{"id":9087,"date":"2017-08-10T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T07:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=9087"},"modified":"2017-08-05T12:20:28","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T19:20:28","slug":"yet-another-tweak-to-word-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=9087","title":{"rendered":"Yet Another Tweak to Word 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m certain that the recent changes and updates I’ve seen in Word are due to my Office 365 subscription. I doubt that regular Word 2016 users have seen any changes, yet I’m going to write about them — and do videos — as new features appear.
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\nThe latest features are AutoSave and Immersive Learning Tools.<\/p>\n

The AutoSave feature appears on the Quick Access toolbar, shown in Figure 1. It’s set there automatically; Word just horns it in on the far left. The feature is disabled, as shown in the Figure; I’ve not gotten it to work in Word just yet.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1. The AutoSave item on the Quick Access toolbar, plus the Immersive Learning Tools button on the View tab.<\/p><\/div>\n

The AutoSave feature works in Excel: When I load a worksheet I’d saved onto OneDrive, AutoSave popped up with a cartoon bubble I could click for more information. It was on and ready to go, as shown in Figure 2.<\/p>\n

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Figure 2. AutoSave is enabled and working in Excel.<\/p><\/div>\n

Unlike the AutoRecovery feature, AutoSave automatically saves the document (coming soon) or worksheet (working now) to Microsoft’s cloud storage. The document is updated as you work, which is how Google Docs works; you don’t need to manually save after that first save as the document is AutoSaved. (The AutoRecovery feature is for getting a document back after a crash.)<\/p>\n

When AutoSave is fully implemented or working in Word, I’ll let you know.<\/p>\n

The other new feature is kind of silly: Immersive Learning Tools reads your document. That’s it. You can read along with the text, la-di-da. Figure 3 shows a document with Immersive Learning Tools active.<\/p>\n

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Figure 3. The Immersive Learning Tools view\/tab\/thing with whatever the hell is going on for this feature.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m confused as to why the Immersive Learning Tools aren’t part of the Reading Mode view. They should be. And based on what I see in Immersive Learning Tools view, it has nothing to do with word processing or your document’s presentation on the screen. I understand it, but its purpose is baffling.<\/p>\n

The worst part of the Immersive Learning Tools view\/mode is when you click the Big Red X button to exit. For some reason, Word thrusts you in Web Layout view. Ugh. Click the Print Layout button at the bottom of the screen to regain your sanity.<\/p>\n

I’ve done a Bonus Bonus video on my YouTube channel<\/a> that reviews these new features:<\/p>\n

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