Spell check on "new" outlook does not work anymore when right clicking - change it back!

Anonymous
2023-05-31T07:54:24+00:00

I mostly use only my keyboard to type, the dropdown option on the keyboard makes it extremely convenient to access the spell check options. This is a right click function, since changing it to left click this functionality has been lost.

Having to stop typing and using the mouse to left click every time is iritating and frankly a waste of time / disruptive. It makes no sense to change a function that has been a staple since the start of spellchecking without providing an option to change it back!!

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-07-11T14:15:49+00:00

    How do you switch languages?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-09T21:36:15+00:00

    I would like to add my feedback that changing this from a right click option to left is an annoying and pointless change. Left click for cursor placement, right click for more options including spelling suggestions, like everything else. I seriously question not only whoever suggested this change but the multiple people who it must have gone through to be accepted.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-09T03:00:26+00:00

    This issue is what brought me to this thread.
    Frustrating as hell, and I end up deleting the message that I am while I try to correct my spelling error without using spell check. This is recent change. I have had spell check for some time in outlook new.
    MS, please fix this!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-05T17:50:22+00:00

    From the New Outlook on desktop, go to Settings>General>Privacy Data>Privacy Settings.

    Enable "Turn on experiences that analyze your content."

    Close and reopen New Outlook.

    Now, if you left click on an underlined word it should bring up spelling suggestions.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-07-01T17:31:18+00:00

    It is July 2024 and spellcheck in the "new" Outlook doesn't only not provide suggestions, it also does not provide the option to change languages. I need to write in both Polish and German in addition to English, but the feature is non-existent. In the "new" version, everything I type in German or Polish is treated as if it were English. How did Microsoft ever come up with the idea to roll out this version in EUROPE without considering that some people might need to work in different languages?

    I'll stick with the old version for now.

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