This is happening to us as well. It doesn't hang every time any autotext is
inserted - it is only certain autotext entries. If I delete and recreate the
autotext entry that it hangs on, then I can insert the autotext entry without
any problem. These are autotext entries stored in a particular template.

I will try Safe Mode and see if that particular template functions in Safe
Mode (if it doesn't then Safe Mode is not an option) and whether the same
autotext entry freezes Word while in Safe Mode.

MarieJ
"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:

Hi ?B?Q2hlc3RlcjE=?=,

I am using trying to use Autotext in Word 2003, but every time I try to
insert the autotext Word stops responding. Can anyone help me stop this
happening????

If you start Word in Safe Mode (hold down CTRL), does the problem go away
while you're in Safe Mode? (Note: any AutoText entries you've created won't
be available, but the default ones should be there)

Is the problem happening with all autoText, or only ones you've created? If
the latter, are the problem entries stored in a particular template?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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