Alerts and notifications can be useful, but there are too many of them and you eventually enter annoying territory. Productivity-boosting sounds include new email tones and upcoming events in Outlook. Almost everything else falls into the unwanted category.
Sound cues are an Ease of Access feature in Microsoft Office 2016, which means you can turn them off if you think they're unnecessary. This is true for Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint 2016. Here's how you can quickly turn sound cues on or off in these programs.
Please note that if you are a Microsoft Office 365 subscriber, the update with this feature may not have arrived yet. But once it does, this is where you can find the controls.
You can also use the Alt + F shortcut, then the T Key to open the Word Options screen.
Microsoft Office gives you a choice of two sound themes from the sound scheme drop-down menu:Classic theme or the Modern Thread, which is less annoying in my quick experiments with sound signals.
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The sound effects are there for a reason. Are you someone who finds sound effects useful?
