>In Outlook, when I type a phrase such as:
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>This is what I have said: text here...
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>The semicolon will have an automatic spacing in front of it. But, when I type the same in Word, it is preserved as is. I thought Outlook was taking its settings from Word. What should I do to correct that?

I use Outlook and I don't see what you're seeing. There is no "extra" space inserted before the ":" unless I put it there. Maybe there is a setting, but if so, it's the same as my Word setting.