Unmaintained Microsoft quietly kills a neat Office Word feature

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Microsoft recently announced a price increase for Microsoft 365 apps for regular consumers. The reason? New AI features are now bundled with Word, Excel, Outlook, and other applications. Sadly, though, with the arrival of new AI-powered experiences, Microsoft quietly removed some of the existing and quite useful features.

Several days ago, users noticed that Smart Lookup was no longer working. For those unfamiliar, Smart Lookup lets you quickly find a definition of the selected word without switching away from the app or opening a browser. Just right-click a word and click "Search" in the context menu.

Microsoft quietly kills a neat Office Word feature

Quietly and without any announcements, Microsoft killed a neat Office Word feature that allowed users to look up word definitions.

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Waiting for someone to post that Microsoft is price gouging now in the Post-COVID world.