how to apply spell check in new Outlook

Anonymous
2023-04-18T11:39:50+00:00

New Outlook version: how to apply spell check

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Anonymous
2023-05-04T18:41:11+00:00

I was having an issue figuring out how the spell check worked. My coworker said when you are in a New Message window, and the Message tab, at the top far right of the ribbon, click the "..." and go down to Editor, and then Editor Settings.

At first, when I tried this, Editor was greyed out, but it might have been because I was already in the middle of composing an email. When I opened a new message I was able to get to the Editor Settings.

All the settings were already enabled, but it seemed I had to open the Editor settings at least once for it to "activate" Now spell check works in my Outlook.

Right-clicking a misspelled word won't work. You have to left-click the word to see the spell-check suggestions.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-09-21T17:36:19+00:00

    I agree, I depend on it without thinking anymore and now have sent out emails that have mistyping in them. I also cant go quickly to a name when sorting "from" - on the old outlook you could hit a letter and jump to that section of letters. Also, I WISH they would bring back the people pane that listed all the emails from that person.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-12T12:01:40+00:00

    I've found a kind of automatic spell check that scrolls through the email rather than going from word to word. On the first word that is underlined click left and then Editor. You should then get a new window open on the right of the screen that says at the top "Total suggestions" Click on that and it should scroll through from error to error...seems to work...enjoy and good luck

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-08-15T22:45:21+00:00

    I like things about the new Outlook, but there are too many features we've grown accustomed to missing. AutoCorrect (replacing something like "ty" with "Thank you" as a shortcut when typing) is one of those missing features that will be missed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-08-11T09:47:17+00:00

    Yes I have tried that also a few times... no luck. I made sure the language was correct and that spelling was checked. Nothing will convince it to spell check for me. right and left click accomplish the same thing, no spelling options... nothing. i cant use it for work like this

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