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Figure 1. The Advanced options of the Word Options dialog box.
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2018-09-07 12:06:43
Janelle
Do you know how to make this permanent? I followed the above and it worked on my document, but when I sent the document to a co-worker the single click feature was re-set.
2017-07-22 09:36:20
catdev
Sorry - I hadn't read all the other comments, which mostly say essentially the same thing I did.
2017-07-22 09:34:45
catdev
In Word 2016, this just replaces the "Ctrl+click..." message with "Click or tap to follow link." What I want is nothing but the text for my ScreenTips. Microsoft strikes again. It's a ScreenTip; why should a link be required to accompany it?
2015-10-22 17:28:08
Patti
Agreeing with Alan and Jackie. I need help with this. Like them, I only want the screen tip visible -- NOTHING ELSE. Thanks,
2015-09-14 09:10:14
Lisa
How very non-helpful of me! I was addressing a different issue entirely--posted in the wrong place, I think. I was referring to the pesky rectangle that has a clipboard icon followed by "(Ctrl)" and a down arrow (which leads to a drop-down list of further paste options). It doesn't want to go away after the paste operation is done and gets in the way, and that's what I hit the Esc key to dismiss. Sorry to muddy the waters with my misdirected advice.
2015-09-11 18:32:07
DRMNZ
Ditto Jackie & Alan's comments. Lisa's suggestion doesn't work either. Only exiting Word appears to fix on my machine (Word 2010 & Windows 10).
Any other suggestions please?
2015-07-31 13:35:03
Jackie
I want to remove all formatted directions from the box... the bold "click to follow link" that appears... the directions above do not remove the words... only changes them... I would like to know how to just keep what I added only, to the tip...
2015-07-11 09:21:29
Alan Pink
Maybe I am missing the point of this tip, but in my Word 2010, when I clear the 'Use Ctrl+Click...' option, although the Ctrl+Click message is removed, it is replaced with 'Click to follow link' instead.
2015-06-29 09:06:17
Lisa
Another way to get rid of the message is to hit the Escape key. It's a simple fix if you won't be moving around lots of bits of text.
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