Checking style in proofing in Word 2016

Anonymous
2015-09-25T02:30:46+00:00

What happened to being able to check style in Word 2016 when proofing (number of spaces after a sentence, contractions, hyphenated words, etc.)??

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Anonymous
2017-03-15T13:09:13+00:00

Those Style Options in Editor which were also part of earlier Office versions (e.g. Passive Voice) are now available for Office 2016 Click-to-Run perpetual users in Office build 16.0.7870.2020 and newer builds. New Grammar and Style options and other ongoing enhancements to the experience, will continue to be exclusively offered through an Office 365 subscription. 

The "Grammar & More" Writing Style is not available in the drop down yet. To enable the Style Options in Word, go to File -> Options -> Proofing and click on the "Settings…" button next to the Writing Style drop down "Grammar". The Grammar Settings window will pop up where you can customize the checks. You will first see the available Grammar Options and when you scroll down, you will see the Style Options starting with Options for "Clarity & Conciseness".

Just check the checkbox next to the Options you'd like to enable.

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Anonymous
2016-10-05T10:36:32+00:00

Hi

I can finally announce that the update is now available to all Office for Windows subscription users.

Apologies for the delay. The monthly updates always contain several new features or improvements and delays can unfortunately occur for many different reasons.

The English Style options are now available to all Windows Word and Outlook subscription users with Office build 16.0.7369.2024 or newer.

Office for Mac subscription Insiders Fast users are scheduled to receive the update with build 15.28.0.161004 or newer.

We appreciate your feedback. Please let us know if you see false flags (= incorrect flags/unexpected flags), missed flags or incorrect suggestions.

The Writing Style “Grammar & more” is now on by default. All Grammar Options and the two new Options “Wordiness” and “Nominalizations” are enabled. If you like to enable more Style Options, follow these steps:

In Word 2016:

  1. Go to "File" -> "Options" -> "Proofing"
  2. If the Writing Style is not "Grammar & more", please change to "Grammar & more" using the drop down.
  3. Click on “Settings”

  1. Only two Options ("Wordiness, Nominalizations") are enabled by default. You can enable more Options by ticking the checkbox next to them:

 

To enable the feature in Outlook, please do the following:

In Outlook 2016:

  1. From a popped-out mail window, go to "File" -> "Options" -> "Mail". (Don't do this from the main Outlook window.)
  2. Click on "Spelling and Autocorrect…" in the section "Compose messages". You'll be taken to the "Proofing" tab of the "Editor Options" dialog.
  3. If the Writing Style is not "Grammar & more", please change to "Grammar & more" using the drop down.
  4. Check the checkbox next to "Mark grammar errors as you type" in the "When correcting spelling in Outlook" section.

  1. To enable more Style Options, please follow steps 3.) and 4.) described for Word above.

We've also included many bug fixes in this update.

We're working on improving the Grammar Checker further and will release more Options in the coming months.

Thanks, Nicole

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-10-05T10:44:52+00:00

    Hi

    I can finally announce that the update is now available to all Office for Windows subscription users.

    Thanks, Nicole

    Thanks for the notice.

    But you are still saying "subscription users".  What about one-time payment licenses? We keep asking, but still have not got an answer to this specific question. When will they be getting this defect fix. There is no way you can use the "new feature" excuse to limit it to subscriptions only!

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-10-04T18:45:46+00:00

    I was going say take it easy on Nicole, she was just the messenger. But then I went back to the original reply and noticed her signature line:

    <snip>Program Manager Natural Language Experiences in Office</snip>

    That signature suggests that maybe she is one of the managers responsible for this feature (aka "the mess"!).

    Yes, suing MS is the only way to get their attention.  Restitution is unlikely. No one significant will lose their jobs. No one will go to jail. And only MS corporate MAY pay some fines, but that too is unlikely.

    Unfortunately, I'd classify them as "ambitious" deadlines more than ambiguous. And they are inherent in almost every "Project".  The "owner" (sucker paying for it) wants it done "fast, cheap, good quality", while the developer can only deliver on 2 of the 3.  Owner keeps pushing for delivery so the developer makes promises "you can have it then, if EVERYTHING GOES WELL".  Unfortunately things rarely go as well as hoped for, so there are additional costs and/or time delays.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-10-04T17:37:42+00:00

    You are right; Microsoft has done a poor job with 2016.  What I can't get over is that Microsoft known about this and the disclosure was not there as to what all they changed.  As for the reason to roll Nicole under the bus, if she gets tired of it, find another job period.  Trying to appease the mass can only work for a short time with the false promises which there no doubt that she was told to do. However, people do wake up once in a while and say enough is enough such as you have now.  Mistakes happen, however, what you do to correct the mistake is another story. Right now, Microsoft wants to downplay the issue as for a reason for Nicole.  The 35+ pages of complaints should have told them something higher up the corporate ladder, but it has not this far other that to say "we are working on it" bring ambiguity to the forefront.  Restitution should have been offered to those that complained not getting false promises that are ambiguous in nature or pushing the subscriptions to line their pockets from the help desk agents.  Does this remind you of Enron and all the blunders they make?  I am also done with upgrades until Microsoft realizes the devastation it has caused. Will it take them being sued? Possibly. I hope that someone does sue them to bring the issue to light in the eyes of the legal system so that those responsible can learn a lesson or two or three from behind bars and in the poor house!  Maybe Nicole will think twice before making the ambiguous statements going forward and stand on her own principles rather than walking the company line.

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