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
    2018-03-16T21:18:04+00:00

    You need to be running the Click-to-Run version.

    -Jesse

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-03-16T21:02:44+00:00

    Can I use this with the MSI version of Office 2016, or do I need the Click-To-Run version?

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-03-14T09:05:20+00:00

    I ended up creating a simple plugin with visual studio to get this functionality for custom business icons.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-03-14T08:31:55+00:00

    No I don't think that is the case. You can eventually create a slide, drag & drop all icons there and in case you need them during the work just quickly switch to that slide and CTRL+C / CTRL+V it to any place you need :)

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-02-07T14:54:11+00:00

    #1 ICONS is one of the new features limited to 365 subscriptions.  One-time payment licenses are second-class and are not deserving of these new features.  Thank you MS for making trouble shooting and training more difficult (talk about mixed messages after locking down the "Ribbon").  I have one-time payment 2016 up to date, and my PPT Illustrations group only has Shapes, SmartArt and Chart buttons.

    #2 That is correct. MS does not add new features to older versions of Office, even though they do still provide security updates.

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