Version 2103 (Build 13901.20148)

Feature updates

Excel

• AutoSave and coauthoring on sensitive encrypted documents: Don't trade off productivity for security. With Microsoft Information Protection, documents that are encrypted with sensitivity labels can now be AutoSaved and co-authored with others in real time just like unencrypted documents can. Requires tenant opt-in (more info: https://aka.ms/mipcoauth).

Outlook

• New conference room and workspace booking experience: The conference room booking experience has been refreshed, and with it we've added capabilities to allow you to schedule individual workspaces as well

PowerPoint

• AutoSave and coauthoring on sensitive encrypted documents: Don't trade off productivity for security. With Microsoft Information Protection, documents that are encrypted with sensitivity labels can now be AutoSaved and co-authored with others in real time just like unencrypted documents can. Requires tenant opt-in (more info: https://aka.ms/mipcoauth).

Visio

• Office icons have a new look: The product icons have been redesigned to reflect simple, powerful, and intelligent Office experiences. Learn more

Word

• Dark Mode for Word documents: Dark Mode may help reduce eye strain and accommodate light sensitivity while working on your documents.
• AutoSave and coauthoring on sensitive encrypted documents: Don't trade off productivity for security. With Microsoft Information Protection, documents that are encrypted with sensitivity labels can now be AutoSaved and co-authored with others in real time just like unencrypted documents can. Requires tenant opt-in (more info: https://aka.ms/mipcoauth).

Resolved issues

Access

• We fixed an issue that could lead to an unexpected app close when removing an external drive.
• We fixed an issue when an external application requests an accessibility interface, it will prevent us from shutting down until they release their reference.

Excel

• We fixed an issue that could lead to an unexpected app close when removing an external drive.
• Fixed an issue where Excel would sometimes close unexpectedly when trying to show the Data Types card due to a not being able to retrieve an image.
• Corrected an issue where the font would change unexpectedly when using a multiplication or divide sign with a Japanese font. We now continue to use the same font if it supports the character.
• We fixed an issue that prevented users from exporting an Excel workbook to PDF.
• We fixed an issue which caused images to be smaller than expected when using the Paste Linked Picture option.
• We fixed an issue where some formatting could be lost when copying a sheet while coauthoring.
• We fixed an issue where some notes were unexpectedly shown when opening a workbook.
• We fixed an issue that caused some PivotTable formatting to corrupt the workbook when saving to the .xls or .xlt format.

Outlook

• We fixed an issue that could lead to an unexpected app close when removing an external drive.
• We fixed and issue that caused users to see duplicate calendar groups appearing after creating a new group.
• We fixed an issue that caused users of the Shared Calendar improvements to be unable to set a calendar's color to yellow or brown.
• We fixed a problem that caused users to see newly added calendars fail to appear in the navigation pane until after Outlook had been restarted.
• We fixed an issue that caused non-ASCII characters to export incorrectly when exporting to CSV.
• We fixed an issue that caused some people to be unable to access signatures associated with secondary mail accounts.
• We fixed an issue that caused users of the Cloud Settings feature to see customized settings overridden by default setting after configuring Outlook on a new device.
• We fixed an issue that caused users to see signatures containing unicode content to get damaged.
• We fixed an issue that caused users of inline translation to be unable to submit feedback.
• We fixed an issue that caused users to see attachments getting duplicated when removing DRM protection.
• We fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to look up a contact group with Check Names when composing mail.

PowerPoint

• We fixed an issue that could lead to an unexpected app close when removing an external drive.
• We fixed an issue where arrows in line charts were not appearing as expected in PowerPoint slideshow mode.
• Fixes an issue with looping animations and audio bookmarks.

Project

• Fixed an issue where Visio could stop working during close.
• We fixed an issue that could lead to an unexpected app close when removing an external drive.
• Fixed an issue where a task that are 100% complete may revert back to 99% complete.
• Fixed an issue where Project may close unexpectedly if you are running JAWS and go to the task information dialog.
• Fixed an issue where if the indicator column is not in the first column spot, when you cut a summary task you aren't warned that the subtasks will also be removed.
• Fixed an issue where if a user selected the Add Yourself to a Task function on their Timesheet, the correctly resource availability units may not be used on the created assignment.
• Fixed an issue where task splits may be wrongly created when saving a project from Project web app to a local file. This would happen if a task calendar with non-standard working times was being used.

Publisher

• We fixed an issue that could lead to an unexpected app close when removing an external drive.

Visio

• Fixed an issue where Visio could stop working during close.
• We fixed an issue that could lead to an unexpected app close when removing an external drive.

Word

• We fixed an issue where opening a file protected with a Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) label can hang indefinitely if the user is not signed in to an identity that has access to the MIP protected label. The user is forced to cancel the open to show the sign-in prompt, and the open only succeeds after that point. Fixing this issue by allowing the sign-in prompt to be shown during open/download.
• We fixed an issue that could lead to an unexpected app close when removing an external drive.
• We fixed an issue when using Dictation in the new Word Commenting, the Dictation button in the Comment card now correctly toggles on and off.
• When coauthoring a document, active draft is not cleared when comment order changes.
• Fixed an issue where there was no space being inserted between words when users dictated into their document.
• Fixes an issue in the rendering pipeline related to scrolling layers that contain scroll or zoom animations.
• Fixes an issue with colors applied to icons and SVG graphics with 3D effects.
• We fixed an issue in AutoSave.
• We fixed an issue in footnote.
• We fixed an issue when posting multi-line comments typed in RTL caused the 2nd and onward lines to be aligned to the left instead of the right.
• We fixed an issue with alignment of multiple comments.
• We fixed an issue in Read Aloud task pane keyboard shortcuts.
• We fixed an issue with Narrator which may skips over a paragraph.
• We fixed an issue where spell check switched between two different spelling correction context menus.
• We fixed an issue with Rich text content controls.
• We fixed an issue with typing at the end of a hidden paragraph may result in application hang.
• We fixed an issue where columns might have overlapping text.
• We fixed an issue relating to bookmark.
• We fixed an issue in resolving conflicts while in coauthoring.

Office Suite

• OneDrive places are now filtered out as appropriate per the group policy setting.
• Fixed an issue that could happen when using narrator within text that contains math equations.
• Fixes a reliability issue related to support of Office apps running in session 0.
• Fixes a reliability issue related to support of Office apps running in session 0.
• Fixes an issue related to unresponsiveness that may occur when loading EMF images.

Source:

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/off...-2103-march-11
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/off...hannel-preview
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Posted By: Brink
12 Mar 2021