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Acrolinx extension for Universal Editor

Last update: Mon Oct 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Acrolinx is similar to a grammar and spelling checker you use in Word. However, it’s much more powerful. Acrolinx helps you author content and check its quality in several ways:

  • Enables findable, scannable, and easy to read content
  • Corrects spelling and grammar
  • Helps with consistency with Adobe brands and terms
  • Optimizes content for localization

It even points out URLs that are being redirected, and finds broken links. Please use Acrolinx regularly.

IMPORTANT
This guide is for using Acrolinx inside EDS Universal Editor, while many of the concepts are the same in SCCM/MD, if you’re looking to use Acrolinx in Visual Studio Code, please use this specific guide

Install Acrolinx Chrome extension

  1. Download the Acrolinx Chrome Extension from Chrome Extension Marketplace.

    Chrome Extension Marketplace

  2. In the Chrome Extension Marketplace, type Acrolinx, and press return

  3. Follow the prompts to install the extension.

    Install Acrolinx for Chrome

  4. Click Add “Acrolinx for Chrome”?

    Installation Successful

  5. Add the Acrolinx for Chrome extension to the quick bar in Chrome, by pinning the application.

    This will make the icon easy to find in the future at the top right of the browser, next to the URL bar.

    Installation Successful

Set up account details

On first use, you will need to set up the correct server connection and sign in with OKTA.

  1. Open the Acrolinx Extension from the Extension Shortcut bar (blue circular icon with checkmark).

    Open Extension

  2. If asked for an Acrolinx server address, type https://adobe-api.acrolinx.cloud and click Connect.

    Add Server Address

  3. Sign in using OKTA and your usual Adobe ID credentials.

    This will connect your Extension to the Adobe account dictionaries and term definitions.

Use Acrolinx Chrome extension in authoring

  1. Open EDS, and navigate to the Perspectives section, as per normal.
  2. Select a Perspectives article to open and edit.
  3. Select the Acrolinx Extension from your shortcut bar, and it will open a side panel, which you can move around to organize your screen.
  4. Select which component you want to edit / check and open the authoring dialog.
  5. On the Acrolinx panel, select Check, this will scan the content and generate a Acrolinx score and suggest potential edits, changes and highlight spelling and grammatical errors.
TIP
The Acrolinx Extension can only check content when you open the component to edit.

Acrolinx Checking Panel

  • If you would like to see the detailed breakdown of the scorecard, you can click on your Acrolinx score and it will open a new window to outline all the areas of the content and the suggestions. This includes:

    • Clarity
    • Consistency
    • Inclusive Language
    • Spelling and Grammar
    • Terminology
    • Tone

Acrolinx Detail Scorecard

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