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New Office design toggle is disabled
Note: I'm running the latest Windows 11 insider build.
When I open the Coming Soon pane to try out the new Office design, I see that the toggle is disabled:
How can I turn it on?
- Currently Version 2107 Build 14228.20000 hasn't been released yet. You will need to wait until that build is installed, then you'll start seeing all the new updates. At this time, we don't have a specific date/time to share for when the update will be released.
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Now that this is not only for the Insider channels, I've created an article on this that may answer some questions.
New Experience / Visual Refresh Preview - Microsoft Office - Office 365 - Turning it on and off
It includes registry hacks.
"I agree to the terms" was somehow deselected (or not selected) in my Office apps.
Selected it, and was able to toggle new Office experience.
TheOnlyTails Well then how do we get it on win10
- The toggle was enabled today, and is working across all apps. Not impressed.
so uhh i somehow got it to work with outlook, idk how i did it but i did it... cool
I FOUND IT!!!!!!!!!!
(you can't switch the toggle on BUT you can get the effects of it)
You can force it to show the new UI, with the registry
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yz_kKOSz2uVM8NQi3wesjS7FVIXJPeqa/view?usp=sharing
Download this file, open it, click yes, start any Office 365 Apps that support it (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote)
Now you should have the new UI!
(as a warning it might take a long time to disable this once you enable it, as you have to go to registry, Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\ExperimentConfigs\ExternalFeatureOverrides go to this folder, click every office app name, and delete the strings that start with Microsoft.Office.UXPlatform... on ALL OF THEM)
I think the new splash screen is kinda bad, but I suppose they will change it later. Some of the buttons are too skinny too (Like the search button)
- Thank you very much.
MerBudd thank you!
- Thanks!, its work perfectly, many thanks
TheOnlyTails
It's finally working for me !!! (Using the build 16.0.14301.20004 64 bits)
Here's everything I did... Maybe it works for you as well...
1. Search for the Coming Soon feature using the search bar in your app (I tried it on Excel with a new blank file) and open it. It will open an article in a sidebar on the right. For me it was grayed out and I couldn't enable the new visual experience, like many people here in this forum post;
2. Give a feedback on the article on the bottom of the article saying if it was useful or not. I clicked on NOT useful (since I couldn't use it). Write something and send it.
3. Restart your Office 365 app and open the Coming Soon again. Now it should be possible to enable it. Enable the new visual experience using the toggle and restart your Office 365 software for the changes to take effect (again, I tried it on Excel on a new blank file);
4. With your software restarted, now you should have the new user interface running.
I'm personally a little disappointed... It doesn't look that different on Windows 10, dark mode still looks bad (the icon colors should change when dark mode is enabled) and the title bar now is THICK!(Coming Soon sidebar, in portuguese)
- This is the only method that worked for me, and oddly enough it was already toggled on but still showing the old UI. Toggled it off and back on and now I get the new UI. Weirdly, my work PC got it a month or two back.
CarlosRoriz I can't do it with your method, are you sure that was ALL you did? can you find like a new registry key that allowed this?
In version 14315.20008 Autosave button's font appears to be fixed! well, bravo. And yes, toggle works too!
Evan
Running 2108 Build 14301.20004 on Win11 (10.0.22000.51)
Can get the Coming Soon pane which displays the "Try the new experience" toggle (as shown in the original post), but likewise it is disabled. Clicking it has no effect.TheBanananator Same. running 2108 (14301.20004) on 22000.51 windows 11 build. Still the toggle is grayed out. whats going on?
Version 2107 Build 14228.20044 was released in Insider Fast!
At this point, I'm running Version 2108 (Build 14301.20002) - still no 'What's New' or 'Coming Soon' button.
