The MS Office 2013 suite introduces a new feature where you can select word(s) in a certain document, then use the search engine to discover more of that word on the internet. Now, since this product is from Microsoft, it is obvious that they will associate Bing as the default search provider. Take a look at the image below.
However, Bing is not my personal favorite. So I started looking for a way to change it to Google. You may also want to switch or be quite happy with the default. What is more important is that there is no direct and simple way to change the default.
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You have to play with a few subscriptions. And, that is exactly what we are going to discuss in this article.
Note: It’s not always safe to modify registry entries, and some serious problems can arise if you do it wrong. So follow the steps very carefully. You should also back up the registry before you start making changes.
Steps to change default search provider
The steps you will follow are a one-time effort. And, the changes will reflect across all tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and others) of the MS Office suite.
Step 1: Open the run dialog (press Windows Key + R), type regedit and press Enter.
Step 2: On Registry Editor, in the left panel, navigate to the location specified below:-
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\General
Step 3: Click Overview. Now, on the right pane, right click on an empty space, navigate to New and click Value Chain.
Step 4: Name the string SearchProviderName. Now right click here and go to Change.
Step 5: Then a dialog box will appear asking to enter a value for the string. This field will read the name of the search provider in your tools. You can give it any name. I wanted the relevant one so I named it Google.
Step 6: Repeat Step 3 to Step 5. This time, the string should be named SearchProviderURI and its value will indicate the search URL.
Listed below are the URIs for Google, Yahoo, and Office.com.
| Search service provider | URL used |
| http://www.google.com/search?q= | |
| Yahoo! | http://search.yahoo.com/search?p= |
| office.com | http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/results.aspx?&ex=2&qu= |
Step 7: Close Registry Editor and navigate to one of the MS Office applications. MS Word for example. Select some words, right click and note the difference in the search provider.
Click on it and see if the redirect happens to the correct domain. If not, you may have missed something or done something wrong. Go through the steps again.
Conclusion
While Bing has come a long way, it still hasn’t caught on to my favourites. I still prefer Google and want it to be my default search engine of all the engines I use. I’m sure some of you want that too. And for those who like Bing, there’s no harm in knowing this trick.
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