Open locked records as read-only

Feature updates

Office Suite

• Use sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365 apps when connected experiences are disabled: Your organization can now disable connected experiences for privacy concerns without impacting data security policies, such as sensitivity labels. Services associated with Microsoft Purview (e.g. sensitivity labels, rights management, ...) are no longer controlled by policy settings to manage privacy controls for Microsoft 365 Apps. Instead, these services will rely on their existing security admin controls in Purview portals.
• Open locked records as read-only: Files with retention labels marking them as locked records will now open as read-only to prevent user edits.

Resolved issues

Excel

• We fixed an issue where the worksheet might not be displayed correctly when changing Window.Zoom through VBA.
• We fixed an issue where users reported AutoSave wasn’t working on new workbooks.

Outlook

• We fixed an issue that caused default SMIME labels to fail to apply when a user replies to or forwards an unlabeled message.
• We fixed an issue that caused the buttons on the Reminders dialog to be truncated with some fonts.
• We fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to send mails while the dlpwaitonsendtimeout registry key was set.

PowerPoint

• Fixed an issue in PowerPoint where the digital signature of the VBA project was not being persisted after applying or changing sensitivity labels.

Visio

• Text strikethrough now visible in view mode in Visio 2016 after resolving an issue.
• Search for shapes and stencils saved on the local device is now available after resolving an issue.

Word

• We fixed an issue where a document displayed as saved instead of working offline.
• Resolved an issue where the ruler wouldn't show unit numbers or indents in RTL layout.
• Resolved an issue where preferences deployed with the Office Deployment Tool were not being set correctly.
• Japanese default character and paragraph properties have been reverted back to default font size of 10.5pt., default paragraph Space After to 0, and the line spacing to Single.

Office Suite

• We fixed an issue where the application displayed empty or incorrect contents during scrolling or switching sheets in right-to-left (RTL) Excel.
• We fixed an issue where the application wouldn't render shapes while switching sheets in Excel.
• Resolved a performance issue in PowerPoint when typing with autocorrect.
• We fixed an issue where the user couldn't install Microsoft 365 apps on an enrolled device.