Thanks Linda. I also found that I needed to go to Tools, Options and turn off the background error checking. That got rid of a lot of them. Those green triangles and popup things drive me batty in Excel. Christine McDonald Technical Specialist Western Regional Office Information Technology Division (RSA-4) christine.mcdonald@xxxxxxxx Tel: 714-228-7072 Fax: 714-228-7031 IMPORTANT: This e-mail, including all attachments, constitute Federal Government records and property that is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. It also may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise protected from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this e-mail transmission is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the transmission to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of this e-mail or its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by responding to the e-mail and then delete the e-mail immediately. -----Original Message----- From: Linda F. Johnson [mailto:linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 10:16 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Smart Tags in Excel 2002 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 Tools>Options>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 ************************************************************* -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- -- Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature -- File: smime.p7s ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************