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!
369 comments
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Anonymous
commented
Dear Word team,
Yes I can right click and correct. But to add the correction to autocorrect I have to select the word, click file
click Options
Click Proofing
Click autocorrect options
correct the word if it appears or type the wrong spelling then the correct on
click add
Click OKSo 7 clicks +typing the wrong and correct spellings
I have RSI and this gravely increase my pain and disability.For how many years should we scream before you listen and return the old feature?
lick OK
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Anonymous
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Dear Word team
Now I can right click and correct the spelling but I cannot do autocorrect. Something we ahve been complaining about for Yeeeeeears.For how many years should we complain before you listen?
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glnz
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I want right-click add auto-correct back. Where is it?
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Anonymous
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Please add the right click autocorrect option back on Word! It is very distracting to have words that are underlines, but I do not want to have to go through and find the auto correct. It was a lot more useful and easier to have the right click autocorrect option.
You said we would see the change in a future update...... that was back in 2016. It's 2021 now!!
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Alla Jacobs commented
Yes, spell check on right click after selection is useful but certainly not instead of copy paste options. I would like to have both. Please note copy paste is far more important than spell check. The same in ppt please.
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Anonymous
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Why why why in a new Office you get rid of good things in previous versions? e.g. right click, the option of changing colors of bits in the display then saving the changes as a theme so one can change the themes instead of changing limited bars/pages.
How about sending us a survey monkey for the things we want to keep, add, remove? BEFORE you make new updates/versions with your OWN ideas ?
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Anonymous
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it is already 2021 and I cannot find the right click for autocorrect. BTW I am up to date with updates!
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Rachel Haag commented
This should no longer be a choice or option for the Word Product Team to mess with, and many of us using your product are no longer labeling this as a suggestion.
We want the option to copy and paste a misspelled word that your product can't autocorrect by its self back.
To get around that problem many of us copy the misspelled word and then paste it on the net to look for the proper word we want to use.
Yes, its sad your product can't do everything, but we found a way to work with that regardless. Now with this change you brought in has made things very difficult and many of us hate it.
This is the feedback and now fix it back to the way we like it, or really we can find other products that do what we need and want.
So give that option back, really it is not a suggestion it's an actual a fact and it worked fine back then and with it gone has ruined your product and made it less useful. -
Javier Bonilla
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I so regret buying Office with no right-click autocorrect. I should go back to Google Docs. Ever since Gates left this company provides a lousy product.
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Anonymous
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WHEN IS THIS FEATURE GOING TO BE RESTORED? WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR 7 YEARS!
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Bruce Jeffery
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As per all the other word / outlook users - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE restore right click autocorrect. it defies all logic as to why it was ever removed, and also as to why it has not been restored yet.
Please Mr Gates give it back to us - we love(d) it!
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Anonymous
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My web browser has updated and now no autocorrect on the right click in word
. I now get asked if I want an emoji ? I'm not 10, please sort it out. -
Melissa
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Quick Question: Are there other options other than Word where they have Add-to-Dictionary?
Manually adding each wrong word and it's correction(s) to the dictionary would be tedious (I can't even imagine doing that).
Simply using Auto-Correct is a one time use only fix.
Maybe it's time to explore. -
Edgar
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Very pleased you are working on that, will be a good functionality improvement.
I have another suggestion about spelling corrections. It comes from your competitor Google. When working in a Google doc or gmail, there are two features that seem to cut down efforts considerably:
1. I can check a word without having to right click. Until I discovered this, I did not realise how much time/effort a saving this is.
2. The offering an alternative box that comes up, is very close to the word itself, so it is a tiny mouse shift to click on the correct option. Again, I'm surprised at myslel how nice this tiny extra convenience felt. (Comment - the hierarchical spelling options in the word menu feels like a 1990s design that has not been updated - might be wrong but that's what it feels like to me).
Either or both of these changes should be compatible with MS Word and add to the usability. Best. -
dudfin
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It took me a while and much frustration using Outlook on a mac to realise the change. It used to be a two finger click on the red underlined word but that now comes with 'look up meaning'. It now requires a single click for spelling options or rapid double click. It is different in a word doc!
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bjm
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Solution from:Arren Smith 865 on the website Chrome Book
"When you see a word highlighted in red indicating a misspelled word, you have to hover over the word, then tap once with TWO fingers. This will bring up a sub menu with options including a suggested corrected spelling. You can also scroll up/down and right/left using TWO fingers and dragging them on the mouse pad in the direction you want to scroll"
It worked out very well for me! -
Richard Isaac
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"As always, thanks for your feedback. We appreciate it!" - but apparently take no notice!
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graham
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poor service on this one
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glnzglnz
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MS - where's the fix? THIS REQUEST IS FOUR YEARS OLD.
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Anonymous
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I requested this in 2015. You replied then that you're working on it. Are you? Is it that hard? There are now 349 requests from standalone users. Or do you only care about Office 365 users? We did our part: we paid. Do your part: support the product.