Microsoft Excel Support Team Blog (OFFICIAL)

1. Update 8/29/2017: License Errors for MSCOMCTL.OCX After July/August 2017 Update of Office 365 ProPlus

   UPDATE: This issue is resolved. Scroll down to see the Resolution section. Problem: Current...

2. "Do you want to download the converter?" when you try to open a file in Excel, Word or PowerPoint KB Article

   Hello, this is Laura from the content team from Microsoft. We are seeing a lot of traffic to this KB...

3. Update 8/9/2016: Excel Workbooks may not open after installing MS16-088

   UPDATE: This issue is resolved, scroll to the bottom to see the Resolution Section in todays...

4. Excel 2013 and Excel 2016 Large Address Aware Updates

   Improvements have been made to Excel 2013 and Excel 2016 applications that may help alleviate issues...

5. Changes in Office 2016 for Windows

   An article is now available listing changes made to Office 2016 for Windows. While there are some...

6. Excel 2016 re-enabled after installing KB3114520

   It's been found that users that have set Excel 2016 as not available via the Office Customization...

7. "We couldn't get data from the external source" refreshing data from SQL Server in Excel

   Have you ever experienced an issue where you are working in an Excel file, connected without a...

8. Excel 2016 add-in "Inquire" will not load

   It's been reported that after applying January updates for Excel 2016, the...

9. Error launching Office applications after January updates

   It's been reported that after applying January 2016 update (KB 3114506), customers are...

10. Office applications crash when opening files from Outlook in Protected View on Windows 10

    It's been reported that after upgrading to Windows 10, when opening Office files from...