My autotext for word 2003 does not seem to work the same as earlier versions.
I do not know if it is doing what it is supposed to do or Microsoft has
changed the defaults for certain characters. I used to be able to name an
autotext anything I wanted as long as I used four characters in my
description, however, in word 2003, if I use anything other than a letter
autotext prompts won't come up unless I backspace through the four characters
and retype them. Then autotext will ask if I want to replace my item. Let
me give an example: In earlier versions of word I could type a standard
paragraph of text that I would use consistantly, highlight this text, open
auto text and rename it to say |kss, click on add and presto. If I typed
|kss in my document the autocomplete would come up, hit return and in came
the paragraph. In word 2003 using the same sequence of events and same name
(|kss) it will not work. Now I tried a different character, like kss, and
it still would not work. Tried ksss and presto it worked again. Now I am
using the character "|" at the begining of my three letters to help
differentiate my autotext from anything else that I might type in the
document and in earlier versions this
worked. Now, unless I backspace through all four characters and retype
them, autotext does not prompt me and treats the characters as a mispelled
word. Why is it that using this vertical line, "|", at the begining of my 3
other letters does it deactivate the ability of autotext to work? Is this
something new in word 2003? Is there some way I can get it to accept any
character I want?

Also, there are some standard autotext entries (the ones that came with
word) that don't seem to work either, like Dear Mother and Father or Filename
and path, etc. and others that do. Why is this?

KM1

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Please see my reply to your duplicate question asked earlier in this same
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"KM1" wrote in message
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My autotext for word 2003 does not seem to work the same as earlier
versions.
I do not know if it is doing what it is supposed to do or Microsoft has
changed the defaults for certain characters. I used to be able to name an
autotext anything I wanted as long as I used four characters in my
description, however, in word 2003, if I use anything other than a letter
autotext prompts won't come up unless I backspace through the four
characters
and retype them. Then autotext will ask if I want to replace my item.
Let
me give an example: In earlier versions of word I could type a standard
paragraph of text that I would use consistantly, highlight this text, open
auto text and rename it to say |kss, click on add and presto. If I typed
|kss in my document the autocomplete would come up, hit return and in came
the paragraph. In word 2003 using the same sequence of events and same
name
(|kss) it will not work. Now I tried a different character, like kss,
and
it still would not work. Tried ksss and presto it worked again. Now I am
using the character "|" at the begining of my three letters to help
differentiate my autotext from anything else that I might type in the
document and in earlier versions this
worked. Now, unless I backspace through all four characters and retype
them, autotext does not prompt me and treats the characters as a mispelled
word. Why is it that using this vertical line, "|", at the begining of my
3
other letters does it deactivate the ability of autotext to work? Is this
something new in word 2003? Is there some way I can get it to accept any
character I want?

Also, there are some standard autotext entries (the ones that came with
word) that don't seem to work either, like Dear Mother and Father or
Filename
and path, etc. and others that do. Why is this?

KM1

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KM1