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

This is the kind of ridiculous app design we get when the product people don't bother to understand the actual customers. Had they bothered to ask ANY database person inside Microsoft they would have instantly discovered that their slick "solution" was actually a maddening impediment to productivity. Every developer can tell you that TESTING MATTERS!

PLEASE FIX THIS ASAP, AND YES I AM YELLING AT YOU!!!

We could all just start using another mail client.

Anyone have some good Outlook alternatives?

I just now discovered this problem while trying to type out field names in a table.

it took me 3 times a long to compose the email because I had to keep adding back the underscores. The most awful thing about this is it doesn't do it to just one field name, it does it to them all in the sentence, it does it multiple times.

So you have to finish typing out all the things that require an underscore and then go back and fix them, starting with the first occurrence.

I fixed one field name 5 times before I realized what it was doing... I know.. that's too many times.. Not enough coffee.

I just want to turn it off :( :( :(

One more developer with the same issue - unacceptable time waste on correcting back all MYTABLENAME entries to MY_TABLE_NAME.

Please consider giving a highest priority to this fix.

Dear Greg Brown2, 

Good day. After thorough research, test from my end and consulting, we find out that: when we type "sand_wich_" in new outlook, the word is highlighted as an error and the new outlook give you some suggestions to correct the word but it doesn't automatically correct the word.So if you don't want the corrected spelling you can disable it , new email "Options --> Editor > Editor setting and disable all the correction option and disable auto correct as well"

However in new outlook , it is not currently feasible to disable "*Bold* and _italic_ with real formatting"  because it work as Outlook on the web.

Since this product is in its Preview phase, customers may experience some gaps in functionality. Currently the only support offered for this product is in-app support that is in direct connection with Product Group. That said, customer need to create an in-app ticket; please refer to Contact support and provide feedback in new Outlook for Windows - Microsoft Support.

Additionally, it is advisable to verify the functionality in the old/legacy Outlook, and if it operates correctly, consider using the old Outlook as an alternative.

We apologize if we are not able to meet your requirements; however, thank you for bringing this to our attention, we will surely raise your concerns to our Product Team and hopefully this can be included in the future updates.

However, try to disable the spelling check in new outlook and check the issue as mentioned above and also make sure is happen only in new outlook by check in word app as well.

We look forward to your reply. This requested information will help us narrow down the scenario and find the right troubleshooting. We will continue to assist you based on the information you provide. I sincerely appreciate your patience and cooperation.SincerelyEben Ezer Tres | Microsoft Community Moderator