Microsoft updates Office in the Insider Program: improvements arrive in Access and Excel and a renewed interface in Outlook

Microsoft continues to work on bringing improvements to Office and has released a new version of its office suite from which all those who are part of the testing program can benefit. Insiders can now download the new build, Build 12827.20160, an update that comes with bug fixes and some added features.

Applications such as Outlook, Excel or Access benefit from the new Build, with this new monthly update that is more conservative and It contains fewer bugs. This is the list of novelties provided by the new update.

Microsoft Excel

Queries to know formulas in Excel have been improved by using a more natural language. Now you can ask questions in Excel with your voice commands and thus have access to formulas, graphs or pivot tables.

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To access this function we must click on a cell in a data range and then on the Ideas button. We then ask our question in the query box at the top of the panel."

Microsoft Outlook

The Outlook calendar is updated with a new design and a new interface based on comments and feedback generated by users . Bold headers, calendar color outlines, a new time indicator bar, and badges have now been added.

Microsoft Access

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Microsoft Access now has a new Add Tables panel that makes it easier to establish relationships between your data. "

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To access this function, select Database tools and then enter the section Relations The Add Tables panel should appear on the right of the screen. If it is not visible, just right-click and select Show Tables to make it appear."

Access also features a new extended date and time data type that allows you to increase the precision and level of detail in records that include dates and times, . Now includes a larger date range and higher time precision.

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To access this function it can be done with the route Add new field and then selecting Extended date and time>Field inside the routeOptions > Format > Data Type: Extended Date and Time."

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If you belong to the Insider Program and want to have access to the news of the latest Build released by Microsoft, you only have to access from Office to the path File > Account > Options update number > Update now."

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