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I recently started using Outlook PWA with Chrome and the right click spellcheck is disabled, forcing me to use left click to access spellcheck. This is very unintuitive, all applications use right click for spellcheck. I am deeply confused by this interface choice, the right click menu in Outlook is useless now, the only options being copy & paste and emojis for some reason?
Is there a setting in Outlook OR an chrome extension OR an Outlook Add-in that will put my spell check back on the right click where it is expected?
Configuring preferences and options in Outlook on the web for business
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Eben, this is very frustrating as all the other Microsoft packages use the left click for spell check, so this does not provide a seamless solution to your customers
Microsoft as a company seems to have retained the mindset of the past that they, and they alone completely own the user experience, and are free to alter it as they say fit.
The sheer hubris of this position does not serve them, or the users of their products well.
They make tools. Tools have industry standards. Departing those standards, for ANY reason, lowers productivity.
I have yet to cross paths with anyone that sees this change as a good thing.
I get that Microsoft might want their products to be distinct. Actions like this may serve to ensure that the only distinction is their products being abandoned for ones that do not thwart progress.
It's OK, it's not like right-clicking to activate spell check was as reflexive as breathing, or anything. This decision is yet another on a long list of incredibly frustrating "features" Outlook has added in recent months that make your program nearly unusable in comparison to literally any other email platform.
Absolutely abhorrent change. It is the single worst UI feature on any system. Change it back to right click for the love of all things functional!
I agree with the other users that this is a frustrating issue. Same thing occurs in the Outlook app. I find it frustrating because sometimes I recognize the problem with the misspelled word and would prefer to fix it myslef, but if I left click on the word to fix it I would have to click out of the spell check pop-up widow before continuing on. I understand that it would theoretically be faster to use the spell check suggestion, but it casues my brain to have to shift gears and it causes more frustration than necessary for no reason.
Please change this back to the typical setup of right click to open the spell check widow.