Microsoft Releases New Office Version 16.56 (Build 21120200) for macOS Office Insiders

Microsoft has released a new Office Insider Pre-Build with version number 16.56 (Build 21120200) for Mac users (Channel Preview). The latest Insider Preview build brings a number of new features, including improved document accessibility and privacy improvements.

You can read the full official changelog below.

Changelog

PowerPoint

Accessibility ribbon: Accessibility made easier

Making your presentation accessible to people with disabilities takes knowledge, compassion, and special tools. The new Accessibility Ribbon in PowerPoint for Mac helps you do this by bringing all the tools you need in one place. To open the Accessibility ribbon, click Check accessibility above Review navigation.

Find out more here.

Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Protect your document’s privacy while screen sharing

With remote meetings on apps like Teams now commonplace, the risk that private Office files will be accidentally exposed when sharing your screen increases. So we’ve introduced new privacy policies into Office to address this issue. This feature now prevents screen capture and screen sharing of sensitive documents that were previously labeled with Microsoft Information Protection policies. If you try to screen share a document for which you do not have Edit permission, the action will be automatically blocked.

To update to the Office Insider Preview Build, open any Office program and go to File > Account > Update Options > Update Now.