In our dental office we often use repetitive medical procedures in our
letters. The previous user passed on a series of acronym-like keystroke
combinations that autofill the full description without our having to type it
out everytime. How do I create a new keystroke shortcut for autofill?

Thank you for your assistance. Although I had spent an afternoon
researching a lot of "Auto______" and "shortcut" options I continued reading
the discussion boards and found the macro option, which I hadn't considered.
Thanks again, problem solved. Of course it happens right after I post.

"No Newbie but frustrated" wrote:

In our dental office we often use repetitive medical procedures in our
letters. The previous user passed on a series of acronym-like keystroke
combinations that autofill the full description without our having to type it
out everytime. How do I create a new keystroke shortcut for autofill?

Tools-Options, AutoText tab. Enter the text of the sentence (or if it exists
already, select/highlight the sentence and click the AutoCorrect tab). Click
Add, then OK. You are not limited to three keystrokes. It may take Word more
than that to recognize your entry.

When you start typing this sentence a yellow band will appear above the
text, telling you to Press ENTER to Insert. That's all there is to it. If
you don't want the AutoText feature to complete the sentence, just keep
typing and the yellow band will go away.

"No Newbie but frustrated" No Newbie but
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In our dental office we often use repetitive medical procedures in our
letters. The previous user passed on a series of acronym-like keystroke
combinations that autofill the full description without our having to type
it
out everytime. How do I create a new keystroke shortcut for autofill?

Probably AutoCorrect.
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Charles Kenyon

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"No Newbie but frustrated" No Newbie but
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In our dental office we often use repetitive medical procedures in our
letters. The previous user passed on a series of acronym-like keystroke
combinations that autofill the full description without our having to type
it
out everytime. How do I create a new keystroke shortcut for autofill?

Of course! And when you take your car to the shop, it'll stop making that
sound that's been driving you nuts.


"No Newbie but frustrated" wrote:


Thank you for your assistance. Although I had spent an afternoon
researching a lot of "Auto______" and "shortcut" options I continued reading
the discussion boards and found the macro option, which I hadn't considered.
Thanks again, problem solved. Of course it happens right after I post.

"No Newbie but frustrated" wrote:

In our dental office we often use repetitive medical procedures in our
letters. The previous user passed on a series of acronym-like keystroke
combinations that autofill the full description without our having to type it
out everytime. How do I create a new keystroke shortcut for autofill?

Thanks Richard,

I will try both to see which option is easiest. I appreciate your swift
response.

Glenn

"Richard O. Neville" wrote:

Tools-Options, AutoText tab. Enter the text of the sentence (or if it exists
already, select/highlight the sentence and click the AutoCorrect tab). Click
Add, then OK. You are not limited to three keystrokes. It may take Word more
than that to recognize your entry.

When you start typing this sentence a yellow band will appear above the
text, telling you to Press ENTER to Insert. That's all there is to it. If
you don't want the AutoText feature to complete the sentence, just keep
typing and the yellow band will go away.

"No Newbie but frustrated" No Newbie but
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...
In our dental office we often use repetitive medical procedures in our
letters. The previous user passed on a series of acronym-like keystroke
combinations that autofill the full description without our having to type
it
out everytime. How do I create a new keystroke shortcut for autofill?

You don't need a macro for this - what you want is autocorrect!

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


No Newbie but frustrated wrote:
Thank you for your assistance. Although I had spent an afternoon
researching a lot of "Auto______" and "shortcut" options I continued
reading the discussion boards and found the macro option, which I
hadn't considered. Thanks again, problem solved. Of course it
happens right after I post.

"No Newbie but frustrated" wrote:

In our dental office we often use repetitive medical procedures in
our letters. The previous user passed on a series of acronym-like
keystroke combinations that autofill the full description without
our having to type it out everytime. How do I create a new
keystroke shortcut for autofill?