How to enable (reenable) spell check red highlight spelling suggestions by hovering the cursor over the highlighed text

Additionally, "Microsoft 365 and Office" includes all versions of Office, which is the name for the perpetual-license versions.

Hi Wan,

 

Thanks for posting back.

 

I tested in Microsoft Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021 (version 2108) and I could reproduce the same situation. The suggestions wouldn't appear when hovering over the text. I need to right-click the text to see the suggestions.

 

So, based on our results, the situation is likely caused by the specific Office product - Microsoft Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021, and the automatically displayed spelling suggestions should not be available in Microsoft Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021.

 

If you still have concerns about it, as our team only focuses on Microsoft 365 products in the category "Microsoft 365 and Office", and we have a specific channel Microsoft Q&A Community coping with such Office LTSC product questions, you can post a new thread (assign the tab Office Management) there to get help and confirmation from experts.

 

Appreciate your understanding and patience.

 

Sincerely,

George | Microsoft Community Moderator

George,

While your team only focuses on the subscription versions, this forum is about Microsoft Word in its various versions. The volunteers here have decades of experience with the perpetual license versions. Questioners who post here can get better advice about virtually any question they have about how Word works than they will on the O&A Forum. Stefan's answer which follows is a case in point.

As a volunteer moderator here, I am also part of the team that Microsoft has assembled to help people. Responding to questions about the perpetual license products may not be your job. That does not make the question inappropriate for this forum, though.

Office 2021 and other perpetual licenses do not fully support the Editor and its options for spellchecking. That is why you need to right-click to see spelling suggestions.

1. Office Product:

Microsoft Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021.

Word version 2310 (Build 16924.20124).

2. Yes. The "hover and left-click Spelling Suggestions" and Editor sidebar feature works well on Word for Web as hoped. The same feature used to be available for Office Word for Windows, but now the spelling suggestions only available in proofing sidebar or by right-clicking any text with red wiggly underline. No hover & left-click spelling suggestion nor "Editor" and "Designer" ribbon or sidebar in the "Home" tab or any other tabs.

The Update Options for Microsoft 365 seems disabled since previously I formatted my PC and reinstalled Microsoft 365. After turning the Update Options on, and check for updates, it says the current version is already the latest.

Hi Wan,

Thanks for posting in the community. We are happy to help you.

Based on my test and search, there is no built-in feature to control whether spelling suggestions are displayed. However, I have tested it on my side (Word for Microsoft 365 for enterprise, version 2310), and it worked well. So, the situation should not be caused by the specific Office version. Before providing suggestions, I would like to collect more information to troubleshoot it.

1. I would like to know what Office product you use. Please go to File> Account and check the information under Product Information.
2. As the spelling suggestions feature also works in Word for Web, please try to open an online document in the browser and check if you can see it. Go to www.office.com, sign into the account, then click the Word icon in the left sidebar.

We look forward to your response. Thanks for your cooperation.

Sincerely, 

George | Microsoft Community Moderator