Project 1: Word Basics
Smart Tags

In Word the indicator for a Smart Tag is a purple dotted underline. In the illustration at the right both the name and the street address have the purple dotted underline. There is a different Action menu for each.

Using Smart Tags

• Move your mouse over the text underlined with purple dots to make the Smart Tags Actions button appear near the text.
• Move the mouse over the Actions button and a down arrow appears.
• Click on the arrow and a menu of possible actions appears. Cool!

Smart Tag and its Action options for an address

Other Buttons in Word

Word uses the same type of button and options menu for some of Word's own features. The exact options may vary depending on exactly what you just did.

• AutoCorrect Options
  This button does not pop into view automatically when AutoCorrect makes a change. Here is an example of how it works:
   
  • In Word 2002, type a name with two initial capital letters, like "JAn"
  • AutoCorrect changes it to use only 1 initial capital, like "Jan". No button appears yet.
  • Move the mouse pointer over the corrected word.
  • The AutoCorrect Options button appears in its collapsed state, as a small blue box under the word. 
  • Move the mouse pointer over the blue box and the full AutoCorrect Options button appears.
  • Click the arrow to see the menu of options.
     

• Paste Options

This button appears nearby when you paste anything into a Word document. Hover over the button and an arrow appears. Click on the arrow and a menu of options appears. The options can vary, depending on what you are pasting and what program it is from.
 

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Last updated: 30 Apr 2012