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Microsoft 365 Insider members can check out a new version of the OneNote for Windows app, that includes a new handwriting straightening feature to help those with poor handwriting.

The Microsoft Loop collaboration app has received an update for Microsoft 365 subscribers that adds new filters for its tables and boards to find information faster in those features.

Microsoft has announced it plans to add some new improvements and additions to the Meeting Details feature in the OneNote for Windows app later in April such as adding content from the Outlook app.

Microsoft has announced that its Microsoft 365 Insider members can now use the Check Performance feature in the Excel Windows app after previously launching the feature on the Excel web app.

Members of the Microsoft 365 Insiders program can try out a new feature in the OneNote app that will allow ink annotations to move alongside the image or PDF file that it is associated with.

Microsoft 365 Insiders can try out putting in new sharable Loop components in the OneNote app on Windows and also on the OneNote website so users don't have to switch between apps.

Members of the Microsoft 365 Insider program can try out the new Accessibility Assistant in the Word app, which offers both alerts in documents and suggestions on how to fix accessibility issues.

Microsoft 365 Insiders can try out a new gesture for OneNote. You can tap a portion of a handwritten text or ink and continue tapping with your finger, stylus, or cursor to expand the selected area.

Microsoft 365 Insiders can check out a new PowerPoint feature for Windows and Mac that lets users put in a Cameo placeholder which should make putting in live video feeds in presentations easier.

Members of the Microsoft 365 Insiders program can now check out some new and automatic typography features and improvements that have been put in both the Word and Outlook apps for Windows.

People who use the Microsoft Teams Public Preview version can now check out some new features that will allow them to check out engagement data after an online meeting or webinar event.

Members of the Microsoft 365 Insiders program can try out a new feature that will allow users of the Microsoft Planner program to put their board links into the Loop app and view them in workspaces.

Microsoft 365 Insiders can now try out a new feature in Excel's Android, iOS, and Mac apps that will add support for AutoComplete when users access dropdown lists for the spreadsheet app.

Microsoft 365 Insiders can check out new PowerPoint comment features, such as adding a reaction to the Comments field, and also a new blue dot feature to see any new comments or replies.

The company is Integrating access to Designer and Clipchamp to the Microsoft 365 app on the web and on Windows, and has added widgets to the iOS version of the app, and Clipper to the Android app.

Microsoft 365 Insiders can now select the Cameo camera source from any slide in a PowerPoint presentation and they can also insert cameos into all of their slides at once with just one click.

Microsoft has added the ability to view a Word document across several pages on the Word website, and more formatting options for Word web users are reportedly in the works as well.

Microsoft is rolling out an update for insiders trialing early versions of the Microsoft 365 app on iOS. The latest release allows merging documents, sparing you from downloading dedicated PDF apps.

Using Microsoft Forms, Microsoft 365 Business and Education users can now insert surveys and quizzes in PowerPoint presentations in order to get instant and live feedback on their work.

If you are using the web version of Microsoft Word, you can now try out some new keyboard shortcuts that will let you navigate between images and graphics with just a few keypresses.

The Windows and Mac versions of Excel now support adding local pictures stored on a device, along with photos that come from stock image libraries, into the cells of an Excel spreadsheet.

Insiders who use a Mac can use the new Recording Studio feature in PowerPoint to record audio or videos of themselves directly in the app. You can insert the video in your slide presentation.

The OneNote app can now natively play videos from Stream (on SharePoint) as a new feature available for members of the Microsoft 365 Insiders program on the standard Windows desktop app.

If you use one of Apple's iPad tablets and are a member of the Microsoft 365 Insider program, you can now try out the new superscript and subscript features in the company's OneNote app.

Members of the Microsoft 365 Insiders program can now try out a new feature that lets users extract pages from PDF files on the Android app so they can be used later in other documents.

Microsoft 365 Insider members can try out some new automatic image cropping features for the iOS and Mac Word, PowerPoint, and Excel apps, while Android users can now merge PDF files.

The enhanced Teleprompter in PowerPoint Recording Studio will help users stay focused while recording a video by adjusting the speed of the feature's auto-scroll option, among other things.

The new feature for Insiders will allow Teams meeting attendees to work together on things like writing notes and agendas and creating action items inside a Microsft Teams chat message

The Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Mac apps in the Microsoft 365 Insider program now have smart search suggestions, along with the ability to search for more than just text in documents.

The new feature is available first for Microsoft 365 Insiders and allows them to use the 365 mobile apps for Android and iOS to sign PDF files and also store those signatures for future use.

Microsoft 365 app for Android can now help you jump into your previously opened files without browsing or launching the source apps. However, the capability is not currently available for everyone.

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Office Insider, a preview program Microsoft launched in late 2015, is getting a new name. The company has announced a rebranding, turning Office Insider into Microsoft 365 Insider.