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Can't figure how to Automatically fill in frequently typed phrases
In my previous version of Word XP I was able to type a frequently typed
phrase or difficult to spell word (hepatosplenomegaly for example). I would type in part of the word or phrase and only hit ENTER to fill in the rest. I can't find the function in Word 2007 to do this. Anybody have any suggestions they will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. |
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Can't figure how to Automatically fill in frequently typed phrases
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:11:01 -0700, Laverne
wrote: In my previous version of Word XP I was able to type a frequently typed phrase or difficult to spell word (hepatosplenomegaly for example). I would type in part of the word or phrase and only hit ENTER to fill in the rest. I can't find the function in Word 2007 to do this. Anybody have any suggestions they will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. AutoCorrect is still available. The dialog to manage it is now in the Options dialog instead of the Tools menu. Go to Office button Word Options Proofing and click the AutoCorrect Options button. You can select any word, phrase, picture, etc., then go to that dialog and enter an 'alias'. Whenever you type the alias in a document and follow it with a space or punctuation, it'll be replaced by the full entry. What you described is the AutoText feature, which in Word 2007 has become part of the Building Blocks feature (Insert Quick Parts Building Blocks Organizer). Because Microsoft fumbled this one, it's harder to use than in previous versions -- the automatic completion tips are gone, and you have to press F3 to activate the replacement instead of pressing Enter. -- 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. |
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Can't figure how to Automatically fill in frequently typed phr
Thank you so much, that works okay -- just somethine I'll get used to.
Everything changes and in the great scheme of things, if that's my worst problem I'm pretty happy about it. Thanks again. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:11:01 -0700, Laverne wrote: In my previous version of Word XP I was able to type a frequently typed phrase or difficult to spell word (hepatosplenomegaly for example). I would type in part of the word or phrase and only hit ENTER to fill in the rest. I can't find the function in Word 2007 to do this. Anybody have any suggestions they will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. AutoCorrect is still available. The dialog to manage it is now in the Options dialog instead of the Tools menu. Go to Office button Word Options Proofing and click the AutoCorrect Options button. You can select any word, phrase, picture, etc., then go to that dialog and enter an 'alias'. Whenever you type the alias in a document and follow it with a space or punctuation, it'll be replaced by the full entry. What you described is the AutoText feature, which in Word 2007 has become part of the Building Blocks feature (Insert Quick Parts Building Blocks Organizer). Because Microsoft fumbled this one, it's harder to use than in previous versions -- the automatic completion tips are gone, and you have to press F3 to activate the replacement instead of pressing Enter. -- 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. |
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Thank goodness SOMEONE was able to tell me what was going on with this! I am
a medical transcriptionist (Laverne, from your mention of hepatosplenomegaly, sounds like you are an MT too, or similar!), and this is a major thorn in my side!  I just upgraded this week and decided to try it out tonight on a couple of brief files that should have taken less than an hour...I was messing around for THREE hours trying to figure out why AutoText wouldn't work. Then when I found them in that stupid QuickText Gallery, I needed a way to not have to go search for one everytime I needed it. (Quicker just to type it sometimes, you know??) ....And right now, I am trying not to have a panic attack, because in its glorious splendor, Word seems to have corrupted my Normal.dot, because they don't even show up in the Gallery now. It would appear every AutoText I ever created over the years has disappeared, and I'm staring at the screen wondering what in the world I'm going to do about it. *headdesk*headdesk*headdesk* I really hate computers sometimes. :[ "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:11:01 -0700, Laverne wrote: In my previous version of Word XP I was able to type a frequently typed phrase or difficult to spell word (hepatosplenomegaly for example). I would type in part of the word or phrase and only hit ENTER to fill in the rest. I can't find the function in Word 2007 to do this. Anybody have any suggestions they will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. What you described is the AutoText feature, which in Word 2007 has become part of the Building Blocks feature (Insert Quick Parts Building Blocks Organizer). Because Microsoft fumbled this one, it's harder to use than in previous versions -- the automatic completion tips are gone, and you have to press F3 to activate the replacement instead of pressing Enter. |
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n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about,
but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts
immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which
is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more
powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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Can't figure how to Automatically fill in frequently typed phr
Not only more but also less. AutoComplete required four unique characters. I
can use F3 after three (and perhaps even fewer). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Weyana" wrote in message ... Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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It depends what you mean by 'more powerful'. I can't off-hand think of
anything that Autotext can hold that Autocorrect cannot. Suzanne is correct in suggesting that you still have to remember the trigger keys, but it is not imposible to make logical combinations that are easy enough to remember, but if you prefer autotext/quickparts that's fine. There is no 'autocomplete' in Word 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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Can't figure how to Automatically fill in frequently typed phr
Well, for starters, you can use AutoText to insert several formatted
paragraphs (for example) by typing one word that is an abbreviation for that template. If you use AutoCorrect, then you have to hit 'Undo' or 'Alt-Z' if you need to refer to that template by name without referring to it. E.g., a doctor I transcribe for can ask me to jot a note on his log that he needs to do the 'sodfarm' for Patient X, and then as he's dictating the report, when he starts that template, I can type "sodfarm" and hit F3 (or Enter in 2003) to pull up the template. If "sodfarm" were an AutoCorrect for this 1/2 page long bit, then I would constantly be having to undo the correction in notes he dictates. As a general rule, I use AutoCorrect for unique acronyms or capitalization...mris for MRIs; ncs for nerve conduction studies; clt for cervical, lumbar, and thoracic; cspine for cervical spine...things that I would never intend to be left as it is. While on the other hand, as I said, I use AutoText for phrases that I may or may not intend to insert when I type its trigger. "Graham Mayor" wrote: It depends what you mean by 'more powerful'. I can't off-hand think of anything that Autotext can hold that Autocorrect cannot. Suzanne is correct in suggesting that you still have to remember the trigger keys, but it is not imposible to make logical combinations that are easy enough to remember, but if you prefer autotext/quickparts that's fine. There is no 'autocomplete' in Word 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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But that's not to say that you couldn't save the "sodfarm" AutoText entry as
an AutoCorrect entry with a different name, such as #sdf. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Weyana" wrote in message ... Well, for starters, you can use AutoText to insert several formatted paragraphs (for example) by typing one word that is an abbreviation for that template. If you use AutoCorrect, then you have to hit 'Undo' or 'Alt-Z' if you need to refer to that template by name without referring to it. E.g., a doctor I transcribe for can ask me to jot a note on his log that he needs to do the 'sodfarm' for Patient X, and then as he's dictating the report, when he starts that template, I can type "sodfarm" and hit F3 (or Enter in 2003) to pull up the template. If "sodfarm" were an AutoCorrect for this 1/2 page long bit, then I would constantly be having to undo the correction in notes he dictates. As a general rule, I use AutoCorrect for unique acronyms or capitalization...mris for MRIs; ncs for nerve conduction studies; clt for cervical, lumbar, and thoracic; cspine for cervical spine...things that I would never intend to be left as it is. While on the other hand, as I said, I use AutoText for phrases that I may or may not intend to insert when I type its trigger. "Graham Mayor" wrote: It depends what you mean by 'more powerful'. I can't off-hand think of anything that Autotext can hold that Autocorrect cannot. Suzanne is correct in suggesting that you still have to remember the trigger keys, but it is not imposible to make logical combinations that are easy enough to remember, but if you prefer autotext/quickparts that's fine. There is no 'autocomplete' in Word 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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Indeed. I always use autocorrect with a prefix such as #, %, or @ to avoid
accidental triggering - except for correcting words I have a tendency to misspell when typing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: But that's not to say that you couldn't save the "sodfarm" AutoText entry as an AutoCorrect entry with a different name, such as #sdf. "Weyana" wrote in message ... Well, for starters, you can use AutoText to insert several formatted paragraphs (for example) by typing one word that is an abbreviation for that template. If you use AutoCorrect, then you have to hit 'Undo' or 'Alt-Z' if you need to refer to that template by name without referring to it. E.g., a doctor I transcribe for can ask me to jot a note on his log that he needs to do the 'sodfarm' for Patient X, and then as he's dictating the report, when he starts that template, I can type "sodfarm" and hit F3 (or Enter in 2003) to pull up the template. If "sodfarm" were an AutoCorrect for this 1/2 page long bit, then I would constantly be having to undo the correction in notes he dictates. As a general rule, I use AutoCorrect for unique acronyms or capitalization...mris for MRIs; ncs for nerve conduction studies; clt for cervical, lumbar, and thoracic; cspine for cervical spine...things that I would never intend to be left as it is. While on the other hand, as I said, I use AutoText for phrases that I may or may not intend to insert when I type its trigger. "Graham Mayor" wrote: It depends what you mean by 'more powerful'. I can't off-hand think of anything that Autotext can hold that Autocorrect cannot. Suzanne is correct in suggesting that you still have to remember the trigger keys, but it is not imposible to make logical combinations that are easy enough to remember, but if you prefer autotext/quickparts that's fine. There is no 'autocomplete' in Word 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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If I were not so clumsy typing on the top row (I have to peek), I'd do that,
too. As it is, I don't really have very many AutoCorrect entries of that type any more, and they tend to be assigned for specific projects and then (if I remember) deleted. Sometimes I forget and months later run into an expansion that completely surprises me! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Indeed. I always use autocorrect with a prefix such as #, %, or @ to avoid accidental triggering - except for correcting words I have a tendency to misspell when typing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: But that's not to say that you couldn't save the "sodfarm" AutoText entry as an AutoCorrect entry with a different name, such as #sdf. "Weyana" wrote in message ... Well, for starters, you can use AutoText to insert several formatted paragraphs (for example) by typing one word that is an abbreviation for that template. If you use AutoCorrect, then you have to hit 'Undo' or 'Alt-Z' if you need to refer to that template by name without referring to it. E.g., a doctor I transcribe for can ask me to jot a note on his log that he needs to do the 'sodfarm' for Patient X, and then as he's dictating the report, when he starts that template, I can type "sodfarm" and hit F3 (or Enter in 2003) to pull up the template. If "sodfarm" were an AutoCorrect for this 1/2 page long bit, then I would constantly be having to undo the correction in notes he dictates. As a general rule, I use AutoCorrect for unique acronyms or capitalization...mris for MRIs; ncs for nerve conduction studies; clt for cervical, lumbar, and thoracic; cspine for cervical spine...things that I would never intend to be left as it is. While on the other hand, as I said, I use AutoText for phrases that I may or may not intend to insert when I type its trigger. "Graham Mayor" wrote: It depends what you mean by 'more powerful'. I can't off-hand think of anything that Autotext can hold that Autocorrect cannot. Suzanne is correct in suggesting that you still have to remember the trigger keys, but it is not imposible to make logical combinations that are easy enough to remember, but if you prefer autotext/quickparts that's fine. There is no 'autocomplete' in Word 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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I might consider doing that, actually...although typing for a living, speed
counts--and symbols slow me down because I have to peek, too. But for a couple I do have that get messed up when I type something similar, that would still be quicker than Ctrl-Z and retyping after I realize what I did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If I were not so clumsy typing on the top row (I have to peek), I'd do that, too. As it is, I don't really have very many AutoCorrect entries of that type any more, and they tend to be assigned for specific projects and then (if I remember) deleted. Sometimes I forget and months later run into an expansion that completely surprises me! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Indeed. I always use autocorrect with a prefix such as #, %, or @ to avoid accidental triggering - except for correcting words I have a tendency to misspell when typing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: But that's not to say that you couldn't save the "sodfarm" AutoText entry as an AutoCorrect entry with a different name, such as #sdf. "Weyana" wrote in message ... Well, for starters, you can use AutoText to insert several formatted paragraphs (for example) by typing one word that is an abbreviation for that template. If you use AutoCorrect, then you have to hit 'Undo' or 'Alt-Z' if you need to refer to that template by name without referring to it. E.g., a doctor I transcribe for can ask me to jot a note on his log that he needs to do the 'sodfarm' for Patient X, and then as he's dictating the report, when he starts that template, I can type "sodfarm" and hit F3 (or Enter in 2003) to pull up the template. If "sodfarm" were an AutoCorrect for this 1/2 page long bit, then I would constantly be having to undo the correction in notes he dictates. As a general rule, I use AutoCorrect for unique acronyms or capitalization...mris for MRIs; ncs for nerve conduction studies; clt for cervical, lumbar, and thoracic; cspine for cervical spine...things that I would never intend to be left as it is. While on the other hand, as I said, I use AutoText for phrases that I may or may not intend to insert when I type its trigger. "Graham Mayor" wrote: It depends what you mean by 'more powerful'. I can't off-hand think of anything that Autotext can hold that Autocorrect cannot. Suzanne is correct in suggesting that you still have to remember the trigger keys, but it is not imposible to make logical combinations that are easy enough to remember, but if you prefer autotext/quickparts that's fine. There is no 'autocomplete' in Word 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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Can't figure how to Automatically fill in frequently typed phr
Many users suggest beginning the prompts with a semicolon or slash, which I
would find much easier to type, but I'd be concerned that those might occur in the text normally at some point. One caveat about AutoCorrect entries that are just letters. I had not realized that an optional hyphen would trigger an AutoCorrect. When I'm laying out a book, I don't use automatic hyphenation, but I scan pages for loose lines and then insert optional hyphens as needed to tighten up the lines. One time I inserted a hyphen in the middle of a word without realizing that the portion of the word before the hyphen was the prompt for an AutoCorrect entry. This expanded (into several words) without my noticing it and not only made a mess of the formatting but also made complete nonsense of the paragraph. Luckily the client noticed it when the proofs came back from the printer! This has been reported to MS, and it has been strenuously pointed out that optional hyphens should not trigger AutoCorrect, but it's a glitch I won't hold my breath waiting to see corrected. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Weyana" wrote in message ... I might consider doing that, actually...although typing for a living, speed counts--and symbols slow me down because I have to peek, too. But for a couple I do have that get messed up when I type something similar, that would still be quicker than Ctrl-Z and retyping after I realize what I did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If I were not so clumsy typing on the top row (I have to peek), I'd do that, too. As it is, I don't really have very many AutoCorrect entries of that type any more, and they tend to be assigned for specific projects and then (if I remember) deleted. Sometimes I forget and months later run into an expansion that completely surprises me! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Indeed. I always use autocorrect with a prefix such as #, %, or @ to avoid accidental triggering - except for correcting words I have a tendency to misspell when typing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: But that's not to say that you couldn't save the "sodfarm" AutoText entry as an AutoCorrect entry with a different name, such as #sdf. "Weyana" wrote in message ... Well, for starters, you can use AutoText to insert several formatted paragraphs (for example) by typing one word that is an abbreviation for that template. If you use AutoCorrect, then you have to hit 'Undo' or 'Alt-Z' if you need to refer to that template by name without referring to it. E.g., a doctor I transcribe for can ask me to jot a note on his log that he needs to do the 'sodfarm' for Patient X, and then as he's dictating the report, when he starts that template, I can type "sodfarm" and hit F3 (or Enter in 2003) to pull up the template. If "sodfarm" were an AutoCorrect for this 1/2 page long bit, then I would constantly be having to undo the correction in notes he dictates. As a general rule, I use AutoCorrect for unique acronyms or capitalization...mris for MRIs; ncs for nerve conduction studies; clt for cervical, lumbar, and thoracic; cspine for cervical spine...things that I would never intend to be left as it is. While on the other hand, as I said, I use AutoText for phrases that I may or may not intend to insert when I type its trigger. "Graham Mayor" wrote: It depends what you mean by 'more powerful'. I can't off-hand think of anything that Autotext can hold that Autocorrect cannot. Suzanne is correct in suggesting that you still have to remember the trigger keys, but it is not imposible to make logical combinations that are easy enough to remember, but if you prefer autotext/quickparts that's fine. There is no 'autocomplete' in Word 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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Can't figure how to Automatically fill in frequently typed phr
Ugh...I've done that one. I have one doctor whose favorite word seems to be
"regarding". I need to change that entry from "re" to "reg" or something else ("reg:" maybe...can't do "" since that would get typed intentionally) because of that very reason...if I type "re-examined", I get "regarding-examined"..."you're" yields "you'regarding". :P "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Many users suggest beginning the prompts with a semicolon or slash, which I would find much easier to type, but I'd be concerned that those might occur in the text normally at some point. One caveat about AutoCorrect entries that are just letters. I had not realized that an optional hyphen would trigger an AutoCorrect. When I'm laying out a book, I don't use automatic hyphenation, but I scan pages for loose lines and then insert optional hyphens as needed to tighten up the lines. One time I inserted a hyphen in the middle of a word without realizing that the portion of the word before the hyphen was the prompt for an AutoCorrect entry. This expanded (into several words) without my noticing it and not only made a mess of the formatting but also made complete nonsense of the paragraph. Luckily the client noticed it when the proofs came back from the printer! This has been reported to MS, and it has been strenuously pointed out that optional hyphens should not trigger AutoCorrect, but it's a glitch I won't hold my breath waiting to see corrected. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Weyana" wrote in message ... I might consider doing that, actually...although typing for a living, speed counts--and symbols slow me down because I have to peek, too. But for a couple I do have that get messed up when I type something similar, that would still be quicker than Ctrl-Z and retyping after I realize what I did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If I were not so clumsy typing on the top row (I have to peek), I'd do that, too. As it is, I don't really have very many AutoCorrect entries of that type any more, and they tend to be assigned for specific projects and then (if I remember) deleted. Sometimes I forget and months later run into an expansion that completely surprises me! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Indeed. I always use autocorrect with a prefix such as #, %, or @ to avoid accidental triggering - except for correcting words I have a tendency to misspell when typing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: But that's not to say that you couldn't save the "sodfarm" AutoText entry as an AutoCorrect entry with a different name, such as #sdf. "Weyana" wrote in message ... Well, for starters, you can use AutoText to insert several formatted paragraphs (for example) by typing one word that is an abbreviation for that template. If you use AutoCorrect, then you have to hit 'Undo' or 'Alt-Z' if you need to refer to that template by name without referring to it. E.g., a doctor I transcribe for can ask me to jot a note on his log that he needs to do the 'sodfarm' for Patient X, and then as he's dictating the report, when he starts that template, I can type "sodfarm" and hit F3 (or Enter in 2003) to pull up the template. If "sodfarm" were an AutoCorrect for this 1/2 page long bit, then I would constantly be having to undo the correction in notes he dictates. As a general rule, I use AutoCorrect for unique acronyms or capitalization...mris for MRIs; ncs for nerve conduction studies; clt for cervical, lumbar, and thoracic; cspine for cervical spine...things that I would never intend to be left as it is. While on the other hand, as I said, I use AutoText for phrases that I may or may not intend to insert when I type its trigger. "Graham Mayor" wrote: It depends what you mean by 'more powerful'. I can't off-hand think of anything that Autotext can hold that Autocorrect cannot. Suzanne is correct in suggesting that you still have to remember the trigger keys, but it is not imposible to make logical combinations that are easy enough to remember, but if you prefer autotext/quickparts that's fine. There is no 'autocomplete' in Word 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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Oh, ouch! That's much worse than my example! But at least your problems are
triggered by an ordinary hyphen and a space, which I can't really object to; it's treating optional hyphens as "punctuation" that really burns me up, since you are usually inserting an optional hyphen in the middle of a word that's already been typed. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Weyana" wrote in message ... Ugh...I've done that one. I have one doctor whose favorite word seems to be "regarding". I need to change that entry from "re" to "reg" or something else ("reg:" maybe...can't do "" since that would get typed intentionally) because of that very reason...if I type "re-examined", I get "regarding-examined"..."you're" yields "you'regarding". :P "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Many users suggest beginning the prompts with a semicolon or slash, which I would find much easier to type, but I'd be concerned that those might occur in the text normally at some point. One caveat about AutoCorrect entries that are just letters. I had not realized that an optional hyphen would trigger an AutoCorrect. When I'm laying out a book, I don't use automatic hyphenation, but I scan pages for loose lines and then insert optional hyphens as needed to tighten up the lines. One time I inserted a hyphen in the middle of a word without realizing that the portion of the word before the hyphen was the prompt for an AutoCorrect entry. This expanded (into several words) without my noticing it and not only made a mess of the formatting but also made complete nonsense of the paragraph. Luckily the client noticed it when the proofs came back from the printer! This has been reported to MS, and it has been strenuously pointed out that optional hyphens should not trigger AutoCorrect, but it's a glitch I won't hold my breath waiting to see corrected. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Weyana" wrote in message ... I might consider doing that, actually...although typing for a living, speed counts--and symbols slow me down because I have to peek, too. But for a couple I do have that get messed up when I type something similar, that would still be quicker than Ctrl-Z and retyping after I realize what I did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If I were not so clumsy typing on the top row (I have to peek), I'd do that, too. As it is, I don't really have very many AutoCorrect entries of that type any more, and they tend to be assigned for specific projects and then (if I remember) deleted. Sometimes I forget and months later run into an expansion that completely surprises me! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Indeed. I always use autocorrect with a prefix such as #, %, or @ to avoid accidental triggering - except for correcting words I have a tendency to misspell when typing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: But that's not to say that you couldn't save the "sodfarm" AutoText entry as an AutoCorrect entry with a different name, such as #sdf. "Weyana" wrote in message ... Well, for starters, you can use AutoText to insert several formatted paragraphs (for example) by typing one word that is an abbreviation for that template. If you use AutoCorrect, then you have to hit 'Undo' or 'Alt-Z' if you need to refer to that template by name without referring to it. E.g., a doctor I transcribe for can ask me to jot a note on his log that he needs to do the 'sodfarm' for Patient X, and then as he's dictating the report, when he starts that template, I can type "sodfarm" and hit F3 (or Enter in 2003) to pull up the template. If "sodfarm" were an AutoCorrect for this 1/2 page long bit, then I would constantly be having to undo the correction in notes he dictates. As a general rule, I use AutoCorrect for unique acronyms or capitalization...mris for MRIs; ncs for nerve conduction studies; clt for cervical, lumbar, and thoracic; cspine for cervical spine...things that I would never intend to be left as it is. While on the other hand, as I said, I use AutoText for phrases that I may or may not intend to insert when I type its trigger. "Graham Mayor" wrote: It depends what you mean by 'more powerful'. I can't off-hand think of anything that Autotext can hold that Autocorrect cannot. Suzanne is correct in suggesting that you still have to remember the trigger keys, but it is not imposible to make logical combinations that are easy enough to remember, but if you prefer autotext/quickparts that's fine. There is no 'autocomplete' in Word 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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Yeah, that's no good.
I wonder if there's some random setting that could fix that...like turning off "correct -- to an em dash". *L* "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Oh, ouch! That's much worse than my example! But at least your problems are triggered by an ordinary hyphen and a space, which I can't really object to; it's treating optional hyphens as "punctuation" that really burns me up, since you are usually inserting an optional hyphen in the middle of a word that's already been typed. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Weyana" wrote in message ... Ugh...I've done that one. I have one doctor whose favorite word seems to be "regarding". I need to change that entry from "re" to "reg" or something else ("reg:" maybe...can't do "" since that would get typed intentionally) because of that very reason...if I type "re-examined", I get "regarding-examined"..."you're" yields "you'regarding". :P "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Many users suggest beginning the prompts with a semicolon or slash, which I would find much easier to type, but I'd be concerned that those might occur in the text normally at some point. One caveat about AutoCorrect entries that are just letters. I had not realized that an optional hyphen would trigger an AutoCorrect. When I'm laying out a book, I don't use automatic hyphenation, but I scan pages for loose lines and then insert optional hyphens as needed to tighten up the lines. One time I inserted a hyphen in the middle of a word without realizing that the portion of the word before the hyphen was the prompt for an AutoCorrect entry. This expanded (into several words) without my noticing it and not only made a mess of the formatting but also made complete nonsense of the paragraph. Luckily the client noticed it when the proofs came back from the printer! This has been reported to MS, and it has been strenuously pointed out that optional hyphens should not trigger AutoCorrect, but it's a glitch I won't hold my breath waiting to see corrected. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Weyana" wrote in message ... I might consider doing that, actually...although typing for a living, speed counts--and symbols slow me down because I have to peek, too. But for a couple I do have that get messed up when I type something similar, that would still be quicker than Ctrl-Z and retyping after I realize what I did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If I were not so clumsy typing on the top row (I have to peek), I'd do that, too. As it is, I don't really have very many AutoCorrect entries of that type any more, and they tend to be assigned for specific projects and then (if I remember) deleted. Sometimes I forget and months later run into an expansion that completely surprises me! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Indeed. I always use autocorrect with a prefix such as #, %, or @ to avoid accidental triggering - except for correcting words I have a tendency to misspell when typing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: But that's not to say that you couldn't save the "sodfarm" AutoText entry as an AutoCorrect entry with a different name, such as #sdf. "Weyana" wrote in message ... Well, for starters, you can use AutoText to insert several formatted paragraphs (for example) by typing one word that is an abbreviation for that template. If you use AutoCorrect, then you have to hit 'Undo' or 'Alt-Z' if you need to refer to that template by name without referring to it. E.g., a doctor I transcribe for can ask me to jot a note on his log that he needs to do the 'sodfarm' for Patient X, and then as he's dictating the report, when he starts that template, I can type "sodfarm" and hit F3 (or Enter in 2003) to pull up the template. If "sodfarm" were an AutoCorrect for this 1/2 page long bit, then I would constantly be having to undo the correction in notes he dictates. As a general rule, I use AutoCorrect for unique acronyms or capitalization...mris for MRIs; ncs for nerve conduction studies; clt for cervical, lumbar, and thoracic; cspine for cervical spine...things that I would never intend to be left as it is. While on the other hand, as I said, I use AutoText for phrases that I may or may not intend to insert when I type its trigger. "Graham Mayor" wrote: It depends what you mean by 'more powerful'. I can't off-hand think of anything that Autotext can hold that Autocorrect cannot. Suzanne is correct in suggesting that you still have to remember the trigger keys, but it is not imposible to make logical combinations that are easy enough to remember, but if you prefer autotext/quickparts that's fine. There is no 'autocomplete' in Word 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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I have decided to try to use the different ways to see which one will solve
my problem. I'm with you Weyana, being an MT means speed is vital. The BEST way was the origninal way that prompted me, and I had so many entered. I'm just now realizing as I'm working that I really miss a lot of them. I guess, though, that it's just a matter of getting used to it. I just wish we wouldn't keep having to get used to something new -- Microsoft should find a way to fix it and bring back the old way and allow it as a FREE download for new computers. It never occurred to me that I should have to find out if such basic things are a part of the new 2007. ARRRGH! "Weyana" wrote: I might consider doing that, actually...although typing for a living, speed counts--and symbols slow me down because I have to peek, too. But for a couple I do have that get messed up when I type something similar, that would still be quicker than Ctrl-Z and retyping after I realize what I did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If I were not so clumsy typing on the top row (I have to peek), I'd do that, too. As it is, I don't really have very many AutoCorrect entries of that type any more, and they tend to be assigned for specific projects and then (if I remember) deleted. Sometimes I forget and months later run into an expansion that completely surprises me! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Indeed. I always use autocorrect with a prefix such as #, %, or @ to avoid accidental triggering - except for correcting words I have a tendency to misspell when typing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: But that's not to say that you couldn't save the "sodfarm" AutoText entry as an AutoCorrect entry with a different name, such as #sdf. "Weyana" wrote in message ... Well, for starters, you can use AutoText to insert several formatted paragraphs (for example) by typing one word that is an abbreviation for that template. If you use AutoCorrect, then you have to hit 'Undo' or 'Alt-Z' if you need to refer to that template by name without referring to it. E.g., a doctor I transcribe for can ask me to jot a note on his log that he needs to do the 'sodfarm' for Patient X, and then as he's dictating the report, when he starts that template, I can type "sodfarm" and hit F3 (or Enter in 2003) to pull up the template. If "sodfarm" were an AutoCorrect for this 1/2 page long bit, then I would constantly be having to undo the correction in notes he dictates. As a general rule, I use AutoCorrect for unique acronyms or capitalization...mris for MRIs; ncs for nerve conduction studies; clt for cervical, lumbar, and thoracic; cspine for cervical spine...things that I would never intend to be left as it is. While on the other hand, as I said, I use AutoText for phrases that I may or may not intend to insert when I type its trigger. "Graham Mayor" wrote: It depends what you mean by 'more powerful'. I can't off-hand think of anything that Autotext can hold that Autocorrect cannot. Suzanne is correct in suggesting that you still have to remember the trigger keys, but it is not imposible to make logical combinations that are easy enough to remember, but if you prefer autotext/quickparts that's fine. There is no 'autocomplete' in Word 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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May I ask why you upgraded to Word 2007? I would think for your purposes
Word 2003 (or even Word 97) would be quite adequate. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Laverne" wrote in message ... I have decided to try to use the different ways to see which one will solve my problem. I'm with you Weyana, being an MT means speed is vital. The BEST way was the origninal way that prompted me, and I had so many entered. I'm just now realizing as I'm working that I really miss a lot of them. I guess, though, that it's just a matter of getting used to it. I just wish we wouldn't keep having to get used to something new -- Microsoft should find a way to fix it and bring back the old way and allow it as a FREE download for new computers. It never occurred to me that I should have to find out if such basic things are a part of the new 2007. ARRRGH! "Weyana" wrote: I might consider doing that, actually...although typing for a living, speed counts--and symbols slow me down because I have to peek, too. But for a couple I do have that get messed up when I type something similar, that would still be quicker than Ctrl-Z and retyping after I realize what I did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If I were not so clumsy typing on the top row (I have to peek), I'd do that, too. As it is, I don't really have very many AutoCorrect entries of that type any more, and they tend to be assigned for specific projects and then (if I remember) deleted. Sometimes I forget and months later run into an expansion that completely surprises me! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Indeed. I always use autocorrect with a prefix such as #, %, or @ to avoid accidental triggering - except for correcting words I have a tendency to misspell when typing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: But that's not to say that you couldn't save the "sodfarm" AutoText entry as an AutoCorrect entry with a different name, such as #sdf. "Weyana" wrote in message ... Well, for starters, you can use AutoText to insert several formatted paragraphs (for example) by typing one word that is an abbreviation for that template. If you use AutoCorrect, then you have to hit 'Undo' or 'Alt-Z' if you need to refer to that template by name without referring to it. E.g., a doctor I transcribe for can ask me to jot a note on his log that he needs to do the 'sodfarm' for Patient X, and then as he's dictating the report, when he starts that template, I can type "sodfarm" and hit F3 (or Enter in 2003) to pull up the template. If "sodfarm" were an AutoCorrect for this 1/2 page long bit, then I would constantly be having to undo the correction in notes he dictates. As a general rule, I use AutoCorrect for unique acronyms or capitalization...mris for MRIs; ncs for nerve conduction studies; clt for cervical, lumbar, and thoracic; cspine for cervical spine...things that I would never intend to be left as it is. While on the other hand, as I said, I use AutoText for phrases that I may or may not intend to insert when I type its trigger. "Graham Mayor" wrote: It depends what you mean by 'more powerful'. I can't off-hand think of anything that Autotext can hold that Autocorrect cannot. Suzanne is correct in suggesting that you still have to remember the trigger keys, but it is not imposible to make logical combinations that are easy enough to remember, but if you prefer autotext/quickparts that's fine. There is no 'autocomplete' in Word 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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My computer crashed and I had to get a new one -- I bought a new computer and
had to downgrade to Windows XP. No problem, but I was not given an option for Office and Office 2007 was it. I did investigate getting Word 2003, but couldn't find it and it was not an option with the new purchase. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: May I ask why you upgraded to Word 2007? I would think for your purposes Word 2003 (or even Word 97) would be quite adequate. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Laverne" wrote in message ... I have decided to try to use the different ways to see which one will solve my problem. I'm with you Weyana, being an MT means speed is vital. The BEST way was the origninal way that prompted me, and I had so many entered. I'm just now realizing as I'm working that I really miss a lot of them. I guess, though, that it's just a matter of getting used to it. I just wish we wouldn't keep having to get used to something new -- Microsoft should find a way to fix it and bring back the old way and allow it as a FREE download for new computers. It never occurred to me that I should have to find out if such basic things are a part of the new 2007. ARRRGH! "Weyana" wrote: I might consider doing that, actually...although typing for a living, speed counts--and symbols slow me down because I have to peek, too. But for a couple I do have that get messed up when I type something similar, that would still be quicker than Ctrl-Z and retyping after I realize what I did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If I were not so clumsy typing on the top row (I have to peek), I'd do that, too. As it is, I don't really have very many AutoCorrect entries of that type any more, and they tend to be assigned for specific projects and then (if I remember) deleted. Sometimes I forget and months later run into an expansion that completely surprises me! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Indeed. I always use autocorrect with a prefix such as #, %, or @ to avoid accidental triggering - except for correcting words I have a tendency to misspell when typing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: But that's not to say that you couldn't save the "sodfarm" AutoText entry as an AutoCorrect entry with a different name, such as #sdf. "Weyana" wrote in message ... Well, for starters, you can use AutoText to insert several formatted paragraphs (for example) by typing one word that is an abbreviation for that template. If you use AutoCorrect, then you have to hit 'Undo' or 'Alt-Z' if you need to refer to that template by name without referring to it. E.g., a doctor I transcribe for can ask me to jot a note on his log that he needs to do the 'sodfarm' for Patient X, and then as he's dictating the report, when he starts that template, I can type "sodfarm" and hit F3 (or Enter in 2003) to pull up the template. If "sodfarm" were an AutoCorrect for this 1/2 page long bit, then I would constantly be having to undo the correction in notes he dictates. As a general rule, I use AutoCorrect for unique acronyms or capitalization...mris for MRIs; ncs for nerve conduction studies; clt for cervical, lumbar, and thoracic; cspine for cervical spine...things that I would never intend to be left as it is. While on the other hand, as I said, I use AutoText for phrases that I may or may not intend to insert when I type its trigger. "Graham Mayor" wrote: It depends what you mean by 'more powerful'. I can't off-hand think of anything that Autotext can hold that Autocorrect cannot. Suzanne is correct in suggesting that you still have to remember the trigger keys, but it is not imposible to make logical combinations that are easy enough to remember, but if you prefer autotext/quickparts that's fine. There is no 'autocomplete' in Word 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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I've asked myself the same thing. Thankfully, I still have 2003 on my
desktop, but my laptop came with a trial of 2007 and I got addicted to OneNote, and found a great deal on Office Home & Student. *L* I am an editor and designer at heart, so the interface reminds me of PageMaker or something similar, and it has some pretty darn cool features, like the automatic word count at the bottom. But so far, every time I have used it, I've had to reload my shared Normal.dot. It doesn't automatically load when it opens for some reason. :P Hoping I finally made it stick today. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: May I ask why you upgraded to Word 2007? I would think for your purposes Word 2003 (or even Word 97) would be quite adequate. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Laverne" wrote in message ... I have decided to try to use the different ways to see which one will solve my problem. I'm with you Weyana, being an MT means speed is vital. The BEST way was the origninal way that prompted me, and I had so many entered. I'm just now realizing as I'm working that I really miss a lot of them. I guess, though, that it's just a matter of getting used to it. I just wish we wouldn't keep having to get used to something new -- Microsoft should find a way to fix it and bring back the old way and allow it as a FREE download for new computers. It never occurred to me that I should have to find out if such basic things are a part of the new 2007. ARRRGH! "Weyana" wrote: I might consider doing that, actually...although typing for a living, speed counts--and symbols slow me down because I have to peek, too. But for a couple I do have that get messed up when I type something similar, that would still be quicker than Ctrl-Z and retyping after I realize what I did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If I were not so clumsy typing on the top row (I have to peek), I'd do that, too. As it is, I don't really have very many AutoCorrect entries of that type any more, and they tend to be assigned for specific projects and then (if I remember) deleted. Sometimes I forget and months later run into an expansion that completely surprises me! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Indeed. I always use autocorrect with a prefix such as #, %, or @ to avoid accidental triggering - except for correcting words I have a tendency to misspell when typing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: But that's not to say that you couldn't save the "sodfarm" AutoText entry as an AutoCorrect entry with a different name, such as #sdf. "Weyana" wrote in message ... Well, for starters, you can use AutoText to insert several formatted paragraphs (for example) by typing one word that is an abbreviation for that template. If you use AutoCorrect, then you have to hit 'Undo' or 'Alt-Z' if you need to refer to that template by name without referring to it. E.g., a doctor I transcribe for can ask me to jot a note on his log that he needs to do the 'sodfarm' for Patient X, and then as he's dictating the report, when he starts that template, I can type "sodfarm" and hit F3 (or Enter in 2003) to pull up the template. If "sodfarm" were an AutoCorrect for this 1/2 page long bit, then I would constantly be having to undo the correction in notes he dictates. As a general rule, I use AutoCorrect for unique acronyms or capitalization...mris for MRIs; ncs for nerve conduction studies; clt for cervical, lumbar, and thoracic; cspine for cervical spine...things that I would never intend to be left as it is. While on the other hand, as I said, I use AutoText for phrases that I may or may not intend to insert when I type its trigger. "Graham Mayor" wrote: It depends what you mean by 'more powerful'. I can't off-hand think of anything that Autotext can hold that Autocorrect cannot. Suzanne is correct in suggesting that you still have to remember the trigger keys, but it is not imposible to make logical combinations that are easy enough to remember, but if you prefer autotext/quickparts that's fine. There is no 'autocomplete' in Word 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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Fair enough. But if the copy of Office/Word 2003 you had before was a retail
one (and not OEM) and you still have the installation media, you could install it on the new machine. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Laverne" wrote in message news  My computer crashed and I had to get a new one -- I bought a new computer and had to downgrade to Windows XP. No problem, but I was not given an option for Office and Office 2007 was it. I did investigate getting Word 2003, but couldn't find it and it was not an option with the new purchase. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: May I ask why you upgraded to Word 2007? I would think for your purposes Word 2003 (or even Word 97) would be quite adequate. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Laverne" wrote in message ... I have decided to try to use the different ways to see which one will solve my problem. I'm with you Weyana, being an MT means speed is vital. The BEST way was the origninal way that prompted me, and I had so many entered. I'm just now realizing as I'm working that I really miss a lot of them. I guess, though, that it's just a matter of getting used to it. I just wish we wouldn't keep having to get used to something new -- Microsoft should find a way to fix it and bring back the old way and allow it as a FREE download for new computers. It never occurred to me that I should have to find out if such basic things are a part of the new 2007. ARRRGH! "Weyana" wrote: I might consider doing that, actually...although typing for a living, speed counts--and symbols slow me down because I have to peek, too. But for a couple I do have that get messed up when I type something similar, that would still be quicker than Ctrl-Z and retyping after I realize what I did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If I were not so clumsy typing on the top row (I have to peek), I'd do that, too. As it is, I don't really have very many AutoCorrect entries of that type any more, and they tend to be assigned for specific projects and then (if I remember) deleted. Sometimes I forget and months later run into an expansion that completely surprises me! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Indeed. I always use autocorrect with a prefix such as #, %, or @ to avoid accidental triggering - except for correcting words I have a tendency to misspell when typing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: But that's not to say that you couldn't save the "sodfarm" AutoText entry as an AutoCorrect entry with a different name, such as #sdf. "Weyana" wrote in message ... Well, for starters, you can use AutoText to insert several formatted paragraphs (for example) by typing one word that is an abbreviation for that template. If you use AutoCorrect, then you have to hit 'Undo' or 'Alt-Z' if you need to refer to that template by name without referring to it. E.g., a doctor I transcribe for can ask me to jot a note on his log that he needs to do the 'sodfarm' for Patient X, and then as he's dictating the report, when he starts that template, I can type "sodfarm" and hit F3 (or Enter in 2003) to pull up the template. If "sodfarm" were an AutoCorrect for this 1/2 page long bit, then I would constantly be having to undo the correction in notes he dictates. As a general rule, I use AutoCorrect for unique acronyms or capitalization...mris for MRIs; ncs for nerve conduction studies; clt for cervical, lumbar, and thoracic; cspine for cervical spine...things that I would never intend to be left as it is. While on the other hand, as I said, I use AutoText for phrases that I may or may not intend to insert when I type its trigger. "Graham Mayor" wrote: It depends what you mean by 'more powerful'. I can't off-hand think of anything that Autotext can hold that Autocorrect cannot. Suzanne is correct in suggesting that you still have to remember the trigger keys, but it is not imposible to make logical combinations that are easy enough to remember, but if you prefer autotext/quickparts that's fine. There is no 'autocomplete' in Word 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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I do like some of the new features in Word 2007 (I'm using it for blogging),
but I'm still using Word 2003 for production work (and most personal tasks as well. If the copy of 2003 on your desktop is retail rather than OEM, you can legally install it on your laptop as well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Weyana" wrote in message ... I've asked myself the same thing. Thankfully, I still have 2003 on my desktop, but my laptop came with a trial of 2007 and I got addicted to OneNote, and found a great deal on Office Home & Student. *L* I am an editor and designer at heart, so the interface reminds me of PageMaker or something similar, and it has some pretty darn cool features, like the automatic word count at the bottom. But so far, every time I have used it, I've had to reload my shared Normal.dot. It doesn't automatically load when it opens for some reason. :P Hoping I finally made it stick today. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: May I ask why you upgraded to Word 2007? I would think for your purposes Word 2003 (or even Word 97) would be quite adequate. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Laverne" wrote in message ... I have decided to try to use the different ways to see which one will solve my problem. I'm with you Weyana, being an MT means speed is vital. The BEST way was the origninal way that prompted me, and I had so many entered. I'm just now realizing as I'm working that I really miss a lot of them. I guess, though, that it's just a matter of getting used to it. I just wish we wouldn't keep having to get used to something new -- Microsoft should find a way to fix it and bring back the old way and allow it as a FREE download for new computers. It never occurred to me that I should have to find out if such basic things are a part of the new 2007. ARRRGH! "Weyana" wrote: I might consider doing that, actually...although typing for a living, speed counts--and symbols slow me down because I have to peek, too. But for a couple I do have that get messed up when I type something similar, that would still be quicker than Ctrl-Z and retyping after I realize what I did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If I were not so clumsy typing on the top row (I have to peek), I'd do that, too. As it is, I don't really have very many AutoCorrect entries of that type any more, and they tend to be assigned for specific projects and then (if I remember) deleted. Sometimes I forget and months later run into an expansion that completely surprises me! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Indeed. I always use autocorrect with a prefix such as #, %, or @ to avoid accidental triggering - except for correcting words I have a tendency to misspell when typing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: But that's not to say that you couldn't save the "sodfarm" AutoText entry as an AutoCorrect entry with a different name, such as #sdf. "Weyana" wrote in message ... Well, for starters, you can use AutoText to insert several formatted paragraphs (for example) by typing one word that is an abbreviation for that template. If you use AutoCorrect, then you have to hit 'Undo' or 'Alt-Z' if you need to refer to that template by name without referring to it. E.g., a doctor I transcribe for can ask me to jot a note on his log that he needs to do the 'sodfarm' for Patient X, and then as he's dictating the report, when he starts that template, I can type "sodfarm" and hit F3 (or Enter in 2003) to pull up the template. If "sodfarm" were an AutoCorrect for this 1/2 page long bit, then I would constantly be having to undo the correction in notes he dictates. As a general rule, I use AutoCorrect for unique acronyms or capitalization...mris for MRIs; ncs for nerve conduction studies; clt for cervical, lumbar, and thoracic; cspine for cervical spine...things that I would never intend to be left as it is. While on the other hand, as I said, I use AutoText for phrases that I may or may not intend to insert when I type its trigger. "Graham Mayor" wrote: It depends what you mean by 'more powerful'. I can't off-hand think of anything that Autotext can hold that Autocorrect cannot. Suzanne is correct in suggesting that you still have to remember the trigger keys, but it is not imposible to make logical combinations that are easy enough to remember, but if you prefer autotext/quickparts that's fine. There is no 'autocomplete' in Word 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: Precisely. AutoCorrect can only do so much. AutoText can be far more powerful. As it turns out, I think the F3 thing may prove a bit easier after all...as AutoText's AutoComplete suggestion disengages after you type too many characters. With 2007's QuickParts, it seems you can type more of the prompt instead of just 6 characters, or whatever. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But then you have to remember the prompt for the AutoCorrect entries, which is just as much trouble as remembering the names of the AutoText entries! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might consider investigating autocorrect instead as this inserts immediately. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: n/m. Crisis averted. Had a fairly recent backup that I remembered about, but slapping Word around a bit got it working right again anyway. Still...what an inconvenience. I don't know about you, but I don't actually have the 'titles' of all my AT's memorized, and have relied on that prompt. I think I may just switch back to XP for transcription and save the new developer/"PageMaker" format for fiddle-farting around with in my spare time. Thank you both again for putting heads together to discuss this! |
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Weyana wrote:
But so far, every time I have used it, I've had to reload my shared Normal.dot. It doesn't automatically load when it opens for some reason. :P Hoping I finally made it stick today. You cannot share the Normal.dot file http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811468 The normal template for Word 2007 is normal.dotm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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On the contrary--I was able to make it work. We have our own shared server
at home, on which I store my work so that I can have access whether I'm on my desktop or my laptop. My Word 2003 Normal.dot is saved to this network. What that article is indicating is that multiple users cannot use a shared Normal template concurrently, because the user who opened it first would have write-access, and any changes that another user made to the Auto-Correct entries or anything else would be lost. I'm the only one using it, I just access it from different computers. But it's perfectly compatible with 2007--I just had to find the right way share it. "Graham Mayor" wrote: Weyana wrote: But so far, every time I have used it, I've had to reload my shared Normal.dot. It doesn't automatically load when it opens for some reason. :P Hoping I finally made it stick today. You cannot share the Normal.dot file http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811468 The normal template for Word 2007 is normal.dotm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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OK, I see your point, but it doesn't alter the fact that the default user
template for Word 2007 is not normal.dot but normal.dotm. You could use normal.dot as an addin or you could use it to help create normal.dotm, but you cannot use it *instead* of normal.dotm. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: On the contrary--I was able to make it work. We have our own shared server at home, on which I store my work so that I can have access whether I'm on my desktop or my laptop. My Word 2003 Normal.dot is saved to this network. What that article is indicating is that multiple users cannot use a shared Normal template concurrently, because the user who opened it first would have write-access, and any changes that another user made to the Auto-Correct entries or anything else would be lost. I'm the only one using it, I just access it from different computers. But it's perfectly compatible with 2007--I just had to find the right way share it. "Graham Mayor" wrote: Weyana wrote: But so far, every time I have used it, I've had to reload my shared Normal.dot. It doesn't automatically load when it opens for some reason. :P Hoping I finally made it stick today. You cannot share the Normal.dot file http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811468 The normal template for Word 2007 is normal.dotm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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Can't figure how to Automatically fill in frequently typed phr
Actually, you can--I am. Normal.dotm may be the default, but defaults can be
changed. I tried my Normal.dot as an Add-in first, and that is what kept resetting. Everytime I opened Word, I had to go in and re-enable the Add-in for it to work. On the other hand, the last step I took worked: Office button - Word Options - Advanced - File Locations, and then I modified the templates location to point toward my network drive as I had with my documents folder and just forgot where the setting was. It has worked properly ever since. "Graham Mayor" wrote: OK, I see your point, but it doesn't alter the fact that the default user template for Word 2007 is not normal.dot but normal.dotm. You could use normal.dot as an addin or you could use it to help create normal.dotm, but you cannot use it *instead* of normal.dotm. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Weyana wrote: On the contrary--I was able to make it work. We have our own shared server at home, on which I store my work so that I can have access whether I'm on my desktop or my laptop. My Word 2003 Normal.dot is saved to this network. What that article is indicating is that multiple users cannot use a shared Normal template concurrently, because the user who opened it first would have write-access, and any changes that another user made to the Auto-Correct entries or anything else would be lost. I'm the only one using it, I just access it from different computers. But it's perfectly compatible with 2007--I just had to find the right way share it. "Graham Mayor" wrote: Weyana wrote: But so far, every time I have used it, I've had to reload my shared Normal.dot. It doesn't automatically load when it opens for some reason. :P Hoping I finally made it stick today. You cannot share the Normal.dot file http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811468 The normal template for Word 2007 is normal.dotm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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