restore the right-click Autocorrect menu to Word 2016
In Word 2007 and 2010, if you misspelled a word, you could right click, and there, in the right-click menu, was an option for "Auto-Correct" with a fly-out menu to the right, with suggested words, and at the bottom "Autocorrect options." This menu allowed me to speed up my typing by adding corrections to the Autocorrect dictionary on the fly, letting Word learn my typing style and common mistakes.
Now, this is hidden in File, Options, Autocorrect, behind a series of obscure menus that take time, and hinder my workflow. If I'm on a typing roll, and inspiration hits, the red squiggles bother me the entire time, distracting me while typing, because now, I cannot correct them easily and on the fly, without it interrupting my thoughts.
This is a huge loss of functionality and I would like to have the right-click Autocorrect menu restored to Word.
James
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We want to let you know that the Word team has heard your feedback, and they’re planning to restore right-click access to AutoCorrect options in Word 2016. If you’re an Office 365 subscriber, you should see this change in a future update.
As always, thanks for your feedback. We appreciate it!
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Nick
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It sounds like the missing context menu functionality has been restored for Office 365 subscribers. Are there any plans to restore the functionality for Office 2016 .MSI installs?
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Anne
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Like most of the others - I get nothing when I right click on a misspelled word. HELP! Please make right click auto-correct standard or tell me how to load it back.
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Charles Kenyon
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I stand corrected. The return is a bit subtle but it is there.
Right-click on spelling error brings up shortened context menu.
If that has one or more suggestions, each will have a menu extension triangle on the right.
Clicking on that will bring four choices for that suggestion:
- Read Aloud
- Change All
- Add to AutoCorrect
- AutoCorrect OptionsThank you, thank you, thank you.
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Ross
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Charles - that is weird. Mine has been updated to Version 1811 (Build 11029.20079) and the right click auto-correct is definitely still there (I'm not making this up!). I'm not sure how it can be possible that it appears for some people and not others. Unless there are different versions of Office? Mine is Home and Business 2016. Really disappointing to hear that this hasn't been sorted for everyone, I really thought it had been fixed...
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Charles Kenyon
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December 2018 - almost three years since promised. Still not working.
Ross, it isn't working in build 1811.Please vote and comment here.
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Charles Kenyon
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R. S.
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I agree with the users completely. That feature was a staple function for me. It must be restored ASAP. Bad job by Microsoft programmers to leave it out.
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Hyper Odes
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My version at work is MS Word 2016 MSO (16.4738.1000) 32 bits, and still not having this autocorrect option in the context menu...
I was using it all days before we went from 2010 to 2016, now I miss it a lot !PLEASE RESTORE THIS OPTION ASAP!
P.S. And also on all other MS Office 2016 apps (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, etc)
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Hyper Odes
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P.S. And also on all other MS Office 2016 apps (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, etc)
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Hyper Odes
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My version at work is MS Word 2016 MSO (16.4738.1000) 32 bits, and still not having this autocorrect option in the context menu...
I was using it all days before we went from 2010 to 2016, now I miss it a lot !PLEASE RESTORE THIS OPTION ASAP!
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Ross
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My version of Word 2016 has been updated today when I came in to work (Version 1809 Build 10827.20150) and... the right click auto-correct option has returned! Can't find any mention of it in the release notes, but it is definitely there. I can hardly believe it.
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Heather
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So.... it's 2.5 years after you said you're actively working to restore the right-click access to auto correct options and that if we are a 365 subscriber, we should see this change... I haven't seen it yet....am I missing something? I am about to stop subscribing
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Charles Kenyon
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I've added a new one for Office 2019 / 365 here.
I hope that yet another will not be necessary!
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Charles Kenyon
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Restore the right-click Autocorrect menu to Word 2019 / 365
In Word 2007 and 2010, if you misspelled a word, you could right click, and there, in the right-click menu, was an option for "Auto-Correct" with a fly-out menu to the right, with suggested words, and at the bottom "Autocorrect options." This menu allowed me to speed up my typing by adding corrections to the Autocorrect dictionary on the fly, letting Word learn my typing style and common mistakes.
Now, this is hidden in File, Options, Autocorrect, behind a series of obscure menus that take time, and hinder my workflow. If I'm on a typing roll, and inspiration hits, the red squiggles bother me the entire time, distracting me while typing, because now, I cannot correct them easily and on the fly, without it interrupting my thoughts.
This is a huge loss of functionality and I would like to have the right-click Autocorrect menu restored to Word.
Greg Maxey wrote an Add-In to do this. It was broken when Word 2016 came out. He fixed it. Now it is broken again (does not work) with Word 2019 / 365. http://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/customize_shortcut_menu.html#WACR
See https://word.uservoice.com/forums/304924-word-for-windows-desktop-application/suggestions/10934853-restore-the-right-click-autocorrect-menu-to-word-2.
That is a suggestion to do this with Word 2016 with hundreds of votes!In February of 2016 a Microsoft rep said that it was being restored. It is years and another version of Word and it is still missing. This should not be that hard! If Greg could do it with an Add-In, why can't it be coded in?
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Charles Kenyon
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Greg Maxey had provided an Add-In but that no longer works with the addition of the Editor.
http://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/customize_shortcut_menu.html#WACR
He may fix it _again_ but it shouldn't be left up to him.More than two years ago, you promised to restore this to Word 2016. Well, now we have Office 2019 and it is more broken than ever.
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Anonymous
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Never mind Word Product Team.... ... Thank you Sanna for showing how to add on the Shortcut Ribbon. Follow the instructions to add the Autocorrect to the 365 shortcut ribbon. Once it's on there, it's only a click away:
http://nptraining.net/blog/2017/09/25/adding-the-autocorrect-button-to-the-ribbon-for-word-2016/ -
Anonymous
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Word Product Team [MSFT] (Admin, Office.com), you said on February 12, 2016 that you would add this feature. What is taking so long to restore this feature?
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Mary
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I am a University Professor. The loss of this AutoCorrect option in the context menu is making my life MISERABLE!
Microsoft WHERE ARE YOU???
PLEASE fix this!! It's been over 2 years since you promised to fix this issue.
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B
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Why is the autocorrect not working in Word 2016 now?
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Sanna
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Follow the instructions to add the Autocorrect to the 2016 shortcut ribbon. Once it's on there, it's only a click away:
http://nptraining.net/blog/2017/09/25/adding-the-autocorrect-button-to-the-ribbon-for-word-2016/