If you’re using Microsoft Editor along with any other Grammar extension such as Grammarly, you’ll receive a notification from the former to disable other extensions for Microsoft Editor to work best.
WIth popular Grammarly and other Grammar and spell checking related web services and browser extensions available, recently Microsoft released Microsoft Editor Extension for Chrome and Edge browsers
For the AI-powered writing assistant’s spellcheck and grammar features to work, you need to sign in to Microsoft Editor with Microsoft Account.
Note: Refinements and advanced grammar checking (premium) features are only available for Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscription users.
Using Microsoft Editor is pretty easy.
- Visit Edge add-ons Store in Edge or Chrome Web store in Chrome
- Click Get button to install the extension
- Click on Editor icon on the toolbar
- Click on Sign in,
- Log into Microsoft Account
The browser extension toolbar icon shows Editor’s Spelling and Grammar features as active on the current page and displays language in which proofing is done.
Most of the users and bloggers use Grammarly free version extension in browsers, if you also use it, you’ve to disable it before installing Microsoft Editor, otherwise, you’ll get a warning sooner or later from Editor extension saying “Conflict detected between editing extensions ”
“When other editing extensions and Editor are both running, their suggestions may overlap or conflict. For the best editor experience, we recommend turning off other editing extensions in your browser’s extension settings” the extension informs the user.
This warning has been previously shown to users as well, but the message has been rephrased to avoid mentioning Grammarly, it now says “other editing extensions”.
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The learn more link in the message takes the user to Microsoft Editor’s help page offering instructions on how to turn off grammar -checking extensions, here is how you can do that.
Turn off other grammar-checking extensions
If you have another writing assistant extension installed, we recommend turning it off for Editor to work best. Go to your browser’s extension settings and switch off other browser extensions that check your spelling and grammar.
In Edge, click on the ellipsis icon, select Extensions, turn off the extension that may cause that issue.
In Chrome, click on the menu > More tools > extensions and disable the conflicting extension.
It’s worth noting that Microsoft Editor extension also disables the Spell Check feature in the new Microsoft Edge if it is enabled.
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