Make the Most of Spellcheck, Part 6

Grammar checking: troubled waters but big improvements for Word’s spellcheck. And now, with the introduction of “Editor” in Word 365 (2016), you can’t entirely turn it off.

This is what it looks like:

Screenshot of Word grammar suggestion Actually Sometimes
Woops, this suggestion missed the mark.

 

Screenshot of Word 365 (2016) Mac editor (grammar) suggestions for headline caps
The Editor (grammar check) actually got headline capitalization right; a new trick for Word.

 

Previously, we’ve looked at

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