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Starting to support third-party accounts in New Outlook for Windows Preview
Hello Tech Community! We’ve heard your requests, and our team has been hard at work actioning your feedback about the New Outlook for Windows experience.We'rethrilled to share with you a look at the new and upcoming features that have been designed in response to your feedback, including: Third party account support Improvements to the calendar, including support for Google calendar and inclusion of multiple time zones. Convenient tracking for flights and packages These and other features will be rolling out over the next few weeks to all Outlook for Windows users with access to the following: an internet connection, a Microsoft account, and a minimum OS version Windows 10 Version 1809 (Build 17763) or later. Head over to theblog postto learn more and see other updates coming out soon! Best, Devin Microsoft 365 Insider Social Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features while helping to shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now:Windows|Mac|iOS|AndroidEnhanced note taking experience in Quick Note
We have heard from many of you that you were looking for a more efficient and faster way to capture your thoughts, reminders, and notes. In response, we have: Incorporated a sleek new toolbar with useful text formatting options and inking capabilities. Given you faster access to screen clipping. Made it easier to transition to OneNote on Windows through the overflow menu. As a reminder, here are all the available ways to access the Quick Note experience: Press Windows key + Alt + N. Click the OneNote icon in the system tray. Click the back of your pen. In OneNote on Windows, selectView> New Quick Note. Head over to theblog postto get a quick tutorial and learn more! Best, Devin Microsoft 365 Insider Social Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features while helping to shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now:Windows|Mac|iOS|AndroidFind recently used files in the Microsoft 365 app for Android
Hi, Insiders! My name is Sudheender Srinivasan and I’m a Product Manager on the Microsoft 365 mobile app team. I’m excited to share with you an improvement will help you find files that you’ve previously opened in the Microsoft 365 mobile app for Android and use them again. Find recently used files We heard from many of you that you wanted to be able toeasily access files that you previously opened with the Microsoft 365app. We’re happy to share that you now can! Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files opened from Microsoft apps and third-party apps such as WhatsApp, Gmail, Outlook and more, are now accessible through theRecenttab. This improvement helps you quickly locate previously opened files without having to browse or launch the source app. Interested? Learn more in ourblog post! Best, Devin Microsoft 365 Insider Social Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features while helping to shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now:Windows|Mac|iOS|AndroidPower BI and PowerPoint: Better Together
We're thrilled to announce thegeneral availabilityof Power BI integration with PowerPoint, which has beenavailable to you, Insiders, since last May and allows you to easily add interactive Power BI visuals to your PowerPoint presentations. Power BI and PowerPoint: Better Together The value of this integration is clear: it enables you to create dynamic, data-driven presentations that are more engaging and informative. The broad availability of the Power BI integration with PowerPoint means that it is also nowavailable in national clouds. Since access to the Office add-ins store is unavailable from these clouds, we allow Power BI admins to get the add-in from the Power BI website and distribute it within their organization using centralized deployment tools available in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center.Learn More. Interested? Learn more in ourblog post! Best, Devin Microsoft 365 Insider Social Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features while helping to shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now:Windows|Mac|iOS|AndroidAutomatic lowering of Raised Hand after speaking in Teams meetings
The Teams Public Preview team wants to help youensure smoother meeting facilitation, that's why they'reexcited to share a new feature that automatically detects and lowers a user’s Raised Hand after they’ve finished contributing to the discussion. This will be available for Teams Public Preview users who use Windows or macOS. Interested? Learn more in ourblog post! Best, Devin Microsoft 365 Insider Social Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features while helping to shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now:Windows|Mac|iOS|AndroidBlock untrusted XLL add-ins by default in Excel
The Excel team is pleased to inform you of a default setting change to Excel for Windows that will help defend your workbooks against potential threats from XLL add-ins. With this update, you will no longer be able to enable XLL add-ins in files obtained from the internet. This feature is available to users who are running Version 2302 (Build 16130.20128) or later. Head over to theblog postto learn more! Best, Devin Microsoft 365 Insider Social Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features while helping to shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now:Windows|Mac|iOS|AndroidAutomatic recalculation optimization in Excel makes your active workbook more performant
The introduction of the single document interface (SDI) in Excel 2013 made it possible for users to open and run multiple, unrelated workbooks in a single instance of Excel. Additionally, when using the Automatic Calculation mode, any of these workbooks has the potential to trigger a recalculation of all open workbooks, which increases the risk of slowing down the performance of the active workbook. Minimize the risk of slowness and increase performance by limiting the recalculation process to the active workbook and any of its interdependent workbooks. NOTE:Workbooks with real-time streaming functionality (such as Realtime Data), as well as recalculation initiated either programmatically or manually by pressing the F9 key or selectingFormulas > Calculate Noware exceptions to this optimization. Head over to theblog postto learn more and check if it's available for your current build! Best, Devin Microsoft 365 Insider Social Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features while helping to shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now:Windows|Mac|iOS|AndroidImport data from SQL Server databases into Excel for Mac using Power Query
Power Query is a powerful and time saving set of tools that help you gather and analyze data quickly and easily. We received many requests to add the ability to import data from SQL Server databases. We are happy to let you know that we have added this ability to Excel for Mac. Head over to theblog postto learn more and check if it's available for your current build! Best, Devin Microsoft 365 Insider Social Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features while helping to shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now:Windows|Mac|iOS|AndroidSmart Save reminders for documents on your local drive
Did you know word uses machine learning to assess whether you are likely to save your progress on a file stored on your local drive? Using various attributes, such as how much time you’ve spent working on the file or how much content you’ve added, Smart Save reminders may show up to suggest you save your changes. You may have already seen Smart Save reminders since they’re currently available in new unsaved documents. These reminders help reduce the risk of accidentally losing your work. Head over to theblog postto learn more and check if it's available for your current build! Best, Devin Microsoft 365 Insider Social Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features while helping to shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now:Windows|Mac|iOS|AndroidClosed Captions for embedded audio within your PowerPoint Presentations
Have yourecorded a PowerPoint presentationwith your camera off? Or added music clips to your presentation? When you do, you add audio objects on your slides. Audio is a great way to engage with your audience! It complements the visuals on your slides without adding any unwanted clutter (when using theHide During Showsetting). But what if some people can’t hear the audio? If they are Deaf/deaf or Hard of Hearing, or are in a noisy room, or need to turn their volume down to be quiet, they may not be able to hear the audio. You can now add closed captions to audio objects in PowerPoint for Windows and PowerPoint for Mac. When closed captions are included, viewers have the option to show the words on the screen while the audio plays, so they can understand your message even if they can’t hear the audio. You can even add closed captions tracks in multiple languages and let viewers choose which one to see. PowerPoint for Windows and PowerPoint for Mac already supportadding closed captions for embedded video, and now you can add closed captions for embedded audio in the same way. Head over to theblog postto get started creating accessible presentations! Best, Devin Microsoft 365 Insider Social Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features while helping to shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now:Windows|Mac|iOS|Android
