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New Office design toggle is disabled
- 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.
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)
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!
- Sorry to hear that, but that's all I did. After leaving a feedback on the article related to the new visual experience, for some reason, the toggle became accessible.
Anyway, the change is much more subtle if you're not also using Win 11, so if that's your case, you're not missing much.
