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Subject: When I type a letter the computer fills in what it thinks I am going to type!!
Category: Computers > Security
Asked by: ohio9-ga
List Price: $2.00

Posted: 26 Sep 2002 13:34 PDT
Expires: 26 Oct 2002 13:34 PDT
Question ID: 69453

How do I disable the feature that "guesses" which word I am going to
search for from the first letter I enter?

Thanks

Request for Question Clarification by politicalguru-ga on 26 Sep 2002 13:56 PDT
Dearesrt Ohio, 

Are you using Bill Gates' lovely MS WORD program? If so, it is a known
annoyance, with a solution.

Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 26 Sep 2002 14:02 PDT

If this is happening when you browse the Web (rather than in a word
processor,) please let us know what browser you are using. Internet
Explorer tends to do this, and it's easy to change a setting so that
the browser won't try to read your mind.

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Subject: Re: When I type a letter the computer fills in what it thinks I am going to type!!
From: bobthedispatcher-ga on 26 Sep 2002 14:32 PDT

You don't mention what program you are using, 
try looking under Tools / Options / Configuration /Properties
or something similar - 
Then see if there is a section called Editing / Compose / Spelling or
something like that
Now look for Auto-Complete (or somethinng similar) 
and set it to NO or uncheck it

Works for many programs

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