Outlook – Pressing Ctrl + Shift aligns text right in Outlook and Lync

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I'm used to switching languages with Ctrl+Shift, but whenever I press Right Ctrl+Right Shift in Outlook or Lync, all my text gets aligned right and there's no way to revert the effect but Ctrl+Z out of it.

This does not apply to Word. Left Ctrl+Left Shift is not affected. Right Ctrl+Right Shift messes everything up regardless of my key bindings.

Another weird thing I've noticed is that I had some Asian ninja languages installed, which would sometimes appear when switching the layout (various dialects of Chinese), but weren't listed in Text Services and Input Languages. I fixed that by adding and then removing them, as it is described here, but that didn't help the original issue.

Best Answer

Turns out, fixing this was as simple as disabling a single service called Microsoft IME Dictionary Update. Have no idea what it's for (though I know how it got there - corporate Windows installation... bloatwarefest), as there's no description and not much info online (something related to Asian languages), but I haven't noticed any negative effects. Source.