
This workaround could also be in breach with the Microsoft License Terms of Office/Outlook which (broadly) states

Note that this workaround isn't supported though and might lead to crashes if Outlook actually does make Word specific calls. This will reinstate most of the missing features as these features aren't actually missing from the installation (Outlook only checks if WINWORD.EXE is there). Workaround (use at own risk!)Ī quick and dirty workaround would be to create an empty file called WINWORD.EXE and place it in the same directory as OUTLOOK.EXE. This also still applies to later versions of Outlook.

#Word 2016 not spell checking bulleted list manual
The manual spell check feature will work even though Word is not installed and can be accessed via the keyboard shortcut F7 or in the Ribbon via Manual spell check and check before sending In order for these features to work, Word and Outlook must be the same version. If your version of Outlook is different from the version of Word or when Word is not installed at all, some features will not be enabled including the automatic (background) spell checker and AutoCorrect. I can check the spelling manually but mistyped words do not get those squirly red underlines.

I'm using Outlook 2016 with Office 2013 and noticed that the automatic spell check and AutoCorrect isn't working.
