Outlook uses a dashed, green underline to indicate possible grammatical errors. Outlook can check for grammatical errors as you type. On the Edit menu, point to Spelling and Grammar, and then click Correct Spelling Automatically.Note:This feature is available only with Mac OS X v10.6 (Snow Leopard) or later. For example, if you type freind, Outlook changes it to friend. If you want, Outlook can automatically correct some commonly misspelled words. To turn off automatic spell checking, on the Edit menu, point to Spelling and Grammar, and then clear the check mark next to Check Spelling While Typing.Remove the dashed, red underline for one of instance of a word On the shortcut menu, do one of the following:Ĭhoose from a list of suggested correctionsĬlick one of the guesses at the top of the shortcut menu.When you see a word with a dashed, red underline, hold down CONTROL, and then click the word.Outlook uses a dashed, red underline to indicate possible spelling errors. You can also check spelling at any time by using the Spelling button.Ĭheck spelling automatically as you type:īy default, Outlook checks for spelling errors as you type. Outlook 2016 for Mac does not have this option instead it checks for spelling errors as you type. In Outlook 2016 for Windows, there is an option to always check spelling before sending an e-mail message.