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If you don't like the change, then please provide feedback to Microsoft by opening Word/Excel/PowerPoint 2016 and clicking on File> Feedback> Add Feedback button.
This option only exists if you are using Windows 10 (source).
There's a topic about it on Word's uservoice forum and one on the Excel's forum, but none of them has a reply from MS.
I seriously don't understand the reason behind this change. Were people complaining?
I am still on the version 16.0.6366.2068 because of this issue - and I don't plan to update my Office till they fix this annoying change!