Windows 10: Why has Microsoft downgraded Copilot to a glorified calculator with spell check? Why does...

It has become increasingly worse. This program is equivalent to a spell check and calculator. It has reached a point where the system will either agree with you or give you made-up stories. When you request articles related to a certain topic, it will list off made-up names and situations. When you demand citations, it will apologize and say it didn't realize you wanted true examples, even if it was stated in the input.When you try to troubleshoot work or computer programs, technical support, etc., it will repeat the same incorrect answer and give the same answer repeatedly. If you ask for a n

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Windows 10 spell check menu position

Dictionary file corruption is one of the possible reasons you're having challenges with spell checker. To further troubleshoot the issue, we suggest that you clear Spell Checking Dictionary on your computer. Follow the steps below:

• Open File Explorer, type %AppData%\Microsoft\Spelling into the address bar, and press
  Enter.
• Open the folder for a language you want to customize (ex: en-US).
• You can now clear the dic file.
• When done, hit File in Notepad, click Save.

After performing the steps above, let us know the results.

 

No spelling check in aditional language

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I understand you are trying to use a spelling check in Windows 10. We will help you.

To assist you better, I suggest you to answer the below questions.

• In which application are you trying to use the spelling check?
• Were you able to use it in Windows 7?
• Which are the languages you are trying to use the spelling check?

Please post us back with more information to help you better.

 

Spell check

Hello David,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

As per the issue description you are unable to perform spell check. I would like to know that is the issue specific to some application or with all application.

If you are facing issue with the Office application then I would suggest you to refer the steps provided in the article mentioned below.

Check spelling and grammar

If issue is occurring while sending mail message then refer to the steps provided in the article mentioned below.

Check spelling in a Windows Mail message

Note: The article is for Windows Vista but steps holds good for Windows 10 too.

Hope the information provided is helpful. Do let us know if you have any more concern related to Windows. We will be more than happy to assist you.



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