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OldSkull
May 14, 2026Copper Contributor
OWA spell checks part of the word
Something strange happened as I was typing an email today. I misspelled "specific" so I quickly fixed it using the spell checker. Then, it underlined the "cifi" part of the word "specific" suggesting...
May 18, 2026
Outlook on the Web uses the Microsoft Editor for this that is integrated in Outlook on the Web.
What probably happened in this case is that there is some kind of hidden (HTML) formatting involved that is applied mid-word. It is therefore recognized as separate word. For instance;
spe<span>cifi</span>c
Do you have a repro for the issue?
I've tried to in different ways, but it worked as expected for me.