I can't remember if it's the same in 2002, but in 2003 it's in Tools>Options>Edit tab...remove the checks where it says "show paste option buttons" and "show insert option buttons" Linda Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com ABC Free Ezine ~ Free Ebooks and Tutorials *all outgoing mail scanned by Norton AV. If you got a bug that looks like it came from me, it did NOT! -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of McDonald, Christine, Ms, DCAA Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 11:03 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Smart Tags in Excel 2002 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I just got a new computer at work and I've forgotten how to get the smart tags turned completely off. I went to Tools, AutoCorrect Options, and unchecked everything to do with smart tags, but they keep appearing. Anyone know what the trick is, they really annoy me. Thanks, Christine McDonald ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************