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
    2016-09-06T16:31:38+00:00

    Suzanne - when one reviews papers by many people, the availability of a style checker that points out deviations from APA style is essential. As one who writes casually and at a scholarly level, I assure you it is helpful to be able to correct my own style errors quickly when I write in a scholarly manner.

    It appears that, over a year after launch of Office 2016, the Style checker has only now gone for Beta testing by insiders.  It will probably be months before it is ready for general use.  Office 2016 is not fit for purpose without a style checker.  Pending availability of a fully beta tested version, Microsoft should release an add in or stand alone app that contains the Style checker from Office 2013 that one could use with Office 2016.  That would make the Office 2016 program fit for purpose.

    When the style checker has passed the beta testing and is available as a general update, then everyone who bought Office 2016, either as a stand alone product or as a subscription should receive the update to replace the temporary fix of the Office 2013 style checker.

    It would be helpful if Nicole told us when we should expect the 2016 Style checker to be available to everyone and if Microsoft will provide us with a temporary fix of an app that contains the Word 2013 style checker for use with Office 2016.

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  2. Charles Kenyon 170.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2016-09-06T16:42:54+00:00

    Suzanne - when one reviews papers by many people, the availability of a style checker that points out deviations from APA style is essential. As one who writes casually and at a scholarly level, I assure you it is helpful to be able to correct my own style errors quickly when I write in a scholarly manner.

    It appears that, over a year after launch of Office 2016, the Style checker has only now gone for Beta testing by insiders.  It will probably be months before it is ready for general use.  Office 2016 is not fit for purpose without a style checker.  Pending availability of a fully beta tested version, Microsoft should release an add in or stand alone app that contains the Style checker from Office 2013 that one could use with Office 2016.  That would make the Office 2016 program fit for purpose.

    When the style checker has passed the beta testing and is available as a general update, then everyone who bought Office 2016, either as a stand alone product or as a subscription should receive the update to replace the temporary fix of the Office 2013 style checker.

    It would be helpful if Nicole told us when we should expect the 2016 Style checker to be available to everyone and if Microsoft will provide us with a temporary fix of an app that contains the Word 2013 style checker for use with Office 2016.

    I suspect that Suzanne would agree with everything you've said. I certainly do agree with you. Neither of us use Word 2016 for getting work done.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-09-06T16:43:57+00:00

    I feel tricked, and helpless, and angry, and duped. 

    I don't think they are ever giving this to us. I subscribed to 365, I signed up to be an insider, and I still don't see it. I think they are just letting us stew in this tiny corner of the internet and have no intention of placating us. 

    September 24th will be the one year anniversary of the question kicking off this thread, btw. I am going to make a note on 9/25 to look into one of the paid style checkers people have mentioned on this thread.

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