Coming soon to Office 2016 for Windows for Office 365 subscribers is a new type of graphic – the icon. Office 365 Insiders have this now and it’ll be sent to all Office 2016 for Windows/Office 365 subscribers in 2017. It’s an addition to the Insert tab and needs an Internet connection to fill the selection pane each time the dialog is opened (Why?). These icons might seem similar to the ‘Wingdings’ or symbol fonts we’ve had for years. However, these new icons have a lot more options. You can change the size, color, outline color, rotate and transform icons in ways not possible with a font symbol. The icons are ‘vector based’ meaning you can manipulate them in many ways without loss of image quality.

Best audio recording software for macbook pro. With the restyled icons, Microsoft Office for Mac gets a more modern look, and given that the ribbon continues to be an essential part of the application, all improvements in this regard are without a doubt welcome. Converts files that were created in Office 2008 for Mac or 2007 Microsoft Office system so that you can open and edit the files in Office 2004 version 11.4 or later and Office v. X version 10.1.9 or later.

The selection pane has categories on left or you can simply scroll through the right-hand list. There is no Search option to find an icon by name (each icon has a name, though it’s hidden from view). You can choose more than one icon to insert which is nice. We hope the publicly released feature changes the current ‘black icons with black selection tick and dark blue box’ look.

It’s hard to see which icons are selected and which are not. There are three icons selected in the above example (one on each line) but you’re forgiven for not seeing them. The black tick also obscures what icon you’ve selected. Surely the UI gurus at Microsoft could design something better than this? The selection dialog is fully ‘modal’ across the program meaning you must close the box to edit any other document. Modal dialogs are annoying at the best of times but unforgivable in a new Office feature.

Outlook 2016 for mac profile manager. • Go to the “General” tab. • Look for “Default email reader” and click on the menu to pull down other mail app options. • Pull down the “Mail” menu and choose “Preferences”. You can set Outlook as the default mail app following these steps: • Open the “Mail” application in OS X, note that you have to open the Mail app even if you’re wanting to use another mail client like Outlook.

Changing the look The icon can be changed once inserted. Click on an icon to see the Graphics ribbon. With these tools you can change the color, outline and overall look of an icon. For more detail on what you can do with an Office icon, see our article on.

Yes, all these icons are which gives them a lot of flexibility. You’re not stuck with the plain black images from the original list.