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Original Title:"Contractions of Verb + Not"
The spell check in Outlook 2011 keeps underlining any verb that is contracted with "not." For example, "can't", "isn't", and so on are all flagged as misspellings. How can I stop this?
Using older versions of Outlook for Mac in business environments
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Everyone should send Microsoft feedback to let them know you want this bug fixed.
The more reports they get the higher it gets on the list to be fixed.
this is definitely an issue within MSOffice for Mac - specifically Outlook.
In Word, PPT, Excel . . . I can tell the system to "Learn" the word . . . in Outlook, the "Learn" or "Add" function doesn't show up when you right-click the word.
here's a workaround:
go to Finder>Library
(BTW, "Library" no longer shows up in Finder by default in Lion OS - here a fix for that:
Terminal: chflags nohidden ~/Library
go to the Spelling folder, and using a TXT editor, open LocalDictionary.
you can now enter words manually. (NOTE: this still doesn't fix the lack of "Learn/Add" in Outlook).
Fixed in 14.2.5 (Some words will show correctly for some users. Fix might come from an Apple update or a Microsoft update)
Released 11/13/2012.
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.2.5 Update
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35601
Not all contractions show correctly. http://bit.ly/UpR28Z Correction!
Original Title:"Contractions of Verb + Not"
The spell check in Outlook 2011 keeps underlining any verb that is contracted with "not." For example, "can't", "isn't", and so on are all flagged as misspellings. How can I stop this?
Before you go through all this "changing identities" business, have you gone to "File," "Options," then "Proofing?" then look for the line, "Writing Style" and select "Settings." Scroll down to "Style" and uncheck "Contractions." Recheck document after and it should no longer flag contractions.