Provide “…choices for enhancing content and layout…”
Feature of Win XP.
Identified by “purple dashed underlining”.
Similar to hyperlinks but more complex and interactive.
When the cursor hovers over a Smart Tagged word, a drop down list appears with a selection of links related to the word.
A button on the toolbar turns the Smart Tag option on and off.
1 Smart Tag Actions button
2 Smart tag indicator
Each smart tag recognizer identifies a type of data, such as names, dates, or telephone numbers, and contains the logic needed to provide one or more actions for each data type.
When you type text into a new document or open an existing document, the logic in the smart tag looks for words that match the data types in the list. When the smart tag finds a match, it places a smart tag indicator— a dotted purple line— under the term and enables the appropriate actions.
The actions you can take depend on the type of data that Word recognizes and labels with a smart tag.
For example, "Nate Sun" in the previous example is recognized as a "person name" smart tag with actions you can take, such as Open Contact, Schedule a Meeting, Add to Contacts, or Insert Address.
Smart Tags recognize patterns (e.g. a part number) and associate actions within Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook). These actions provide a quick way to get information about the part recognized from SAP and AeroPDM.
Smart Tags are indicated by a small purple triangle in Excel or a purple underline in Word/Outlook/PowerPoint
source: Microsoft.
