NEW! Insert Icons in Office 2016

Anonymous
2016-11-16T00:54:43+00:00

Hi Insiders,

My name is Constance, and I’m a program manager on the Office Graphics team. We're excited to announce the availability of a new collection of icons. Browse through more than 500 icons to find one that suits your purpose, and then edit its fill and outline to match a theme.

Check it out!

Availability

If you receive builds of Office 2016 for Windows through the Office Insiders Slow or Fast level, you can now add icons into any Word document, Excel workbook, PowerPoint presentation or Outlook email.

Get started

In any app, click Insert > Icons:

Scenarios to try

Insert icons

  1. Click Insert > Icons.
  2. From the Insert Icon dialog box, search for an icon, or browse by category.
  3. Insert the icon into your document, presentation, workbook, or e-mail message.

Edit Icons

  • After you insert an icon, use the formatting options on the Graphics Tools tab to change the icon’s fill or outline, or to add a visual effect such as glow or shadow. 

Let us know what you think!

Thanks,

The Office Graphics Team

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-02-07T07:53:18+00:00

    This is basically splendid news and I love it. More than the icons (which are regular ones) I love the option to FINALLY implement SVG icons into my workflow, we can now use vectors!

    I have  an important quesition, since I'm a PowerPoint trainer and need to give precise information to my audience and viewers. 

    1. Are only office 365 subscribers eliglible for that update, or can PowerPoint 2016 users also update their software and get icons / svg usage? 
    2. PowerPoint 2013 and below that version users are out of the game, right? This is only for the current, PPT 2016 version?

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-01-25T16:12:41+00:00

    Thanks MMJDallas.  Yes, that makes sense now.  I am on the same version as you are now.  Hopefully, this is sorted during the next update then!

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-01-25T15:48:48+00:00

    In Outlook, go to File, Account Info, you can see the Product Info listed.  I have Version 1708 (Build 8431.2153).  We logged onto a PC we knew had not received the Office updates last week, it had version .2213.  We are government and on the delayed schedule, so it's hard for us to know when this was changed and I can't find anything online stating it was.  I presume it's a bug as it's in Word, but not in Outlook...and they talk about it being available in various places.  I hope that helps.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-01-24T16:01:43+00:00

    Hi,

    I have the same issue as mmjdallas, Icons option has gone from Excel and Word, but still in PowerPoint.  I have tried to customize the ribbon but I cannot find in the list of commands.  I'm using a WIN7 Pro x64 machine with Office 2016 via an Office365 corporate licence, if any of that helps?

    Thanks

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-11-17T00:13:27+00:00

    Hi, 

    Please can you let me know if I need to attribute the image source when using these microsoft icons in creating presentations for the public domain? such as a copyright attribution? Image source: ©

    Thank you!

    Lynda

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