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| Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|
| Users, automatically | 
Mar 15, 2026 |
Apr 1, 2026 |
Business value
Help your business respond faster to changing document and reporting requirements by making it easier for non‑technical users to customize and maintain report layouts without developer support. By simplifying how report data is discovered and inserted into document templates, teams can create consistent, professional‑looking invoices, orders, and confirmations more efficiently. The improved authoring experience reduces turnaround time when updating branded or localized documents, supporting greater agility across regions and customer segments. As a result, organizations can scale document customization efforts while lowering dependency on IT resources and streamlining ongoing reporting operations.
Feature details
We're introducing significant usability improvements to the Word add‑in for document report layouts. The improvements enable business users and office workers, not just developers, to design and manage document layouts in Microsoft Word.
Enhancements to the data picker experience make it easier to navigate report datasets. You have better visibility into nested data items so you can insert fields into layouts with a simple double‑click, while automatically advancing the cursor when working within table cells to streamline creating layouts with tables. New metadata visibility allows designers to view meaningful information about selected data elements without leaving Word, and an integrated search and filtering capability enables quick discovery of relevant fields across complex datasets.
The add‑in also introduces support for dark mode to improve accessibility and user comfort.
Currently in preview, a new Insert Table capability lets you build and populate tables from report data in a single, guided workflow where designers can select data sources, define column structures, include headers, reorder fields, and optionally generate captions automatically before inserting fully bound table structures with repeaters and footer content.
Also, ongoing report refactoring in the application moves tooltip definitions from pages to table level, allowing richer contextual field insights to surface directly within the Word add‑in.
Together, these enhancements simplify document layout development, reduce the need for technical intervention, and accelerate the creation and maintenance of Word‑based report templates across organizations.
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