Turn off auto capitalize in Mail

hnaparst

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Whenever I write the letter i in lower case as its own word (for instance because I am writing in Swedish, or because I am being creative), the Metro Mail client takes it upon itself to capitalize this letter. How can I disable this?
 

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Hi, welcome to the forums, have you checked your Caps lock button, try pressing it again.
 

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If caps lock were on, then even this message would be in all caps, innit?

I should pre-empt other questions by saying this:

1. I have installed the Swedish language pack to no avail. The only effect is now that all my menus are in Swedish, but this irritating auto-capitalization of I still remains.

2. I have the auto capitalization feature turned off in Mail. This feature is found by Win-C > Settings > Change PC Settings > General > Spelling > Off
 

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Hi, welcome to the forums, have you checked your Caps lock button, try pressing it again.


He's asking about the autocorrect in Windows 8.

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I have already stated categorically that I have turned off this feature. But I'll say it again.

I should pre-empt other questions by saying this:

1. I have installed the Swedish language pack to no avail. The only effect is now that all my menus are in Swedish, but this irritating auto-capitalization of I still remains.

2. I have the auto capitalization feature turned off in Mail. This feature is found by Win-C > Settings > Change PC Settings > General > Spelling > Off
 

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Dude, I'm posting from a phone. Maybe your post came in before mine was completed. Relax a little.
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It is even worse than this. Mail auto-corrects every Swedish word I type. So for instance, if I type säga (which means "to say"), the software immediately changes this to saga (which is a saga, just like in English). So then I have to go back and change it again. After changing it, the software gives up and lets it be.

This is doubly irritating because I have auto-correct off, and the Swedish language pack is in fact installed. So it should know that säga is a Swedish word if it were auto-correcting, which it shouldn't be.
 

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Are you changing from an English to Swedish keyboard?
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    HP ProBook 4430s
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    Intel Core i3-2310M
    Memory
    16GB DDR3
    Hard Drives
    80GB Intel 320 SSD
    500GB Samsung Momentus
I actually have never had an English keyboard. It is rather pointless, since the Swedish keyboard is a superset of the English one.
The situation is getting weirder by the minute.

Now all my Windows 8 menus are in Swedish, because I installed the Swedish language pack, thinking that would help Windows 8 mail to recognize Swedish words.

So to try to get my Windows 8 menus back to English, I tried to install the English language pack. That doesn't install correctly, and gives an error message. Fortunately, I speak Swedish, so this isn't a huge issue. But still, I find it bizarre that one can't install the English language pack in Windows 8. You would think they might have tested that language.
 

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Welcome to Eight Forums, hnaparst.

Are you performing all this in PC Settings? Start Screen -> Charms Bar (right screen) -> Settings -> Change PC Settings -> General. There is Spelling (auto correct, etc.) and Language settings there. There are more settings in Control Panel -> Language. I think one can add and configure multiple languages for display, keyboard layout, etc.
 

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Welcome to Eight Forums, hnaparst.

Are you performing all this in PC Settings? Start Screen -> Charms Bar (right screen) -> Settings -> Change PC Settings -> General. There is Spelling (auto correct, etc.) and Language settings there. There are more settings in Control Panel -> Language. I think one can add and configure multiple languages for display, keyboard layout, etc.

Totally amazing. I'll say it for the third time:

I should pre-empt other questions by saying this:

1. I have installed the Swedish language pack to no avail. The only effect is now that all my menus are in Swedish, but this irritating auto-capitalization of I still remains.

2. I have the auto capitalization feature turned off in Mail. This feature is found by Win-C > Settings > Change PC Settings > General > Spelling > Off

As far as the settings in the control panel, I now have three languages installed. In order to get back to English menus, and because U.S. English gives an error message when you try to install the language pack, I installed British English and changed that to the display language. So now my Windows menus are back to English. Except that whenever I type "sidewalk", it changes it to "pavement". Sorry, that's just a joke.

Anyway, Windows Metro Mail appears to disregard the option to turn off spell check. That's the only conclusion I can reach. Does anyone actually have an installation of Windows 8 where the Metro mail doesn't autocap the letter i ?
 

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All of you reading this thread, try it on your machines. Go into Mail. Type this into a message:

Sommar i Sverige. säga.

See if you can get the i to be lower case. See if you can get säga to remain as such, without being changed to saga.
 

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:eek: My sincere apology, hnaparst. Sorry. I shouldn't have attempted to help you this morning. I had a rough night and a lot on my mind. My head is just not into it. I'm sure someone will come along to help. Good luck with your problem.
 

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    Acer/Intel E946GZ
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    2GB (max upgrade)
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    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 - PCI Express x16
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    Acer AL1917W A LCD
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:eek: My sincere apology, hnaparst. Sorry. I shouldn't have attempted to help you this morning. I had a rough night and a lot on my mind. My head is just not into it. I'm sure someone will come along to help. Good luck with your problem.

My point is that this is not my problem. Everyone using Windows 8 mail has the problem that Auto correct cannot be turned off. It is a major bug.
 

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All of you reading this thread, try it on your machines. Go into Mail. Type this into a message:

Sommar i Sverige. säga.

See if you can get the i to be lower case. See if you can get säga to remain as such, without being changed to saga.

Hi,
I could get the lower case I to stay as it is but the word saga can not be typed as it's a Swedish word.
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    i5-3230m
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    Acer Type-2
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    8GB DDR3 1333MHz
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    Intel HD 4000
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    High Definiton Audio Device
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    Samsung 850 Pro 256GB
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Well, of course you could type säga if you switched your input method to the Swedish keyboard. The letter ä is two to the right of the letter L. But no matter. It seems like this bug isn't affecting you, since you could get the i not to capitalize. I wonder what the difference is....
 

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  • OS
    Window 8
Hi hnaparst,

I know this is like insanely old.. But did you ever manage to sort it ? I have exactly the same problem, even from an English writing perspective.. I am Danish, but I mostly email in English, and I get those pesky capital letters whether I would like it or not.. Have also completed the below as you have, only with the English pack already installed, and the Danish one in reserve language.. Certain words, like word, i, place, stuff like that just will not stay as written, which makes my otherwise quick typing completely useless, so I feel your pain -_-

If caps lock were on, then even this message would be in all caps, innit?

I should pre-empt other questions by saying this:

1. I have installed the Swedish language pack to no avail. The only effect is now that all my menus are in Swedish, but this irritating auto-capitalization of I still remains.

2. I have the auto capitalization feature turned off in Mail. This feature is found by Win-C > Settings > Change PC Settings > General > Spelling > Off
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
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