As Bob points out, we are just users and had no input into this decision,
but note that you can still insert the AutoText as before by typing the
first four characters of the unique entry name and pressing F3 instead of
Enter or Tab.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Dee Meyerink" wrote in message
news
I can't believe you took the autocomplete feature out. This was my
lifeline
at work. Bad mistake Microsoft!!! It's much more time consuming to have
to
use the building blocks.
"CyberTaz" wrote:
The feature you're referring to is called AutoText, which still
functions in
2007 but in a more restricting fashion. Part of that restriction is that
the
AutoComplete ScreenTips no longer display - nor does the Enter key
complete
the entry - for the AutoText Items. (There are a few built-in
exceptions,
such as dates, month names & weekday names.) AutoText has also been
clustered within the "new" feature called Building Blocks, which you may
want to research in Word Help.
You can still type the AutoText Item "names" then press the F3 key to
complete the insertion.
Don't forget that you can use the Office button, go to Word Options,
select
Resources, then click the Contact Us button to send feedback to MS ;-)
--
HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
"Sunshine" wrote in message
...
In older Word editions, within the spellcheck function, I could assign
"autocomplete" to commonly typed phrases and sentences. If I would
type
the
first few letters in the series, the rest would pop up in a box and if
I
hit
the enter key they would be inserted into the document. I don't know
where
to find that on Word 2007.
Thanks for any help you can give.