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
    2023-12-18T20:36:26+00:00

    All my users are on Windows 11, with latest Teams/Office and are affected by this dictionary issue. The words Teams is suggesting are not even english words....

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-19T21:32:55+00:00

    Can Microsoft stop trying to force us to use this terrible version?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-12-20T17:27:10+00:00

    Not cool to use the user community as beta testers! At least give us a way to communicate issues. I usually jump on the latest versions or previews but I am going to think twice with MS!

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-22T09:38:22+00:00

    this is getting beyond a joke at this point. Please Microsoft fix this. I felt like I was doing something wrong 'til I read this thread. It feels like there is an attempt to make the suggested word at least as long as the mistyped one and to try to use all the letters, especially consonants (in English).

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-02T15:44:23+00:00

    Some additional info for people who've been replying to this thread.

    The issue isn't so much to do with Teams as it is the Windows 11 operating system. I've confirmed this by testing on Windows 10 & 11 and with the new & old Teams clients. I've also confirmed this by encountering the same poor spelling suggestions when filling out forms in the Edge browser on Windows 11.

    It just happens that Teams uses the OS's spellcheck and not a dedicated spellcheck mechanism like desktop versions of Office products do.

    Now, you can go into Edge settings, and change the "Enable grammar and spellcheck assistance" from "Basic" to "Microsoft Editor" - for improved spellchecking in Edge - but, that doesn't carry over to Teams unfortunately.

    Also, I received an update for the case I have open with Microsoft support: "...the latest the fix can come is late February or early March..." and "The fix could come sooner"

    So, yeah - pretty vague still. But its in the pipeline and should be coming out the first quarter hopefully.

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