Editor in the browser extension
With the release of Microsoft Editor’s standalone browser extension, Editor now moves with you across the web so you can easily write clear, accurate content anywhere you want. Whether you are posting casually on Facebook or LinkedIn or writing in depth for a site like Medium, you can create with confidence knowing Editor will flag misspelled words and grammatical errors. As with the other places Editor is available, your Microsoft 365 subscription will give you access to advanced recommendations on style, clarity, inclusive language, and much more in 20+ languages. The Microsoft Editor browser extension will release in both the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge web stores in the next few weeks. When available, install and get started!
Lauren Nicholson & Megan Dohnal
I’ve missed this part about the browser extension in the initial launch of Microsoft Editor, but fortunately I found out about it later on Twitter, via JenMsft. I installed it in Edge some time ago and I have to say I find it very useful. I have always relied on Microsoft’s spell checker for corrections while writing long articles, both in English and in other languages, and it is good to have the same recommendations now available on the web – the suggestions built-in to browsers are not always the best. Misspelling is a common complaint on Twitter, and one of the main reasons people keep asking for an ‘edit’ button – I will probably sound pretentious, but if people are so concerned with this, they should take a moment and reread what they are about to tweet.
A small downside of the extension is that it isn’t active on all sites – possibly because of different underlying coding of the various input boxes on the web – but it definitely works on Twitter. The formality options are a bit too strict in my opinion, but the same can be said about the native version included in Word.
On the plus side, I enjoy the synonyms suggestions, because it saves me a trip to Google search to look for similar words. I noticed the extension can be used by keyboard alone: if you use the keyboard arrows to move around inside a text box, you can click Alt + Down Arrow to open the spelling correction menu. In a recent update, the Microsoft Editor extension also added the ability to show suggestions in up to three languages simultaneously, particularly useful for someone like me who writes in his native language in addition to English. Overall a nice tool that improves the online experience in small, but meaningful ways.
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