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Beyond Icons: Microsoft 365’s visual evolution for the AI era

Microsoft 365 has unveiled redesigned icons across Word, PowerPoint and Excel, signalling a visual shift toward AI-driven productivity. These updates redefine how professionals view creativity, data and storytelling — and what modern design means inside Microsoft’s evolving ecosystem.
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Human and humanoid robot clasp wrists at a desk; bold headline ‘TEMPLATES’ with sub-line ‘AI + Designers’, signalling collaboration on Microsoft Office templates.

AI + Designers: who shapes your Microsoft Office templates?

AI can draft and refine
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Dark-purple luxury car straddling the centre line, half in the oncoming lane, with text: “Supercar ≠ skilled driver; Template ≠ skilled designers”.

Templates don’t make you a designer

Templates encode your brand, but
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Professional analysing a document on a desktop monitor, evaluating workflow tools in Microsoft Office.

Bespoke automation, not bloated toolbars

Off-the-shelf toolbars add clutter and
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Microsoft 365 app icons including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams and OneNote displayed on white podiums against a light beige background, representing Microsoft’s new AI-era visual design language.

Beyond Icons: Microsoft 365’s visual evolution for the AI era

Microsoft 365 has unveiled redesigned icons across Word, PowerPoint and Excel, signalling....
  • ±5 minutes read
Human and humanoid robot clasp wrists at a desk; bold headline ‘TEMPLATES’ with sub-line ‘AI + Designers’, signalling collaboration on Microsoft Office templates.

AI + Designers: who shapes your Microsoft Office templates?

AI can draft and refine at speed, but your brand lives inside....
  • ±7 minutes read
Dark-purple luxury car straddling the centre line, half in the oncoming lane, with text: “Supercar ≠ skilled driver; Template ≠ skilled designers”.

Templates don’t make you a designer

Templates encode your brand, but they cannot replace design judgement. Use Word....
  • ±8 minutes read
Professional analysing a document on a desktop monitor, evaluating workflow tools in Microsoft Office.

Bespoke automation, not bloated toolbars

Off-the-shelf toolbars add clutter and costs. We design brand-true templates and targeted....
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Would you see a Heart Surgeon for a toothache? Choosing the right designer for Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Graphic and Office designers solve different problems. If your brand lives in....
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Visual comparison of Slide Masters and Slide Libraries showing PowerPoint layouts and reusable slide assets side by side.

Slide Masters vs Slide Libraries: What’s best for your organisation?

Discover the pros and cons of Slide Masters and Slide Libraries. Learn....
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