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Word guesses at who's who in your document. When Word believes that it has found someone, it wiggles a dotted purple underline beneath that person's name. To Word, that person is a contact. And the purple underline is a sign that Word has attached a smart tag to the name.
Smart tags appear automatically when you perform certain actions, such as pasting or AutoCorrection) and remain in place until you begin another action. The Smart Tag Actions button recognizes your typing (such as a name or address in Word) and lets you associate information and actions with that entry.
If you point the mouse at the smart tag, the Smart Tag icon appears, as shown in the margin. Click that icon to display the Smart Tag menu, which works only if you have Microsoft Outlook (not Outlook Express) set up on your computer and ready to use as your Contacts database.
Microsoft uses the following example: If you type the name James Smith in Word, the Smart Tag Actions button enables you to create a new Contact in Outlook, send an e-mail message, schedule a meeting, or find driving directions to the address.
To disable Smart Tags, choose Tools-->AutoCorrect Options and click the Smart Tag tab. Remove the check mark by the option Label text with smart tags. Click OK.
 | Turning off any of the Smart Tag buttons will make that action unavailable across all the Office programs where it is an option. If you turn off the AutoCorrect button in Word, the AutoCorrect button will also be turned off in PowerPoint. |
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