Turn on autocorrect in NEW Outlook

I am noticing a lot of threads on the Auto-Correct topic. Most of the answers are not addressing the real problem. Auto-Correct functionality has been left out of NEW Outlook. All of the training that we have done for the words that we can't spell or the Acronyms our company uses have been let behind when setting were transferred and there is no functionality planned or otherwise available for us to replace it with.

I am moderately dyslexic I have a list of about 30 words that I haven't learned to spell properly in 50 years and am unlikely to learn before I die. It is a disabilities and Auto-Correct has been working for me as a tool that I don't have to ask my employer to provide for me. This tool has allowed me to advance in my career because once trained it just fixes those words automatically. I have been annoyed that Teams does not use my auto-correct dictionary for the last couple of years but endured because perfectly correct messages are not as mandatory as in more formal emails and I thought that eventually you would get that added in.

Is it an ADA violation when a software vendor removes functionality that thousands of disabled people rely on? I am one of those high functioning adults that rely on things like auto correct to not appear illiterate.

Hi - thanks for the reply. I'm afraid it didn't. In the old version of Outlook, spelling mistakes and grammatical errors (such as making 'i' automatically capitalised happen automatically. From what you're saying here, in the new Outlook it looks like I have to open the Editor to correct everything afterwards.

I agree with all the client responses already shared in this thread! I thought for sure I was missing something or just did not have something turned on... but to eliminate the auto-correct feature and replace it with this Editor feature is absolutely absurd. This is going in reverse in regard to productivity and efficiency. Editor must be opened in EVERY SINGLE email, nothing automatic about it, AND it does not even correct capitalization at the beginning of your sentences, and I have the capitalization feature checked.

I am very disappointed with this "downgrade", and I am going back to the old Outlook right now. I really hope Microsoft makes this error a priority to be corrected before the "official, permanent" change is released.

On a positive note: I love the option given to remove the "top results" from the search feature.

This is basic functionality. It is beyond irritating to have all the bells and whistles but not auto-correct to capitalise words at the beginning of a sentence.

Hopefully this has been escalated and will be added to the next iteration?

I'm having the same issue. Nothing is automatically capitalizing or autocorrecting, so I have to go back through and click on each underlined issue to fix it. This is SO frustrating! I definitely want it to fix it while I'm typing, just like it use to. I write a lot of emails, and very quickly, so I often type too fast and mix up letters or smash words together, and the fact that I have to go back through and fix each one takes so much extra time. Please, please make it autocorrect these.