[Graham Mayor]

I have no idea why it isn't working. Something is clearly conflicting.
However, personally I find it so irritating that I have it turned off and
use a macro attached to a QAT button to insert ad hoc dates

Sub InsertUSFormatDate()
With Selection
.InsertDateTime DateTimeFormat:="MMMM" & Chr(160) & _
"d," & Chr(160) & "yyyy", InsertAsField:=False
End With
End Sub

Change the formatting switch to taste
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Kathy wrote:
I've tried that on one of the pcs and when I open VBE, it doesn't have
anything else but the Immediate pane. I put that statement in,
closed VBE, and then tried the date after closing Word 2007 and
re-opening. It still didn't AutoComplete. I can open my log on that
pc and then it autocompletes, but then I close it and it doesn't
autocomplete.

On my machine, I open the log and it autocompletes. I close that
log, and try the date and it still autocompletes. When I open VBE on
my machine, I have 3 panes: One says Normal - Project. The second
window has General and then some macros I had done, and the third
window is the Immediate.

If I go in and add the statement only putting False at the end on my
window, Auto-Complete stops working. I changed it back to True and
it works again.

I don't know if there are any other settings that need to be checked
for this to work on. The pc it is not working on was installed with
SMS Client while my machine was loaded manually. Can that have
anything to do with it?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If it is available on some 2007 equipped PCs and not others, then on
those that it doesn't work


1. Press Alt+F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor (VBE).

2. Press Ctrl+G to activate/open the Immediate window (bottom of VBE
window).

3. Enter the following (or copy from below and paste):

Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = True

4. Press Return at the end of the line.

5. You can now close the VBE window (Alt+Q or File Close and
Return to Microsoft Word).


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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Kathy wrote:
OK, I am totally confused! I just started using Word 2007. I have
a document that I have used for years as a log, and AutoComplete
still works in it. I can open a new Word document and it still
works. I start typing in the first 4 letters of the month, and I
get an AutoComplete tip that says to enter today's date, press
Enter key.

We've installed it on a bunch of computers at work and some work
while others don't. I can't figure out what is making this happen.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

You can assign another shortcut key instead of F3. Click Office
button Word Options Customize, then click the keyboard
Customize button in the lower left of the dialog. Choose 'All
Commands' in the Categories list, then choose InsertAutoText in
the Commands list. Click on F3 in the current keys list and click
the Remove button; then click in the "Press new shortcut key" box
and press whatever shortcut you want, and click the Assign key.

What you can't do, unfortunately, is force Word to restore the
AutoComplete tips. They're just not available.

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On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:07:01 -0800, Laura K
wrote:


Thanks, Suzanne, but unfortunatley, F3 is the fast forward command
for my transcription system, so that won't work. Also, too many
of my entries could potentially have the same letters, such as
myocardial infarction and minimally invasive, "MI". That's why
the autocorrect feature was such a godsend. I could add many
common phrases and be sure I was not mistakenly adding one that
was not correct.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You can still type the first few letters of the AutoText entry
name and press F3 (not requiring a trip to the BB Organizer).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Laura K" Laura wrote in message
...
I agree. Transcriptionists all over the world must be cussing
right along with me! I transcribe letters for doctors who
repeat the same phrases over
and over. The autocomplete feature in autotext was such a time
saver. The autotext feature in 2007 does not work well for many
of my entries, such as
physician addresses and the building blocks are impossible to
insert on the
fly. I have to stop typing, go to Quick Parts, go to the
Builing Blocks Organizer, find the building block and then
click insert. With autocomplete,
I would be able to start typing the text, it would pop up, I
would hit enter
and keep on typing. While I understand what Microsoft was
trying to do with
the building blocks, they really dropped the ball by omitting
the autocomplete feature as it was in 2003. My work is taking
twice as long now.

"Linda S." wrote:

We miss the AUTO COMPLETE feature to insert an Auto Text entry
that was available in Word 2003, but we have not found how to
activate it (if it is
available) in Word 2007.

We have found Quick Parts not as user friendly as the old Auto
Text.

Any tips?