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
    2017-02-23T00:39:23+00:00

    Hi there,

    I have exactly the same problem right now. Same circumstances and the error is concistently happening. :((

    Can you help? Are there any news on this problem?

    Greetings, Sebastian :)

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-12-15T18:48:47+00:00

    Hello,

    You are on a lower version from the version which includes the feature. You seem to be configured to be a the Deferred Channel which gets updated at a slower pace and is normally used by companies. Check out this link and you will see your build number, 6965.2115, is listed in the Deferred channel column.

    Version and build numbers of update channel releases for Office 365 clients

    Or choose the Deferred radio button and the 2016 radio button in this article:

    Office 365 client update channel releases

    If you like to read technical stuff... its all in here: Overview of update channels for Office 365 ProPlus

    But basically it’s a channel that get feature updates at a slower cadence.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-02-06T12:57:22+00:00

    What would be useful, is Search function, maybe extended if icons are tagged.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-05-11T08:20:29+00:00

    Downloadable 'icon packs' would be a nice addition.

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-02-22T19:14:26+00:00

    Hi Gerry,

    I'm sorry you're running into this error. I spoke to Constance, and she said they're aware of the issue and investigating.

    Curious - does it happen consistently? For instance, are you still having trouble today?

    By the way, the team was interested to hear how you're using the icons to create maps for the NGOs. It always helps us to hear about real-world customer scenarios. Thanks for sharing that.

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