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Predefined autotext won't auto complete
I have found that predefined AutoText entries do not work with the
AutoComplete Suggestion function. However, user defined entries will. ie. My name is a predefined AutoText entry but when I type my name I never get a screen tip offering to AutoComplete my name by pressing enter. However, if I delete my name as a predefined entry and then re-enter it myself as a user defined entry it works fine. Is there a problem or is this normal behavior? word 2003. Also, in the microsoft study guide it states that you can use the AutoText abbreviation "me" to represent "Marketing Enterprises" and AutoComplete should work. However, I have found that abbreviations must be at least 4 characters long or they won't work so "me" will never work. An abbreviation of "mark" will work. Has anyone else found this to be true? -- 2dogs in Oregon USA |
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Your study guide is obviously incorrect; four unique letters are required.
But I *do* get AutoComplete tips for the default (built-in) AutoText entries. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "2dogs" wrote in message ... I have found that predefined AutoText entries do not work with the AutoComplete Suggestion function. However, user defined entries will. ie. My name is a predefined AutoText entry but when I type my name I never get a screen tip offering to AutoComplete my name by pressing enter. However, if I delete my name as a predefined entry and then re-enter it myself as a user defined entry it works fine. Is there a problem or is this normal behavior? word 2003. Also, in the microsoft study guide it states that you can use the AutoText abbreviation "me" to represent "Marketing Enterprises" and AutoComplete should work. However, I have found that abbreviations must be at least 4 characters long or they won't work so "me" will never work. An abbreviation of "mark" will work. Has anyone else found this to be true? -- 2dogs in Oregon USA |
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Yo Suz,
Thanks for the confirmation. Isn't it great when you want to take the certification test but first you have to correct the study guide! I think now that my defaults are working ok also. Funny though, a salutation like "Ladies and gentlemen" will screen tip but "dear madam or sir" won't for me. I think maybe because it is so similar to "dear sir or madam". thanks again -- 2dogs in Oregon USA "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Your study guide is obviously incorrect; four unique letters are required. But I *do* get AutoComplete tips for the default (built-in) AutoText entries. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "2dogs" wrote in message ... I have found that predefined AutoText entries do not work with the AutoComplete Suggestion function. However, user defined entries will. ie. My name is a predefined AutoText entry but when I type my name I never get a screen tip offering to AutoComplete my name by pressing enter. However, if I delete my name as a predefined entry and then re-enter it myself as a user defined entry it works fine. Is there a problem or is this normal behavior? word 2003. Also, in the microsoft study guide it states that you can use the AutoText abbreviation "me" to represent "Marketing Enterprises" and AutoComplete should work. However, I have found that abbreviations must be at least 4 characters long or they won't work so "me" will never work. An abbreviation of "mark" will work. Has anyone else found this to be true? -- 2dogs in Oregon USA |
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Hi 2dogs,
The thing to note is that at least four *unique* letters are required. In the two items you mentioned, the first five characters (including the space after "dear") are not unique -- but the AutoComplete mechanism stops looking when it encounters a space. To get this to work, you'd have to replace the default AutoTexts for those entries with ones whose names don't contain a space within the unique portion -- for example, dearsi and dearma. For myself, I don't understand why MS bothered to include those phrases as AutoText if they were going to make them so hard to use. PS: Suzanne is probably too well mannered to mention it, but I don't think she appreciates being addressed as "Suz". g -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:17:01 -0700, "2dogs" wrote: Yo Suz, Thanks for the confirmation. Isn't it great when you want to take the certification test but first you have to correct the study guide! I think now that my defaults are working ok also. Funny though, a salutation like "Ladies and gentlemen" will screen tip but "dear madam or sir" won't for me. I think maybe because it is so similar to "dear sir or madam". thanks again -- 2dogs in Oregon USA "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Your study guide is obviously incorrect; four unique letters are required. But I *do* get AutoComplete tips for the default (built-in) AutoText entries. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "2dogs" wrote in message ... I have found that predefined AutoText entries do not work with the AutoComplete Suggestion function. However, user defined entries will. ie. My name is a predefined AutoText entry but when I type my name I never get a screen tip offering to AutoComplete my name by pressing enter. However, if I delete my name as a predefined entry and then re-enter it myself as a user defined entry it works fine. Is there a problem or is this normal behavior? word 2003. Also, in the microsoft study guide it states that you can use the AutoText abbreviation "me" to represent "Marketing Enterprises" and AutoComplete should work. However, I have found that abbreviations must be at least 4 characters long or they won't work so "me" will never work. An abbreviation of "mark" will work. Has anyone else found this to be true? -- 2dogs in Oregon USA |
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I tolerate "Suz" better than "Susan." My dear mother (of cherished memory)
used to address notes to me as "Suz." the same way I call my daughter (who was named for her) "Va." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Hi 2dogs, The thing to note is that at least four *unique* letters are required. In the two items you mentioned, the first five characters (including the space after "dear") are not unique -- but the AutoComplete mechanism stops looking when it encounters a space. To get this to work, you'd have to replace the default AutoTexts for those entries with ones whose names don't contain a space within the unique portion -- for example, dearsi and dearma. For myself, I don't understand why MS bothered to include those phrases as AutoText if they were going to make them so hard to use. PS: Suzanne is probably too well mannered to mention it, but I don't think she appreciates being addressed as "Suz". g -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:17:01 -0700, "2dogs" wrote: Yo Suz, Thanks for the confirmation. Isn't it great when you want to take the certification test but first you have to correct the study guide! I think now that my defaults are working ok also. Funny though, a salutation like "Ladies and gentlemen" will screen tip but "dear madam or sir" won't for me. I think maybe because it is so similar to "dear sir or madam". thanks again -- 2dogs in Oregon USA "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Your study guide is obviously incorrect; four unique letters are required. But I *do* get AutoComplete tips for the default (built-in) AutoText entries. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "2dogs" wrote in message ... I have found that predefined AutoText entries do not work with the AutoComplete Suggestion function. However, user defined entries will. ie. My name is a predefined AutoText entry but when I type my name I never get a screen tip offering to AutoComplete my name by pressing enter. However, if I delete my name as a predefined entry and then re-enter it myself as a user defined entry it works fine. Is there a problem or is this normal behavior? word 2003. Also, in the microsoft study guide it states that you can use the AutoText abbreviation "me" to represent "Marketing Enterprises" and AutoComplete should work. However, I have found that abbreviations must be at least 4 characters long or they won't work so "me" will never work. An abbreviation of "mark" will work. Has anyone else found this to be true? -- 2dogs in Oregon USA |
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