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
    2023-05-31T09:33:59+00:00

    Hello FransLab232,

    Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community!

    For this issue, I also had a test from my side, and the result is as same as that of yours-the dropdown menu is unavailable now. It's a design limitation of New Outlook currently. Please comprehend that the New Outlook is a beta version, and the product group are collecting feedback from customers to develop the product better. We really appreciate you bringing this to our attention. You may Contact support and provide feedback within the new Outlook for Windows.

    As a workaround, you can switch back whenever you want, just switch the toggle off in the new Outlook and it will automatically open the classic version.

    If you need further assistance, feel free to reply! We will continue to support!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-30T17:23:59+00:00

    This complaint was in May, its now Nov and its still not fixed? what a joke

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-06T17:30:36+00:00

    Is there an update on this, when will the spell check be available in the new Outlook version?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-01T20:43:17+00:00

    The new outlook version is terrible, this is an important feature. Worse, I cannot change back to the old outlook. Very frustrated.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-10T03:42:28+00:00

    You should be able to. New Outlook (at least for me) installed a new version of it but retained the "Old" version to. You can open the old version and get back to right click spell checking.

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