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
    2024-11-28T08:24:33+00:00

    Hi,

    for those desperately seeking a workaround, use the web version of Outlook instead https://outlook.office.com/mail/ and a third party spellchecker, I am recommending LanguageTool **** https://languagetool.org/**** an AI-based grammar and spellchecker which automatically detects the language you are currently using. Here some more detailed steps:

    1. Go to your favorite browser (I am using Chrome, but Edge should also work similarly)
    2. Install the LanguageTool browser extension and make sure it is running.
    3. Go to https://outlook.office.com/mail/
    4. Install the web based Outlook as Progressive Web Application (PWA) (does not require admin privileges). Depending on your browser, you can find it a corresponding option in the settings or a small icon appears on the right end of the URL input next to the bookmark icon.

    1. Now you can open the Outlook (PWA) and it appears almost like a normally installed new outlook, but you can use other browser extensions as well.

    Enjoy!

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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
    2024-12-10T12:26:03+00:00

    I closed the mail. open again from draft. now the spelling works!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-12-10T20:29:41+00:00

    Hi Damien,

    Thank you for your reply. This was an amazing find! I still find it a bad design to hide a feature so important deep down but now that there is a way, I'd be happy to switch back to the new outlook which I had retired for a year! :)

    Best,

    Arash

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-12-10T22:12:50+00:00

    There was definitely an update somewhere. I'm 100% confident that previously the Editor was grayed.

    Anyway, MS took their time to re-implement something that so many of us find essential, but now that it's here I'm simply happy.

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