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Get Organization Data from Power BI using Excel Data Types
You can insert data from your Organization using Excel Data Types. Convert a cell in your workbook and get additional information, and refresh the data anytime you need.
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Use ink and highlighter on your spreadsheets
Mark up your workbook with ink and highlighter.
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Design updates in PowerPoint for the web
We've updated the file menu in PowerPoint for the web for greater ease of use.
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Automatically hide the ribbon
Access the ribbon only when you need it, and maximize the space you have for content creation.
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Do more with your project in Power Apps
See charts, add resources, and create Power Automate flows for your Project for the web project by viewing it through the Project app in Power Apps.
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Previous releases
March 2021 updates
Dictation is available in more languages
Word Dictation now supports 7 new languages: Hindi, Russian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Korean, Thai, Chinese (Taiwan).
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Use Rich-text format online
Add and edit Rich-text in Excel for the web.
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Show Changes made at cell, range or workbook level
Collaborate on workbooks with confidence – with details of changes made, when, where, and by whom – at the cell, range or workbook level.
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Transform your Word document into a PowerPoint presentation
Try creating a presentation from a document in just a few clicks. We'll use AI to add imagery, icons, videos, themes, and fonts for the design theme you choose for the presentation.
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Export your timeline to PDF
In Timeline, choose Export Timeline to PDF in the project menu to share your schedule with people outside of your project.
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February 2021 updates
@Mentions now work in shared documents on Teams
When collaborating on a document, tag someone with an @mention in a comment to get their attention.
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Add and edit Conditional Formatting rules online
Excel for the web now supports adding and editing conditional formatting rules, with the new modern conditional formatting task pane.
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Align your content quickly and easily with Auto Fix
Auto Fix helps you automatically align, uniformly resize, and distribute elements- and straighten the connectors between them.
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Edit Excel files containing OfficeArt in Excel for the web
Excel for the web now supports opening of files containing Legacy Art Objects, in edit mode.
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Display or hide formulas
User can now switch between displaying formulas and their results.
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Review forms blocked for potential phishing
Get alerts in the Office 365 Security and Compliance Center for users and forms blocked for suspicious activity.
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Change Regional Format settings
Adjust the display format you see for dates, currency, formula delimiters and more using the regional format settings.
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January 2021 updates
Add borders to your tables
Change the style, width, or color of your borders. You can apply them to all or part of the table.
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Adjust margins and tabs in your document with Ruler
Apply indents, adjust margins, and interact with tables in your documents. Try View >Ruler to adjust the layout of your document.
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Add notes to your workbook
Create Notes to share information in your workbook without expecting feedback.
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Attach links and files
Quickly see the most relevant materials by attaching files and links to your tasks.
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Use ink and highlighter on your spreadsheets
Mark up your workbook with ink and highlighter.
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Use ink to edit data
Make quick data edits using the Action Pen.
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Adjust page size to fit your drawing
Get just the right size for your drawing page so all your shapes fit inside.
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Open in Desktop app has moved
To reduce the number of buttons on the ribbon, we've moved Open in Desktop App. Select Mode Menu > Open in Desktop App.
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Ready-made graphics for your diagrams
Choose from a large library of icons, stock photo images, cutout people, and stickers that you can add to your Visio drawings.
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See more details from the grid
Add the Quick look column to see at a glance which tasks have attachments and notes.
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Change Regional Format settings
Adjust the display format you see for dates, currency, formula delimiters and more using the regional format settings.
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Edit Excel files containing OfficeArt in Excel for the web
Excel for the web now supports opening of files containing Legacy Art Objects, in edit mode.
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December 2020 updates
Quickly get synonym suggestions
To help reduce overused words in your document, you can now get synonym suggestions when you right click on a word.
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Export Project files to Excel
Share your project info with colleagues and use Excel to analyse your project further.
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Track tasks with @mentions
Use @mentions in comments to create, assign, and track others' tasks in your workbook.
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Switch easily between panes - they are tabbed now
Keep your audience engaged with music, narration, or sound bites in your presentation.
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November 2020 updates
Move a PivotTable
Excel for the web now supports moving a PivotTable -- find it on the PivotTable tab, in the Actions group.
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New Sheets menu
Quickly switch worksheets using the new Sheets menu.
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Unhide many sheets at the same time
No need for individual unhides anymore-- unhide multiple hidden sheets at once.
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Switch easily between panes - they are tabbed now
Keep your audience engaged with music, narration, or sound bites in your presentation.
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Add audio to your presentations
Keep your audience engaged with music, narration, or sound bites in your presentation.
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AWS stencils and shapes
We now have stencils with the latest AWS shapes to help you create diagrams.
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Choose a page size
Now you can select from several standard page sizes or set a custom size. The Auto Size option lets you turn automatic resizing off or on.
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Create projects and roadmaps in Teams
Use the Project and Roadmap apps to create and add projects right in a Teams channel. Then collaborate on them as usual, with the added context of your Teams files, chats, meetings, and more.
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October 2020 updates
Make polished Visio diagrams in Excel
Create data-driven diagrams like flowcharts or organizational charts from data in a worksheet.
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Choose a page size
Now you can select from several standard page sizes or set a custom size. The Auto Size option lets you turn automatic resizing off or on.
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Know who is in your diagram
Co-authors are now listed next to the Ribbon, so you can see who is editing with you. You can also see where they are working in the drawing.
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See who's doing what
Get insight into what each person is working on by using "Group by Assign to" in Board view.
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September 2020 updates
Transcription just got better
Your transcribed audio files and recordings will now be separated by different speakers, making it easy to see who said what.
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Switch easily between panes - they are tabbed now
If you have multiple panes open, they appear tabbed, so you can switch between them easily when required.
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Add a hyperlink to a shape
Add a link to any shape that opens a web page, another page in your diagram, or a draft email message.
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Copy and paste between files
You can copy shapes or a complete diagram and paste into a different Visio file.
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New Azure stencils and shapes
We've added many more stencils to help you create up-to-date Azure diagrams.
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Work together on Visio drawings in Teams
Create a tab in Teams to access your Visio files from one place.
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Track tasks with @mentions
Use @mentions in comments to create, assign, and track others' tasks in your workbook.
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Easier sign-in for the Data Visualizer add-in
When you're signed into Excel with your work or school account, we remember that, making start-up of the Data Visualizer add-in quicker.
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Share your Office Scripts
Let your co-authors run and edit your scripts in a shared workbook.
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Add custom fields for Tasks
Store custom information about your projects efficiently by adding custom fields.
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Share projects with groups you don't own
See all the groups you've been added to when you add a group to your project.
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August 2020 updates
Tell Word what to do
Use your voice to undo, delete, format text, and start lists. With your Office language set to English, select Dictate from the Home tab to begin.
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Hyperlinks in living color
Hyperlinks aren't just blue anymore. Apply any font color you like.
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Use your Excel data to generate diagrams automatically in localized languages
Data Visualizer add-in helps Excel users to generate high quality Visio Diagrams directly within Excel in the languages supported by Visio Online.
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Reach out and touch Excel
New touch-based menu lets you perform basic Excel tasks with a finger.
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July 2020 updates
Track work with @mentions
Use @mentions in comments to create, assign and track tasks within your document.
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One workbook, many windows
Open multiple windows to access different areas of your workbook simultaneously.
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Jazz up your presentations
Give your slides more flair with free, high-quality stock images and backgrounds.
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Manage your multi-page drawing
Use the options on the page tabs below the canvas to navigate, duplicate, rearrange, and add or remove pages.
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Share projects and roadmaps more freely
Send a link to your project or roadmap to anyone who uses Office in your organization. People who don't have Project can see your information but not edit it.
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June 2020 updates
Use your words
Type what you're looking for in the Search box and we'll look for it. No need to be precise.
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Take total control over objects
Enter the exact height, width, and precise rotation angles of the objects on your slides.
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Design a database
Visio helps you draw diagrams with Chen's notation or Crow's foot database notation.
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Save a diagram as an image
Save a Visio drawing as a JPG or PNG image to use somewhere else.
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Visio templates at your fingertips
Create a Visio drawing in Excel with our Data Visualizer add-in templates.
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Pick up where you left off
When you customize your Grid view, columns and summary tasks stay just how you left them.
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Copy your project
Easily reuse your work by creating a new project from one you've already made.
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More control over scheduling
When you change effort for an assigned task, your duration won't change, even if there's a resource already assigned to the task.
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May 2020 updates
This feature is currently available for organizations with a Microsoft 365 for Business subscription.
Transcribe your recording
Generate a transcript by recording audio while taking notes directly in Word.
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Tell it like you mean it
Got a question about your data? In Excel Ideas, simply enter a question and we'll get you the answer.
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Take control of your Conditional Formatting Rules
Review and delete Conditional Formatting rules with the new Conditional Formatting pane.
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Footers and slide numbers
Easily add footers and slide numbers to your slides from the Insert tab.
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Create and open projects faster
We've improved the speed of Project for the Web so you can create and open projects more quickly.
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Get Project for Education
School admins, students, faculty, and staff can use Project for Education to create projects using timeline and board views, and see all their projects in a roadmap.
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See how far you've come
Track how close you are to being done by selecting your project name and viewing what percentage of all tasks in the project are complete.
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April 2020 updates
Save time and simplify work with improved speech-to-text
A new dictation toolbar, suggestions experience, and auto-punctuation make it easy to create content with your voice in Word
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Get stats on your workbook
Workbook Statistics provides an overview of the content of a workbook, to help you more easily discover its contents.
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Better control of objects
Use the selection pane to easily arrange, show or hide objects on your slides.
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Preview your video
When you insert a video on a slide you can play the video in edit mode, so you see what the audience will see.
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Sketch it out
Give a casual, hand-drawn look to Office shapes in your presentation.
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Change a shape
Replace a shape with a more suitable one in just a few clicks without losing the original shape’s characteristics.
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Pinch and zoom
Zoom in or out of any part of your diagram by using your device’s touchscreen or trackpad.
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Duration and effort, unlinked
For unassigned tasks, Project will no longer automatically recalculate duration and effort when one of them is changed.
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You spoke, we listened
We heard your feedback and have been making fixes. Two to know about: The browser no longer shakes when you are scrolling in Project, and tasks due Today no longer appear as late in Grid view.
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March 2020 updates
Stay in the writing flow with follow-up
Have something to follow up on while working in your document? Create a Follow-up note right in that spot to come back to later.
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Grab attention with @mentions right in your content
Working with others and want to draw their attention to specific text in the document? Try @mentioning them directly in the document.
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Improved View mode
View mode allows you to see all the ribbon commands, and to switch easily to and from Edit mode.
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Paste an image without saving
Copy images from web pages and other applications and paste them into Excel for the web without saving the image first.
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Sort by color or icon
When working with conditionally formatted data, sort by cell color, font color, or icon.
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GIFs in a jiffy
One slide, one frame. Easily create looping GIFs in PowerPoint.
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Ink your ideas
Add personality to your slides with ink. Choose from a variety of pens, colors, and styles.
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Zoom out further in Roadmap
See an even bigger picture when you view your roadmaps at 4 additional levels: 18 months, 2 years, 3 years, and 6 years.
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February 2020 updates
For your inspiration
Showcase your data with Recommended Charts.
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Save time with grouping
Group multiple objects on a slide to work with them more easily and precisely—move, resize, or rotate them all at once.
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More colors to match your mood and your message
Want to give the shapes in your presentation title color? PowerPoint now has 16 million colors to choose from so you'll always find just the right shade.
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See all your slides at a glance
Use Slide Sorter to organize your slides into sections and drag them to reorganize your deck.
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Collaborate in real time
Work on a diagram at the same time as other people. Changes merge seamlessly into a single file.
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Create Visio drawings in Teams
Edit diagrams directly in Teams if you have a Visio license, or just view and comment on them if you don't.
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New connection experience
It's easy to add a connection point anywhere on a shape, and even have multiple connectors on the same edge.
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Quickly access your most recent projects in Edge
Projects and roadmaps show up in the list of your most recently used items in the new Microsoft Edge, so you can easily pick up where you left off.
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January 2020 updates
Ink as you go
Draw onscreen with ink to emphasize key points as you present.
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Find All is available now
Enter your search term, click Find All, and we'll highlight every occurrence of what you're searching for.
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Comments with context
Respond to comments and mentions right from email without opening the document.
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Your comments are yours
When you add comments to a document, don't worry about someone editing them. Only you can edit your comments.
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December 2019 updates
Watch your slide show come alive
Insert animated 3D graphics to see hearts beat, planets orbit, and T-Rex rampage through your slide show.
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Better slide layouts
Easily align and rotate your shapes, pictures, and objects.
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Read and reply on the fly
Respond to comments and mentions right from email without opening the file.
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More commands where you need them
When you want all the command buttons at your fingertips, switch your ribbon to the classic layout. Just press the V (chevron) button in the lower right corner to make the switch.
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Draw the system using UML diagrams
Quickly and easily draw software models using Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams.
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Link directly to a task
Collaborate more clearly by copying and sending a link to a specific task in your project. In any Project for the web view, select the three dots, then select Copy link to task.
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November 2019 updates
Add ink to your show
Communicate more clearly with ink. Use your digital pen to draw right on your slide show while you're presenting.
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Copy the data, keep the formatting
Whether you're copying from workbook to workbook, or from worksheet to email, text, cell, and table formatting are retained. Formulas, hyperlinks, conditional formatting, and data validation rules also stick around so you can focus on what's important. And if you want to paste plain text, try Ctrl + Shift + V.
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Create stunning, high-quality diagrams in Excel
With the Visio Data Visualizer add-in for Excel, create basic flowcharts, cross-functional flowcharts, and organizational charts from data in an Excel workbook.
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Switching panes just got easier
Panes are now tabbed, which means easy switching and more space for what you're working on.
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Read and reply on the fly
Respond to comments and mentions right from email without opening the document.
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October 2019 updates
Keep reading to see what we released in October.
Ink as you go
Emphasize key points while you're presenting by drawing on screen with ink.
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Sort cells your way
New sort options let you sort from left-to-right and top-to-bottom.
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September 2019 updates
Keep reading to see what we released in September.
Pick a slide, any slide
In Slide Show, use Grid view to quickly jump to any slide in your presentation.
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Make the case
Turn your text into superscript or subscript, or change the case without retyping. Make it Sentence case, lowercase, or UPPERCASE, Capitalize Each Word, or tOGGLE cASE.
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Stock quotes at your fingertips
Retrieve the latest stock price, change in price, and more with the new Stocks data type. There's a new data type for Geography too.
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Focus on what's left to do
Select Resolve to collapse comments and make open items stand out.
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Spell check is now available in your web app
The spell checker you know and love is now available in Excel for the web. Find it on the Review tab.
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June 2019 updates
Keep reading to see we released in June.
Get their attention with @mentions
Use @mentions in comments to let co-workers know when you need their input.
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May 2019 updates
Rotate your data in a jiffy
Use Paste > Transpose to swap rows for columns, or vice versa.
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What's better than a PivotTable? A PivotChart
Want to visualize a PivotTable with an interactive, graphical chart? Just select a PivotTable, and then choose a chart on the Insert tab.
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Export Visio visuals from Power BI
See your Visio Visuals clearly when you export Power BI reports as PDFs, PowerPoint files, and more.
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April 2019 updates
We've taken sorting to a whole new level
You asked for it. Excel for the web now provides advanced sorting capabilities that allow you to sort by more than one column or row. Create custom sorts to quickly organize and analyze your data.
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Confidently co-author
Word for the web now enables you to collaborate on documents tagged with sensitivity labels. Your content remains secure and protected.
*Requires an Office 365 E3 or E5 license.
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March 2019 updates
Better shapeshifting
Enjoy smoother Morph transitions authored in PowerPoint for Windows, PowerPoint for Mac, or PowerPoint Mobile.
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February 2019 updates
Copy and paste within a workbook or between apps
Need to move an equation to another part of the workbook? No problem. Want to put a chart into an email? Easy. Just copy and paste.
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January 2019 updates
Collaborate effectively with comments and @mentions
Keep the conversation going right in your worksheet with the built-in reply box and let co-workers know that you need their input by using @mentions.
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