If you mean the smart tags that appear when you paste, you can turn them
off:

Choose ToolsOptions
Select the Edit tab
Remove the check marks from 'Show Paste Options buttons'
and 'Show Insert Options buttons'.
Click OK


Format Popups wrote:
they cover my text and i don't know how to get rid of them. because i don't
know how to use them, nor do i need my formatting corrected, they're a major
pain.


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Debra Dalgleish
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