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
    2016-07-30T12:34:01+00:00

    If you bought a machine that came with the full version of Office,  you bought something fixed in time, although I assume you will get some security and bug fix updates. In the past, those who opted for an up front purchase would have been looking at purchasing an upgrade - ie, you bought Office 2010 and would have to buy the upgrade to 2013, and then to 2016. Office 365 is meant meant to eliminate that need via either monthly or yearly payments. In exchange, you get the latest version.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-07-30T13:38:43+00:00

    DrAlford:

    Yes upgrading back to 2013 is the fix for missing grammar features. But since you have already paid for 2016, frankly, MS does not care if you go back to 2013, they have your money!  They will take notice if your purchase is recent enough that you demand a refund for your 2016 license because it is a defective product.  If it is a recent purchase, you may still be able to get the refund through your credit card company.

    Nelle:

    There is a problem with your argument.  MS eliminated the discounted "upgrade" license with the release of 2010.  2010 did NOT have a discounted upgrade. Neither do 2013 or 2016.  The point is, frankly in the last several versions there have not been enough new features for the average new user to spend the money on the new version.  For "the average user", what features are there in 2016 that are not in 2007 that justify the upgrade price?  What is driving new sales is new computers that require a new license, and corporate sales where the company forces periodic version upgrades.

    Frankly, I would not be surprised in the least (massively disappointed but not surprised) if in the next version of Office MS completely eliminates the one-time payment license, or announces that it will be the last release of one-time payment licenses.  Once that "last" version of Office is announced, Office versions will be dead and there will only be the eternal now of "Office 365" with its rolling "upgrades". Office as a "service" which you can only rent, not buy. Which would make MS's life easier. But it would be a problem for people with poor or no internet connections.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-07-30T13:41:40+00:00

    At the moment, I am satisfied with Office 2013.  I will not uninstall it and reinstall Office 2016 until I can be certain that the Office 2016 will have, or will allow me immediately to update to have at least the array of style and grammar checking currently available in Office 2013.

    The posts on this topic from Microsoft representatives have focused on insiders receiving the upgrades and have never suggested that those who bought a laptop with Office 2016 installed would get them.  I am not going to reinstall Office 2016 until I can be certain that it will have a proper style checker.

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