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Office Articles Virtually all common questions about Microsoft Word, including all versions. Help with formatting and troubleshooting, templates and long documents.
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Author of Dreamboat on Word and Co-Author of Office VBA: Macros You Can Use Today. Me and Word have been together for about 15 years.

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Microsoft Word - symbol translation

Expert: Anne Troy - 1/21/2009

Question
When typing "501(c)(3)", the IRS designation for a non-profit corporation, Word 2007 automatically converts the "(c)" to the copyright symbol (a lowercase 'c' in circle). How can I disable that automatic conversion?

Answer
Hi, John!

Choose the Office button, then Word Options.
Then go to Proofing, then choose Autocorrect options (Autocorrect tab should already be chosen by default).

In there, the 3rd item in the list is the (c).

Either remove the autocorrect entry you don't want

OR

Uncheck the "Replace text as you type" checkbox.

I hope this helps!

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