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Ed from AZ

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Feb 9, 2008, 10:00:54 AM2/9/08
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Okay - the red wavy underline is spelling, and the green wavy
underline is grammar. But what is the red dotted underline? I see
under two names - Mohammed and Sonja. Bur Sonja is underlined only
once where it appears in a sentence, and not when it appears as the
first word in a table. A right-click doesn't bring up anything
different in a context menu.

Is there a web page or Help file that explains what all these
"helpful" markings are supposed to mean??

Ed

Luc

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Feb 9, 2008, 10:12:36 AM2/9/08
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Ed,
Most probably you are talking about SmartTags. In Tools - AutoCorrect
Options -
Smart Tags tab, you can disable the Smart Tags, remove the check next to
Label text with smart tags.
Or if you just do not want to see them, Tools - Options - View tab - in the
show section uncheck the box Smart tags.

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Jay Freedman

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Feb 9, 2008, 10:24:43 AM2/9/08
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On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 07:00:54 -0800 (PST), Ed from AZ <prof_...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Hi Ed,

Yes, there is a Help page titled "What do the underlines in my document mean?",
and you can also look at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=901125, "Unusual
marks may appear in a Word document".

The dotted underline you described is a "smart tag" -- in this case, a word
recognized as a name. The dots are supposed to be purple, not red, but that
could depend on how your monitor is set up.

The controls for smart tags are on a tab of the Tools > AutoCorrect Options
dialog. If the box at the bottom of that dialog is checked, hovering over a word
that has a dotted underline will display a little square Smart Tag Actions
button so you can do things like send email (if the name is in your Contacts
list).

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Ed from AZ

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Feb 9, 2008, 11:22:28 AM2/9/08
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Thank you, Jay and Luc.
It was definitely Smart Tags.

Now *I* am a bit smarter! 8>)

Thanks again for the boost.
Ed


On Feb 9, 8:24 am, Jay Freedman <jay.freed...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 07:00:54 -0800 (PST), Ed from AZ <prof_ofw...@yahoo.com>


> wrote:
>
> >Okay - the red wavy underline is spelling, and the green wavy
> >underline is grammar.  But what is the red dotted underline?  I see
> >under two names - Mohammed and Sonja.  Bur Sonja is underlined only
> >once where it appears in a sentence, and not when it appears as the
> >first word in a table.  A right-click doesn't bring up anything
> >different in a context menu.
>
> >Is there a web page or Help file that explains what all these
> >"helpful" markings are supposed to mean??
>
> >Ed
>
> Hi Ed,
>
> Yes, there is a Help page titled "What do the underlines in my document mean?",

> and you can also look athttp://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=901125, "Unusual

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