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
    2016-10-12T18:14:08+00:00

    Actually, nowhere has any MS spokesperson stated in this forum that those who have licenses for a stand alone Office 2016 not connected to Office 365 will never be able to receive the update that contains Grammar & More. 

    An MS spokesperson has said that this update is available to Office 365 subscribers.

    An MS spokesperson has declined to provide any information on future developments (including for licensees of stand alone Office 2016).

    Rather than a class action suit, perhaps all owners of a stand alone version of Office 2016 should complain to the relevant Better Business Bureau about the lack of the Grammar & More update.  MS could then resolve the issue quickly by providing the update.  The risks of a class action suit are that (a) MS refuse to make any updates until the suit is resolved and (b) the lawyers for the plaintiffs will be reluctant to settle the suit quickly (with a resolution of MS providing the update) since they and one special plaintiff will want to achieve as large a dollar amount as possible from MS.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-10-12T17:50:32+00:00

    One does have to wonder if there isn't enough evidence and compelling context to support a class-action lawsuit here.

    First:  MS's position in this market and second, all the marketing subterfuge around eliminating this feature without telling customers and not providing a clear path for curing.

    Seems like a case of misrepresentation with clear intention.  

    There's plenty of ammo--we just need an attorney to step up and offer to take it on....

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-10-12T17:48:00+00:00

    If you have Office 365, go into File menu> Account command > Update Options button and then select "Update Now" command. With a little luck this will pick up the update with the fix.  If you don't get it now, you may have to wait a little longer until it is released in your geographic location.

    If you have 1-time-payment Office 2016, you are a second class customer and aren't "good enough" to deserve the fix. You'll have to wait until you buy the next release of Office, whenever it comes out. 

    It's a manual download.

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