how to apply spell check in new Outlook

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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
    2024-03-31T15:37:05+00:00

    You are totally incorrect in your statement. The new outlook will underline a missspelled word in red, indicating it's miss spelled.

    You can't right click, left click, or do anything else to prompt to have it actually fix the spelling.

    This is a huge oversight.

    Here it is March 31, 2024 and the ablity to have spell check work in the "new" Outlook Mail still does NOT work! True it will highlight the miss spelling but I am unable to find the spell auto correct the spelling. Terrible Microsoft! This should be an easy fix. I wish not I had kept the "old" mail and not have Microsoft force me to change.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-31T15:55:51+00:00

    You are totally incorrect in your statement. The new outlook will underline a missspelled word in red, indicating it's miss spelled.

    You can't right click, left click, or do anything else to prompt to have it actually fix the spelling.

    This is a huge oversight.

    Here it is March 31, 2024 and the ablity to have spell check work in the "new" Outlook Mail still does NOT work! True it will highlight the miss spelling but I am unable to find the spell auto correct the spelling. Terrible Microsoft! This should be an easy fix. I wish not I had kept the "old" mail and not have Microsoft force me to change.

    If that's the best they can do, it may soon be time to move to a new email service, one that cares about the users.

    Derek

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-31T17:53:35+00:00

    I have a brand new lap top came loaded with new outlook, the spell check worked for the first few weeks , now all it does is underline the miss spelt word in red , and right or left click does not bring up appropriate word suggestions.

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  4. Hal Hostetler MVP-Outlook 12,011 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-03-31T17:59:15+00:00

    Spell check depends on the Microsoft Editor which may not be active. If you find the editor grey and unavailable, go to Settings > General > Privacy and Data > Privacy Settings and turn on the switch for Turn on experiences that analyze your content to enable it. Spell check should be OK then.

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