Outlook for Mac Autocorrect Bug Fix – I use Outlook for Mac 2011 where I work, and I recently upgraded my machine to OSX Mountain Lion. I hadn’t noticed any problems until today when I tried to type a contraction that started with the letter Iit couldn’t be done. I would type “I’m” or “I’ll”, but it would automatically capitalize the letter right after the apostrophe and completely lock the email that I was writing. I use outlook for mac and have lost all my emails for some reason. I use a time machine back up which shows all the documents, but doesn't tell me I'm on Mac OS X v 10.5.8 and just installed MS Office. Having trouble with Outlook. It installed fine, and I got my mail. But when I turned the computer off. Office 365 Commercial customers can get the new Outlook for Mac by accessing their Office 365 Portal, (Gear icon > Office 365 Settings > Software > Outlook for Mac icon) or visiting the Software page Office 365 consumer subscribers can get the new Outlook for Mac by going to their My Account page. I'll or I've >> I'Ll or I'Ve The menu bar would grey out and the computer would beep at me each time I pushed a button. It was easily the most bizarre problem that I’ve ever encountered on a Mac. But, after some Googling, I found the problem The Problem Apparently, it is a bug in Outlook for Mac 2011 that didn’t surface until Mountain Lion was released. The underlying cause? If you’re having this problem too, there’s an easy way to fix it, although you’ll have to do without some autocorrect features until Microsoft releases an update. The Fix The fix (though it’s not really a fixmore of a workaround) is to get into your Outlook Preferences, click the AutoCorrect icon, and uncheck the option for “Capitalize first letter of sentences.” At least, that’s what worked for me. I’ve read other people who had to uncheck “Correct TWo INitial CApitals.” So, you may have to see which one solves the problem for you. I have also noticed that about 1 time in 5 it will auto-correct “will” to “ail”, and again sends the cursor off the page. Not every time, and I can’t figure out why it does this or if there is a pattern. I tried typing “will” over and over in a long string, and saw that about 1 in every 5 “will”s auto-corrected to “ail” while I was watching myself type the word! Quicken 2016 for windows. Related to the main post above, before i used the fix / workaround suggested (which is working just fine) I noticed when it did the contraction error, it also jumped the font to Consolas, even though that is not a font I use. Everything typed after that was in Consolas, giving it an “HTML off” look, unless I corrected the whole e-mail. Just something to note as another piece of this puzzle. If you reply to someone’s email and use a colored font within the body of that email to differentiate responses from questions (or for any other reason), it can get a bit messy. If you add font changes, too, then it becomes hilarious. When an apostrophe is auto-corrected to a smart apostrophe, for instance, everything can change format. When I write “change format” I mean: the fonts can change (if there are different fonts in the letter) and the font color can change. By “everything” I mean all the text (original and new) going back to the last line break. The breaks between the changes appear where autocorrections occur. So, the first part may be black until the first lowercase “I” that was autocorrected to a capital “I.” Then the second part may be red until the first autocorrected apostrophe, and then back to black. Each new autocorrect will change the sentence in a fun new way! No sense trying to correct the colors and fonts until you’re finished the whole reply. Otherwise, any autocorrect will send the whole thing right back into chaos.
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