You may not work around any technical restrictions or limitations in the software.įor these 2 reasons, I do not recommend using this workaround in a production environment but it might come in handy for some testing environments.
Word for mac autocorrect not working license#
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). 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. This also still applies to later versions of Outlook.
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
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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 How can I enable these features Spelling & Grammar button If your version of Outlook is different from the version of Word or when Word is not. As a VA you may work for various clients and I dont know about you. In order for these features to work, Word and Outlook must be the same version. Autocorrect is one of those tools in Microsoft Word that you may not even be aware of. 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. If Outlook is not correcting misspelled words and spell check is enabled, you are typing in the signature.
I'm using Outlook 2016 with Office 2013 and noticed that the automatic spell check and AutoCorrect isn't working. A reader had a problem with their signature.
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