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Fix Grammarly error: No document is open or detected

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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No document is open or your document could not be detected [Grammarly error]

Grammarlyis such a great service for both professionals and students. It’s the most popularproofreading tooland it’s both functional and educational. It comes in various add-on options and clients, for browsers and desktops. But, users can use it inOffice, as well, to help with proofreading and grammar inWordandOutlook. And that’s where some of them run into a problem. For no apparent reason, Grammarly couldn’t access a document and prompted users with the “No document is open or your document could not be detected.” error.

Don’t worry, there’s a solution for that. We enlisted some solutions to move onward through the list.

How to fix “No document” error in Grammarly for Microsoft Office/Outlook

1: Update Office

The first step we can suggest is to update your version ofWordorOutlookto the latest version. Due to a lack of adequate support, Grammarly supports only Office suits from 2016 till this day. If you run an older iteration ofOfficesuite, Grammarly probably won’t work on it.

The updates forOfficeare administered through the Windows Update so navigate to Update settings and check for updates. In addition. After you’ve got the latest version, try opening the said document and look for changes.

2: Make sure that add-in is enabled

Due to a certain policy, especially inOffice 365, some add-ins might get disabled. This, of course, applies to Grammarly, as well. In order for the add-in to work, you’ll need to double-check the Add-ins list and confirm that Grammarly is not on the “Disabled” list.

Follow these steps to do so:

3: Disable antivirus

In some cases, athird-party antiviruswill block Grammarly to prevent it from communicating with its servers. We can’t say with certainty whether this is the case or not, but it won’t cost you a thing to try and disable the antivirus temporarily. If that seems to be the cause of the problem, you can always whitelist Grammarly or temporarily disable the antivirus while working inWordor Outlook.

If you’re using Windows Defender, here’s how to disable it:

4: Disable additional add-ins

Some other add-ins inWordorOutlookmight conflict with Grammarly so we suggest disabling them. At least, similar tools or the ones you recently installed. You can try with the system of elimination and remove add-ins one by one until you determine the culprit.

You can do that inOffice> File >Wordoptions > Add-ins. The same procedure applies toOutlook, too.

5: Reinstall the add-in

Reinstalling the add-in is another solution we can offer. The problem mostly occurs due to changes made toOfficevia Windows Update. This led lots of users to various errors, including the one we’re trying to address today. After you reinstall the add-in, the problem should be resolved.

Follow these steps to reinstall Grammarly add-in for MicrosoftOffice:

6: Reinstall Office

Finally, the only thing which comes to mind is the reinstallation ofOffice. You might as well roll back to an older version or uninstall recent updates. But we can’t suggest that as these patches are important for the security ofOfficeand the whole platform.

After you uninstall the current version, navigate to the official website and download the suite again. Enable Grammarly and look for changes.

That should do it. In case you have some questions or alternative solutions, feel free to tell us in the comments section below.

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Fix Grammarly error: No document is open or detected#

No document is open or your document could not be detected [Grammarly error]#

How to fix “No document” error in Grammarly for Microsoft Office/Outlook#

1: Update Office#

2: Make sure that add-in is enabled#

3: Disable antivirus#

4: Disable additional add-ins#

5: Reinstall the add-in#

6: Reinstall Office#