Spell check in Outlook

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"When I'm in a hurry, that's most of the time, I often forget to spell check emails that I send out. Is there a way I can get the spell check to run automatically before I send?"

Outlook 2003 can be made to automatically spell check all outgoing e-mails before sending. With the following tip, you and/or your learners can force this to occur before you send out composed email messages:

Note: you will only know it is working if there is a spelling error; to test it is set up correctly send an email with spelling errors!


  • Click Tools.

  • Select Options.

  • Select the Spelling tab.

  • Check Always check spelling before sending. (there will be a green tick as shown)

  • Click Apply

  • Click OK
Note: you may have to close and reopen Outlook for the change to take effect.

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