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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2016-04-27T20:19:05+00:00
Telexx:

You have better chances of winning a $1million in the lottery than getting a timeline reply from MS on this question. The only answer they have given is "manyana"

If this is a serious issue for you and you have 365, you can look into upgrading back to Office 2013 so you can get that feature back.

Since you are a "large" customer, a "fed", you probably have an site license that includes enhanced support. Talk to your help desk. If you do have that type of support they will have a "account support" contact at MS. This gives you an inside track to get a better answer. If it is a serious enough issue, your office may want to "vote with your feet" and buy some other product (making sure MS knows why they are being dropped). That appears to be the best way to get their attention ... Of course that incurrs other costs, so it is a question of costs vs benefits ... (like any purchase).

Roll Back 2016 to 2013 manually by USER! DownGrade - Down Grade - Back out

How do I use the Office 365/2016 offline installer? Downgrade to Office 2013

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/How-do-I-use-the-Office-2016-offline-installer-f0a85fe7-118f-41cb-a791-d59cef96ad1c Offline installer

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/wiki/office_365hp-office_install/retrograde-upgrade-office-3652016-to-2013-download/fbdf55d9-9b62-4ac0-95af-56a9f848c2b2
- installer options, including downgrade
https://support.office.com/en-US/article/How-do-I-reinstall-Office-2013-after-an-Office-2016-upgrade-a6ca92f4-cbb4-4609-9fdb-f8d3dd6812f3 How do I reinstall Office 2013 after an Office 2016 upgrade?

http://new.office-watch.com/2015/switch-from-office-2013-to-office-2016-the-real-story/ Switch from Office 2013 to Office 2016 – the real story (Office Watch)

If you need to install Office 2016 without an active Internet connection, or if you're having problems with slow speed or tenuous connections, you can download the offline installer file and then install Office 2016 at your convenience. Go to the Wiki link above for instructions with pictures

Looking for help with a one-time purchase of Office 2013 or Office 2016? Associated with email Account - Offline Installer

Download the install files for a one-time purchase of Office 2013 or Office 2016

Download the install files for a one-time purchase of Office 2013 or Office 2016

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Download-the-install-files-for-a-one-time-purchase-of-Office-2013-or-Office-2016-0fdd3f0e-9b3f-4689-9f43-03e1143bb20e

Looking for Office 365 help?: How do I use the Office 2016 offline installer for Office 365?

If you made a one-time purchase of Office 2013 or Office 2016 (not a subscription to Office 365), you can download the install files directly to your computer.

Important Downloading the install files can take quite a while. Please be sure your computer stays powered on and connected to the Internet while downloading.

Sign in to your My Account page.

Choose Install from a disc.

Choose I want to burn a disc, and then choose Download.

Save the installation file to your computer and then run it to install Office.

**Applies To:**Office 2013, Office 2016
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Anonymous

2016-04-29T09:00:25+00:00

Are you guys anywhere near fixing the issue yet?
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Anonymous

2016-04-29T15:47:47+00:00

As a proposal manager, I read a lot of draft content written in Word. Many inexperienced writers fall into the habit of using too much passive tense. The previous Style checker in Word had the option to check for passive tense. It would be great to see that option available again.

Thanks
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