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MC666615 - (Upated) Office documents have a new default theme

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Mar 15, 2024

Published Aug 9, 2023

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Updated January 30,March 15, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

A new default document theme is coming to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook across your endpoints. The new theme will include the new default font, Aptos, a new color palette, and updated default line weights.

This change is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 161740

[When this will happen:]

Preview: This feature is now available.

Standard Release:Worldwide: We will begin rolling out mid-December 2023 (previously mid-August) and be fully rolled out by earlylate March 2024 (previously late January 2024)early March).

[How this will affect your organization:]

The default Office theme will be changing across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and Web.

[What you need to do to prepare:]

There is no action needed to prepare for this change.