What happened to the spellcheck feature on the new Teams??

Anonymous
2023-10-13T13:47:12+00:00

I have notice that the spell check seems to be broken on the new Teams version. The incorrectly spelled word still gets underlined in red, and a suggestion list populates as it used to, but the suggestions are ridiculous. A perfect example is the word "definitely".

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-04-01T20:00:13+00:00

    lol this answer is not helpful.. i have the newest teams version and its clearly not an update or dictionary problem.. the problem is with teams... if i misspell "Because" as "Becuase", every single other program i have ever used, microsoft office, word, emails, websites.. literally all other programs would understand "I need to suggest BECAUSE to fix this spelling error.. where Teams suggests: Became, Bemuse, Decease, Recuse, and Bocuse... the fact Because isnt an option is clearly a flaw in Teams... even simple things like "YOULL", should be suggesting "YOU'LL" but instead it says: Yell, Yowl, foul, yolk, and Yul.... again.. that is Teams not being programmed the way all other programs are.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-07T20:53:26+00:00

    this is the same for me for some reason

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-07T19:52:05+00:00

    That fix is only temporary for me. The lack of spell-checking returns soon.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-07T19:28:50+00:00

    What version of Windows are you running?
    You can go to Start > Run and type "Winver" to see.

    Include the Version & Build number.

    Windows 11 - which is where the issue reported was occurring - needed an update to correct this issue.

    To clear cache - you must go to %localappdata%\packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Localcache\Microsoft\MSTeams and delete the contents of that folder - while signed out of Teams.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-07T19:26:24+00:00

    I don't believe new Teams uses its own dictionary file for spellcheck. It uses something from the OS or Edge as the issue affected Edge when filling out forms etc as well. The issue reported here was to be resolved via a Windows update, not Teams.

    I know I do not have a "Dictionaries" folder within that path on any of my Teams installs.

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