Where has autocorrect gone in Word 365?

Anonymous
2013-07-09T23:23:33+00:00

Presumably through an oversight, Microsoft has very annoyingly dropped autocorrect from the right click menu on spelling errors. Does anyone know how to get it back? Probably not - I have researched it and found no answers. However a good work around is to add Autocorrect options to the quick access toolbar which is almost as good. Microsoft - please bring back right click autocorrect in the next version of Word/Office.

Also if you're reading this, please also reduce the spaces between icons in the QAT - it is annoying that I can't fit as many on one page width as I could in 2010. Sad that it is not nearly as good as the 2003 QAT on which you could fit as many rows as you wanted!

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-05-25T13:58:07+00:00

    Suzanne,

    Would you please send me a webpage feedback so I can send you a template to test with.  I think I may have this issue resolved.  It seems that they have added a control (which I can't see) that was offsetting the index for building the list.

    Best Regards,

    Greg Maxey

    ~ Persian ProverbThe dogs bark but the caravan moves on.

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  2. Stefan Blom 353.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-05-25T13:55:34+00:00

    Thanks for the update. Keeping fingers crossed here that this can be fixed.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-25T13:40:26+00:00

    Thanks, Greg - much appreciated. So frustrating for you.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-05-25T13:36:56+00:00

    Folks,  I've been traveling and while traveling I had two reports that the template was behaving as described.

    Both times, I check on my laptop and it still worked.  I have Windows 7, Word 2016.

    I just saw this post and I'm discouraged to report I have tired it here at home and confirm the behavior.  Nothing has changed with the template so it must be due to a recent update.

    It seems that instead of fixing the debacle as they have claimed is their intent for over a year, the clowns at MS have now broken the only suitable workaround.

    I will see if there is anything that I can to fix it once again, but I think I am on their black list so anything I do they may come along and undo it again.

    Sorry.

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  5. Stefan Blom 353.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-05-25T13:27:35+00:00

    If you think there is something wrong with the template, use the contact form at http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/my_web_feedback.aspx to report a (possible) bug.

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