HappyTexas wrote:
The gibberish, Keriah, is created when I try to type the tag I want to use but Mavericks fills in the useless tags it chose to create and store previously on my computer.
And here is where I am unable to replicate what you are describing, so let's take this step by step and you can tell me where you are seeing a different result on your system.
HappyTexas wrote:
Example? I begin to type c-a-t and Mavericks jumps in with some junk it stored previously (let's say it stored cattarh). Now my c-a-t for cattamaran becomes catcattarh plus it adds any other cattarmaran letters I've typed while it invaded my workspace. Now catamaran becomes something like catcattarhrnc. It may throw other gibberish its stored into the tag, too, so my tag is a useless hybrid of what I tried to type plus all the junk Mavericks insists I use.
So, before I began to follow your example, I forced a number of "c" tag values onto my list, like this:

Next, I began a save of my test document (naming it Test03):

And moving into the Tags area, which brings up a partial list of my current Tag values:

(I recall you said you are a fast typer but for this test please type slowly, one letter at a time and then notice what changes on your screen, so that we can compare results.) I type "c" and get this. The offered list of choices is now shorter -- only those beginning with "c". And, yes, the first item ("cable") is being suggested but I'm going to ignore that for now.

Next, I type a single "a" and the list is shorter still -- only those beginning with "ca" are presented.

Next, I type a single "t" and only 4 items are offered:

And typing a single "a" gets this:

I can, at this point, accept one of the two, ignore the offerings and simply finish typing "catamaran", or (if I intend a new value) type that, like this:

Nowhere in this typing exercise did I find anything inserted into my typing path. So I do not understand what you're doing that gets you: "my c-a-t for cattamaran becomes catcattarh plus it adds any other cattarmaran letters I've typed while it invaded my workspace".
Can you point out, in the series of steps above, where your system's behavior deviates from my screenshot series? (Or, better still, can you replicate steps like this on your system and capture screenshots of the inserted text??)