Turn off this auto date feature

[Paul]

I'm using Word 2000. Every time I type in 2008, a helpful (not)
yellow box appears with 2008-MM-DD. Often, I'm typing quickly and
really really don't have the time to trip over these features which I
did not ask for and have no idea how it could be assumed that I would
want it. What happens is that somehow, in the midst of typing, the
helpful date gets automatically inserted. Searching the web and
usenet has not help to identify the switch that deactivates this #!@#
$# feature. Please help me save my relationship with my computer (the
innocent bystander in all of this). How do I turn off the feature?
Thanks.

 

[Opinicus]

$# feature. Please help me save my relationship with my computer (the
innocent bystander in all of this). How do I turn off the feature?

In Word 2002 it's:

Tools > Autocorrect > Smart tags

Uncheck the ones you don't want or turn them all off by unchecking "Label
text with smart tags".

It may be somewhere else in Word 2000 but it should be close by.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Unfortunately, disabling this is a big case of throwing the baby out with
the bathwater. But you can do it by clearing the check box for "Show
AutoComplete suggestions" in Insert | AutoText | AutoText.

 

[Paul]

In Word 2002 it's:

Tools > Autocorrect > Smart tags

Uncheck the ones you don't want or turn them all off by unchecking "Label
text with smart tags".

It may be somewhere else in Word 2000 but it should be close by.

Will check. Thx.

 

[Paul]

I'm not one for autocompletion, so no baby in the bathwater. Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You must not have any useful AutoText entries (so it will not bother you
that Word 2007 has no AutoComplete), but I would hate to be unable to type
"lore," press Enter, and get a page of lorem ipsum text (to cite just one
example). Of course, even in Word 2007 I can type "lore" and press F3 with
the same effect.