Adapt the automatic correction function to your working style(Word 2003, 2007, 2010)

            When you switch over to a new version of Word, you come across a lot of automatic corrections which often prove to be more of a nuisance than help. It is really annoying when Word starts every new row with a capital letter, or abbreviations like Dr. rer. nat. get automatically and incorrectly changed to “Dr. Rer. Nat. This can be rectifi ed in the options. For this, click the Offi ce button and then “Word Options” in Word 2007, open “Proofi ng”. Then select the category “AutoCorrectOption”. In the older versions, the command is included in the “Tools” menu. Deactivate the “Capitalize fi rst letter of sentences” option in the “AutoCorrect” tab. Also deactivate the “Capitalize fi rst letter of table cells” option. Switch to the “AutoFormat during input” tab and then decide which options are required for your method of work and which aren’t. Functions such as “Automatic numbering” and “Replace Internet and network paths with hyperlinks” are sometimes practical. Confi rm the open dialog boxes with “OK”.
NOTE: Formatting that is automatically adopted by Word can be reset when editing the text using the key combination [Ctrl]+[Z].