A handy article from lifehacker on how to…
- Turn off unnecessary toolbars
- Streamline the toolbars you keep
- Add a word-count button
- Expand the recently used documents list
- Access full pull-down menus
- Ditch Word altogether
The following can be done by - Tools -> AutoCorrect Options
- Turn off “smart quotes”
- Turn off entire-word selection
- Turn off automatic numbered lists
- Turn off superscripting and fractions
- Turn off hyperlinks