How to turn on auto capitals on the new desktop outlook?

Anonymous
2023-04-25T10:39:08+00:00

I am using the new outlook desktop app and this no longer adds capitals to a sentence even tho everything is turned on. I believe I'm not the first to raise this. can this please be fixed or can i be pointed in the direction of how to correct this.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-04-26T07:39:59+00:00

    Kathy,

    Thank you for the warm welcome.

    I understand that this is still a new update but its a bit disappointing that a simple useful feature didn't make it to the preview of the new version. i have added the answers to your questions below.

    1. Yes, i am referring to the auto-capitalization of the first letter in a sentence.
    2. I'm sure it is to do with the auto-correct but i cant find this feature in the New Outlook or the settings to adjust this.
    3. This is happening in all messaged in the New Outlook weather newly composed or if replying or forwarding existing messages.
    4. This feature worked perfectly in the old Outlook.

    I think i will be going back to the old Outlook as its a time saving useful feature that i am finding hard to live without. Hope this gets resolved quickly as i do like the look and user interface of the new Outlook.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-06-06T20:08:37+00:00

    I am having a similar issue-- when I type the letter i it does not automatically capitalize. I assumed this would be an automatic feature, I am not sure why New Outlook is not capitalizing the letter i

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-06-14T14:53:27+00:00

    I've also gone back to old Outlook because of this. I haven't had to manually capitalize the letter "I" or the beginning of a sentence in years.. it seems crazy that new Outlook dropped this functionality.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-06-07T00:39:09+00:00

    Even Office 98 had auto correct.

    The options in "Editor" are merely highlighting potential spelling and grammatical issues and, not auto correcting even the simplest of things.

    I love the new look but not having this feature is really frustrating and is, imo, a show stopper.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-06-06T08:06:55+00:00

    any update on this feature? seems like a simple and common feature - auto caps still doesn't work on the outlook browser.

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