Have you run out of ideas?

Are you looking for more information about a certain topic?

Stay focused on your task by using the Smart Lookup pane, powered by Bing, to get search results without leaving the app. When you select a word or phrase, right-click it, and then choose Smart Lookup. The Smart Lookup results pane provides definitions, topics, Wikipedia articles, and top related searches from the web. Smart Lookup is not working in Microsoft Word. For some reason, Smart Lookup does not work in Microsoft Word. It works fine in One Note but no results ever populate in Word. What may be the issue?

Looking for Insights but don’t know where to look for it?

A new feature that is available in Microsoft 2016 is the SmartLookup command. All we have to do is to select the text that we want, use theSmartLookup command and then we will see definitions, images, and other results from various online resources. In order to use the SmartLookup command all, we have to do is to continue reading.

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First of all, we must select the text that we want in order to use the SmartLookup command, and then select the Review tab and from the area of the ribbon named Insights, we select the command SmartLookup as shown in the image below.

Straight away at the right of the window, the Insights task pane appears with all the information associated with the text that we selected. In the Insights task pane, we can scroll up and down, in order to locate the information that we want.

The Insights task pane is separated in two tabs:

• Explore: We use it, in order to explore the information associated with the selected text.
• Define: We use it, in order to view the definition of the selected text.

How To Use Smart Lookup In Word

In the image below, on the Insights pane and on the Explorer tab I have scrolled down in order to view the rest of the information. If we click on the More command, our Explorer will open and display the rest of the information. We also notice images from Bing Search.

In the image below, on the Insights task pane, I have selected the Define tab where we notice the definition of the selected text, which in this case was the word Greece.

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In the next image, I am using the Excel application, I selected the cell with the word NPV, and then from the Review tab and from the Insights area I selected the command SmartLookup. Straight away, the Insights task pane appears containing all the information associated with the NPV function.

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In the next image, I am using the PowerPoint application, I selected the cell with the text Print A File With Tracked Revisions, and then from the Review tab and from the Insights area I selected the command SmartLookup. Straight away, the Insights task pane appears containing all the information associated with the selected text.

That is it! We have all the information that we need right in front us. All we have to do is to use the SmartLookup command and whatever we are looking for, will be presented straight away.

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The SmartLookup command is available in Word2016, Excel2016 and PowerPoint2016.

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Below you can check out the video describing the SmartLookup feature in MicrosoftOffice2016.