In a Microsoft support blog articleThe software giant has announced the end of a useful feature called smart lookup available in Word. It seems that an attempt to bring users to use the AI co -pilot of Microsoft. The functionality has existed since 2016 and gives users definitions, relevant links and synonyms directly inside Word. Now let’s go for good.
However, if you right -click a word and choose the search in the context menu, you will only see an empty search panel. Some users will see a saying message: “Sorry, something went wrong. Please try again ”, while others will see an empty space that keeps loading. Microsoft even deleted the intelligent search function from the autonomous suite Office 2024.
I tried to use the functionality several times to see if it worked, but nothing happened. Curiously, you always see the Research Option when you right -click a word but cannot get the necessary information. We will see if Microsoft removes the option in a future update, but currently, that does nothing.
However, this is not the first time that Microsoft has removed a popular tool. For example, not so long ago, Microsoft 3D ax paint. Therefore, he has stopped receiving updates. We cannot forget Dying wordpad After 29 years since he hit hard for nostalgic users.
Although Microsoft did not explicitly say that Co -pilot Replaces intelligent research, which certainly resembles the case. Microsoft has a co -pilot available directly inside Word, and the AI chatbot is more than capable of providing definitions, links and writing advice. The company has also recently Co -pilot actions deployedwhich offers AI agents in Microsoft applications such as teams and perspectives, but only for businesses for the moment.