I finally found an easy way to get rid of auto-formatting in Word (and I would have saved myself much frustration had I taken the time to look up an answer before). I hate how Word automatically changes things automatically, like adding indentations, bullets, capitalizing letters, and makes other adjustments when I'm trying to get the lay out looking exactly as I want it to. Sometimes it makes the change exactly how I want for a split second before making another automatic change, as if it were mocking me. Well, I have found the hammer with which to smite this cunning foe down with:
All you have to do is to select the part of the document that you want to work on and then hit "Ctrl + Shift + n" and it will get rid of all of the nonsense. It's so simple, but it is going to save me a lot of wasted time because, even if you turn off auto-formatting, Word sometimes will auto-format anyways. Now when that happens, I can strip the document down to no formatting in seconds.
The feeling that I got when I discovered "Ctrl + Shift + n" reminds me of the time that I found out the reason that my typing in the middle of a body of text was eating the other letters in front of it was the result of the insert function being switched on. Prior to learning about how ?insert? worked, I had to type any corrections on another document and paste them into the body of the text.
Yet despite how much I think I know about Word, I still find it a tedious process to get the layout of some pages just the way I want it to look.
Comments (6)
I had the same experience when I learned how to use Word's styles effectively.
Posted by: Chris Dempsey | December 2, 2005 5:15 PM
Posted on: December 2, 2005 17:15
I OWN Word.
Posted by: Justin | December 2, 2005 6:28 PM
Posted on: December 2, 2005 18:28
Yeah! You show that turd who's boss!
Posted by: Jason | December 2, 2005 8:42 PM
Posted on: December 2, 2005 20:42
there used to be a way of getting in to excel and accessing an internal program similar to a flight program. Using the keyboard to fly left, right, up, down. Forgot how to get in. Wonder if it's still there.
Posted by: latimeria | December 3, 2005 9:30 AM
Posted on: December 3, 2005 09:30
Ahh...the pains of Microsoft. Those bastards...I hate 'em...no wait...I love 'em...no wait...I hate 'em. I wish that I could auto format this 'comments' box.
Damn
POS! google.com keyphrase: How do I autoformat Adam's Blog. =shit...suck
Posted by: Scuba | December 11, 2005 5:00 PM
Posted on: December 11, 2005 17:00
html is old. Just like WordPerfect...but you gotta love it.
Posted by: Scuba | December 11, 2005 5:05 PM
Posted on: December 11, 2005 17:05