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In news that will shock, astonish, and horrify many, Word no longer has a built-in thesaurus.
Honestly, I’m flummoxed.
Microsoft removed the Smart Lookup feature from Word recently.
I don’t know what I’ll do without the feature.
The thesaurus was removed from Word when Microsoft retired Smart Lookup at the start of this year.
Now, you’ll have to use a different tool, such as Copilot within Word.
None of the alternatives are as quick or smooth as Smart Lookup, but they’re functional.
Microsoft did not seem to make a big deal about the feature going away.
The tech giant has aggressively added Copilot to Windows 11, Microsoft 365, and other Microsoft services.
Microsoft raised the price of Microsoft 365for the first time in 12 years recently.
Microsoft added hundreds of features to Microsoft 365 over the last decade.
The company even added entire apps to the subscription in that time.
But no addition made Microsoft raise the price of Microsoft 365, that is, until Copilot came along.
The Microsoft 365 app also got a new logo recently.
It’s clear Microsoft’s higher ups want people to use Copilot.
Smart Lookup being removed from Word could encourage people to migrate to Copilot.
