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Default How do I automatically insert a repeating phrase in Word?

Yes. Although much of the old interface has gone (along with those useful
prompts for AutoComplete), you still have AutoText, though they are now
called Building Blocks.

Once you have typed your phrase/paragraph/tome, select it and then use the
shortcut Alt+F3 (just as it was for Autotext) and that will open the
Building Blocks dialog. Assign this a memorable name and save it. Then to
reuse that Building Block, just type the memorable name and press F3.

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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"kissecretary" wrote in message
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"Terry Farrell" wrote:

Well my answer was as succinct as your question. Now we know that you are
a
new user to Word 2007. That makes a huge difference because we are not
clairvoyants g

However, I see that Graham has given you the rundown. Let us know if you
have any further problems as we know that W2007 is not as intuitive as
W2003.

Terry

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"Terry Farrell" wrote:

Use AutoText.

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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"kissecretary" wrote in
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Sorry but this doesn't help me one bit. It's my first day using Word
2007, and I can't even automatically insert today's date.


"Instinctive" is a good word to describe the older versions! I type alot
of letters that use many of the same sentences. I used to be able to
just start typing a sentence -- "As you may be aware from being in Court
on today's date"--for example, and the sentence would pop up and I would
hit ENTER and it would be there. I don't want to create macros for just
sentences or parts of sentences; yet it's a pain to have to type the
entire phrase. Any suggestions?