Thursday, October 4, 2007

Inhibiting AutoCompletion of contact names in Word for Mac OS X

One of the most annoying features to me in Word (in this case, for Mac OS) is that it is always trying to insert contact names while typing a document. Dates don't bug me so much, but contact names??? That can get really annoying if you've got a lot of contacts in your Entourage address list! Grrrr...

Thankfully it turns out you can turn off that "feature" - here's how:
1. On the Insert menu, point to AutoText, and then click AutoText.
2. Leave the Show AutoComplete tip for AutoText, Contacts, and dates check box selected (the important step is the next one...)
3. Select the Exclude contacts check box.
4. Click OK.
When you begin typing again, the engine will keep suggesting dates, etc., but will not suggest contacts.

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