Turn off automatic help in MS Word

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This discussion addresses how to disable automatic features in Microsoft Word 2000, specifically focusing on turning off hyperlink formatting and grammar checking. Users can navigate to the Tools menu, select AutoCorrect, and adjust settings under the AutoFormat As You Type tab to stop URLs from converting into clickable links. Additionally, to disable grammar checking, users should access the Tools menu, click on Options, and modify settings in the Spelling & Grammar tab.

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This discussion is beneficial for students, writers, and anyone using Microsoft Word 2000 who seeks to customize their word processing experience by disabling automatic formatting and grammar checks.

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Is there a way to turn off everything in word. I am doing a works cited paper and all this automatic "help" stuff is really annoying me. for example <url> turns into a url that is clickable and blue I am using ms word 2000 btw.
edit... Also how do I turn off grammar check?

Thanks.
 
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For the URLs, try this..

On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect, and then click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.

Under Replace as you type, select or clear the Internet and network paths with hyperlinks check box.
 
For turning off grammar check:
On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab.

To turn on or off automatic grammar checking, select or clear the Check grammar as you type check box.
 
Awesome, Thanks! :cool: :smile:
 

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