That suggests that the AutoText was not save in normal.dot so cannot be
'seen' by the current document.
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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
"Margaret Upton" wrote in message
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Thats what I was doing, but it does not work it just comes up with the
name I type and nothing else. Any suggestions. This is actually for
someone else, it works on my machine perfectly well, but when you press F3
on hers it does not work, just gives you the letters you typed and does
not expand out.
Margaret
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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You have to type the name you gave the AutoText entry and then press F3
to insert it.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Margaret Upton" wrote in message
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Still trying to get to grips with the new 2007 version. I have trolled
through all the help files and on the net and I cannot find a quick way
of inserting the auto text. I can put a new entry in by selecting the
text and pressing Alt F3, but F3 will not expand the text out, it just
puts in the letters I have named it and says type text after it. In
Word 2003 a small balloon would appear by the word that would expand
into Auto text and you could press enter, or F3 to expand the text. Is
there something in the settings that I need to adjust to make this
happen or alternatively a quick way to expand the auto text. If you
have to go into the building blocks organizer, there does not seem a
quick way to find the entry either.
Margaret