Turn Off AutoFormat in Mac Word

When building your brief you may fnd yourself constantly changing the corrections Word makes. To make typing your brief easier disable the following autoformat and autocorrect features:

  1. Click on Word and then Preferences.

    Step 1

  2. On the AutoFormat as You Type tab uncheck the following: 
    • Capitalize the first letter of sentences
    • Replace text as you type

      Step 2
  3. On the AutoCorrect tab uncheck the following: 
    • Straight quotation marks with smart quotation marks
    • Ordinals (1st) with superscript
    • Internet and network paths with hyperlinks

      Step 3
  4. Click OK and these changes will keep for all future documents.