Outlook.office.com | Can't turn off auto converting underscores to italics formatting

Anonymous
2024-07-16T18:57:57+00:00

UPDATE: This issue appears to have been fixed. On 8/27, my version of Outlook was updated and this auto italics formatting is no longer occuring. "You have Microsoft Outlook Version 1.2024.821.200 (Production). Client Version is 20240822057.09." I can't find any tech hotfix or release notes to confirm this, nor do I find any new changes in options to enable/disable this feature. It has simply stopped converting my underscores.

Outlook.office.com | Can't turn off auto converting underscores to italics formatting

Typing "sand_wich_" automatically converts to "sandwich" and I can't find in web new outlook where to turn this off.

In old Outlook, I can go to "Options --> Mail --> Editor Options --> Auto Correct Options --> AutoFormat As You Type" and turn this feature off.

In new Outlook, "Options --> Auto format options" this option is not available to disable and having it disabled in old Outlook doesn't seem to carry over into new Outlook.

Please help me, where do I disable "*Bold* and _italic_ with real formatting" in new Outlook?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-08-13T22:46:02+00:00

    Please just turn this off altogether. We don't need an "opt-out" option; just turn it off. The number of people you have "helped" by implementing this bug is dwarfed by the number of people who use underscore to mean underscore.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-31T16:34:44+00:00

    I noticed that the question above states that this formatting is easily turned off in old outlook, but not in new outlook.

    There has been a pattern of declining user options with Microsoft products since Windows 10 that frankly no one is happy about.

    Consider bringing this up in your next meeting, it would be sad to see such an established company lose users because options they already had are no longer available.

    I myself require this underscore formatting to never happen for work, and my throughput is affected by an option you no longer have available... user experience is king. These types of shifts away from user experience only serve to open the door for a competitor.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-31T08:59:34+00:00

    hey Eben Ezer Tres,

    as many have already posted, THIS_CHANGE_UDERSCORE_TO_ITALIC_ISSUE drive us all nuts...

    i need to double review any mail i send to make sure file names, variable names, etc. remain intact...

    please have a fix ASAP

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-26T17:08:04+00:00

    database guy too... and I couldn't function until I figured something out. I ended up...

    Outlook -> Settings -> Mail -> Compose and reply -> Message format -> Compose messages in "Plain text" format.

    Hope_it_help :)

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-07-26T16:11:30+00:00

    Major issue - please fix ASAP

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