Anything more than that is a distraction and I can honestly say, totally ignored and certainly a distraction making me wish I wasn’t on outlook. I want a far simpler interface with basic editing function and attachments.
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If it were up to me they would go the opposite direction as a software company. Broadly speaking, to predict the manner in which I prefer to speak would require far more resources than they would ever allocate. Imagination is not their strong suit – no offense to creative programmers intended. Predictive text, if used, limits the conversation to a box only as big as a programmers imagination and literary ambition. Unfortunately, it seems to me that the programmers job is made simpler when the human conversation is simpler. Weirdly, if it is in the “recent” list, it will attach without complaint.Īdd onto this the horrible, cluttered interface in Outlook these days (so much white space and other huge elements) that make e-mail navigation a pain on a small screen and I can’t help think that fixing basic issues like these and improving the accessibility of the programs should be a far higher priority than a feature which 99% of people will probably just disable. Thus forcing me to close the spreadsheet, attach it, then re-open it again. I’m also sick of the recent bug in Outlook that won’t let you attach a document to an e-mail if it is open in another window. Quite why the server processing seems to share the same thread as the UI is beyond me. Outlook still loves to hang for several seconds at a time if there’s any issue accessing a mailbox (particularly a problem if you have several mailboxes open, or if your VPN connection temporarily drops). There you need to uncheck the "Show text predictions while typing" option under Compose messages.Īm I the only one that wishes that MS would instead focus on fixing some of the more glaring issues with their software before implementing silly new gimmicks like this? In Office 365, select File > Options while writing an email.If you are using the Web version of Outlook, go to Settings > View all Outlook settings > Mail > compose and reply, and uncheck the option "Suggest words or phrases as I type" under text predictions.Similarly, text predictions may be turned off in Outlook on the Web or in Office 365. How to turn off text predictions in Outlook Uncheck the "show text predictions while typing" in Office 365 or "suggest words or phrases as I type" in Word on the Web to turn off text predictions in Microsoft Word.Hover the mouse cursor over the status bar entry "Text Predictions: On" and left-click on the entry.Text predictions are supported in Word on the Web and in Office 365. If you belong to the "don't need or want camp", you may use the following instructions to turn of text predictions in Word and Outlook. To turn off the Reading Pane quickly for multiple folders, on the View tab, select Change View > Apply Current View to Other Mail Folders, and then choose folders in the Apply View dialog box.Some Word and Outlook users may appreciate the feature, others may dislike it. Selecting Off closes the Reading Pane only for the folder you’re in. To turn on or move the Reading Pane: On the View tab, in the Layout group, select Reading Pane, and then select Right or Bottom. To turn off the Reading Pane: On the View tab, in the Layout group, select Reading Pane, and then select Off. The Reading Pane is turned on by default. Turn on, turn off, or move the Reading Pane In addition to using the Reading Pane to help you quickly scan your messages, you can also preview the first few lines of messages in your message list, and you can break up long messages by splitting the message window. You can customize how the Reading Pane works and appears, or you can turn it off. When you select a message in the message list, you can see the message in the Reading Pane and access many different types of file attachments. Outlook for Microsoft 365 Outlook 2021 Outlook 2019 Outlook 2016 Outlook 2013 More.