In a Microsoft Support blog post, the software giant announced the end of a helpful feature called Smart Lookup available in Word. It appears like an attempt to get users to use Microsoft’s ...

If you've ever needed a quick definition or synonym while using Microsoft Word or Powerpoint, you've probably used Smart Lookup. The tool used to be accessible via a right-click, and would present ...

But at the beginning of 2025, Microsoft removed Smart Lookup and Researcher from Word and the other Microsoft 365 apps. Now the only way to search the web and do research from inside Word is via ...