[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Thanks for the research, Tony. This confirms what Cindy and I suspected.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Tony Jollans" my forename at my surname dot com wrote in message
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I have done a bit of digging on this.

When you install Office you have to give a registered owner name and
company; this is saved in a Windows registry key related to the
installation. When you start an Office program for the first time as a
user
you are asked for your Office user name; this is stored in an Office
registry key.

When you start Word for the first time (I renamed my Word registry key to
simulate this - renaming normal.dot does not trigger it) the Office User
Name and the registered Company name are added as AutoText entries to
normal.dot (either a newly created one or an existing one). This is a
one-time operation so if you want to change anything later you have to
force
a registry key renewal - with concomitant initialisation that you may not
want - or explicitly change each of the things you want in your
normal.dot.

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Enjoy,
Tony


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Good question. When you closed Word, were you prompted to save
Normal.dot?
(Presumably not, but you would be if an AutoText entry had been
changed.)
It
may be that the AutoText entries are created only when you initially
install
the program and enter your name, company name, etc. I am positive I
never
created AutoText entries for my name or company name, yet these AT
entries
exist, so Word must have created them automatically at some point. I
wonder
whether, if you changed the user name in the Registry, this would be
reflected in a change in the AutoText.

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Words into Type
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"Tony Jollans" my forename at my surname dot com wrote in message
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Suzanne,

I have Tony Jollans as my User Name and as an AutoText entry (although
I
don't remember setting it) but if I change my user name - and reboot
to
be
sure - I don't get my new user name as an AutoText or offered as one
or
automatically corrected in any way. Am I missing a trick? Word 2000 on
Win
2000.

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Enjoy,
Tony

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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No, that is an AutoComplete tip, which indicates that the name is
saved
as
an AutoText entry. The entries on the User Information tab of Tools
|
Options are automatically treated as AutoText entries. Check the
spelling
of
your name in the Options.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Howeey" wrote in message
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First of all thank you for your input.
I have gone the route you suggested, and it has "kindof" helped,
however,
what is still appearing is ----when I type howard,-- during the
middle
of
the
name, ---a goldernrod color tag will appear that says 'howard,
(Press
ENTER
to Insert).
I believe that is called a "Smart Tag" by MS. Is that not so/
thanks

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Howeey


"Howeey" wrote:

The first initial of my first name is not capitolized. How to I
change
it. I
have been to the TOOLS-AUTOCORRECTOPTIONS-etc, but can not find
anything
about changes
thank you in advance for your help
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Howeey