Microsoft updated Word. Now writing research is a breeze.

[GoodBytes]

Microsoft has been actively updating Office, if you are an Office 365 subscriber that is. In similar fashion to Windows 10, Microsoft works on new features and improvements which it's released to Insiders of the Office product, and later releases to public.

 

A new feature that is being introduced by Microsoft for Office Word is a new built-in tool, which makes it easier to write a research papers. The feature is called Researcher, and it uses Microsoft's Bing Knowledge Graph to query content from the internet, and tries to pick trusted sources from a curated list and brings it to Word. If you add that source to your document, Word annotates it, and writes you bibliography for you.

 

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Researcher uses Microsoft's Bing Knowledge Graph to query content from the internet and then pull it straight into Word. Microsoft has a curated list of trusted sources and reference materials which the company plans to expand upon over time. If you add source material, it will even automatically create the citation in your bibliography as part of your research paper.

 

It also includes a new feature called 'Editor'. It feature is more of an advanced proofing service, over the standard grammar and spelling mistake check. Look for double blue lined words.

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Microsoft is also introducing a new Word Editor feature. While Word has had grammar and spellcheck features for years, this new Editor feature is more of an advanced proofing service. Microsoft is using its machine learning skills to process content, and the Editor will suggest improving your writing by flagging up words that are used too frequently. It's more of a style guide initially, but Word will start teaching you words or phrases later this year to improve your writing style. Spelling edits will still be underlined with a red squiggle, and grammar with a blue double underline, but writing style suggestions will get their own gold dotted line.

 

 

Right now the feature is only on the desktop version of Office, and the update is being released in waves as usual. Microsoft did say that they'll bring this feature to the mobile version of Office in the future.

 

 

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/26/12283814/microsoft-word-researcher-editor-features

 

All I have to say is:

 

 

[Starelementpoke]

Uses Bing. Not interested.

[ivan134]

This music...

[Sunshine1868]

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

This music...

RIP ears....

 

This seems kind of silly; like an unnecessary addition/complication for what should be an easy to use application...

[Bittenfleax]

Machine learning eh? 

 

So for the first year it will be a bag of shit because it is using just Bing... 

[LAwLz]

Research thing with Bing - Useless for me. I'd rather just use my browser. It will most likely be far easier to read in a browser as well. Look at how little text actually fits in that small margin.

 

Suggesting changes in the text - Fantastic. In before it does not work in languages other than English, making it fairly useless for me... It is a really cool feature though.

[Lynx]

Bing?, well, I would rather split screen with my browser

[Centurius]

Well for one it using Bing is a deathblow already, I've never managed to find anything good on it. Then there's the matter of most academic sources being locked behind paywalls that you will need access to a university or other academic network for and the fact that most people who would use this already have access to software like Endnote for free or close to nothing. Yeah, this isn't going to be used.

[AlTech]

2 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

Microsoft has been actively updating Office, if you are an Office 365 subscriber that is. In similar fashion to Windows 10, Microsoft works on new features and improvements which it's released to Insiders of the Office product, and later releases to public.

We need an Office 365 Club Thread . So we can show how Elite we are compared to traditional Office users.

 

2 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

A new feature that is being introduced by Microsoft for Office Word is a new built-in tool, which makes it easier to write a research papers. The feature is called Researcher, and it uses Microsoft's Bing Knowledge Graph to query content from the internet, and tries to pick trusted sources from a curated list and brings it to Word. If you add that source to your document, Word annotates it, and writes your biography for you.

 

So this isn't always 100% successful?

 

You make it sound like it doesn't work well .

2 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

 

It also includes a new feature called 'Editor'. It features is more of an advanced proofing service, over the standard grammar and spelling mistake check. Look for double blue lined words.

 

Sounds like you should have used this when typing this .

 

/jk

2 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

 

Right now the feature is only on the desktop version of Office, and the update is being released in waves as usual. Microsoft did say that they'll bring this feature to the mobile version of Office in the future.

 

That would be nice but I can understand why it came to desktop Office first.

2 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/26/12283814/microsoft-word-researcher-editor-features

 

All I have to say is:

 

 

So I take it you were/are also a fan of "The Incredibles"?

 

This is slightly late for me but not that late or too late.

[Unhelpful]

Not too useful to me personally, but it seems neat. 

[Nup]

Oh man... Does bibliography for you?! I think imma buy that and we're gonna get to be veerrryy good friends. 

[SansVarnic]

I am 35 so about 15-20 years to late for me as well.

But oh well, just adds to the current slacking of this generation as well.

[GoodBytes]

4 hours ago, Nup said:

Oh man... Does bibliography for you?! I think imma buy that and we're gonna get to be veerrryy good friends. 

Yup. In all styles a professor/teacher may require on you: APA, Chicago, MLA, ISO 690, GB7714, GOST, SIST02, IEEE, Harvard - Anglia and Turabian

[SteveGrabowski0]

Meh, nothing can top LaTeX for writing technical papers.

[BingoFishy]

Bibliography, not biography

[GoodBytes]

1 hour ago, BingoFishy said:

Bibliography, not biography

Oops! Sorry used the spell checker and didn't pay close attention. Thanks!

Fixed!

[themctipers]

ugh, im probably still am going to be forced to use google docs

 

mainly because who wants to use MAC word 2008? it takes like 5m to load on a core 2 duo 512mb ram mac.

and who also wants to.. oh wait you can't run word on a chromebook.

[GoodBytes]

15 minutes ago, themctipers said:

ugh, im probably still am going to be forced to use google docs

 

mainly because who wants to use MAC word 2008? it takes like 5m to load on a core 2 duo 512mb ram mac.

and who also wants to.. oh wait you can't run word on a chromebook.

You have Office 2016 on Mac.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2894131/applications/first-look-office-2016-for-mac-closes-the-gap.html

 

[themctipers]

2 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

You have Office 2016 on Mac.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2894131/applications/first-look-office-2016-for-mac-closes-the-gap.html

 

well, i don't think my school would like it if i installed office 2016 on their macs

still running snow leopard.

[themctipers]

3 minutes ago, themctipers said:

well, i don't think my school would like it if i installed office 2016 on their macs

still running snow leopard.

its ruunning leopard.. not snow leopard.

 

[GoodBytes]

10 minutes ago, themctipers said:

well, i don't think my school would like it if i installed office 2016 on their macs

still running snow leopard.

Oh sorry, I thought it was your computer

[themctipers]

2 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

Oh sorry, I thought it was your computer

pretty sure my signature doesnt say

"Core 2 Duo (2007) iMac)

512MB DDR2? ram

500GB HDD"

 

[WolfDeville]

Jesus Christ, you people are children lol...