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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?
Using New Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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Great, nothing is happening. Very frustrating!
Same issue when entering code variables in an email.
Come ON. How hard can it be?
This is driving me insane. I send emails with database column names in them all the time
Ditto - this is very annoying and inefficient - it should not be a best practice to add 'a feature' without having a way to disable said feature. It is so frustrating. This needs to be true across all O365 applications/products.
****?!?!?!?!?!? REALLY??????
I posted this before as my fix but I don't even see it in the thread. I realized you can paste underscores and it would not activate the italics.
I made an autohoykey script to paste and underscore when I hit the hotkey "Shift + minus". If you have other applications that use "Shift + minus", you can make the pasting underscore with something else. Only downside is replacing clipboard with an underscore. (I think most every dev knows autohotkey)
+-::
clipboard := "_"
Send ^v
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