You can't turn off automatic page breaks. When Word gets to the end of a
page, it starts a new one. You can control where that happens by adjusting
your margins and paragraph spacing.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TextReflow.htm

Much of the rest is under AutoFormat as you Type.
Tools AutoCorrect Options... AutoFormat As You Type (tab)
Uncheck most of these options. I have the bottom two sections completely
unchecked. I use the top ones.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm

I have some advice with links I give to people that are moving from Word
Perfect that might be helpful to you (even if you are not). If you want it,
reply to this and I'll post it for you.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Hans" wrote in message
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Is there a place where I can turn off all Word automatic functions?
such as
- automatic tables
- Automatic page break
- Automatic guessing
i.e. really 'kill' all automatic functions that destroy all work for Word
users that do not use word that often