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sometimes refers to it as Word Online, Word
for the Web, or Office Online.)
Editor is also available as a plug-in for
Google Chrome (go.pcworld.com/pgch) or the
“new” Microsoft Edge browser (go.pcworld.
com/edad), too, which may be even handier for
those working with a variety of apps.
Editor is both a rebranding and an
improvement over similar tools found earlier
in Word Online: 2014’s Insights added
context (go.pcworld.com/inof) via Bing,
while 2019’s Ideas for Word (go.pcworld.
com/idea) integrated much of the
functionality included in Editor. Editor,
though, consolidates much of this into a new
dashboard format, allowing you to step
through individual words and phrases andmake whatever changes are
necessary.
Editor is part of Word’s
toolbar and shows up by
default when you open a
new document. Editor is
also accessible when you
click the Home tab in
Word’s toolbar. Either way,
you’re free to use Editor as
you write, or cut-and-paste
a finished draft into Word
Online’s Editor to evaluate
its quality. Simply click the
Editor button, and Word’s
cloud-powered AI tools will
process your draft in just a
second or two.HOW EDITOR ASSISTS
YOUR WRITING
A large purple scoreboard tallies your
obvious errors (“Corrections”) as well as
suggested Refinements. Oddly, clicking the
scoreboard does not begin the editing
process. Instead, clicking each
subheading—Spelling, for example, and
Grammar—will begin highlighting the words
or phrases that could use improvement.
Click at the top of your document to
tell Editor to start its suggestions from the
beginning. At each suggestion, you’ll
need to the click the small left or right
caret (“>”) to skip to the next suggestion.Here’s where the new Editor button for Word Online lives. Remember,
if you have your window compressed below a full-screen view, the
“Editor” portion may be removed to save space, leaving only the icon.