When I click on any autotext button, it just adds the description e.g if I
click on file name it just add the words 'filename' or if i click pages, it
just add the word 'pages' and not any data. I have tried alt & F9 but that is
not the solution as the data does not come up in brackets

It sounds as if the fields in your AutoText entry have been replaced with
plain text. You can recreate them, or you can regenerate Normal.dot. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm. Note that if you
rename Normal.dot to get a fresh copy, you don't have to keep it; you can
copy the correct AutoText entries from the fresh copy into your renamed
Normal.dot (which contains all your other customizations), then delete the
new Normal.dot and rename your old one back to Normal.dot.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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"Baylea90" wrote in message
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When I click on any autotext button, it just adds the description e.g if I
click on file name it just add the words 'filename' or if i click pages,
it
just add the word 'pages' and not any data. I have tried alt & F9 but that
is
not the solution as the data does not come up in brackets

Answered duplicate post in this newsgroup.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Baylea90" wrote in message
...
When I click on any autotext button, it just adds the description e.g if I
click on file name it just add the words 'filename' or if i click pages,
it
just add the word 'pages' and not any data. I have tried alt & F9 but that
is
not the solution as the data does not come up in brackets