Turn Off Auto Insert of Days

[lakeeriegator]

Hi,

So far I have been unable to find the feature in Word that will allow me to
turn off the small box that appears whenever I start to type a partial day of
the week i.e. Fri, Satu, Sun, etc. As soon as I type the beginning letters
of a day of the week, Word automatically has a small box hovering above the
partially typed word with the text reading "Press enter to insert day of week"

Thank you for any help or guidance you can give on this matter.

Lakeeriegator

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi,

So far I have been unable to find the feature in Word that will allow me to
turn off the small box that appears whenever I start to type a partial day of
the week i.e. Fri, Satu, Sun, etc. As soon as I type the beginning letters
of a day of the week, Word automatically has a small box hovering above the
partially typed word with the text reading "Press enter to insert day of week"

Thank you for any help or guidance you can give on this matter.

Lakeeriegator

In Word 2003 or earlier, go to Tools > AutoCorrect Options > AutoText tab and
uncheck the option for "Show AutoComplete suggestions". However, this will turn
off the tips for all AutoText, not just the days and dates.

In Word 2007, days and dates are the only AutoComplete tips that ever display --
the ones for ordinary AutoText are gone -- and there is no AutoText tab in the
options dialog. However, you can still change the option through the macro
language. Press Alt+F11 to open the macro editor, and press Ctrl+G to open the
Immediate window at the bottom of the editor. Paste in this line and press
Enter:

Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = False

 

[lakeeriegator]

In Word 2003 or earlier, go to Tools > AutoCorrect Options > AutoText tab and
uncheck the option for "Show AutoComplete suggestions". However, this will turn
off the tips for all AutoText, not just the days and dates.

In Word 2007, days and dates are the only AutoComplete tips that ever display --
the ones for ordinary AutoText are gone -- and there is no AutoText tab in the
options dialog. However, you can still change the option through the macro
language. Press Alt+F11 to open the macro editor, and press Ctrl+G to open the
Immediate window at the bottom of the editor. Paste in this line and press
Enter:

Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = False


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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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Hi Jay,

Thank you for your timely response and with technical advice that was right
on. The folks at Word made that option nearly impossible to find. I
seriously doubt I ever would have found it without your helpful guidance.

Again, thank you for solving a problem that's been frustrating me for the
past several days.

Sincerely,
Ryan