How To Turn Off AutoFormat in Mac Word 2008 & 2011

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: Step 2
    • Capitalize the first letter of sentences
    • Replace text as you type
  3. On the AutoCorrect tab uncheck the following: Step 3
    • Straight quotation marks with smart quotation marks
    • Ordinals (1st) with superscript
    • Internet and network paths with hyperlinks
  4. Click OK and these changes will keep for all furture documents.