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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2016-11-28T17:04:53+00:00

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.
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Anonymous

2016-11-28T16:28:39+00:00

There might still be a "fork" in the product after the restoration - the subscription version, reached through Office 365, has a comprehensive new style and grammar checker that provides far more and far better guidance than that available under Office 2010 or Office 2013. The wording of the Microsoft announcement on restoration could mean that buyers of standalone Office 2016 will, during this winter, which does not start of another three weeks, be able to download an upgrade that provides style in proofing. It is unclear if that will reflect the new comprehensive proofing tools available through the subscription version, or if it will be similar to what is available under Office 2010 or Office 2013.

Many students receive the student subscription version free or at much reduced cost through their college or university; others might want to check if Microsoft is providing any price saving during Cyber Monday.
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Anonymous

2016-11-28T16:21:49+00:00

That was what the technician read to me. I told them that their website was lying to the public and should get it fixed. She stated that they weren't hiding anything. I finally had to hang up on them because they don't get it.
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