14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has recently released a new preview build of Microsoft Office for users in the Windows Beta Channel, and this time, the update includes big improvements for Word, Excel, and Outlook.
The new version is 2022 build 14907.20000, and it includes a new Word improvement to refine the co-authoring error recovery experience.
More specifically, Microsoft says it wants users to quickly restore a document to a connected state after hitting co-authoring errors, so after the update, the whole experience should be more straightforward.
“Collaborating with others while working in Word is a vital productivity tool for many users, and disruptions can be extremely frustrating. We’ve now developed an improved recovery experience to quickly restore users back to a connected state after experiencing coauthoring errors. This automatic refresh synchronizes all changes among different authors, so you’re seeing the most up-to-date document possible,” it says.
New Outlook feature
Outlook has also been updated with support for proxy accounts, and the Redmond-based software giant explains this has long been one of the top feature requests for its email app.
“Outlook has traditionally supported receiving email at addresses other than your default address (known as a proxy address, or alias). Now you can send mail from those proxy accounts as well by choosing the desired outgoing address,” it says.
“To use this feature, click Home > New Email. In the message window, click the arrow on the right side of the From button and choose Manage List. You can then add additional From addresses to the dropdown menu. Once that’s done, click the address you want to send the email from (via the From menu). Compose your email, and then click the Send button. Note that your tenant admin must enable this feature to make it available to users.”
There are also additional fixes for PowerPoint and Access, but it’s pretty clear the focus this time has been on the new features mentioned above.
At this point, there’s no ETA as to when the new features could go live for production devices.