Excel:Comment Filtering: Enable filtering capabilities for the comment pane

Version 2410: October 28
Version 2410 (Build 18129.20116)

Feature updates
Excel
Comment Filtering: Enable filtering capabilities for the comment pane.

Resolved issues
Access

• We fixed an issue where the app closed unexpectedly with possible data loss and/or data corruption when a user attempted to copy certain hyphen characters.
• We fixed an issue where Microsoft Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) connections to Salesforce were no longer working.

Excel

• We fixed an issue where some users couldn't see checkboxes getting rendered after inserting them.
• We fixed an issue where making Application.ScreenUpdating = false in macros caused screen flickering.
• Fixed an issue where Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) calculation caused the Excel app to stop responding.
• We resolved an issue where the RTD ThrottleInterval setting wasn’t working as expected.
• We resolved a graphics-related issue that caused the app to close unexpectedly at times.

Outlook

• We fixed an issue where the accessibility mail tip kept appearing and disappearing, causing the content to jump when composing an email.
• We fixed an issue where Do Not Forward (DNF) was left on message when applying and removing label.
• We fixed an issue that caused users with a large number of folders expanded during synchronization to experience a non-delivery receipts (NDRs) with the failure MAPI_E__TOO_BIG (0x80040305).”
• We fixed an issue where a meeting request received by an Exchange account would appear with a blank body in Outlook Desktop cached mode.
• We fixed an issue where adding an Outlook or a Hotmail account to a mail profile nullified a policy preventing copying messages between exchange stores.
• We fixed an issue in Outlook where mail from a profile activated and directed to a different portal was being redirected to https://portal.microsoft.com.
• We resolved an offline address book (OAB) download issue by adding a registry key to give the BITS jobs for automatic (non-manual) OAB downloads the same priority as the BITS jobs for manual (user-initiated) OAB downloads.
• We fixed an issue where opening an .ICS attachment from a email shows security prompt.
• We fixed an issue where content marking wasn't working for HTML messages when SMIME was enabled.
• Resolved an issue in Outlook where content may not be visible in the email body unless using Forward or Reply.

PowerPoint

• We resolved a graphics-related issue that caused the app to close unexpectedly at times.
• We fixed an issue where high-DPI images became blurry after an Office document was saved as PDF.
• Fixed an issue in PowerPoint where saves to a OneDrive sync location would sometimes fail unexpectedly for users subject to a mandatory sensitivity labeling policy.
• We resolved an issue where an error prompt appeared when initiating screen recording.

Project

• We fixed an issue affecting the calculation of the Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP) when the Actual costs are always calculated by Project option is turned off.

Visio

• We fixed an issue where PowerPoint stopped responding when a Visio object was activated and the mouse was moved over the stencil list.
• We resolved a graphics-related issue that caused the app to close unexpectedly at times.

Word

• We fixed an issue where the app can display multiple permission dialogs when opening a file with sensitivity label.
• We fixed an issue where user was unable to create a folder in SharePoint and an error message appeared when trying to create a new folder in SharePoint root site.
• We fixed an issue where the Title bar no longer showed a "Saved" status for locally-saved files.
• Fixed an issue in Word where images would move when moused over.
• Resolved an issue where Track Changes did not accept a change involving a checkbox.
• Made changes to prevent users from receiving the error "Sorry, something went wrong. Try again in a few moments." when using "Draft with Copilot" in certain cases.
• Resolved an issue in Outlook where content may not be visible in the email body unless using Forward or Reply.
• Resolved an issue where placeholders in an equation would show when printing or exporting to PDF.
• Resolved an issue where items in the Table of Contents may be missing numbering.
• We resolved a graphics-related issue that caused the app to close unexpectedly at times.

Office Suite

• In certain cases where the document must be opened as read-only, PowerPoint may not properly indicate the read-only state to the user until a save is attempted.
• We fixed an issue where users experienced slowness when an Excel file contained many combo box form controls.
• We fixed an issue where users couldn't export a protected file to PDF if the sensitivity label applied to the file disables the EDITRIGHTSDATA usage right.
• We resolved an issue which was prompted when trying to perform office setup.
• We fixed an issue where the ink to text pen was not working properly.
• We fixed an issue where a label applied to a newly created file or label changed in an existing file which had any other label applied wasn't updating in the overflow menu in Excel, PowerPoint and Word apps.
• We fixed a localization issue where Japanese characters were displayed with non-Japanese font, Malgun Gothic or Microsoft JhengHei.
• We fixed a localization issue where Japanese characters appeared in MS Gothic.