UPDATE 5/01: New Microsoft 365 Current Channel v2404 build 17531.20128 - May 1

Version 2404 (Build 17531.20120)

Feature updates

Excel

• Reduce workbook size bloat from unwanted cell formatting with "Check Performance": Reduce workbook size bloat from unwanted cell formatting with new "Check Performance" task pane user experience.

Resolved issues

Access

• We fixed a performance issue when applying criteria to the ID field in a query to a linked ODBC table.
• We fixed an issue where Access didn't run digitally-signed macros.

Excel

• We fixed the issue of a shape location shifting when pasting a range with some shapes as a picture.
• We fixed an issue where all visible panes get drawn for scrolling operations in multiple pane scenarios.
• We fixed an issue where the COUNTIF function did not work correctly when counting merged cells with dropdown lists.
• We fixed a rendering issue related to scrolling or zooming in charts.
• We fixed an issue in Excel where the user was unable to set the default font.

OneNote

• Added a new setting to configure whether the Windows taskbar is shown when you enter Full Page View.

Outlook

• We fixed an issue that caused users to be prompted to save messages that had no changes when the message was opened in a previous Outlook session.
• We fixed an issue that caused some users to see no search results in Org Explorer.
  We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to take longer to boot than expected.
  We fixed an issue that caused users with on premise mailboxes to see no web add-ins in Outlook.
• We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to exit unexpectedly when clicking on the Organization tab in the Hierarchical Address Book while Narrator is running.
• We fixed an issue that caused users to intermittently be unable to move items to their Online Archive.
• We fixed an issue where users were unable to recall a message sent in Outlook.
• We fixed an issue where custom forms from MAPI form servers stopped responding.
• We fixed an issue where the older format of an add-in was being launched instead of the newer format whenever a user tried to run the add-in from an Actionable Message.

PowerPoint

• We have resolved a problem where online videos do not play in some cases.

Project

• If an enterprise template is created with the Microsoft Project Professional 2016 desktop, when users with newer versions of Project create projects based on the template, information such as task notes may be missing. This fix addresses this problem.

Word

• We fixed an issue where the accessibility pane was blank on saving the document in .doc format or when document was in compatibility mode.
• We fixed an issue that caused Outlook to exit unexpectedly when attempting to undo a change in a draft after switching from an account that has automatic signatures to an account that does not have a signature configured.
• We fixed an issue where a notification was not disabling as expected in template (.dotx) files with personal information removal enabled in the Change Setting or the Trust Center Settings.
• We fixed an issue where opening certain Word documents would give error, "Word experienced an error trying to open the file".

Office Suite

• We fixed an issue where the user wasn’t prompted to save to the cloud on exit from Excel.
• We fixed an issue where the Office update installer would appear to be unresponsive.
• Unicode character support.

Source:

• Release notes for Current Channel releases - Office release notes
• What's new in Microsoft 365

Latest Office and Microsoft 365 Updates for Windows

Posted By: Brink
30 Apr 2024