Access database application into Excel for reference.
Learn more about exporting linked data source information to Excel
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More Flexible Timelines
In Project
Not only leverage multiple timelines to illustrate different phases or categories of work, but also set the start and end dates for each timeline separately, to paint a clearer overall picture of the work involved.
Learn more about creating multiple timelines.
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Better Control over Resource Scheduling
In Project
Negotiate an agreement, called a resource engagement, to make sure that resources with limited availability are being used appropriately and effectively throughout your organization.
Learn more about resource engagements.
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Improved Data Connectivity
In Visio Professional
Connecting your diagram to Excel data is now just one step away. Make sure there is a one-to-one match between values in an Excel column and the text for each shape on the diagram, and simply click Quick Import on the Data tab.
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Modern Shapes
In Visio
Take advantage of the many redesigned shapes that are now available. In Visio Professional, the Basic Electrical template now has shapes that are compliant with the IEEE standard. In Visio Standard, the Office Layout shapes have been updated. Also check out the Starter diagrams to quickly get going.
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Better Together with Windows 10
In Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Mail, Calendar, and OneNote
Take the Office mobile apps for a spin and find out why they are the perfect option for on-the-go productivity. They help you do great work anywhere, anytime, with documents in full fidelity across all your Windows 10 devices.
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Office Themes
In Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, Access, Project, Visio, and Publisher
Pick the Office theme that's right for you. The Dark Gray theme provides a high contrast look and feel that is easy on the eyes. The Colorful theme offers a modern and fresh look. The White theme provides a traditional Office look.
Learn more about changing the Office theme
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Tell Me
In Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Project, Visio, and Access
Simply type what you want to do in the app using your own words, and then Tell Me will guide through the process as well as offer additional resources.
Learn more about doing things quickly with Tell Me
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Smart Lookup
In Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook
Fact-check or explore terms in your documents with Bing-powered Smart Lookup. Simply highlight terms in your document and use this feature to bring in search results from the web right into your reading or authoring environment.
Learn more about getting insights into what you're working on
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OneDrive Integration
In Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, and Outlook
Access your Office documents from anywhere and any device by saving them to OneDrive, pick up anywhere you left off, and co-author with others from the comfort of your office or home, or even on the go.
Learn more about saving documents online.
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Skype Integration
Use Skype to check in and collaborate with someone using Instant Messaging (IM), voice, video, or screen sharing. Also join online meetings while on the go using the Skype for Business mobile app. See who is online, IM meeting participants, and follow along when a presenter shares his screen - all from your tablet or phone.
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Cross-Platform, Cross-Device
In Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, and Outlook
Easily switch from one device to the next without missing a beat. View and edit your Office documents across Windows, Android, and Apple devices. Review, edit, analyze, and present with a consistent look and familiar user experience across your devices.
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