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Controlling Automatic Indenting Are you tired of pressing Tab at the beginning of a line, only to have your whole paragraph indented? Change Word’s behavior so that the Tab key works like you expect it to. Microsoft Word versions: 97 2000 2002 2003
Controlling URL Formatting When you add a URL to a document, Word automatically makes it into a hyperlink. If you don’t want Word to do this, follow the instructions in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 2000 2002 2003
Smart Quotes are Incorrectly Replaced Word uses two types of quotes in a document—regular quotes and smart quotes. There are a couple of ways you can switch between the two types of quotes, but you may be surprised if switching to smart quotes produces less than perfect results. This tip explains why the incorrect results may occur and what you can do to fix them. Microsoft Word versions: 97 2000 2002 2003
Turning Off Automatic Capitalization When you start typing, do you ever notice those times that Word starts capitalizing words at the start of what it thinks are your sentences? If this drives you nuts, you have complete control over turning it on or off. Here’s how. Microsoft Word versions: 97 2000 2002 2003 2007
Updating to Smart Quotes As you type a document, Word automatically converts your quote marks and apostrophes to “curly” versions that look more professional. When working with a document from a different source that doesn’t include these smart quotes, you may want to convert them all so they look the same. This is easy to do simply by using Word’s Find and Replace function. This tip explains how. Microsoft Word versions: 97 2000 2002 2003
Using Correct Apostrophes Smart Quotes are quite handy for a polished look, but in some instances they just aren't "smart." Microsoft Word versions: 6 95 97 2000 2002 2003
Where is AutoFormat? AutoFormat, a handy feature in many versions of Word, seems to be missing from Word 2007. If you are using the latest version of Word and you want this feature back, here’s how to get it. Microsoft Word versions: 2007
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