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
    2024-01-18T16:11:56+00:00

    Thanks. It's a great start. Hopefully MS is reading these and realize that something should be done with the spell check.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-24T14:44:31+00:00

    Please bring back the right mouse click for spelling corrections.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-24T16:50:04+00:00

    It would be AWESOME if the option to not send an email with misspelled words was available in this new version like it is in the old version.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-25T22:47:06+00:00

    I guess no one will know why Outlook emails don't automatically spell check when the Send button is used. I appears that this is no longer an option. It should be. Distaste for MS products, especially MS Office, is growing due to the fact that MS changes things as if the changes were requirements to give employees something to do.

    The two basics of job is to avoid fixing something that is not broken and, keep it simple (easy), stupid.

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