Troubleshoot smart tags

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

I don't know how to turn off smart tags in my presentations.

  1. On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options, and then click the Smart Tags tab.

  2. Clear the Label text with smart tags check box.

ShowI copied and pasted text with smart tags, but the smart tags don't show up in my presentation.

Smart tags are not included with text copied and pasted into Microsoft PowerPoint.

PowerPoint will label text with smart tags if smart tags are turned on in your presentation. To turn on smart tags, do the following:

  1. On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options, and then click the Smart Tags tab.

  2. Select the Label text with smart tags check box.

ShowThe proofing icon is still on the status bar even though I turned off the automatic spelling checker.

When the spelling checker option is turned off, the checker continues to run in order to recognize smart tags.

If you want the spelling checker to be completely turned off, you also need to turn off smart tags.

  1. On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options, and then click the Smart Tags tab.

  2. Clear the Label text with smart tags check box.

ShowMy document file size is larger when I save smart tags in my document.

Smart tags increase the file size. When document size is a concern, turn off the option to save smart tags.

  1. On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options, and then click the Smart Tags tab.

  2. Clear the Embed smart tags in this presentation check box.

Smart tags aren't available

ShowSmart tags aren't appearing in my slide show presentation.

Smart tags don't appear in Slide Show view.

ShowMy smart tags disappeared when I saved the presentation in an earlier version of PowerPoint.

If you save a Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 presentation in a format used in an earlier version of PowerPoint, your smart tags will not appear in the earlier version of the product. However, the smart tags will appear if you open the presentation again in Office PowerPoint 2003.

ShowMy smart tags don't show up when I view my presentation on the Web.

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 does not support smart tags viewed in Internet Explorer.

ShowI permanently removed a smart tag that I needed.

In the case that you mistakenly delete a specific smart tag, you can contact your Information Technology (IT) professional or do the following:

  1. Navigate to directory: drive\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Smart Tags\Exceptions
  2. Right-click Ignore.xml, and open the file using Notepad.
  3. Browse through the file until you find the entry for the smart tag data that is mistakenly not recognized and delete all text starting with the first <ST:item> before it, and ending with the next </ST:item> after it (including the tags).

ShowI don't see smart tags when I type a name not recognized by the English language.

If you are working in a language other than English, the name of any person you send an e-mail message to in Microsoft Outlook will later be recognized in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 as a person name smart tag.

ShowI don't see smart tags when I type a date.

Smart tags only recognize dates after 1970.