MS Word 2016 Alt-Click on a word to open Research Bug

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Alt-Click is not working in Word 2016 but it still works in Outlook 2016 and all the other Office applications with that use the Research pane. It works in my old office 2007-2010 Word. How do I get it back.?

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Still no way to fix this bug.

Microsoft broke the feature with their new modern Translator feature and did not give any notice of it or a way to fix it and it still works in all the rest of the Office apps. There are some suggested workarounds for the bug but they don't work on my PC. There is no way I can see to add the Alt+Click shortcut and the Group Policy change did not remove new the modern Translator feature.

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Suggested workarounds, maybe someone else can get them to work.

If you still need or rely on the Alt+Click shortcut for Research pane, there are a few possible workarounds:

You can use keyboard customization, to map the alt+click key combination to trigger the ResearchLookup command. File > Options > Customize Ribbon > Customize (keyboard shortcuts) > All commands (categories) > ResearchLookup, and you can add a binding. Here is a help article explaining keyboard customizations
Use Group Policy to switch off the modern Translator feature (back to the older translation feature powered by the Research pane): https://support.office.com/en-us/article/admin-considerations-for-the-modern-translator-feature-in-office-064e938e-0af4-4f35-bd1d-04feb45af9aa

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Anonymous

2018-05-24T16:22:09+00:00

Please start another thread about Alt-Drag and or one about the things the new translation functions broke.
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Anonymous

2018-05-24T16:17:25+00:00

Yes excatly. And with what a ALT- drag will start please?

Alt drag = Hold ALT, click on start edge of block and drag...

But after click, the translator opens and the drag is interrupted...

How it should work without ALT-Click on start ???
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Suzanne S Barnhill 279.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2018-05-24T16:08:38+00:00

As Tanquen1 says, this thread is about Alt+Click to open the Research pane. Block selection requires Alt+Drag.
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Anonymous

2018-05-24T13:48:42+00:00

This tread is not about getting the block selection mode to work its about the bug MS added that broke the Alt-Click Research option that I had used in MS Office for like 10 years. Start another tread.
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Anonymous

2018-05-24T12:23:44+00:00

Hi all

The whole thread about if ALT click will work again and opening the translation feature.

I don't care about this! No, it is THIS "feature" who is doing the problem!

I don't need all the time a quck short cut for opening a tranlation window. I wil DISABLE that and get back

having the block selection mode with Alt-Click. I want that this works in word agian as it does in most other modern application like visaul studio or Outlook.

And that without the need of disabling all good parts of the new translation functions. Only stealing the short was a no-go!

How can I get back the blcok selection mode? Only that I want know.
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