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. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-07-29T23:26:00+00:00

    Have you updated your version of Office?

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-07-30T04:57:38+00:00

    My new laptop came with Windows 10 and Office 2016. When I found that Office 2016 lacked the Style check of Office 2013, which I have on my old Laptop, I (a) bought a license for Office 2013 from a third party vendor, (b) uninstalled Office 2016 from the Windows 10 laptop, and (c) installed the Office 2013 to my Windows 10 laptop.  If I see an announcement that Microsoft has updated Office 2016 for everyone (not just insiders or subscribers to Office 365) to include a comprehensive style, grammar, and spell check that is at least as comprehensive as Office 2013 AND that someone who reinstalls an owned Office 2016 who is not an insider and who does not pay monthly Office 265 fees will find all the style, grammar, and spell checking I currently have on Office 2013, then I will reinstall Office 2016.

    I look to Microsoft to make a clear promise to provide periodic updates to Office 2016 to those who bought it that are identical in content and timing to the updates provided for those who subscribe to Office 265.

    If Microsoft refuses to make that promise, then I look to it to allow those who bought it to accept as many months of Office 365 subscription as equal the price paid for Office 2016 divided by the current monthly rate for 365 subscription.

    It does not take many words to make the clear promise I request.  I am disappointed at the evasiveness of the posts by Microsoft's representatives on this blog.

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  3. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-07-30T07:14:33+00:00

    From my own experience, Microsoft does provide updates to Office 2016.  They can be accessed by going the File tab of the ribbon in an Office application and then clicking on Account and then on Update Options.

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