"We are sorry, but this feature is deprecated" (Smart Lookup on Word for Mac)

Anonymous
2024-12-13T22:08:50+00:00

I just right-clicked on a word to use the "Smart Lookup" feature, and I received this message, "We are sorry, but this feature is deprecated." I am a current subscriber and logged in.

I appreciate your help!

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Stefan Blom 353K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2024-12-16T22:31:07+00:00

As stated in this thread and elsewhere in the forums, Smart Lookup has been discontinued. The official notice is in the article at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/get-insights-into-what-you-re-working-on-with-smart-lookup-debf2083-5ac0-4739-8667-ae2467bec044.

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You can send feedback to Microsoft developers by using the feedback facility in your version of Word. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-give-feedback-on-microsoft-365-2b102d44-b43f-4dd2-9ff4-23cf144cfb11#platform=macOS.

Also/alternatively, post in the portal at https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/fb6d67e3-301c-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472.

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  1. Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 437.7K Reputation points
    2025-01-09T17:07:06+00:00

    As mentioned several times in this thread, no participant in these Communities has any control of what Microsoft does/does not do with the design of their software. This is a user-to-user forum, not a Microsoft channel of communication. We can't fix anything 🙂

    If you want to express your opinion to those who do have such control use the Feedback option provided in the Help menu to submit your comments to the development group. You will not receive a personal reply but Feedback is monitored & responsible requests often result in changes based on volume of demand as well as other factors.

    IMO this is a temporary inconvenience — the feature has not been eliminated from the main menu or the contextual menu which suggest that there are plans to restore it. Smart Lookup also continues to be available in OneNote. There must be a reason for the feature being withdrawn from the other products but, like most developers, Microsoft typically does not share such information publicly.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-09T15:44:30+00:00

    Fix smart lookup, the construction industry uses this tool non stop to research part numbers and products, asking us to copy and paste to a search engine is a complete waste of time, re-instate smart lookup please.

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  4. Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 437.7K Reputation points
    2025-01-06T18:49:51+00:00

    Thanks for posting this. I'm sure some will find it useful but I'd make one slight notation... The Services menu is context-sensitive so it will offer to search using whatever the user has specified as their default search engine. For example, I endeavor to avoid anything G👀gle so I'm offered DuckDuckGo.

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