new Outlook - change mail spell checker language?

Anonymous
2023-05-18T08:48:32+00:00

Hi,

I regularly send some emails in English and some in my native language - as most European business people do. In Outlook one language is always set as default spell checker language, but in the old Outlook I could always override this by setting spell checker individually for each message. It took some three clicks, but it was possible. In the new Outlook this option is gone (at least I could not find it) - only thing you can do now is to change default editor spell checking language! This is extremely unfortunate and a huge step back. Please return the option to switch spell checker language when composing the new message. Or even better make it more accessible than in the old Outlook.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-03T08:42:16+00:00

    My default spellchecking language is Polish but I often write in English or German. To switch the spellchecker to the other language I close the draft and re-open it - it seems to cause the spellchecker to detect the different language and work properly.

    Of course this is only a workaround and it's infuriating that Microsoft is not able to fix such a basic issue in one of their most used (and paid for) applications...

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-12-09T14:23:04+00:00

    Hi,

    I had the same problem and recently found a way to access the spell check in the new Outlook.

    Here is how I accessed it:

    1. Create a new email message.
    2. The list of menu at top (just below the blue ribbon) is automatically updated to include options for the email. Select Options.
    3. The ribbon below the menu will change. Click on Editor (the left most option in this ribbon) then Editor Settings
    4. In the Microsoft Editor Settings panel that pops up you can switch between the different language already selected, and also access Manage spellcheck languages to define up to 3 languages to be used

    I hope that helps.

    Damien

    This worked for me, I'am using Danish

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-05T06:46:52+00:00

    Thanks this is working! - Co-Pilot didn't know

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-30T16:20:10+00:00

    Thanks. To add: if the editor button is greyed out in the desktop version, gotta do it first in the web version for some reason.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-03-25T22:17:21+00:00

    Same for me...

    What's this story about the online version? I got the new Outlook for Windows automatically by clicking on a banner in the old Outlook.

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