Last Updated: Jan 27, 2021
ISSUE
Certain sections of Office applications such as the inbox for Outlook or the Menu bar in Word, will flash black when a video is playing in the background.
STATUS: WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, minimize the application that is displaying the video before viewing your Office application.
Microsoft is aware of this issue and is currently working on a fix.
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