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Autocomplete
Is there a trick to naming an autotext, so that it will work with
autocomplete?? I have created three autotext, they all appear in the Normal, only on one of them does the autocomplete work. I did check to make sure that the autocomplete was checked appropriately to be active. My one autotext is a text box with a graphic inside in, the other has typed text with a fill-in box, could this cause an issue??Thanks. |
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The autotext name needs to have at least 4 letters, I think.
More info: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm On 5/4/05 10:01 AM, "Sue" wrote: Is there a trick to naming an autotext, so that it will work with autocomplete?? I have created three autotext, they all appear in the Normal, only on one of them does the autocomplete work. I did check to make sure that the autocomplete was checked appropriately to be active. My one autotext is a text box with a graphic inside in, the other has typed text with a fill-in box, could this cause an issue??Thanks. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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They are more than four letters long in name, still don't work.
"Daiya Mitchell" wrote: The autotext name needs to have at least 4 letters, I think. More info: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm On 5/4/05 10:01 AM, "Sue" wrote: Is there a trick to naming an autotext, so that it will work with autocomplete?? I have created three autotext, they all appear in the Normal, only on one of them does the autocomplete work. I did check to make sure that the autocomplete was checked appropriately to be active. My one autotext is a text box with a graphic inside in, the other has typed text with a fill-in box, could this cause an issue??Thanks. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Hi Sue-
Go to ToolsAutocorrect Options & on the Autotext page make sure you have a check in the box for 'Show Autocomplete suggestions'. Also, an Autotext entry _must_ be unique in order for Autocomplete to pick it up, i.e. one which is a list of cities named 'companycities' & another a list of employees named 'companypersonnel'. The autocomplete tip will not appear until you have typed in 'companyc' or 'companyp', just 'company' will not cause the tip to appear. Autocomplete will also not work if one of the first 4 characters is a 'space', if I remember correctly. HTH |:) "Sue" wrote: They are more than four letters long in name, still don't work. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: The autotext name needs to have at least 4 letters, I think. More info: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm On 5/4/05 10:01 AM, "Sue" wrote: Is there a trick to naming an autotext, so that it will work with autocomplete?? I have created three autotext, they all appear in the Normal, only on one of them does the autocomplete work. I did check to make sure that the autocomplete was checked appropriately to be active. My one autotext is a text box with a graphic inside in, the other has typed text with a fill-in box, could this cause an issue??Thanks. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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And ISTR that AutoComplete doesn't fire if the first character (or maybe any
of the characters) is a symbol (that is, anything not alphanumeric)--seems like it was the pipe character ( | ) that caused a problem. -- 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. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Hi Sue- Go to ToolsAutocorrect Options & on the Autotext page make sure you have a check in the box for 'Show Autocomplete suggestions'. Also, an Autotext entry _must_ be unique in order for Autocomplete to pick it up, i.e. one which is a list of cities named 'companycities' & another a list of employees named 'companypersonnel'. The autocomplete tip will not appear until you have typed in 'companyc' or 'companyp', just 'company' will not cause the tip to appear. Autocomplete will also not work if one of the first 4 characters is a 'space', if I remember correctly. HTH |:) "Sue" wrote: They are more than four letters long in name, still don't work. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: The autotext name needs to have at least 4 letters, I think. More info: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm On 5/4/05 10:01 AM, "Sue" wrote: Is there a trick to naming an autotext, so that it will work with autocomplete?? I have created three autotext, they all appear in the Normal, only on one of them does the autocomplete work. I did check to make sure that the autocomplete was checked appropriately to be active. My one autotext is a text box with a graphic inside in, the other has typed text with a fill-in box, could this cause an issue??Thanks. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Autocomplete is turned on, the autotexts are longer than 4 letters, and they
are all just letters, no symbols ... they are regular words, I first thought maybe there was another entry that was named similar, but I checked the organizer and that is not the case. I am at a loss, I also tried renaming the entry to see if it was just the name of the autotext, no good. Could it have something to do with the fact that it is inserting a graphic?? Thanks for all the input. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: And ISTR that AutoComplete doesn't fire if the first character (or maybe any of the characters) is a symbol (that is, anything not alphanumeric)--seems like it was the pipe character ( | ) that caused a problem. -- 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. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Hi Sue- Go to ToolsAutocorrect Options & on the Autotext page make sure you have a check in the box for 'Show Autocomplete suggestions'. Also, an Autotext entry _must_ be unique in order for Autocomplete to pick it up, i.e. one which is a list of cities named 'companycities' & another a list of employees named 'companypersonnel'. The autocomplete tip will not appear until you have typed in 'companyc' or 'companyp', just 'company' will not cause the tip to appear. Autocomplete will also not work if one of the first 4 characters is a 'space', if I remember correctly. HTH |:) "Sue" wrote: They are more than four letters long in name, still don't work. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: The autotext name needs to have at least 4 letters, I think. More info: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm On 5/4/05 10:01 AM, "Sue" wrote: Is there a trick to naming an autotext, so that it will work with autocomplete?? I have created three autotext, they all appear in the Normal, only on one of them does the autocomplete work. I did check to make sure that the autocomplete was checked appropriately to be active. My one autotext is a text box with a graphic inside in, the other has typed text with a fill-in box, could this cause an issue??Thanks. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Hi Sue-
That's exactly what the problem is. The image can be used as an Autotext entry, but the Autocomplete name will not work because there is no _text_ in the entry. After you type the name, the F3 key should still insert the picture even though the Tip Box doesn't display. If you recreate the AT entry and include at least 4 characters of text (select the text & the picture) it will work. You can also format the text as Hidden (it still shows up for editing, but not in Print Preview or on paper) you won't have to delete the string when you insert the entry. With the Hidden text, however, the Autocomplete box still won't show up, but F3 will insert the picture. Good Luck|:) "Sue" wrote: Autocomplete is turned on, the autotexts are longer than 4 letters, and they are all just letters, no symbols ... they are regular words, I first thought maybe there was another entry that was named similar, but I checked the organizer and that is not the case. I am at a loss, I also tried renaming the entry to see if it was just the name of the autotext, no good. Could it have something to do with the fact that it is inserting a graphic?? Thanks for all the input. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: And ISTR that AutoComplete doesn't fire if the first character (or maybe any of the characters) is a symbol (that is, anything not alphanumeric)--seems like it was the pipe character ( | ) that caused a problem. -- 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. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Hi Sue- Go to ToolsAutocorrect Options & on the Autotext page make sure you have a check in the box for 'Show Autocomplete suggestions'. Also, an Autotext entry _must_ be unique in order for Autocomplete to pick it up, i.e. one which is a list of cities named 'companycities' & another a list of employees named 'companypersonnel'. The autocomplete tip will not appear until you have typed in 'companyc' or 'companyp', just 'company' will not cause the tip to appear. Autocomplete will also not work if one of the first 4 characters is a 'space', if I remember correctly. HTH |:) "Sue" wrote: They are more than four letters long in name, still don't work. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: The autotext name needs to have at least 4 letters, I think. More info: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm On 5/4/05 10:01 AM, "Sue" wrote: Is there a trick to naming an autotext, so that it will work with autocomplete?? I have created three autotext, they all appear in the Normal, only on one of them does the autocomplete work. I did check to make sure that the autocomplete was checked appropriately to be active. My one autotext is a text box with a graphic inside in, the other has typed text with a fill-in box, could this cause an issue??Thanks. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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