Using Smart Tags

You can use smart tags to save time. Using Smart Tags, Word can open another program to get driving directions or a map to a location or schedule a meeting.

Word recognizes certain types of text and identifies them as smart tags by displaying a dotted purple line beneath them.

1. Move the mouse pointer () over a smart tag.

   The Smart Tag Actions icon () appears.

   

2. Click to display a list of actions you can take using the smart tag.

3. Click an action.

   

   The program that performs the action you selected appears on-screen.