/text/shared/guide/autocorr_url.xhp AutoCorrect function; URL recognition recognizing URLs automatically automatic hyperlink formatting URL;turning off URL recognition hyperlinks;turning off automatic recognition links;turning off automatic recognition predictive text, see also AutoCorrect function/AutoFill function/AutoInput function/word completion/text completion Turning off Automatic URL Recognition When you enter text, $[officename] automatically recognizes a word that may be a URL and replaces the word with a hyperlink. $[officename] formats the hyperlink with direct font attributes (color and underline) the properties of which are obtained from certain Character Styles. If you do not want $[officename] to automatically recognize URLs as you are typing, there are several ways of turning off this feature. Undo URL Recognition When you are typing and notice that a text has just been automatically converted into a hyperlink, press Command Ctrl+Z to undo this formatting. If you do not notice this conversion until later, select the hyperlink and choose the menu command Format - Default Formatting. Turn off URL Recognition Load a document of the type for which you want to modify the URL recognition. If you want to modify the URL recognition for text documents, open a text document. Choose Tools - AutoCorrect Options. In the AutoCorrect dialog, select the Options tab. If you unmark URL Recognition, words will no longer be automatically replaced with hyperlinks. In $[officename] Writer there are two check boxes in front of URL Recognition. The box in the first column is for later post-editing and the box in the second column is for AutoCorrect as you type.