May 2020 – Synchronize changes in PowerPoint while you're presenting | #Microsoft365

 

Having trouble viewing this email? View as a webpage.     Features Feedback Tips & Tricks Stay Connected   Greetings, Office Insider!   We're thrilled to share a new capability that will give you the confidence you're sharing the latest information when presenting. With an increased focus on collaboration and real-time updates, you can now synchronize changes in your PowerPoint deck whenever they are made, even when the presentation is in Slide Show mode. SEE HOW THE SYNCHRONIZE FEATURE WORKS >       Preview Features for Insiders   Office for Windows: Automatically shorten links for OneDrive & SharePoint files. We're excited to announce the ability to shorten links to OneDrive and SharePoint files automatically. This feature also warns senders when Outlook detects potential file access issues for email recipients. READ MORE ABOUT AUTOMATICALLY SHORTENED LINKS > Office for Windows: Meet the new Action Pen. We're bringing intelligent tools, optimized for core experiences to each app. First up: the new Action Pen in Word, which helps you edit documents with ink gestures. GIVE THE ACTION PEN A TRY > Office for Windows: Private Annotations in Word. Private Annotations is a way for you to easily create a Private Copy of shared documents for your personal annotations. This allows you the time and space to collect your thoughts, and thoroughly review a document on your own. LEARN MORE ABOUT PRIVATE ANNOTATIONS > Office for Mac: Tell Me in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. The Tell Me feature is now available in some of your favorite apps – Excel, Word, and PowerPoint for Mac. The feature lets you enter words and phrases about what you want to do in your favorite programs. TRY OUT THE TELL ME FEATURE > Office for Mac: Insert data from a picture in Excel. With the new Data from Picture feature in Excel for Mac, you can insert data from a screen clipping on your clipboard, an image file from your computer, or your iPhone camera. Save time entering all that data and let Excel do it for you! VIEW THE DATA FROM PICTURE FEATURE > Office for iPadOS: Open multiple documents in Word and PowerPoint. Take advantage of the larger screen on your iPad with the new multi-window support in Word and PowerPoint. Open and work on two documents or presentations side-by-side. LEARN HOW TO OPEN MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS > Office for iOS: Read aloud in Word. We're excited to share some updates to the Read Aloud feature in Word on iOS. This speech-related feature lets you listen to your Word document on your iPhone or iPad. EXPLORE READ ALOUD > Office for iOS and Android: Dictate your documents in Word. The same Dictate command you love in Word for Windows and Word for Mac is now available on your phone. Save time and stay in flow in your documents in Word on iOS and Android. VIEW THE DICTATE DOCUMENTS FEATURE > Office for Android: Easily scan your documents into Word. We're thrilled to introduce a new feature that increases productivity: Scan to Word on Android. Using the scanning power of Office Lens, you can now quickly convert physical documents into digital ones that can be edited and shared. CHECK OUT THE SCAN FEATURE >       Your Feedback in Action   Thank you, Office Insiders, for the feedback you provided in April. Are you interested in learning more about the best way to provide feedback? We’ve got a handy blog post with tons of tips for you.     35,452 pieces of feedback submitted   6,816 Smiles   10,917 Frowns       Using this feedback and your telemetry, we have resolved these issues (and more!): For Mac users, we’ve made several updates in Outlook based on your feedback. In Excel, we listened and brought back Click to Add Mode on Mac. In PowerPoint, we fixed an issue where hovering over the asterisk (*) symbol did not display the username and date of the last person to update the document. Read about these fixes and more in our release notes.       Office Insider Tips & Tricks   Check out the Microsoft Family Safety app – We’re excited to let you know that we are taking sign-ups and the preview will be available soon for Microsoft Family Safety, a new app designed to help protect your family with digital and physical safety. It brings together cross-platform digital safety, such as screen time and content filters, with location sharing to help keep loved ones safe. SIGN UP FOR THE APP > Watch the Microsoft 365 channel – With new videos from Microsoft Creators, the Microsoft 365 YouTube channel will have even more helpful content to help you make the most of your favorite Office apps. Plus, many Microsoft Creators are Office Insiders, so you can implement their tips and tricks first! VIEW THE VIDEOS >       Stay Connected   OFFICE INSIDER BLOG > @OFFICEINSIDER ON TWITTER > OFFICE INSIDER TECH COMMUNITY > OFFICE INSIDER ANSWERS COMMUNITY > As always, we value your feedback and really appreciate you taking the time to talk to and connect with us! Please don’t forget to use the feedback options within the Office apps to tell us what you think about our newest preview features. The Office Insider Team Was this newsletter forwarded to you? If so, sign up for your own newsletter delivered to your inbox.   Unsubscribe | Privacy Statement Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052