[Linda S.]

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.

Any tips?

[Cindy M.]

Hi ?B?TGluZGEgUy4=?=,

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.

It is not. Unfortunately.

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.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or
reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

[Tony Jollans]

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

[Barbara]

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

[Graham Mayor]

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

[Barbara]

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

[BoniM]

If your autotext entry is 256 characters or less, you can add it to the
autocorrect list and have it work sorta like it used to in autotext.
Select - Office button, word options, proofing, autocorrect options and
enter replace and with text... If you have text selected before you open
autocorrect options, it will already be listed in the With: box for you, then
you just need to enter a code in the replace text box. Make sure your code
isn't a real word! Everytime you type it, Word will then automatically
'correct' it for you!

"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.

Any tips?

[Laura K]

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.

Any tips?

[Greg Maxey[_2_]]

This might be useful:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Word2007_B...&_AutoText.htm

Laura K wrote:
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.

Any tips?

--
Greg Maxey - Word MVP

My web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can still type the first few letters of the AutoText entry name and
press F3 (not requiring a trip to the BB Organizer).

--
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.

Any tips?

[Laura K[_2_]]

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).

--
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.

Any tips?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

AutoCorrect still works exactly as before. It is only the behavior of
AutoText that has changed.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Laura K" wrote in message
...

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).

--
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.

Any tips?

[Jay Freedman]

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.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all
may benefit.

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).

--
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.

Any tips?

[Kathy]

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.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all
may benefit.

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).

--
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.

Any tips?

[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

This sounds like something you should bring to the Word programmers'
attention by posting a query through the knowledge base or by commenting on a
Word team blog. Programmers are working now on the next major version of
Word.

I don't use either feature (auto correct or auto text) often and because I'm
a technical editor who can't afford to have things corrected incorrectly,
I've turned all but curly quotes off. But your comments have clarified the
differences for me.

PamC

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.

You can still type the first few letters of the AutoText entry name and
press F3 (not requiring a trip to the BB Organizer).
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]

Any tips?

--
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http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/200812/1

[Beth Melton]

We've provided feedback on this topic prior to the release of Word 2007 and
after the release of Word 2007. We've provided the feedback numerous times.
Who knows if it did any good. :-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton


"PamC via OfficeKB.com" u43222@uwe wrote in message
news:8f025b7adeaff@uwe...
This sounds like something you should bring to the Word programmers'
attention by posting a query through the knowledge base or by commenting
on a
Word team blog. Programmers are working now on the next major version of
Word.