Software:Microsoft Editor
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| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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| Initial release | July 2016 |
| Written in | JavaScript, C# |
| Included with | Microsoft Office, Microsoft Edge |
| Size | 1.92MiB Chrome Web Store |
| Available in | 100+ languages including Arabic - Czech - Danish - Dutch - English - Finnish - French - German - Hebrew (not yet available in the desktop Word app) - Hungarian - Italian - Japanese - Korean - Norwegian (Bokmål) - Polish - Portuguese (Brazil) - Portuguese (Portugal) - Russian - Spanish - Swedish - Turkish |
| Website | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-editor |
Microsoft Editor is a closed source AI-powered writing assistant available for Word, Outlook, and as a Chromium browser extension part of Office 365. It includes the essentials in a writing assistant, such as a grammar and spell checker. Microsoft provides a basic version of Editor for free but users wanting more features will need to have a paid Microsoft account.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
| Version | Price |
|---|---|
| Microsoft 365 Personal | $6 monthly |
| Microsoft 365 Family | $9 monthly |
As of October 2024, Microsoft Editor whilst being a Microsoft product, is not available in all of Microsoft tools (even popular business applications such as their messaging client "Teams") [7]
Tools and features
Editor score using :[1]
- Corrections:
- Spelling
- Basic Grammar: Flags capitalization, subject verb agreement, hyphen use, and other basic grammar errors
- Advanced Grammar (paid version) Flag indirect questions, misheard phrases, commonly confused phrases, and other more complex grammar issues
- Refinements (paid version):
- Clarity: Flags incorrect use of words, uncommon jargon, abstract words, passive voice, and double negatives.
- Conciseness: Flags wordiness, conjunction overuse
- Formality: Flags slang, informal phrases, colloquialisms, contractions, and other markers of casual, more conversational language.
- Inclusiveness: Flags slurs and deprecated descriptors of people
- Perspectives
- Punctuation conventions: Flags unnecessary commas, punctuation with quotes, sentence spacing, and other issues related to punctuation.
- Sensitive geopolitical references: promotes using official or neutral names and phrases, and tries to help when names of places have changed over time.
- Vocabulary: Flags vague adjectives, weak verbs, clichés, and other issues related to word choice. Recommends idiomatic collective nouns, such as beds of oysters over collections of oysters.[8] Recommends using terms specific to the reader's country or region, such as parkade over parking garage for Canadian readers.[8] Editor recommends avoiding words that are specific to a US region; for example, it will suggest replacing bubbler with water fountain.[8]
Geopolitical references
As described by Microsoft's Detailed descriptions of grammar and refinement guidance of June 2020, the guidance on sensitive geopolitical references promotes[8]
- using official place names, such as Canada over Republic of Canada,
- using the most politically neutral place name, such as Sea of Japan (East Sea) over East Sea,
- avoiding geopolitical terms that may imply bias, so it suggests using East Asia instead of Orient,
- avoiding the word 'dialect' for some languages,
- using current geopolitical terms such as Czech instead of Czechoslovak,
- using current place names, such as St. Petersburg over Leningrad,
- avoiding technological terms that evoke geopolitical or humanitarian issues, so it suggests using secondary database over slave database,
- using modern transliterations, such as Chongqing over Chungking,
- double-checking names of defunct geopolitical entities in modern contexts, such as asking if Eastern Germany is beautiful in summer might be more appropriate than The GDR is beautiful in summer,
- using official names of languages, such as Persian over Farsi, or European Spanish or Spanish over standard Spanish,
- and double-checking place names whose meaning has changed over time, such as Astana versus Tselinograd.
Platform support
- Windows supported / Linux unsupported [9]
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome[1]
- Brave[6]
See also
- LanguageTool
- Microsoft Graph
- Grammarly
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gunnell, Marshall (6 October 2020). "What Is Microsoft Editor, and How Do I Use It?" (in en-US). https://www.howtogeek.com/691520/what-is-microsoft-editor-and-how-do-i-use-it/.
- ↑ "Microsoft Editor for Word, Edge, and Outlook makes you a better writer". 2020-03-30. https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-editor-updated-new-features-coming-edge-and-outlook.
- ↑ "Microsoft launches Researcher and Editor in Word, Zoom in PowerPoint" (in en-US). 2016-07-26. https://venturebeat.com/2016/07/26/microsoft-word-researcher/.
- ↑ "Microsoft brings Teams to consumers and launches Microsoft 365 personal and family plans" (in en-US). 30 March 2020. https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/30/office-365-becomes-microsoft-365-and-gets-new-personal-and-family-plans/.
- ↑ Tung, Liam. "Microsoft: Chrome, Edge, Word and Outlook get this free Editor AI grammar assistant" (in en). https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-chrome-edge-word-and-outlook-get-this-free-editor-ai-grammar-assistant/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Andrew Braun (2020-06-02). "Grammarly vs. Microsoft Editor: Which One Should You Use?" (in en-US). https://www.maketecheasier.com/grammarly-vs-microsoft-editor/.
- ↑ "Grammarly vs. Microsoft Editor: Which one will help you write like a pro?" (in en). 2023-08-09. https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/grammarly-vs-microsoft-editor-which-one-will-help-you-write-like-a-rockstar.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Detailed descriptions of grammar and refinement guidance". 2020-06-30. https://download.microsoft.com/download/d/d/9/dd976f2c-0f45-4651-94cc-fc3d09a58edb/Editor%20guidance%20details_English.docx. "This document provides explanations and examples for the grammar and refinement guidance provided in the Microsoft Editor service."
- ↑ "Microsoft Edge Dev is updated to version 88.0.692.0" (in en-US). https://bcfocus.com/microsoft-edge-dev-is-updated-to-version-88-0-692-0/.
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