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Where to download an OFFLINE copy of a dictionary for Word?

Word no longer includes a dictionary (which seems hard to believe), and I'd like to use one. However I am not always online, and wonder if anyone knows where to find a downloadable dictionary for OFFLINE use? Perhaps one could use the perfectly fine Word 2010 dictionary.

 

Anyone know why Microsoft devalued Word in this peculiar way?!

 

Hopefully any answers will also apply to Excel...

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Word 2013 has two separate ways to look up word meanings. The Define button on the Review tab does require a dictionary from the Apps for Office to be installed. The other mechanism, which remains from previous versions, is to hold the Alt key while clicking a word in the text. This opens the Research pane, in which you can select the Encarta Dictionary.

The Encarta Dictionary isn't an App for Office and doesn't require any login or installation. But it does require an Internet connection, so it can't be used offline.
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Last updated February 19, 2024 Views 21,499 Applies to: