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Here are the main new Office 2019 features that Microsoft list: This means Office 2019 includes certain features that have been already available to Office 365 subscribers. Office 2019 does receive regular security updates and bug fixes but no new features.Īs Microsoft describe it “Office 2019 includes a meaningful subset of features that are found in Office 365, but it's not part of Office 365”.
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For major upgrades, it would require buying Office at the full price.
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There are no upgrade options with Office 2019 unlike Office 365 ProPlus which receives new featuresĮvery month. Office 2019 is the perpetual version of Office that is bought as a one-off cost (one-time purchase) and can be used for as long as needed on a single PC or Mac. Office 365 ProPlus can be used for as long as the subscription is valid for on 5 PCs or Macs as well as tablets and phones. These are subscription user-based licences that have ongoing monthly costs. Office 365 ProPlus is the version of Office that comes with certain Office 365 plans like E3 or E5, as well as being available as a standalone option, that can be bought on its own. Version of Office is included with Office 365 Personal or Home subscriptions, as well as some of the Office 365 Business and Enterprise subscriptions. You will be immediately switched to the black theme (dark mode).Office 2019 was released in September 2018, while Office 365 comes with the cloud-connected version of Office, that is regularly updated with new features and is the best, most productive version of Office. Under the section Office Theme, pick Black from the drop-down. To switch to the black theme in Outlook (and by extension, the entire Office suite), click the File menu and select Office Account.
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How to switch to the black theme (dark mode) in Outlook To revert this change, simply uncheck the previously selected box. When you select your next email message, and each message thereafter, the lights will remain on. From the Outlook Options dialog, select the General tab and check the box Never change the message background color. If you prefer the old behavior (prior to 1907) where the lights were always on for the reading pane, this option is still available.Ĭlick on the File menu and select Options. Simply click the Switch Background button to switch the email composition pane between light and dark mode. The Switch Background button is also available when you are composing an email message. To turn the lights back off, click the Switch Background button again, which is currently represented as a moon. The message preview will turn to white and the Switch Background button will now be represented as a moon. To do this in message preview, click the Switch Background button. This can be useful if an email is not rendering properly in the black theme, or, you simply need to make the message brighter. It is also possible to turn the lights on for both the message preview and composition screens. Similarly, when you compose an email the message body is now black. With version 1907 the message preview pane defaults to black.
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UPDATE 10-5-19: For those on the Monthly Channel, you can get dark mode with the 1909 monthly channel update ( released September 30th). However, Office Insiders receive weekly updates, which could be subject to bugs. Note: Anyone can enroll in the Office Insider program.
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Starting with version 1907 for Office Insiders, the Outlook team has extended the black theme so it now incorporates the message body and the composition panes. Similarly, when you compose an email the message body is also in white.
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The screenshot below is an example of how the black theme changes certain aspects such as the folder view and toolbars to black but leaves the email preview pane in white. Some aspects of the black theme were still fully illuminated, such as when you read or composed a message. However, unlike Outlook Web App, or, Microsoft Teams, the black theme was not a true dark mode. The black theme has been around in Outlook for Windows for some time.