Microsoft recently announced a new tool called Similarity checker.
The new tool will work with the Microsoft Word editing tool and is supposed to help determine if the text in a document is original or requires a reference to the source of the text.
Currently the new tool is only available to its customers Microsoft 365 EDU A3 and A5 in preview versions of the Office suite. Similarity checker is expected to be released to everyone in July 2020.
Once released the new feature can help you determine how much of a document is similar to online sources, while also helping to prevent plagiarism. New application it will also have many other functions, such as the appropriate ones tools which will tell you where to insert references to the original text.
This feature is powered by Bing, so it searches the webnetwork to find other resources similar to your document.
Microsoft's upgraded editing capability is an effort against Grammarly and others, which have recently appeared to be very popular due to the increased adoption of Microsoft Office.
Microsoft, of course, wants to keep users on its platforms, so the new processor is supposed to provide everyone with the tools they need to improve their writing without having to turn to third-party products.
