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Hi,
I am working in three languages. This means that one mail I am writing in one language, the next one, I will be replying in a different language. The current way of working is that I always manually select the text and indicate the language I am using. This is quite tedious; it would be easier when I can easily change it in one click or one keyboard shortcut.
Does someone know a solution for this inconvenience pls?
Windows 11, new Outlook design, with Editor active.
Regards,
Using classic Outlook for Windows in business environments
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None of these suggestions worked. Mostly I could not find any of the suggested ... or File locations to start on WIndows 11. I can get to Editor, but it will not allow be to select a second language and apply it for editing. Always reverts to EN. Sometimes it switches automatically to FR, but not always, and I do not know why and cannot contol it. PO'd.
Hello,
You probably have the answer to this question by now, but if you go to your Outlook settings > general > languages, it will give you the option to "view and mange your Microsoft 365 settings". If you add your languages there, it will give (say) English as the display language and then list your preferred languages (which you can add). Then when you go back to Outlook (you might like to close and open it again and give it a sec to catch up), it will recognize the language in which you are writing. At least it just worked for me that way. Good luck!
That works but as soon as you restart your computer or close - open Outlook, any added languages disappear and I need to repeat the procedure. Very annoying
Hi Michael
In a new mail you should have 'Options' in the bar above the ribbon.
Then click on the icon that looks like a pen with three little stripes on the left of the ribbon.
Goto Editor settings and click on 'Manage spellcheck languages'.
Here you can select the three languages if needed/wanted.
Hi Michael,
There is no specific button you can click on to switch languages. Once you've added the desired languages in the settings, the language you're working on is automatically detected and spell check activated. This works for me in English and French. Hope this helps!
VVB