Microsoft yesterday released the December 2018 release for Office for Mac customers. This release comes with several improvements like Dark mode support across applications, embed font support in Word, several new features in Outlook and more. Find the full change log below.
| Application | Feature updates |
| Word | Go Easy on Your Eyes with Dark Mode: A dark background is easier on the eyes in low-light environments. Requires macOS Mojave. Preserve the Look of Your Text: Embed fonts to ensure that your document’s text looks the same on every computer. No more surprises! Learn More |
| Excel | Go Easy on Your Eyes with Dark Mode: A dark background is easier on the eyes in low-light environments. Requires macOS Mojave. |
| Powerpoint | Go Easy on Your Eyes with Dark Mode: A dark background is easier on the eyes in low-light environments. Requires macOS Mojave. From iPhone to PowerPoint in a Snap: Use the Apple Continuity Camera to insert a photo from your iPhone into your slide. Requires macOS Mojave. Learn More |
| Outlook | Go Easy on Your Eyes with Dark Mode: A dark background is easier on the eyes in low-light environments. Requires macOS Mojave. Share your calendar: Share your calendar with family, friends, and colleagues. Open calendars shared with you in Mac, PC, or cloud versions of Outlook. Learn More Turn Off Forwarding for a Meeting: Prevent attendees from forwarding your meetings to others. Learn More Use Teams to Connect to your Meetings: Work with remote teams? Use Teams in Outlook to schedule and join online meetings. Learn More Which version of microsoft office mac is 64-bit. 2020-3-31 Existing Office 2016 for Mac customers will be seamlessly upgraded to 64-bit versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote as part of the August product release (version 15.25). This affects customers of all license types: Retail, Office. See who’s coming to the meeting: Click any meeting or event in your calendar to see who plans to be there. View three time zones: Need to schedule a meeting across time zones? Add multiple time zones to your calendar to easily see everyone’s availability and pick a time that works for all. Learn More |
| Microsoft Auto Update 4.6 | Updated security catalogs to contain SHA-256 hashes instead of SHA-1 |
Dec 12, 2019 Chat app in Outlook for Mac defaults to Teams instead of Skype for Business.; 2 minutes to read; Applies to: Skype for Business, Outlook for Mac; In this article Symptom. You cannot set the default chat app to Skype for Business in Microsoft Outlook for Mac because the default value is set to another app (for example, Microsoft Teams. As I mentioned in my very first post itself, my mac is an older model (Late 2011), which doesn't have the 'dark-theme' feature that Apple rolled out starting with macOS Mojave: But since it is an older model (Late 2011), it cannot be upgraded to macOS Mojave (currently running High Sierra), which has support for in-built dark mode system-wide.
If you are an Office 365 customer, you can download this update today.