Microsoft announced a rebranding of the Office 365 Home and Personal services yesterday, along with a bunch of other features and services coming to the subscription service such as Teams for consumers and more. The Redmond giant also announced new Microsoft Editor features that help check spellings and grammar errors in Office apps and on the web. Just a day after the announcement, the Microsoft Editor extensions for Chrome and Edge have gone live.
The extensions can be downloaded from the Edge Add-ons store or from the Chrome Web Store. Once installed, an Editor icon is placed on the toolbar in either of the browsers. Users can log in to their Microsoft accounts or the accounts that they use for their Office subscriptions through the browser. Office subscribers get premium features such as Refinements, while users with Microsoft accounts get standard grammar and spell check features.
- Check grammar and spelling with the Microsoft Editor browser extension The Editor browser extension checks for grammar and spelling mistakes, and it makes suggestions for refining your writing, like addressing passive voice or wordiness. Click an underlined word to see a list of suggested revisions. Editor runs as an extension on Edge or Chrome.
- Open, and edit, and save Microsoft Word files with the Chrome extension or app. Convert Word files to Google Docs and vice versa. Don't worry about file formats again.
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Local group policy editor windows 7 home. Microsoft has announced its answer to Grammarly and Google's recent AI updates for G Suite with the new Microsoft Editor browser extension coming to Chrome and Edge in the next few weeks.
In addition to the Spelling, Grammar, and Refinements features, users can also enable the extension to show synonyms for spelling suggestions from the Editor settings. There is also an option to disable proofing on sites that you do not want the Editor to actively check for errors. The extension will also be disabled on sites with “sensitive content” or those with slow loading speeds.
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The company adds that currently, the browser extensions do not let users chose between multiple Refinements or phrase suggestions. It also does not include the full set of refinements that are available in the web version of Word. However, the firm will be adding more features to the extension with constant updates in the coming months.