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vero215
We went from Word 2000 to Word 2003. In Word 2003 I am having a hard time
stopping it from automatically doing a bunch of crap I don't want it to do.
Is there a way to set it up so that the default settings for *ALL* documents
are for a stripped-down version of the program -- with most of the automatic
options deactivated?
For example, I do not now (and almost never in the future) want it to: track
changes; automatically number lists; automatically create bullets;
automatically capitalize the first letter of a new sentence, etc. And, when
I open an old document, I don't want all of that stuff to be turned on and
activated unless I ask it to.
I especially do not want any track changes stuff to be going on and I don't
ever want to have to worry that changes I made will somehow remain embedded
in the file or be recoverable or viewable by others who see the file and/or
document. And I don't want to have to be a rocket scientist (even though I
do have a degree in physics) to do that.
Same goes for the insane page numbering acrobatics I apparently have to go
through to create or eliminate various page numbering formats.
It just seems to me that the default settings for the program should all be
to *NOT* automatically implement all of these "features", and if the program
thinks I might want to use a particular feature it should ask if I want to
activate that feature -- not have me trying to figure out how to turn that
crap off.
Other than me looking for another software program or having to take a
sedative, are there any ways I can achieve some or all of the above?
Anyone else having this experience?
Thanks.
stopping it from automatically doing a bunch of crap I don't want it to do.
Is there a way to set it up so that the default settings for *ALL* documents
are for a stripped-down version of the program -- with most of the automatic
options deactivated?
For example, I do not now (and almost never in the future) want it to: track
changes; automatically number lists; automatically create bullets;
automatically capitalize the first letter of a new sentence, etc. And, when
I open an old document, I don't want all of that stuff to be turned on and
activated unless I ask it to.
I especially do not want any track changes stuff to be going on and I don't
ever want to have to worry that changes I made will somehow remain embedded
in the file or be recoverable or viewable by others who see the file and/or
document. And I don't want to have to be a rocket scientist (even though I
do have a degree in physics) to do that.
Same goes for the insane page numbering acrobatics I apparently have to go
through to create or eliminate various page numbering formats.
It just seems to me that the default settings for the program should all be
to *NOT* automatically implement all of these "features", and if the program
thinks I might want to use a particular feature it should ask if I want to
activate that feature -- not have me trying to figure out how to turn that
crap off.
Other than me looking for another software program or having to take a
sedative, are there any ways I can achieve some or all of the above?
Anyone else having this experience?
Thanks.