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duksedrengen
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Aug 03, 2020

Outlook Spelling check in Subject line different from body text

Hi   On 'answers.microsoft.com' there's an old discussion called "Outlook 2016 Spelling check in Subject line different from body text", the discussion is closed, but the error still exists in Outl...
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Skotzmun
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Mar 17, 2021

 

duksedrengen - I think the Subject is being checked in American English, the Microsoft default. This jumped out at me (working in British [proper!] English) when logging a fault about sluggish behaviour on one of our servers, so I tried a couple of other words and sure enough...

Complaints about the "...our" spellings in the Subject, but not in the Body.

I went hunting to see if I could find a fix and discovered your unanswered query, so thought I'd reply in case it plops it onto someone's pile. 🙂

 

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bcal_1
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Mar 23, 2021
Like Skotzmun, arrived here noticing this with US English in subject line.

This is with Outlook 365 MSO 16.0.13801.20240 32 bit. British English is set, and works, everywhere else (Windows 10 Region and language, Office language settings, Outlook options).

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