# Exclude Japanese Guide Text

This option prevents output of Japanese phonetic guide text when Microsoft Excel (`.xlsx`) files are processed.

To prevent output of Japanese phonetic guide text

- In the Java API, call the `setNoPhoneticGuides` method on the `filter` object, for example:

      filter.setNoPhoneticGuides(true);

- In `formats.ini`, set the following parameter. (This is an alternative approach - you do not need to do this if you have configured this feature through the API).

      [Options]
      NoPhoneticGuides=TRUE

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