Can't disable a feature

K

Kris

I'm trying to disable something in Excel 2004 for the Mac (I don't
know if this also happens in Windows).

On a spreadsheet, I use the abbreviation O/C (for On-Call if you must
know). When I type this in a cell, it wants to change the "O/" part to
what I will refer to as a "nordic O", the letter O with a slash
through it. It appears to be a formatting thing, as the "O/C" is
still shown in the formula bar if I click on the cell, but the display
of it is being reformatted.

I can't seem to disable this, and I don't find it under AutoCorrect
anywhere. I've also tried put an apostophe in front of it or a number
of other things and no luck.

Help!
 
K

Kris

Didn't make a difference. For now, I'm just using spaces in between
the characters, but it's still kind of annoying.
 
D

Dave Peterson

I don't use xl2004. I don't use a Mac. (In fact, you may want to post to a Mac
newsgroup if you don't get an answer that works!)

In MSWord 2002, I can do:

tools|autocorrect options|autoformat as you type.

Does xl2004 have such an option? (xl2002 for windows doesn't).

It doesn't sound like it's autocorrect (characters replaced with other
characters). It sounds more like a formatting change.

(Sometimes(?) the Mac version of office has things that are more "advanced".
Any chance that this is a setting that is toggled in MSWord?)
 
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