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DDellis
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Mar 28, 2023

Changing search engine when right-clicking in Word 365

When working in Word 365, I can highlight text, right click and then "Search {highlighted text}"

 

Is there a way to have the highlighted text search Google for the answer?  Microsoft provides numerous types of searches (All, Web, Media, Help, Files, This File, Data Types).  Is there a way to make it just open a Chrome browser window and search Google for the results?  I THINK I used to be able to do this in previous versions of Word (it used whatever default search engine you selected in your general preferences).  The current way Word does it drives me crazy....Microsoft being Microsoft and forces you to use Bing.

 

Is there any way to change the default search engine in Word to Google?  There are a zillion articles telling me how to change from Bing to Google in Microsoft Edge, but I'm talking about Word 365.

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  • Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP's avatar
    Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP
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    Mar 28, 2023

    DDellis There was a time when the European Union forced Microsoft to make available a Windows N version of Windows that did not have tied to it Microsoft applications such as Internet Explorer, the predecessor of Edge.  I am not sure if that is still the case, but if so, by getting that version of Windows, you could probably avoid having Edge installed and then a web search would probably have to use your default browser.

    • DDellis's avatar
      DDellis
      Copper Contributor
      Mar 28, 2023

      Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP Thanks Doug.  I THINK they got around this in Word by making "Web" only one of the search options available.  I know I can change the default search engine in Edge, but I haven't found a way to simply add "Search Google" when right-clicking highlighted text in Word 365.  

       

      Thanks again for your input.

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