Checking style in proofing in Word 2016

Just because you assert that the "FIX does not require any preparation whatsoever to deploy." does NOT mean that an IT department would not be deferring the roll-out of any modification to the software, be it a fix or update or whatever.

Deferring the roll-out of updates is a policy decision and the use of the word "prepare" may have been a bad choice.  The purpose of deferring the roll-out of updates is usually to give the IT department the opportunity to confirm that the update does not break something else.

Unfortunately, there have been many recent updates that have done just that.  For example the 16.0.7369.#### updates have screwed up the rendering of UserForms.

For that, Microsoft can be blamed.  However they cannot be blamed for the policy decisions of IT departments, other than for the fact that those departments have been given cause to implement a policy of deferring updates.

I believe that you should, in the instance, retract your last sentence.

I will not retract any part of my previous post. I understand policy decisions and the reasons of IT departments and have been a part of/made such decisions. As I said in my post, I have worked in many IT departments, have worked with computers since the '70s, and it was my profession before I retired and went back to school. Microsoft can be blamed for all of this mess; as many others have said, this "update" - FIX - would not have been necessary if they hadn't removed it in the first place.

Furthermore, I did contact the IT department of my university, as directed by Microsoft, and was told that they did not request the "deferred channel," "we do not defer the application of updates," they are "already set to the fastest delivery of new feather updates," they are "not aware of anything they can do to speed that up," and "what is available is entirely managed by Microsoft themselves." I have read on this forum that others have also contacted their IT departments only to be told similar things and that it is "news to them" about their having control over this fix.

Bottom line, Nicole and Microsoft are BS'ing and continuing to screw their faithful customers (I was using their products when they were still MS/DOS.) And for the record - I do know how to manually update my product and have done so on a weekly basis. I am still getting the LIE "You're up to date! The latest version of Office is installed on your computer." Build 16.0.6965.2105 is not the "latest version"! They've even programmed their lies into their product!

...they removed it from office 2016 only, not O365,...

anyway, i got an offer for the free office 365 version for students. i filled in the forms and never got a reply.

i feel very much F**ked by MS and im very unhappy...

As Charles said, it was removed from ALL versions of Office 2016 and 365. I have the free "subscription" Office 365 ProPlus for students which I got through a link provided by my university. It still does NOT have the update (i.e. FIX), because it is a "deferred channel" product. (You shouldn't have fill out any form or wait for a reply to get it - just sign on https://products.office.com/en-us/student?tab=students using your student email address and you should be able to download the products that your university has authorized immediately.) However, be forewarned that you will probably get the same crap product we did. The key words in Nicole's/Microsoft's lie - I mean statement - about it being available to all are "with Office build 16.0.7369.2024 or newer." We only have build 16.0.6965.2105. Microsoft blew me off by saying that it was the university's choice to put us on the "deferred channel" and that I should speak to them about getting the fix/update. I did speak to our university IT department and they told me that they did not request the deferred channel, "we do not defer the application of updates," they are "already set to the fastest delivery of new feather updates," they are "not aware of anything they can do to speed that up," and "what is available is entirely managed by Microsoft themselves."

Bottom line, Nicole and Microsoft are BS'ing and screwing us further! And for the record - I know how to manually update my product and have done so on a weekly basis. Still getting the LIE "You're up to date! The latest version of Office is installed on your computer." Really, Microsoft?? Build 16.0.6965.2105 is NOT the "latest version"! They've even programmed their lies into the product!

sure,. bs.

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/The-Grammar-and-Writing-Style-option-is-missing-in-Word-2016-eeca025f-0958-47eb-992c-099478650b9f?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US&fromAR=1

they removed it from office 2016 only, not O365, argument was due to low usage. i never use the help function in any of the microsoft products maybe they can remove it or the MS telemetry spyware thats integrated in windows 10 and office, i certainly dont need or use that one.

anyway, i got an offer for the free office 365 version for students. i filled in the forms and never got a reply.

i feel very much F**ked by MS and im very unhappy.

but there is a sollution if you spend more money or should i say again on the same product you will get that function that got removed from the desktop version that worked perfectly fine and didnt get removed from O365. microsoft should be ashamed of what they are doing and their bad customer service. fill in the form of empty promisses and we will never get back to you, F you customer who has been buying our products for over 30 years.  

Just to clarify: It was removed from all versions of Office 2016/365. They have apparently restored it to Office 365 (after a lengthy delay).