Or hold your breath. I believe I am allowed to say that AutoComplete for
AutoText will be restored in Word 2010.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Barbara" wrote in message
...
I did think of that. The problem is that I have literally thousands of
entries. I have the old normal.dot saved on a flash drive and was hoping
that I could convert it from Word 2003 to Word 2007. When I got my
laptop,
it was very easy to move it from my PC to my laptop - both running Word
2003.
Who knew Microsoft would trash functionability in a new version of Word?
That is just crazy.
But thank you for your reply. If I do that it will take me weeks. What I
will probably end up doing is finding 3rd party software compatible with
the
old normal.dot and Word 2007. It must exist.
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
Use instead autocorrect with abbreviated versions of the words or phrases
as
trigger sequences.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Barbara wrote:
Tell me what good that does when you are typing fast - you are being
paid for how fast you type, and you COUNT on the program - ie Word -
to auto complete 25 and 27 letter words for you (medical words) as it
did in Word 2003. This has created a HUGE problem for me.
sure, start typing
phacoemulsification or otorhinolaryngology or some that are even
worse.
This was a big oversight and I'm sorry I ever bought Word 2007.
"Tony Jollans" wrote:
You can go back to the way Word used to work, before AutoComplete
was introduced. Type the *name* of the AutoText entry, then press
F3.
You don't actually need to type the whole name - just enough of it to
uniquely identify it.
--
Enjoy,
Tony Jollans
Microsoft Word MVP