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Controlling Automatic Capitalization. When you start typing, do you ever notice those times that Word starts capitalizing words at the start of what it thinks are your sentences? If this drives you nuts, you have complete control over turning it on or off. Here's how.

Getting Rid of Word’s Automatic Lines. Type a few characters, and Word may think you want to add a border to a paragraph—and then add it. If you want to get rid of these automatic lines, here's the low-down.

Getting Rid of Word's Automatic Lines. Sometimes you are typing along and all of a sudden you end up with some lines in your document. How did they get there, and what can you do about them?

Single-Step Table Creation. Want to easily add a table to your document simply by typing a few keystrokes? Here's how you can do it in one easy step.

Stop Word from Automatically Formatting Numbered Lists. Type what Word thinks is a numbered list, and it will helpfully format the text to match what it thinks your numbered list should look like. If you don't want Word to automatically do such formatting, you need the info in this tip.