Outlook 2016 'Ignore All' and 'Add to Dictionary' Buttons Grayed Out, No 'Ignore Once' Button Greetings, My Office 2016 went through some updates and now my MS Outlook Spell check window has the Ignore All and Add to Dictionary buttons grayed out.
Hello, Thank you for providing this information about the issue. We found that after setting Outlook as the default in Windows, the popup in Edge is blank, but the drafted email will appear in Outlook (screenshot attached). We will investigate this behavior and see what can be done to streamline this feature. Best Wishes, The MS Edge Team. Microsoft Edge Team OSG V. Jan 9, 2018 2018-01-09T04:40:04.033Z Changed Assigned To to “Scott L.” OSG V. Jan 18, 2018 2018-01-18T22:20:14.297Z Changed Assigned To to “Warren S.” Warren S.
Jan 25, 2018 2018-01-25T18:42:58.42Z Changed Assigned To from “Warren S.” to “Leslie C.” Warren S. Jan 25, 2018 2018-01-25T18:42:58.42Z Changed Status to “Confirmed” James M. Jan 25, 2018 2018-01-25T19:16:12.343Z Changed Steps to Reproduce Leslie C. Jan 26, 2018 2018-01-26T00:26:54.017Z Changed Assigned To from “Leslie C.” to “Darryl B.”. Michael O. Spent a day trying all options to get the Edge sharing option to work with Outlook 2016 and nothing works.
It worked perfectly before. But after a recent update from Microsoft the only options are various web applications IE Skype or Microsoft Mail.
Tried to setup M Mail to use a Gmail email account. Used every option to create the Gmail account in Microsoft (Windows 10) Mail and nothing works. Not the Gmail option, not the advanced option or the Imap option. This same share data is what Windows 10 uses for the default Windows 10 Microsoft photos app, making it impossible to email a photo under the share option., unless you want to use OneDrive, Instagram, Mmail etc.
I have also found Edge to be very slow since its inception. So I finally installed Firefox from Mozilla after hearing how great it is for years. It is much faster than Edge or Internet Explorer, much more stable and user friendly, it executes searches at a fraction of the time that it took with Edge or IE. It immediately configured itself to use the default email program (Outlook 2016) without any issues. It is very to use and just a superior browser. I have always been loyal to the Microsoft web browsers and had high hopes for Edge.
But Edge not recognizing Outlook 2016 any longer as the default mail application due to an update from Microsoft was the last straw. Microsoft did this to force its users to use Microsoft Mail. So it is time to say good bye to the buggy slow Microsoft web browsers. I tried every option listed on the internet to get Edge to work with Outlook as the default email program nothing works so don’t waste your time. The real surprise was that Microsoft Mail will not configure a Gmail account using all the options listed for setup. Bye Bye Edge Hello Firefox.
Edge Team, this is completely unacceptable. I, just like some of the other users above, have been loyally and diligently using Microsoft-centric products as much as possible in our work environment, as our entire environment has been built around Microsoft products and like most companies using this approach, we EXPECT, rather than DESIRE, that your technologies play well together. Why shouldn’t they? I want to punctuate what someone else stated above that Microsoft has a track record of racing to the “Finish” line with incomplete, not fully-functional products with hugely impactful bugs and functionality gaps.
It does Microsoft no good to be able to say they’re first bringing something to market if it’s a half-@$$ed product. Wait until it’s ready, Beta the heck out of it with quality end-user feedback and not just engineers’ feedback, and then roll itand with an application or technology as globally impactful and heavily-utilized as Edge (your NEW and “GAME-CHANGING” flagship browser), you better darn well be prepared for and anticipate extremely rapid product improvement feedback, especially for something as simple and obvious as Outlook integration with Edge. This is embarrassment and black eye for Microsoft, and it’s pathetic that no one from the Edge team has even checked back in on this thread since January 2018, which is also the ONLY time the Edge team has checked in on this. This should have been corrected in the very next monthly Windows 10 update, but here we are 10 months later in the same boat. I won’t even start in on how Edge hasn’t been incorporated into the Windows Server operating system as an available browser, let alone a trusted, enterprise-capable browser.
That’s a whole other catastrophe. Let’s start with shapes, colors, and numbers 1-10 (i.e., Outlook playing nicely with Edge). GET IT TOGETHER, MICROSOFT! Prioritize functionality over adding your 1,276th product of the year. HEY MICROSOFT! It’s over a year and your stupid browser still won’t play nice with outlook. Bot are Microsoft products for cripes sake.
What’s the problem? Why is Edge in this inexplicable race to the bottom?
Why does it have to be even lamer than Chrome? Who is pulling the strings at Microsoft anymore? This is just one of many horrible decisions made to your products in the last few years. Why do you force users into a corner? Fix the GD thing already! You’re like a bunch of evil Republicans anymore.