Turn Off auto word correction & capitalization in MS Word

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Initial alphabets get capitalized, words change by itself, manual spacing gets aligned to default. Don’t want all this happen while typing text in Microsoft Word? These changes are done by “Auto Correct” feature of MS Word. You can turn off this feature and type text in peace.

Turn Off Automatic Word correction feature

1. Open Microsoft Word application.
2. Got menu option: Tools > Auto Correct options
3. In new dialog box, see option under “Auto Correct” tab.

auto-correct-dialog-box-ms-word

4. Uncheck one or more options among: correct two initial capitals, capitalize first letter of sentences, replace text as you type, etc. Then click OK and type text in peace with auto correction turned off.

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