[Sunshine[_2_]]

In older Word editions, within the spellcheck function, I could assign
"autocomplete" to commonly typed phrases and sentences. If I would type the
first few letters in the series, the rest would pop up in a box and if I hit
the enter key they would be inserted into the document. I don't know where
to find that on Word 2007.

Thanks for any help you can give.

[Stefan Blom]

AutoComplete is no longer supported in Word 2007. However, you should
still be able to type the name of the AutoText entry/building block and
then press F3 to insert its contents.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Sunshine" wrote in message
...
In older Word editions, within the spellcheck function, I could assign
"autocomplete" to commonly typed phrases and sentences. If I would
type the
first few letters in the series, the rest would pop up in a box and if
I hit
the enter key they would be inserted into the document. I don't know
where
to find that on Word 2007.

Thanks for any help you can give.

[CyberTaz]

The feature you're referring to is called AutoText, which still functions in
2007 but in a more restricting fashion. Part of that restriction is that the
AutoComplete ScreenTips no longer display - nor does the Enter key complete
the entry - for the AutoText Items. (There are a few built-in exceptions,
such as dates, month names & weekday names.) AutoText has also been
clustered within the "new" feature called Building Blocks, which you may
want to research in Word Help.

You can still type the AutoText Item "names" then press the F3 key to
complete the insertion.

Don't forget that you can use the Office button, go to Word Options, select
Resources, then click the Contact Us button to send feedback to MS ;-)
--
HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



"Sunshine" wrote in message
...
In older Word editions, within the spellcheck function, I could assign
"autocomplete" to commonly typed phrases and sentences. If I would type
the
first few letters in the series, the rest would pop up in a box and if I
hit
the enter key they would be inserted into the document. I don't know
where
to find that on Word 2007.

Thanks for any help you can give.

[Dee Meyerink[_2_]]

I can't believe you took the autocomplete feature out. This was my lifeline
at work. Bad mistake Microsoft!!! It's much more time consuming to have to
use the building blocks.

"CyberTaz" wrote:

The feature you're referring to is called AutoText, which still functions in
2007 but in a more restricting fashion. Part of that restriction is that the
AutoComplete ScreenTips no longer display - nor does the Enter key complete
the entry - for the AutoText Items. (There are a few built-in exceptions,
such as dates, month names & weekday names.) AutoText has also been
clustered within the "new" feature called Building Blocks, which you may
want to research in Word Help.

You can still type the AutoText Item "names" then press the F3 key to
complete the insertion.

Don't forget that you can use the Office button, go to Word Options, select
Resources, then click the Contact Us button to send feedback to MS ;-)
--
HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



"Sunshine" wrote in message
...
In older Word editions, within the spellcheck function, I could assign
"autocomplete" to commonly typed phrases and sentences. If I would type
the
first few letters in the series, the rest would pop up in a box and if I
hit
the enter key they would be inserted into the document. I don't know
where
to find that on Word 2007.

Thanks for any help you can give.

[CyberTaz]

"We" aren't Microsoft - that's why I suggested the Resources option

--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"Dee Meyerink" wrote in message
news
I can't believe you took the autocomplete feature out. This was my
lifeline
at work. Bad mistake Microsoft!!! It's much more time consuming to have
to
use the building blocks.

"CyberTaz" wrote:

The feature you're referring to is called AutoText, which still functions
in
2007 but in a more restricting fashion. Part of that restriction is that
the
AutoComplete ScreenTips no longer display - nor does the Enter key
complete
the entry - for the AutoText Items. (There are a few built-in exceptions,
such as dates, month names & weekday names.) AutoText has also been
clustered within the "new" feature called Building Blocks, which you may
want to research in Word Help.

You can still type the AutoText Item "names" then press the F3 key to
complete the insertion.

Don't forget that you can use the Office button, go to Word Options,
select
Resources, then click the Contact Us button to send feedback to MS ;-)
--
HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



"Sunshine" wrote in message
...
In older Word editions, within the spellcheck function, I could assign
"autocomplete" to commonly typed phrases and sentences. If I would
type
the
first few letters in the series, the rest would pop up in a box and if
I
hit
the enter key they would be inserted into the document. I don't know
where
to find that on Word 2007.

Thanks for any help you can give.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As Bob points out, we are just users and had no input into this decision,
but note that you can still insert the AutoText as before by typing the
first four characters of the unique entry name and pressing F3 instead of
Enter or Tab.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Dee Meyerink" wrote in message
news
I can't believe you took the autocomplete feature out. This was my
lifeline
at work. Bad mistake Microsoft!!! It's much more time consuming to have
to
use the building blocks.

"CyberTaz" wrote:

The feature you're referring to is called AutoText, which still
functions in
2007 but in a more restricting fashion. Part of that restriction is that
the
AutoComplete ScreenTips no longer display - nor does the Enter key
complete
the entry - for the AutoText Items. (There are a few built-in
exceptions,
such as dates, month names & weekday names.) AutoText has also been
clustered within the "new" feature called Building Blocks, which you may
want to research in Word Help.

You can still type the AutoText Item "names" then press the F3 key to
complete the insertion.

Don't forget that you can use the Office button, go to Word Options,
select
Resources, then click the Contact Us button to send feedback to MS ;-)
--
HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



"Sunshine" wrote in message
...
In older Word editions, within the spellcheck function, I could assign
"autocomplete" to commonly typed phrases and sentences. If I would
type
the
first few letters in the series, the rest would pop up in a box and if
I
hit
the enter key they would be inserted into the document. I don't know
where
to find that on Word 2007.

Thanks for any help you can give.

[Opinicus]

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote

As Bob points out, we are just users and had no input into this decision,
but note that you can still insert the AutoText as before by typing the
first four characters of the unique entry name and pressing F3 instead of
Enter or Tab.

Far be it from me to praise the new incarnation of Word but I think I know
the reason for this particular decision. If you enter the first letters of
an autotext in a table and hit return, Word XP will crash under some
circumstances. I got bitten twice by this nasty little "gotcha" today
alone.

--
Bob
http://www.kanyak.com

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The stated reason is that, now that AutoText entries are "Building Blocks"
(aka "Quick Parts"), AutoComplete would necessarily affect the rest of these
as well, and they include many cover sheets, TOCs, etc., that begin with the
same letters. I don't see how that would really be a problem, since
AutoComplete would never fire for them, but MS is aware of the problem (user
dissatisfaction) and may take steps to "fix" it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Opinicus" wrote in message
...
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote

As Bob points out, we are just users and had no input into this
decision,
but note that you can still insert the AutoText as before by typing the
first four characters of the unique entry name and pressing F3 instead
of
Enter or Tab.

Far be it from me to praise the new incarnation of Word but I think I know
the reason for this particular decision. If you enter the first letters of
an autotext in a table and hit return, Word XP will crash under some
circumstances. I got bitten twice by this nasty little "gotcha" today
alone.

--
Bob
http://www.kanyak.com

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In addition to what Stefan and Bob have told you, you may find that
AutoCorrect is more useful than AutoText for some of your applications; see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Sunshine" wrote in message
...
In older Word editions, within the spellcheck function, I could assign
"autocomplete" to commonly typed phrases and sentences. If I would type
the
first few letters in the series, the rest would pop up in a box and if I
hit
the enter key they would be inserted into the document. I don't know
where
to find that on Word 2007.

Thanks for any help you can give.