

This workaround could also be in breach with the Microsoft License Terms of Office/Outlook which (broadly) states Note that this workaround isn't supported though and might lead to crashes if Outlook actually does make Word specific calls. This will reinstate most of the missing features as these features aren't actually missing from the installation (Outlook only checks if WINWORD.EXE is there). Spelling and grammar check in Word 2016, Word 2013 and Word 2010. Updated with readers comment, this seems to have solved the problem for most of the users- Thank You Maria. Workaround (use at own risk!)Ī quick and dirty workaround would be to create an empty file called WINWORD.EXE and place it in the same directory as OUTLOOK.EXE. By checking this field, you can turn on the automatic spell check as you type in Word 2010. This also still applies to later versions of Outlook.

Outlook 2013 features that use Word 2013.Other features not available with standalone Outlookįor an overview of features not available when Word is not installed or not from the same version as Outlook see You only have "semi-automatic" spell check support File-> Options-> section Mail-> option: Always check spelling before sending.To prevent yourself from sending out messages before checking them, you can also force Outlook to run a spell check when you press Send tab Review tab-> button Spelling & Grammar.
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The manual spell check feature will work even though Word is not installed and can be accessed via the keyboard shortcut F7 or in the Ribbon via Manual spell check and check before sending In order for these features to work, Word and Outlook must be the same version. If your version of Outlook is different from the version of Word or when Word is not installed at all, some features will not be enabled including the automatic (background) spell checker and AutoCorrect. I can check the spelling manually but mistyped words do not get those squirly red underlines. I'm using Outlook 2016 with Office 2013 and noticed that the automatic spell check and AutoCorrect isn't working.
