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- 10 annoying Word features (and how to turn them off)
- This information is also available as a PDF download.One of the most common complaints about Microsoft Word is its insistence on taking control of the wheel. Many users get completely blindsided by some of Word's automatic changes, and even the more experienced among them often just live with Word's shenanigans...
- Tags: Box, Microsoft Word, User, Tool, Option, Jody Gilbert
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- Tech Tip: Disable AutoCorrect's automatic capitalization/Adjust text to fit within a cell/Send an e-mail from an Access table
- Disable AutoCorrect's automaticcapitalization While Word's automatic capitalization featurecan come in handy at times, it can often become superfluous. Forexample, if you're entering columns separated by tabs, Wordcapitalizes the first word in each line by default. However, you can disable this AutoCorrectfeature. To turn off...
- Tags: AutoCorrect, AutoCorrect Options, cell, Disable AutoCorrect, e-mail, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Word
- Technical articles 2004-08-26
Additional Resources
- How to enter symbols using Office AutoCorrect
- AutoCorrect doesn't always get the respect it deserves. Sure, we use it to correct typos, but the feature has more to offer than that. For instance, you can use it to insert frequently used symbols. To insert a symbol, you probably choose Symbol from the Insert menu....
- Tags: Symbol, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
- Disable AutoCorrect's automatic capitalization in Word
- Although Microsoft Word's features are often quite useful, sometimes you may find that a feature is superfluous to your task at hand. For instance, if you want to disable Word's automatic capitalization feature in AutoCorrect, this tip will show you how. While Microsoft Word's automatic capitalization feature can ...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Disable AutoCorrect, AutoCorrect tab, automatic capitalization, AutoCorrect Exceptions, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Capitalization, Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2005-08-24
- Avoid e-mail faux pas with Office AutoCorrect
- This 2 1/2-minute WMV video shows you how AutoCorrect can help you avoid an embarrassing Outlook mistake. Microsoft Word users commonly save time and eliminate mistakes by using AutoCorrect to automatically expand abbreviated text. Even if you don't use Word as your Outlook e-mail editor, you can...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., WMV, Video, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Digital Video, E-mail, Microsoft Office, Word Processors, Marketing, Office Suites, Software, Personal Technology, Online Communications
- Download resources 2006-05-26
- MS WORD (2003) QUERY
- HOW DO YOU AUTO CAPITALISE THE FIRST LETTER IN A BULLETED OR NUMBERED LINE/PARAGRAPH.I SEE THAT SOME WORDS, LIKE PROPER NAMES ARE CAPITALISED RELATIVE TO AUTOCORRECT FEATURE, BUT NOT EVERYDAY WORDS WHEN STARTING A SENTENCE.What version of Office are you using? I have Office XP and do not have...
- Tags: AutoCorrect, Bulleted, elliman@..., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, software
- Q&A 2005-08-25
- Keep Word from mistakenly changing what you type
- Word can be very handy for correcting mistakes, but sometimes what Word perceives as an error is actually an intentional keystroke. Mary Ann Richardson explains how to keep Word from automatically correcting keystrokes that aren't missteps. You're editing your report and suddenly you notice that Word changed the...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, AutoCorrect, spell checker, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2006-11-21
- AutoCorrect in Word 2000 stops working
- My client has Office 2000 Professional. She is using MS Word. She intentionally misspells some words to set them up in AutoCorrect. Then she opens a new document. The AutoCorrect feature works for awhile, but eventually it stops working. There are no error messages as far as I know. Her...
- Tags: Word processors, AutoCorrect, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word
- Q&A 2004-10-07
- Avoid e-mail faux pas with Office AutoCorrect
- In this article, I'm going to show you how to avoid embarrassing e-mail faux pas using Microsoft Office's AutoCorrect feature. You can also download a short WMV video, that illustrates the process I describe in this article, from TechRepublic's download section.Sonja Thompson, TechRepublic News Editor and a co-worker, spells her...
- Tags: AutoCorrect, Bill Detwiler, e-mail, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Office AutoCorrect, Sonja, Sonja Thompson
- Technical articles 2006-05-26
- Office 2003 SP3 breaks AutoCorrect
- The AutoCorrect feature does not work in Outlook 2003 after you install Office 2003 SP3 This one's making the rounds in the usual places this morning. by Susan Harkins
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2007-10-24
- My autocorrect entries in Windows 98
- I had saved a lot of autocorrect entries to my Word 2000. A week back I had to upgrade my computer, I made a backup of .acl file, formated the mechine, installted windows xp and office xp. Now When I want to restore my .acl file to office...
- Tags: adelumer@..., autocorrect entries, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 98, windows
- Discussion threads 2007-01-25
- Office 2003 SP3 breaks AutoCorrect
- Office 2003 SP3 and AutoCorrectI updated my Office 2003 to SP3 yesterday. After seeing this note I accomplished some testing and have not been able to validate your claim that SP3 breaks AutoCorrect.RE: Office 2003 SP3 breaks AutoCorrectI updated my Office 2003 to SP3 yesterday. After seeing this note...
- Tags: JLivengood, AutoCorrect, Microsoft Office 2003, SP3, Office 2003 SP3, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- AutoCorrect Macro Issues
- I am a neiwbie at this. :)I created an AutoCorrect Macro, which allows me to type an abbreviated letter and it would write the full word for me. Using MS Word 2002. The Original file is about 1,200 KB. I usually insert about 9 to 10 new words a day....
- Tags: Microsoft Excel, bigLramin@..., AutoCorrect Macro
- Discussion threads 2007-10-19
- Programming Excel With VBA and .NET: Controlling Excel
- Application is where everything starts in Excel: it's the grandma of all the other objects. One uses the Application object to: perform top-level actions, such as quitting Excel, showing dialog boxes, or recalculating all workbooks, control the Excel options, such as the settings on the Tools ? Options dialog box...
- Tags: Application, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft VBA, Programming, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Book chapters 2006-04-01
- Transfer of dictionary Autocorrect from old office to Office 2007
- First of all, forgive my bad English. My question is: I'm a Univ. Professor and I use very often the AutoCorrect function of Word, for the accented words in Portoguese. Now I use Vista/Office 07, and I don't know how to transfer the about 2000 word I have in my...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, comunicazione@..., AutoCorrect, windows, software, save, Microsoft Office 2007, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-02-17
- Let Word 2007 proofread your documents with a click of the mouse
- Need a proofreader? Word 2007 comes with a feature that can check your spelling, grammar, and style. Mary Ann Richardson tells how you can set up Word Options to catch errors with a single command. Word 2007 automatically proofreads your document for spelling, grammar, and style errors as...
- Tags: Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, mouse, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2007-05-08
- Copy column widths along with the data in Excel
- Paste Options Smart Tag button?Where is it? After I copy a region of a worksheet and try to paste into another worksheet, I have "Paste" and "Paste Special" as the only two options in Office 03. Paste Special allows you to choose a wide array of options, including...
- Tags: backleftpin, excel, hardware, Microsoft Excel, Paste, Paste Special, smart tags, SmartTag, SmartTags, techrepublic@...
- Discussion threads 2005-09-22
- Avoid e-mail faux pas with Office AutoCorrect
- Microsoft Word users commonly save time and eliminate mistakes by using AutoCorrect to automatically expand abbreviated text. Even if you don't use Word as your Outlook e-mail editor, you can use AutoCorrect to cut down on typing time and catch mistakes Spellcheck misses, or can’t detect. For example, proper names...
- Tags: e-mail, video, AutoCorrect, Microsoft Word, outlook, tips, word, staff, Bill Detwiler - TechRepublic, Microsoft Office, Office AutoCorrect
- Discussion threads 2006-05-26
- Master Building Blocks and other time-saving text tools in Microsoft Office Word 2007
- Microsoft Office Word 2007 includes a number of tools designed to help you speed up typing repetitive text and those monotonous tasks you might face daily or deal with those infrequent tasks that require a few moment for you to refresh your memory. One of these tools is...
- Tags: Microsoft Press, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Microsoft Office Word 2007, Chapter Coverage, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Book chapters 2007-06-28
- Create a Bulleted or Numbered List
- The user can quickly add bullets or numbers to existing lines of text, or Word can automatically create lists as one types. By default, if one starts a paragraph with an asterisk or a number, Word recognizes that one is trying to start a bulleted or numbered list. If the...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., List, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- White papers 2007-12-01
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