Checking style in proofing in Word 2016

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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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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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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:

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

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:

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

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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2016-11-28T22:32:24+00:00

Businesses won't have the updates those of us running Insider builds do. I get the frustration for not having it and I get that businesses won't allow users to do Insider builds.

I've had the proofing for at least a couple of months now and it's useful for me, but I've no idea when MS will consider it sufficiently developed to do a general release.

If you are this displeased with MS, I'd recommend finding a company that makes you smile.
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Anonymous

2016-11-28T21:38:27+00:00

Some people might not realize that to be sure they have the most recent update they must, in the File tab, click (Office) Account, click Update Options, and click Update Now. They might also need to click on a check for updates button. Only when one sees a dialog box "You're up to date!" can you safely assume you have all the updates your IT department and MS have allowed you to receive.

Once you have done that, you might in the File tab click Options and Proofing and make the menu option Grammar & more and click the settings... button to put check marks in all the grammar and style entries you want checked...

Apparently, you did not read my entire post (or at least read it very carefully). I very clearly stated that I know how to update my software, how to apply the settings, and have done all the appropriate "Update Now" steps - several times (and continue to do so regularly). My IT department is not holding anything back, have no control, and they are not happy that Microsoft keeps putting the blame for the deferment/delay and the lack of any useful or real update/fix upon them. They want it as much as the rest of us do! The only part of your post that is relevant to me is "MS have allowed you to receive." MS has not allowed many (most?) of us to receive the appropriate fix (I refuse to continue to call it an "update"), clouds that fact with their propaganda, and lies about the fact that many of our IT departments are causing the delays.
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Anonymous

2016-11-28T20:23:07+00:00

If you have read, most have done this. I don't know if your remark is sarcasm or not, but the issue that seems to be showing is that most have read that the latest update has the function when its a lie or scam.
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