Applies to: Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Online

Topic Last Modified: 2012-09-18

Use the Set-MailboxSpellingConfiguration cmdlet to modify Microsoft Office Outlook Web App spelling checker options for a specified user. For example, you can set the dictionary language and configure the spelling checker to ignore mixed digits or words in all uppercase.

For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Syntax.

Syntax


Set-MailboxSpellingConfiguration -Identity <MailboxIdParameter> [-CheckBeforeSend <$true \| $false>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-DictionaryLanguage <Spanish \| Arabic \| Danish \| Dutch \| EnglishAustralia \| EnglishCanada \| EnglishUnitedKingdom \| EnglishUnitedStates \| Finnish \| French \| GermanPostReform \| GermanPreReform \| Hebrew \| Italian \| Korean \| NorwegianBokmal \| NorwegianNynorsk \| PortuguesePortugal \| PortugueseBrasil \| Swedish \| Catalan>] [-DomainController <Fqdn>] [-IgnoreMixedDigits <$true \| $false>] [-IgnoreUppercase <$true \| $false>] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]]

Set-MailboxSpellingConfiguration -Identity
<MailboxIdParameter> [-CheckBeforeSend <$true |
$false>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]]
[-DictionaryLanguage <Spanish | Arabic | Danish | Dutch |
EnglishAustralia | EnglishCanada | EnglishUnitedKingdom |
EnglishUnitedStates | Finnish | French | GermanPostReform |
GermanPreReform | Hebrew | Italian | Korean | NorwegianBokmal |
NorwegianNynorsk | PortuguesePortugal | PortugueseBrasil | Swedish
| Catalan>] [-DomainController <Fqdn>] [-IgnoreMixedDigits
<$true | $false>] [-IgnoreUppercase <$true | $false>]
[-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]]

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

This example sets the spelling checker of user Peter to ignore words in all uppercase letters.

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Set-MailboxSpellingConfiguration -Identity Peter -IgnoreUppercase $true

EXAMPLE 2

This example sets the spelling checker to ignore words that contain only uppercase letters for messages sent from Kai's mailbox.

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Set-MailboxSpellingConfiguration -Identity kai -IgnoreUppercase $true

EXAMPLE 3

This example sets the spelling checker to ignore words containing numbers for messages sent from Kai's mailbox.

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Set-MailboxSpellingConfiguration -IgnoreMixedDigits $true -Identity kai

Detailed Description

You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although all parameters for this cmdlet are listed in this topic, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To see what permissions you need, see the "Spelling configuration" entry in the Recipients Permissions topic.

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
Identity	Required	Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.MailboxIdParameter	The Identity parameter specifies the mailbox. You can use the following values: GUID ADObjectID Distinguished name (DN) Domain\Account User principal name (UPN) LegacyExchangeDN SmtpAddress Alias
CheckBeforeSend	Optional	System.Boolean	The CheckBeforeSend parameter specifies whether Outlook Web App checks the spelling for every message when the user clicks Send in the new message form. The two possible values for this parameter are `$true` or `$false`. The default value is `$false`.
Confirm	Optional	System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter	The Confirm switch causes the command to pause processing and requires you to acknowledge what the command will do before processing continues. You don't have to specify a value with the Confirm switch.
DictionaryLanguage	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.Management.SpellcheckerSupportedLanguage	The DictionaryLanguage parameter specifies the dictionary language to use when the spelling checker checks the spelling in messages. You can use the following values: `Arabic` `Catalan` `Danish` `Dutch` `EnglishAustralia` `EnglishCanada` `EnglishUnitedKingdom` `EnglishUnitedStates` `Finnish` `French` `GermanPreReform` `GermanPostReform` `Hebrew` `Italian` `Korean` `NorwegianBokMal` `NorwegianNyorsk` `PortuguesePortugal` `PortugueseBrasil` `Spanish` `Swedish`
DomainController	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Fqdn	The DomainController parameter specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain controller that writes this configuration change to Active Directory.
IgnoreMixedDigits	Optional	System.Boolean	The IgnoreMixedDigits parameter specifies whether the spelling checker ignores words that contain numbers. The two possible values for this parameter are `$true` or `$false`. The default value is `$false`.
IgnoreUppercase	Optional	System.Boolean	The IgnoreUppercase parameter specifies whether the spelling checker ignores words that contain only uppercase letters, for example, acronyms. The two possible values for this parameter are `$true` or `$false`. The default value is `$false`.
WhatIf	Optional	System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter	The WhatIf switch instructs the command to simulate the actions that it would take on the object. By using the WhatIf switch, you can view what changes would occur without having to apply any of those changes. You don't have to specify a value with the WhatIf switch.

Input Types

To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t accept input data.

Return Types

To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t return data.