Autocorrect right-click in Word 2013

Dear Microsoft,
I understand that, for aesthetic purposes, you have removed right-click functionality for autocorrect.  However, many people (specialists in their fields, writers, etc.) have previously depended on this tool, though mostly for time efficiency purposes. 
Given this and that those users generally know their way around office programs, would it be possible to return the right click functionality?  This would not be by default, per your design choice, but rather as an option the user can enable through the
autocorrect option.  This way, both parties are satisfied. 
Sincerely,
An SF/fantasy writer way too dependent on autocorrect

Hi Matthew,
Thanks for the kind suggestion, although our product team is already aware of this issue, I passed this information to them again to let them know this is still a pain point. Unfortunately, I haven't heard any plan to changing it so far, since
this feature was removed on purpose as a low use feature to clean up the interface - yes "we" know "low use" is debatable.
The workaround for those that need it is to either add it to the QAT or hover over the word and click AutoCorrect Options when the SmartTag icon appears. Neither exactly duplicates the older behavior but it gets them closer.
Max Meng
TechNet Community Support

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