Microsoft has announced that the visual update is now available. Previously, Microsoft made the visual update available automatically for 50% of subscription users running Current Channel builds, and Microsoft Office Home & Student 2021, Microsoft Office Home & Business 2021, Microsoft Office Professional 2021, and Microsoft Office Personal 2021 users. The visual refresh can easily be turned off or on using the Coming Soon feature, located in the top right corner of the app. In Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or OneNote, simply click the megaphone icon to open the Coming Soon pane, read more about the visual refresh changes, and use the toggle to move between the new and current interface, and apply the setting to all the Office apps. Users may experience the visual refresh in whichever Office theme they prefer, including black (with Word Dark Mode enabled), white, colorful, or dark grey. Microsoft noted that if you don't see the update, you will need to restart any Office app in order to see the visual refresh. If you are using Windows 11, the update is available to you, but you also need to restart any Office app to see the visual refresh. If you were to say that Microsoft Office is the most recognized document program since the inception of the personal computer, then I doubt many would disagree. Read more in our articles including "Microsoft rolls out Visual Update in Office for Windows" and "In Testing: Free Microsoft Office, But With Ads".
