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Microsoft Office is getting a long awaited visual refresh

Office apps will now match your PC's dark/light mode colour settings

Microsoft has announced the public release of a new Office Insider Preview Build of Office for Windows 11.

The new office version is a complete visual redesign and is expected to run faster, deliver improved performance on large, media-heavy documents and maintain compatibility with current 64-bit add-ins. The Office visual refresh is available on Windows 11 via the Insider Build and on Windows 10.

“This Office visual refresh is based on feedback from customers who asked for a more natural and consistent experience within and between your applications, specifically on Windows,” said, Kori Loomis, project manager at Office Experience, in a blog post. “With this update, we deliver an intuitive, coherent, and familiar user interface, using the Fluent Design principles, across all your applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access, Project, Publisher, and Visio.”

In addition, Office will now use neutral colour palettes, have customizable ribbons soft edges and will adapt to your PC’s light mode, meaning it’ll embrace dark/light modes depending on your PC’s setting.

This update is now available for all Beta Channel users on Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs running ‘v2107 Build 14228.20000’ or later.

Learn about everything new in Windows 11’s Insider Preview here.

Image credit: Microsoft

Source: Microsoft

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