Hit ctrl-z as soon as excel changes it (ctrl-z is the same as Edit|Undo).

Or

Tools|Autocorrect options|autocorrect tab
remove Liev from the list.

willie091028 wrote:

I've been trying to enter a person's name (Liev) into the spread sheet. The
system keeps "correcting" it to Live. How do I turn off that function so
that I can enter the name correctly?

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Dave Peterson