Three Ways to Run Antidote in Word

Whether you’re using the desktop or web application, Antidote integrates with your software to work for you wherever you write! Boost your efficiency by launching the corrector, dictionaries and guides from Microsoft Word. When you edit your text in the corrector, your changes will be automatically applied to the original document. It’s a game changer! Read on and we’ll show you how to make the most of Antidote’s integration with this popular word processor.

You can run Antidote from Word in three ways. Use the one that works best for you depending on your work habits, where your cursor is, where you’re looking or what you need at a specific point in your writing. Each possibility has its perks!

1. The Ribbon or the Toolbar

This is the most obvious way to run Antidote from within Word—the icons for the corrector, dictionaries and guides are all clearly visible. You can also pull up a particular dictionary or guide by clicking the menu button next to the corresponding resource’s icon.

• On Windows

  Locate the Antidote tab in the ribbon.

  

• On a Mac

  Locate the floating toolbar. Click the title and drag the toolbar to move it.

  

Click the corrector icon to analyze your writing. It’ll begin with the sentence closest to the cursor. Very handy for reviewing the last paragraph you wrote!

Launch the dictionaries the same way (by clicking the icon), and Antidote will open on the entry for the word closest to the cursor. Even better, it’ll analyze the sentence to return the appropriate entry, like the verb to visit in “I will visit the region” rather than the noun visit.

Click the corresponding icon to browse the guides, or select a specific guide from the menu; choose Business Writing, for example, to view the components of an administrative letter and to find the right salutation according to the formality of the letter and the intended recipient.

2. The Antidote Agent

You can also run Antidote by clicking the little flask icon in the menu bar on a Mac or in the notification area in Windows (right-click). Just select Corrector, Dictionaries or Guides from the menu that appears. Even though it seems to be running outside of Word, the Antidote Agent locates the active window you’re working in and launches Antidote’s language tools just like the other methods.

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3. The Context Menu

Although this option is only available for Windows, it’s especially handy when you’re really in the thick of writing. Is the word you just typed appropriate? Is there a more elegant synonym? Select the word and right-click. Choose Antidote — Dictionaries from the menu that appears to view resources for the word in question. No need to go looking for it or to retype it!

If you’ve edited a paragraph in a long document and only want to review that passage, select it and right-click to run the corrector. It’ll only analyze the selected content. Much faster and more precise than processing all the text, right?

You can run Antidote in other applications using some of the approaches shown here. Try them out by selecting a word and opening the context menu to see if Antidote is available! Otherwise, the Antidote Agent works in multiple contexts. It’s a good all-purpose tool, with its handy little flask always visible on your screen.

To find details for a particular application, select Integration of Antidote with your software from the Antidote Agent menu.