My excel was working fine and then one day these items changed and I cannot figure out how to get them back to what they were.

Using Excel 2002

First, when I place an email address or hyperlink in a cell it underlines it like a hyperlink on a web page and then when I click on it the web page or email that is listed in that cell is loaded. How do I change it so these links are not active when I select that cell.

Second I seem to have personalized menus now in the file/Edit/View...... menu. How do I get rid of those. I dislike them in windows and do not want them in excel.

Thanks.....D.

How are you placing the email address/hyperlink in the cell? If you're typing it in, you could prefix it with an apostrophe. Or after you press Enter, pressing CTRL+Z (undo) will kill the link.

I don't follow "personalized menus now in the file/Edit/View...... menu" -- can you post a screenshot?

EDIT: for Excel 2002, I read you can "suppress hyperlink generation under Auto Correct from the Tools menu -- Tools (menu), Autocorrect Options, Autoformat as you type (Tab)".