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.

Smart tags (smart tags: Data recognized and labeled as a particular type. For example, a person's name or the name of a recent Microsoft Outlook e-mail message recipient is a type of data that can be recognized and labeled with a smart tag.) 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.

When the spelling checker option is turned off, the checker continues to run in order to recognize smart tags (smart tags: Data recognized and labeled as a particular type. For example, a person's name or the name of a recent Microsoft Outlook e-mail message recipient is a type of data that can be recognized and labeled with a smart tag.).

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.

Smart tags (smart tags: Data recognized and labeled as a particular type. For example, a person's name or the name of a recent Microsoft Outlook e-mail message recipient is a type of data that can be recognized and labeled with a smart tag.) 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.

In the case that you mistakenly delete a specific smart tag (smart tags: Data recognized and labeled as a particular type. For example, a person's name or the name of a recent Microsoft Outlook e-mail message recipient is a type of data that can be recognized and labeled with a 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).

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 (smart tags: Data recognized and labeled as a particular type. For example, a person's name or the name of a recent Microsoft Outlook e-mail message recipient is a type of data that can be recognized and labeled with a smart tag.).