Windows Help & Advice - USA (2019-08)

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Take control of Word’s

automatic formatting

“LearnhowyoucantweakWord’sAutoFormat

settingssoyoucanstopunwantedchangesfrom

beingmadetoyourdocumentsasyoutype”

ure,it’snicetohavea

helpinghandfromtimeto

time,particularlywhenit

comestoautomatingrepetitivelittle

tasks.MicrosoftWordlikestobe

helpfulbyautomaticallyformatting

thetextyoutype,andmaking

changestotheappearanceofyour

documents.Youmightlovethefact

thatwhenyoustarttotypea

numberedlist,Wordworksoutthat’s

whatyou’retryingtodoand

automaticallyaddsnumbersforyou.

However,youmayhatethefact

thatWordlikestotakethestraight

quotationmarksyoutypeand

changethemintothecurlyvariety.

Youmayloathethewaya web

addressis convertedintoa clickable

linkandlooksa bitoutofplacewhen

youprintyourdocument.

Herewewillshowyouhowtotake

controlofAutoFormatsoit worksthe

wayyouwantit to.Or,if youprefer,

sothatit doesnothing.

1 Autoformatsettings

In ordertotakecontrolofautomaticformatting,youneed

to find thesettingsrelatingtoit.ClickFileintheOfficeribbon,

and then Optionsatthebottomofthemenuthatappears.Inthe

Word Optionswindow,clicktheProofinglinktotheleft-hand

side, and thenclicktheAutoCorrectOptionsbuttontotheright.A

dialog boxwillpopintoview.

2 Access AutoFormat options

If you find that you are on the AutoCorrect tab, move to the

AutoFormat As You Type tab instead. There are numerous setting

here which can be controlled by tick and unticking check boxes,

starting with the ‘Replace as your type section’ where there are six

options you can customise whether or not Word changes what

you type into a different format – such as replacing 1/2 with ½.

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Step-by-step Take back control of formatting in Word

Anyonecandoit

Straightforward

Trickyin parts

Windows 10

Windows8.1

Windows^7

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