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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2016-08-11T23:02:06+00:00

You said that the update will be released in late August, and that it will include everything from complex words to spaces between sentences. My question is what is the exact date for the update so I can incorporate these tools into my writing. I love using the passive voice setting to help passive voice in my writing.
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Anonymous

2016-08-24T20:22:55+00:00

Passive sentences should be added as they were before--this is very integral to Word. Those of us who have purchased 365 or any other word program in which the grammar features were removed need a refund or a one year extension on our subscription. I am very serious about this...otherwise, I am finding another program

Absolutely!

Not only do you need to give me my money back, since “passive voice” and such Word features are critical to my business, but you need to refund me for the ridiculous amount of time I have spent trying to fix this stupid mess...only to find out that I cannot!

It is now the end of August. Where is this fix? If there is none, then put back what was there. Now!
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Anonymous

2016-08-25T02:13:58+00:00

There are so many things Microsoft took out of Word. So much for working on my dissertation with the styles and Proofing editor missing, Grammarly is also automatically disabled. I really hate Word 2016. I spend more time fixing things that used to be automatically fixed. I chose the standalone version since I do like the fact that you have to have a subscription. I choose not be an insider to be their guinea pig. The brain child's need to fix the **** before they release a newer version instead of shoving it down the throats of the mass and let others figure out how they screwed it up in the community with all of the want a be software guru's. Microsoft has been on a trend of releasing flops since they discontinued Win XP. They make vague statements as to when because they have no idea when. Right now I have a whole host of programs that I will have to downgrade because of this upgrade. Updated programs outside of Office will not work unless you have the same version in all your Microsoft products. Boo on Microsoft! Talking to a Microsoft client rep at the answer desk, No, they will not refund your money. They say there is a way but you have to have all the code keys for the 2013 version in order to go through the hassle to remove all of the programs and re-install at a cost because your old code key will be already used..... This absolutely sucks. All of their products are over priced and under performs. All the brain childs should be FIRED. They do not care because they already have your money for a defective product.
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