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This thing keeps appearing and turning it off in word auto-correction options does not seem to work.
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Hi Bob,
Gunaseeker's already been told about posting nonexistant user interface elements so now I just delete those crazy replies.
Please provide the present Version Numbers of Office & macOS as shown in:
Perhaps your reply is appropriate in Word for Window but it is of no use to a Mac user. Only the article addresses Mac, your instructions do not. Please revise your reply accordingly.
Which button (pop-up) are you referring to, specifically? For example, do you mean the button shown below (for the specific situation when a series of asterisks is converted into a border line)? Note that the screen shot is from Word for Windows.
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