Most of us use combination of Microsoft Operating System and Google or other applications. Mainly, our routine work surrounds around search engine and Microsoft`s Bing comes last choice of preference when it comes to search engine. Here’s a guide to change your default search engine in MS office if you’re annoyed with Bing and you wish to do so.
![Change your Search Engine in MS Office](https://techempty.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Change-your-Search-Engine-in-MS-Office.jpg)
Alternately you can always copy the word and find it using your favourite search engine in a browser but it is a tedious job. However, triggering a search right from inside the program is faster and less tiresome. Many users will love to migrate from Bing to Google, for example.
![change search engine ms word](https://techempty.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/change-search-engine-ms-word-300x213.png)
Below is the screenshot of the feature that you’re going to change
![change bing search ms word](https://techempty.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/change-bing-search-ms-word-300x150.png)
Go to run by pressing Windows logo key + R on your keyboard to open the Run dialogue, type regedit (registry editor) in the Open field, and press Enter to open the registry editor.
![how to open run windows 8](https://techempty.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/how-to-open-run-windows-8-300x156.png)
In the editor, use the hierarchy on the left side to crawl to below path HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOffice15.0CommonGeneral.
![regedit change search ms word](https://techempty.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/regedit-change-search-ms-word-300x198.png)
Now, right-click on the blank space on the right-hand side, and select New -> String Value. Create two string values, and rename them to SearchProviderName and SearchProviderURI.
![provider name change](https://techempty.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/provider-name-change-300x112.png)
Double-click on each value to edit its data.For SearchProviderName, set the value to Google or any search engine of your preference. Click OK to save the change.
![string edit](https://techempty.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/string-edit-300x135.png)
For SearchProviderURI, set the value to http://www.google.com/search?q= if you use Google. Here are a few more URIs from popular search engines, just in case you want to use them instead
For Yahoo: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=
For Ask: http://ask.com/web?q=s
![editing the string search engine ms word](https://techempty.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/editing-the-string-search-engine-ms-word-300x135.png)
Save the changes, and exit the registry editor. Open your document using Office application, highlight a word, right-click, and choose Search with Google/Ask to test the change. If it does not work, please restart your computer. I hope this was informative to you. Thanks for reading. And as they say, “Break the defaults, create your own reality”.