[Peter T. Daniels]

It works _only_ for the date (they say).

On Jul 13, 5:13*pm, 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.