GUEST: 24-Sep-01 - 07:07 AM and any others interested.

You can turn off the clicky in MS Word if you like.

Go to Tools, and select AutoCorrect.

Select the "Autoformat As You Type" tab, and
under "Replace as you type,"
unclick the box by "Internet and network paths with hyperlinks."
Word will no longer put the underlines and/or blue text in when it thinks you have typed something that might be a web or email address.

Getting rid of an underlined or "bold blue" link that Word marks in your document can be a little tricky. If you use your mouse to try to select the link marker, your PC may try to connect you.

Use the mouse to put your cursor close to the marker and then use the arrow keys to move into it,
or select a whole line that contains the marker by clicking in the left margin,
or click outside the marker and "wipe" over it while you hold the mouse button down.

Once you have your cursor "in" the marker, or have the marker "inside" a selection, the key combination
"Control-Shift-F9"
will "unlink" the marker and change it back to plain text.

John