I have heard many people complain that Word inserts things into their document that they have to constantly delete. For instance, Word will automatically start numbering sentences for you….or Word automatically capitalizes the first letter of a sentence when that is not always what they want.
This is Word’s AutoCorrect feature in action. AutoCorrect is designed to make things easier for you as you work by automatically correcting and/or formatting items in your document. But if you do not appreciate Word’s helpfulness, you can easily turn off the features you do not want Word to correct or format without your permission.
AutoCorrect dialog box
To turn off the AutoCorrect features:
- Click the Microsoft Office button
- Click the Word Options button.
- Click the Proofing category in the left pane.
- Click the AutoCorrect Options button.
- Uncheck the Options that you do not want.
- If you do not want Word to replace text while you are working, make sure to uncheck the “Replace text as you type” checkbox.
- Click the other tabs (AutoFormat, AutoFormat as you Type, Smart Tags and Math AutoCorrect) and uncheck any options you do not want.
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