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Spell Check in Microsoft Teams Chat

I am unable to find any definitive information regarding spell check in Microsoft Teams. My team just transitioned over from Skype and I'm finding the lack of this function quite frustrating. Moreover, I cannot find any useful resources on the internet to troubleshoot this issue.

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Hello A_Harrison,

My name is Juan Pedro, I am an Independent Advisor and consumer of Microsoft products. I will be more than happy to assist you today!

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling Teams?

May I know whether this issue also happen when you use Teams web app?

You may check whether the spellcheck dictionary file gets corrupted of Teams. Refer to the steps below to check this issue:

• Go to C:\Users\<USERPROFILE>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams\dictionaries
• Delete (.bdic) file that is there.
• Close Teams (by selecting the task bar icon and Quit)
• Restart Teams

After restart Microsoft Teams downloads the updated/latest dictionary file.

Source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/fo...

I hope this helped. I will be around in case you need something else.

Thank you.

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Hi Juan,

Thank you for your response. Please see below for my answers. They are in italics and bold. Unfortunately it seems I still need additional assistance.

Thank you,

Amanda

  • Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling Teams?
    • Yes several times and it has not helped
  • May I know whether this issue also happen when you use Teams web app?
    • Spell check works correctly when using Teams in a web browser
  • You may check whether the spellcheck dictionary file gets corrupted of Teams. Refer to the steps below to check this issue:
    • Go to C:\Users\<USERPROFILE>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams\dictionaries
    • Delete (.bdic) file that is there.
    • Close Teams (by selecting the task bar icon and Quit)
    • Restart Teams
    • After restart Microsoft Teams downloads the updated/latest dictionary file.
      • I followed all these steps including a full computer restart and it did not help

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Since this is an isolated case, please call the customer service line or speak with a live representative via chat for further assistance: : https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/405170...

https://go.skype.com/ssc.chat.51

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Hi Juan,

The support person in the link above said they couldn't help me. They said I needed to contact someone from the corporate account team. Do you have a different link you could provide?

Thank you,

Amanda

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Spell checker for Edge border line worthless. As bad as Chrome is they are a lot better.

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This response does not help Mac users at all.  I am using the app version of Teams (not through a browser) and find the lack of spelling auto-correction disappointing.  

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I still don't have resolution to this issue.

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with you.  The app for Teams on Windows is pretty broken for usability.  The phone app seems better.  I really don't know why they didn't incorporate spellcheck into Teams.  It's in Outlook, and every other MSFT app I use.  

I found an article (link below) that's pretty telling.  Basically don't have it, may not have it for a while (I infer).  So pretty pathetic, TBH.

Don’t Get Caught By the Lack of a Spell Check 

Microsoft Teams doesn’t feature an automatic spell check like you might be used to in Word. This is because the Microsoft Teams word editor doesn’t use the Office dictionary or any user custom dictionaries. You can’t “teach” Microsoft Teams new words either. If you’re working on an important post that you want to ensure is perfect, it’s best to first type it in Word and then paste it in Teams.

https://www.avepoint.com/blog/microsoft-teams/microsoft-teams-functionality/

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Not a good answer.  When we use the Spell Checker, it marks half our industry related words as misspelled.  WE CANNOT CORRECT this!   We need the ability to add/modify the Teams Dictionary.  Anything else is not acceptible.

Rick

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Honestly I would settle for "I've" and "We've" not being highlighted as spelling errors.

(on the Mac app)

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