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I want to turn off the annoying lightening bolt icon.
I am using Word 2004 for Macs.
Okay you know when every I indent twice this little, tiny, icon box with a lightening bolt inside pops onto the screen giving me these options to change back to tab, to stop setting indents on tabs and backspaces, and to go to the autocorrect table. Now I do not actaully want to do any of these things, I have tried ll of them, changing random things in autoformat, etc. but what I really really really want is to be able to see the text underneatth the box and keep working! And no the box does not move. Does anyone know how to turn this thing off? AES |
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Answer: I want to turn off the annoying lightening bolt icon.
How to Turn Off the Lightning Bolt Icon in Word 2004 for Macs
This should turn off the lightning bolt icon that appears when you indent twice in Word 2004 for Macs. If you still see the icon after following these steps, try restarting Word and your computer to ensure the changes take effect.
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I'm cross-posting to the MacWord group because I just realized I've been
putting up with this annoyance as well. The box is only supposed to appear when you hover over that location, but sometimes they do stick around. See here for Google/Entourage gateway to Mac-specific newsgroups, by the way. http://www.microsoft.com/mac/community/community.aspx?pid=newsgroups On 6/22/05 7:50 AM, "AES" wrote: I am using Word 2004 for Macs. Okay you know when every I indent twice this little, tiny, icon box with a lightening bolt inside pops onto the screen giving me these options to change back to tab, to stop setting indents on tabs and backspaces, and to go to the autocorrect table. Now I do not actaully want to do any of these things, I have tried ll of them, changing random things in autoformat, etc. but what I really really really want is to be able to see the text underneatth the box and keep working! And no the box does not move. Does anyone know how to turn this thing off? AES -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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If you right-click on the button, you should get a choice of AutoCorrect
Options... Click on that to open the AutoCorrect Options dialog. Clear the check box for "Show AutoCorrect Options buttons. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AES" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2004 for Macs. Okay you know when every I indent twice this little, tiny, icon box with a lightening bolt inside pops onto the screen giving me these options to change back to tab, to stop setting indents on tabs and backspaces, and to go to the autocorrect table. Now I do not actaully want to do any of these things, I have tried ll of them, changing random things in autoformat, etc. but what I really really really want is to be able to see the text underneatth the box and keep working! And no the box does not move. Does anyone know how to turn this thing off? AES |
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yes thank you that did not work at all. However I discovered that if I click
somewhere and hit the space bar, the box goes away. So although not a technical fix, one that works. Thank you. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you right-click on the button, you should get a choice of AutoCorrect Options... Click on that to open the AutoCorrect Options dialog. Clear the check box for "Show AutoCorrect Options buttons. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AES" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2004 for Macs. Okay you know when every I indent twice this little, tiny, icon box with a lightening bolt inside pops onto the screen giving me these options to change back to tab, to stop setting indents on tabs and backspaces, and to go to the autocorrect table. Now I do not actaully want to do any of these things, I have tried ll of them, changing random things in autoformat, etc. but what I really really really want is to be able to see the text underneatth the box and keep working! And no the box does not move. Does anyone know how to turn this thing off? AES |
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Are you saying that if you clear the box for "Show AutoCorrect Options
buttons" in the Tools | AutoCorrect Options dialog you are still getting the button? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AES" wrote in message ... yes thank you that did not work at all. However I discovered that if I click somewhere and hit the space bar, the box goes away. So although not a technical fix, one that works. Thank you. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you right-click on the button, you should get a choice of AutoCorrect Options... Click on that to open the AutoCorrect Options dialog. Clear the check box for "Show AutoCorrect Options buttons. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AES" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2004 for Macs. Okay you know when every I indent twice this little, tiny, icon box with a lightening bolt inside pops onto the screen giving me these options to change back to tab, to stop setting indents on tabs and backspaces, and to go to the autocorrect table. Now I do not actaully want to do any of these things, I have tried ll of them, changing random things in autoformat, etc. but what I really really really want is to be able to see the text underneatth the box and keep working! And no the box does not move. Does anyone know how to turn this thing off? AES |
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OK: The thing you are seeing is a "Smart Tag".
In Mac Word, it's in PreferencesEditCut and Paste OptionsShow Paste Options Buttons In WinWord it's in ToolsOptionsEditCut and Paste OptionsShow Paste Options Buttons Cheers On 23/6/05 1:53 AM, in article , "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: I'm cross-posting to the MacWord group because I just realized I've been putting up with this annoyance as well. The box is only supposed to appear when you hover over that location, but sometimes they do stick around. See here for Google/Entourage gateway to Mac-specific newsgroups, by the way. http://www.microsoft.com/mac/community/community.aspx?pid=newsgroups On 6/22/05 7:50 AM, "AES" wrote: I am using Word 2004 for Macs. Okay you know when every I indent twice this little, tiny, icon box with a lightening bolt inside pops onto the screen giving me these options to change back to tab, to stop setting indents on tabs and backspaces, and to go to the autocorrect table. Now I do not actaully want to do any of these things, I have tried ll of them, changing random things in autoformat, etc. but what I really really really want is to be able to see the text underneatth the box and keep working! And no the box does not move. Does anyone know how to turn this thing off? AES -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410 |
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I have been unable to find anything in Word's Help or other documentation to
indicate that the Paste Options, and AutoCorrect Options buttons are "smart tags." Help applies that term only to text with purple dotted underlines. Admittedly, the "About smart tags" Help topic includes a section, "Other buttons you may see in your document," that discusses the Options buttons; although it does not call them smart tags, I can only assume that this is where the widespread misapprehension that Options buttons = smart tags originated. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" wrote in message ... OK: The thing you are seeing is a "Smart Tag". In Mac Word, it's in PreferencesEditCut and Paste OptionsShow Paste Options Buttons In WinWord it's in ToolsOptionsEditCut and Paste OptionsShow Paste Options Buttons Cheers On 23/6/05 1:53 AM, in article , "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: I'm cross-posting to the MacWord group because I just realized I've been putting up with this annoyance as well. The box is only supposed to appear when you hover over that location, but sometimes they do stick around. See here for Google/Entourage gateway to Mac-specific newsgroups, by the way. http://www.microsoft.com/mac/community/community.aspx?pid=newsgroups On 6/22/05 7:50 AM, "AES" wrote: I am using Word 2004 for Macs. Okay you know when every I indent twice this little, tiny, icon box with a lightening bolt inside pops onto the screen giving me these options to change back to tab, to stop setting indents on tabs and backspaces, and to go to the autocorrect table. Now I do not actaully want to do any of these things, I have tried ll of them, changing random things in autoformat, etc. but what I really really really want is to be able to see the text underneatth the box and keep working! And no the box does not move. Does anyone know how to turn this thing off? AES -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410 |
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I have been unable to find anything in Word's Help or other documentation to indicate that the Paste Options, and AutoCorrect Options buttons are "smart tags." Help applies that term only to text with purple dotted underlines. Admittedly, the "About smart tags" Help topic includes a section, "Other buttons you may see in your document," that discusses the Options buttons; although it does not call them smart tags, I can only assume that this is where the widespread misapprehension that Options buttons = smart tags originated. MacWord2004's Help calls them "Smart Buttons" rather than "smart tags", but the potential for confusion is obvious, especially among MacWord users, who don't have smart tags... Not surprisingly, MacWord help, when searching for "smart tags", brings up "About smart buttons" as the first entry. XL03's help, when searching for "smart button" brings up "Turn on or off the Paste Options button" as the first entry. |
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I can see that the Smart Buttons/smart tags might cause some confusion,
though I'm not sure it explains the error in Word references I've seen based on the Windows version (since I doubt seriously that the authors were using Macs). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JE McGimpsey" wrote in message ... In article , "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I have been unable to find anything in Word's Help or other documentation to indicate that the Paste Options, and AutoCorrect Options buttons are "smart tags." Help applies that term only to text with purple dotted underlines. Admittedly, the "About smart tags" Help topic includes a section, "Other buttons you may see in your document," that discusses the Options buttons; although it does not call them smart tags, I can only assume that this is where the widespread misapprehension that Options buttons = smart tags originated. MacWord2004's Help calls them "Smart Buttons" rather than "smart tags", but the potential for confusion is obvious, especially among MacWord users, who don't have smart tags... Not surprisingly, MacWord help, when searching for "smart tags", brings up "About smart buttons" as the first entry. XL03's help, when searching for "smart button" brings up "Turn on or off the Paste Options button" as the first entry. |
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No, that doesn't do it. First of all, the prefs setting only controls the
Paste Options clipboard (I just checked), and I've never had a problem with that one persisting when I didn't want it to, and that isn't the one the OP is complaining about, I don't think. But say I type "hello--what about me?" And the -- turns into an em dash and I can go back, hover over the blue line under the em dash and get a smart button (the lightning bolt icon) that lets me undo that autocorrect or turn it off entirely. I do not want those to vanish, they are occasionally useful, but [question 1] it would be good to have a way to turn them off. [question 2] When I move the mouse away from the -- the smart button goes away. Sometimes, however, it gets stuck on, and won't go away even when I scroll up and down to refresh the screen. Does anyone else see that, and is there anything to do done about it? I'm pretty sure this is what the OP is complaining about, as the -- smart button (I think) is the same as the tab smart button, more or less. To the OP (AES): if you are seeing this smart button persist every single time, and only on the tab setting, but not for other autocorrections, that would be good to know. On 6/24/05 4:19 AM, "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" wrote: OK: The thing you are seeing is a "Smart Tag". In Mac Word, it's in PreferencesEditCut and Paste OptionsShow Paste Options Buttons In WinWord it's in ToolsOptionsEditCut and Paste OptionsShow Paste Options Buttons Cheers On 23/6/05 1:53 AM, in article , "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: I'm cross-posting to the MacWord group because I just realized I've been putting up with this annoyance as well. The box is only supposed to appear when you hover over that location, but sometimes they do stick around. See here for Google/Entourage gateway to Mac-specific newsgroups, by the way. http://www.microsoft.com/mac/community/community.aspx?pid=newsgroups On 6/22/05 7:50 AM, "AES" wrote: I am using Word 2004 for Macs. Okay you know when every I indent twice this little, tiny, icon box with a lightening bolt inside pops onto the screen giving me these options to change back to tab, to stop setting indents on tabs and backspaces, and to go to the autocorrect table. Now I do not actaully want to do any of these things, I have tried ll of them, changing random things in autoformat, etc. but what I really really really want is to be able to see the text underneatth the box and keep working! And no the box does not move. Does anyone know how to turn this thing off? AES |
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I saw this today for the first time but IIRC, the smart button finally went
away when I hit a carriage return. Beth On 6/24/05 12:40 PM, in article , "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: [question 2] When I move the mouse away from the -- the smart button goes away. Sometimes, however, it gets stuck on, and won't go away even when I scroll up and down to refresh the screen. Does anyone else see that, and is there anything to do done about it? I'm pretty sure this is what the OP is complaining about, as the -- smart button (I think) is the same as the tab smart button, more or less. |
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I am not the OP, but this thing bothers me too. (The AutoCorrect Options
lightning-bolt button.) All I want to do is hit the tab key in some text I've already written. I want a paragraph indent there and forgot to include. The buttom pops up, covering parts of two lines below. Let's say I want to read what's under there. It turns out I can, if I hit the spacebar -- anywhere. Then go back and delete the space. Then I can proceed to read my text. I've researched this on the MS site and evidently the button can be turned off in Word 2003. In Word 2004 Mac, evidently not. The "Paste Options" button can be turned off -- the companion among two buttons discussed in "Help: About Smart Buttons." It's fairly glaring. For Paste Options, we see this: "To prevent this button from appearing, on the Word menu, click Preferences, click Edit, and then clear the Show Paste Options buttons check box." Earlier on in this same text, we find no equivalent passage about turning off the other (AutoCorrect Options) button. We need to be able to turn this thing off. The button seems possibly to become a worse problem when numbering is in use. (BTW, numbering was a delight in Word 4 and 5; as of Word 98 and perhaps earlier, a simple list takes much longer to number, especially if there are lines that interrupt the numbering. I switched to Word 5 whenever I wanted to do this; but in Mac OS X, it won't run except in Classic mode.) Any suggestions on the Button? On simpler ways to number? Thanks, Steve In article , Daiya Mitchell wrote: No, that doesn't do it. First of all, the prefs setting only controls the Paste Options clipboard (I just checked), and I've never had a problem with that one persisting when I didn't want it to, and that isn't the one the OP is complaining about, I don't think. But say I type "hello--what about me?" And the -- turns into an em dash and I can go back, hover over the blue line under the em dash and get a smart button (the lightning bolt icon) that lets me undo that autocorrect or turn it off entirely. I do not want those to vanish, they are occasionally useful, but [question 1] it would be good to have a way to turn them off. [question 2] When I move the mouse away from the -- the smart button goes away. Sometimes, however, it gets stuck on, and won't go away even when I scroll up and down to refresh the screen. Does anyone else see that, and is there anything to do done about it? I'm pretty sure this is what the OP is complaining about, as the -- smart button (I think) is the same as the tab smart button, more or less. To the OP (AES): if you are seeing this smart button persist every single time, and only on the tab setting, but not for other autocorrections, that would be good to know. On 6/24/05 4:19 AM, "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" wrote: OK: The thing you are seeing is a "Smart Tag". In Mac Word, it's in PreferencesEditCut and Paste OptionsShow Paste Options Buttons In WinWord it's in ToolsOptionsEditCut and Paste OptionsShow Paste Options Buttons Cheers On 23/6/05 1:53 AM, in article , "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: I'm cross-posting to the MacWord group because I just realized I've been putting up with this annoyance as well. The box is only supposed to appear when you hover over that location, but sometimes they do stick around. See here for Google/Entourage gateway to Mac-specific newsgroups, by the way. http://www.microsoft.com/mac/community/community.aspx?pid=newsgroups On 6/22/05 7:50 AM, "AES" wrote: I am using Word 2004 for Macs. Okay you know when every I indent twice this little, tiny, icon box with a lightening bolt inside pops onto the screen giving me these options to change back to tab, to stop setting indents on tabs and backspaces, and to go to the autocorrect table. Now I do not actaully want to do any of these things, I have tried ll of them, changing random things in autoformat, etc. but what I really really really want is to be able to see the text underneatth the box and keep working! And no the box does not move. Does anyone know how to turn this thing off? AES |
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So what you're saying is that (a) you have no Tools | AutoCorrect Options
dialog (or anything comparable) or (b) you have the dialog but it doesn't have a check box for disabling the AutoCorrect Options button? FWIW, although I do occasionally enable "Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces" on the AutoFormat As You Type tab of this dialog in WinWord, I had never experienced the AutoCorrect Options button when I tab because I have that button disabled. In this particular instance it might conceivably be helpful (many times I've had to change the AutoFormat setting when I was trying to use tabs in the normal way). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Steve Emerson" wrote in message ... I am not the OP, but this thing bothers me too. (The AutoCorrect Options lightning-bolt button.) All I want to do is hit the tab key in some text I've already written. I want a paragraph indent there and forgot to include. The buttom pops up, covering parts of two lines below. Let's say I want to read what's under there. It turns out I can, if I hit the spacebar -- anywhere. Then go back and delete the space. Then I can proceed to read my text. I've researched this on the MS site and evidently the button can be turned off in Word 2003. In Word 2004 Mac, evidently not. The "Paste Options" button can be turned off -- the companion among two buttons discussed in "Help: About Smart Buttons." It's fairly glaring. For Paste Options, we see this: "To prevent this button from appearing, on the Word menu, click Preferences, click Edit, and then clear the Show Paste Options buttons check box." Earlier on in this same text, we find no equivalent passage about turning off the other (AutoCorrect Options) button. We need to be able to turn this thing off. The button seems possibly to become a worse problem when numbering is in use. (BTW, numbering was a delight in Word 4 and 5; as of Word 98 and perhaps earlier, a simple list takes much longer to number, especially if there are lines that interrupt the numbering. I switched to Word 5 whenever I wanted to do this; but in Mac OS X, it won't run except in Classic mode.) Any suggestions on the Button? On simpler ways to number? Thanks, Steve In article , Daiya Mitchell wrote: No, that doesn't do it. First of all, the prefs setting only controls the Paste Options clipboard (I just checked), and I've never had a problem with that one persisting when I didn't want it to, and that isn't the one the OP is complaining about, I don't think. But say I type "hello--what about me?" And the -- turns into an em dash and I can go back, hover over the blue line under the em dash and get a smart button (the lightning bolt icon) that lets me undo that autocorrect or turn it off entirely. I do not want those to vanish, they are occasionally useful, but [question 1] it would be good to have a way to turn them off. [question 2] When I move the mouse away from the -- the smart button goes away. Sometimes, however, it gets stuck on, and won't go away even when I scroll up and down to refresh the screen. Does anyone else see that, and is there anything to do done about it? I'm pretty sure this is what the OP is complaining about, as the -- smart button (I think) is the same as the tab smart button, more or less. To the OP (AES): if you are seeing this smart button persist every single time, and only on the tab setting, but not for other autocorrections, that would be good to know. On 6/24/05 4:19 AM, "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" wrote: OK: The thing you are seeing is a "Smart Tag". In Mac Word, it's in PreferencesEditCut and Paste OptionsShow Paste Options Buttons In WinWord it's in ToolsOptionsEditCut and Paste OptionsShow Paste Options Buttons Cheers On 23/6/05 1:53 AM, in article , "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: I'm cross-posting to the MacWord group because I just realized I've been putting up with this annoyance as well. The box is only supposed to appear when you hover over that location, but sometimes they do stick around. See here for Google/Entourage gateway to Mac-specific newsgroups, by the way. http://www.microsoft.com/mac/community/community.aspx?pid=newsgroups On 6/22/05 7:50 AM, "AES" wrote: I am using Word 2004 for Macs. Okay you know when every I indent twice this little, tiny, icon box with a lightening bolt inside pops onto the screen giving me these options to change back to tab, to stop setting indents on tabs and backspaces, and to go to the autocorrect table. Now I do not actaully want to do any of these things, I have tried ll of them, changing random things in autoformat, etc. but what I really really really want is to be able to see the text underneatth the box and keep working! And no the box does not move. Does anyone know how to turn this thing off? AES |
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-- ***Please always reply to the newsgroup!*** Beth Rosengard MacOffice MVP Mac Word FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/index.htm (If using Safari, hit Refresh once or twice * or use another browser.) Entourage Help Page: http://www.entourage.mvps.org On 6/25/05 8:34 AM, in article , "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: So what you're saying is that (a) you have no Tools | AutoCorrect Options dialog (or anything comparable) or (b) you have the dialog but it doesn't have a check box for disabling the AutoCorrect Options button? |
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Appreciate the reply. I think the answer is B. There's a
Tools/AutoCorrect dialog with its four tabs, AutoCorrect, Autoformat As You Type, AutoText, and AutoFormat. But none of them let you disable the AutoCorrect Options button. FWIW, I have almost all of the various options unchecked. Nothing in "Apply" or "Apply As You Type" is checked. In other words -- see below In article , "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: So what you're saying is that (a) you have no Tools | AutoCorrect Options dialog (or anything comparable) or (b) you have the dialog but it doesn't have a check box for disabling the AutoCorrect Options button? FWIW, although I do occasionally enable "Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces" on the AutoFormat As You Type tab of this dialog in WinWord, I had never experienced the AutoCorrect Options button when I tab because I have that button disabled. In this particular instance it might conceivably be helpful (many times I've had to change the AutoFormat setting when I was trying to use tabs in the normal way). (Noted. However--) --The normal way is the only way I want to use tabs. Thx, Steve. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Steve Emerson" wrote in message ... I am not the OP, but this thing bothers me too. (The AutoCorrect Options lightning-bolt button.) All I want to do is hit the tab key in some text I've already written. I want a paragraph indent there and forgot to include. The buttom pops up, covering parts of two lines below. Let's say I want to read what's under there. It turns out I can, if I hit the spacebar -- anywhere. Then go back and delete the space. Then I can proceed to read my text. I've researched this on the MS site and evidently the button can be turned off in Word 2003. In Word 2004 Mac, evidently not. The "Paste Options" button can be turned off -- the companion among two buttons discussed in "Help: About Smart Buttons." It's fairly glaring. For Paste Options, we see this: "To prevent this button from appearing, on the Word menu, click Preferences, click Edit, and then clear the Show Paste Options buttons check box." Earlier on in this same text, we find no equivalent passage about turning off the other (AutoCorrect Options) button. We need to be able to turn this thing off. The button seems possibly to become a worse problem when numbering is in use. (BTW, numbering was a delight in Word 4 and 5; as of Word 98 and perhaps earlier, a simple list takes much longer to number, especially if there are lines that interrupt the numbering. I switched to Word 5 whenever I wanted to do this; but in Mac OS X, it won't run except in Classic mode.) Any suggestions on the Button? On simpler ways to number? Thanks, Steve |
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Bummer! An oversight, I'm sure, that will undoubtedly be corrected in the
next version, but that's no help to you now. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Steve Emerson" wrote in message ... Appreciate the reply. I think the answer is B. There's a Tools/AutoCorrect dialog with its four tabs, AutoCorrect, Autoformat As You Type, AutoText, and AutoFormat. But none of them let you disable the AutoCorrect Options button. FWIW, I have almost all of the various options unchecked. Nothing in "Apply" or "Apply As You Type" is checked. In other words -- see below In article , "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: So what you're saying is that (a) you have no Tools | AutoCorrect Options dialog (or anything comparable) or (b) you have the dialog but it doesn't have a check box for disabling the AutoCorrect Options button? FWIW, although I do occasionally enable "Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces" on the AutoFormat As You Type tab of this dialog in WinWord, I had never experienced the AutoCorrect Options button when I tab because I have that button disabled. In this particular instance it might conceivably be helpful (many times I've had to change the AutoFormat setting when I was trying to use tabs in the normal way). (Noted. However--) --The normal way is the only way I want to use tabs. Thx, Steve. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Steve Emerson" wrote in message ... I am not the OP, but this thing bothers me too. (The AutoCorrect Options lightning-bolt button.) All I want to do is hit the tab key in some text I've already written. I want a paragraph indent there and forgot to include. The buttom pops up, covering parts of two lines below. Let's say I want to read what's under there. It turns out I can, if I hit the spacebar -- anywhere. Then go back and delete the space. Then I can proceed to read my text. I've researched this on the MS site and evidently the button can be turned off in Word 2003. In Word 2004 Mac, evidently not. The "Paste Options" button can be turned off -- the companion among two buttons discussed in "Help: About Smart Buttons." It's fairly glaring. For Paste Options, we see this: "To prevent this button from appearing, on the Word menu, click Preferences, click Edit, and then clear the Show Paste Options buttons check box." Earlier on in this same text, we find no equivalent passage about turning off the other (AutoCorrect Options) button. We need to be able to turn this thing off. The button seems possibly to become a worse problem when numbering is in use. (BTW, numbering was a delight in Word 4 and 5; as of Word 98 and perhaps earlier, a simple list takes much longer to number, especially if there are lines that interrupt the numbering. I switched to Word 5 whenever I wanted to do this; but in Mac OS X, it won't run except in Classic mode.) Any suggestions on the Button? On simpler ways to number? Thanks, Steve |
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Yeah, when they first started annoying ME I asked one of the Word devs, and
he called it a SmartTag. I think that behind the scenes it "is" a SmartTag, but you never see purple lines on it because it has no width. WinWord puts a little underline under it if you hover over it. On 25/6/05 2:58 AM, in article , "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I can see that the Smart Buttons/smart tags might cause some confusion, though I'm not sure it explains the error in Word references I've seen based on the Windows version (since I doubt seriously that the authors were using Macs). -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410 |
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Yes that is what I am saying. I can't believe my little question has sparked
such interest. Nothing I chose to select or de-select in the autoCorrect dialog helps with the tag disappearing. Also for me this tag only appears with the indent and not the -- em dash issue discussed earlier. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you saying that if you clear the box for "Show AutoCorrect Options buttons" in the Tools | AutoCorrect Options dialog you are still getting the button? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AES" wrote in message ... yes thank you that did not work at all. However I discovered that if I click somewhere and hit the space bar, the box goes away. So although not a technical fix, one that works. Thank you. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you right-click on the button, you should get a choice of AutoCorrect Options... Click on that to open the AutoCorrect Options dialog. Clear the check box for "Show AutoCorrect Options buttons. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AES" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2004 for Macs. Okay you know when every I indent twice this little, tiny, icon box with a lightening bolt inside pops onto the screen giving me these options to change back to tab, to stop setting indents on tabs and backspaces, and to go to the autocorrect table. Now I do not actaully want to do any of these things, I have tried ll of them, changing random things in autoformat, etc. but what I really really really want is to be able to see the text underneatth the box and keep working! And no the box does not move. Does anyone know how to turn this thing off? AES |
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That's reasonable, as the em dash is an AutoFormat feature rather than
AutoCorrect, but if you have the button disabled and are still seeing it, I have no explanation (but it could have something to do with using EndNote). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AES" wrote in message ... Yes that is what I am saying. I can't believe my little question has sparked such interest. Nothing I chose to select or de-select in the autoCorrect dialog helps with the tag disappearing. Also for me this tag only appears with the indent and not the -- em dash issue discussed earlier. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you saying that if you clear the box for "Show AutoCorrect Options buttons" in the Tools | AutoCorrect Options dialog you are still getting the button? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AES" wrote in message ... yes thank you that did not work at all. However I discovered that if I click somewhere and hit the space bar, the box goes away. So although not a technical fix, one that works. Thank you. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you right-click on the button, you should get a choice of AutoCorrect Options... Click on that to open the AutoCorrect Options dialog. Clear the check box for "Show AutoCorrect Options buttons. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AES" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2004 for Macs. Okay you know when every I indent twice this little, tiny, icon box with a lightening bolt inside pops onto the screen giving me these options to change back to tab, to stop setting indents on tabs and backspaces, and to go to the autocorrect table. Now I do not actaully want to do any of these things, I have tried ll of them, changing random things in autoformat, etc. but what I really really really want is to be able to see the text underneatth the box and keep working! And no the box does not move. Does anyone know how to turn this thing off? AES |
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