Microsoft Word weird problem--or is it bad program?

[Milestones]

I'm sure many of us here use Microsoft Word.  I've used  it for decades and had no issues on how it checked spelling and grammar.  Yet now I find it somehow changed from "spelling and grammar" to "editor" (when one goes to "review").  I find that it now fails to recognize sentence fragments, and it seems to mostly fail at flagging improperly placed commas.  

I've messaged a few people about this, and they don't seem to know what I'm talking about.  But I have seen people complain on a Microsoft forum.

Has anyone else dealt with this?  Is there a solution?

 

 

 

[JSngry]

What version of MS Office are you running, and on what OS?

[Milestones]

I use Windows and Word is through Microsoft 365 Pro Plus.

 

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

At the top left of Word, click "File". It will bring up a menu. Down at the bottom, it should say Options. Click that. Click on "Customize Ribbon". Scroll down to where it says "Review". There will be a check mark there. Click the word review to expand it. I am assuming that "Proofing" won't be in there. Down at the bottom, you should see a Reset button. Click that and reset All Customizations.

[Milestones]

I've tried this and it's still coming out the same.  Maybe I missed something.

I'm thinking the intent is to get back to the original setting.

 

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

16 hours ago, Milestones said:

I've tried this and it's still coming out the same.  Maybe I missed something.

I'm thinking the intent is to get back to the original setting.

I edited a Word document and removed "Proofing" from my ribbon. It was gone, but I didn't see "Editor". But when I clicked on reset, it put "Proofing" back into my ribbon.

Even weirder is that I cannot find "Editor" as a command that I can add to my ribbon. When you click on your ribbon settings, can you see "Editor" on the left with it set to "All commands"? I've searched and searched and I don't have it anywhere.

When you are in the Options screen, on the left side of the options window, do you see "General", "Display", "Proofing", "Save", Language", "Ease of Access", "Advanced", "Customize Ribbon", "Quick Access Toolbar", "Add-ins" & "Trust Center"? When you click on "Proofing", do you have "Check spelling while you type", "Mark grammar errors as you type", "Frequently confused words" & "Check grammar with spelling" all checked?

Also, under the Proofing options, can you click on "AutoCorrect Options" and see what you have set there? Under the Autocorrect tab, I have all the options checked.