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What are Smart Tags ?

SmartTags provide a way to recognise data types into cells an having special signatures.

For example starting in Excel 2002 you can recognise stock market abbreviations such as MSFT for Microsoft Corporation.

When this item is found a small tag is displayed that contains a popup menu.

This menu can then be used to obtain related information such as the latest stock price or a summary report.

Microsoft even provides a toolkit that allows developers to create their own smart tags.

AutoCorrect Options

For more details about this smart tag, please refer to the AutoCorrect Options Smart Tag page.

Paste Options

For more details about this smart tag, please refer to the Paste Options Smart Tag page.

AutoFill Options

For more details about this smart tag, please refer to the AutoFill Options Smart Tag page.

Insert Options

For more details about this smart tag, please refer to the Insert Options Smart Tag page.

Error Checking Options

(Tools > Options)(Error Checking tab, "Evaluates to Error Value").

This is often mistaken for the Trace Error smart tag

For more details about this smart tag, please refer to the Error Checking Smart Tag page.