If you feel you are a good speller and have good grammar, you can turn these options off. This can take up some resources as Word checks what you have typed in real time. On the Proofing screen, there are options for checking spelling and grammar as you type. With today’s fast computers and printers, this option is generally not needed and can be turned off. This allows you continue to work while your document is printed. Select the check box so there is NO check mark in the box to turn off this option.Īnother option on the Advanced screen (in the Print section) is the Print in Background option. On the Advanced screen, in the Editing options section is an option called Automatically create drawing canvas when inserting AutoShapes. If you only insert simple AutoShapes, one at a time, you may not need the drawing canvas. If you use AutoShapes, you might have noticed that when you insert one, you also get a drawing canvas surrounding the shape that is used to insert and arrange the objects in your drawing. If you are not going to send feedback in this form or at all, you might as well turn off this option. This option allows you to send feedback to the developers of Word in the form of animation and sound. Select the Show text animation check box so there is NO check mark in the box.Īlso, on the Advanced screen, is an option in the General section called Provide feedback with animation. To do this, click Advanced in the list on the left and scroll to the Show document content section. If you have used this feature and your Word is not responding well, you might want to turn off this feature, at least temporarily. The Show text animation feature allows you to format text in your document using the animation effects available in Word. These add-ins allow you to inspect the document for hidden metadata and personal information and are automatically enabled. The Document Inspector add-ins are managed in a different location. You may have noticed a Document Inspector type in the Type column, but no Document Inspector type in the Manage drop-down list. To turn off the desired add-in, select the check box for the add-in so there is NO check mark in the box. Select the type you noted for the add-in you want to disable from the Manage drop-down list at the bottom of the dialog box and click Go.īecause we selected an Action add-in to disable, the following dialog box displays. Note the type of the add-in that you want to disable in the Type column. There may also be Document Related Add-ins and Disabled Application Add-ins. There are Active and Inactive Application Add-ins. Click Add-Ins in the list on the left.Ī list of Add-ins displays in several groups. Open the Word Options dialog box as mentioned earlier. These add-ins can slow down Word and make it harder to use. Unfortunately, a lot of these add-ins are ones you probably don’t use, but are turned on by default. Microsoft Word is packed with features, including add-ins that come with the program. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog box. To turn off background repagination, scroll down to the General section and select the Enable background repagination check box so there is NO check mark in the box. On the Word Options dialog box, click Advanced in the list on the left.