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
    2016-11-03T20:49:45+00:00

    The only option in that drop-down menu I get is grammar. There is no grammar and style option. In desperation I have now bought and downloaded Office 365 - the problem is still there. Please assist!

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-11-02T22:51:03+00:00

    Great news, Nicole.  Thanks for the update.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-11-02T22:37:41+00:00

    Sure they do roadmaps, the trick is finding them!  Here is one for 365:

    http://fasttrack.microsoft.com/roadmap

    Here are links to a couple of independent sites tracking MS announced roadmaps

    https://rcpmag.com/articles/list/microsoft-office.aspx

    https://www.directionsonmicrosoft.com/roadmap/secured/table-of-contents/2016-07 (a subscription service)

    http://www.wictorwilen.se/what-s-new-on-the-office-roadmap-2016-03-03

    Although they haven't said it in so many words, the obvious plan is to kill the one-time payment licenses, not enough profit in them compared to pay-forever rentals.   Part of that plan is the switch from per-machine licensing to per user and the associated change to demand the email account at the very START of 2016/365 install. This makes preloading 2016 on corporate machines effectively impossible, or at least very awkward (requiring dummy email accounts

    MS have said that the feature set in the one-time payment license is fixed at what was in it when 2016 was released last year. There will be security updates, but no new features.  Again, without saying it, they have finally conceded that grammar checking is NOT a "new" feature so they will be the benevolent leaders and grant what 'the users have requested' ...

    Unfortunately, although I strongly prefer the one-time payment license and Pro Plus MSI install, I think you pretty much have to recommend 365 for a few reasons:

    • college students should be able to get 365 University, a discounted bundle
    • unlike in 2013, in 2016 MS has been delivering a reasonably steady flow of new features
    • your students should have the opportunity to learn these new features as they come out
    • there are enough extra "shiny bits" / extra features in the 365 bundle to make it worth it for students
    • they are mobile between home and school so the extra OneDrive space and configuration portability is definitely to their advantage
    • 365 allows them to install on 2 computers + 2 tablets + 2 smartphones, 2016 only 1 computer (college/university students are more likely to have multiple devices they want to work with, frankly I don't understand why MS chose to limit students to 2 devices and all other 365 licenses to 5).

    But, if you want to stick with a constant, lowest common denominator feature set, then yes 2016 could be your recommendation.

    This is the MS monthly updated blog listing the new features added to 365:

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-s-New-and-Improved-in-Office-2016-for-Office-365-95c8d81d-08ba-42c1-914f-bca4603e1426?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

    Does your school have the 365 Education bundle, which is free for the students?  Are you aware of the teacher resources that are available with that bundle?

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