The Autotext facility in Word is very useful but there is one situation
where it is very annoying.

We always type the date of a letter on a line (paragraph) of its own and
immediately hit enter at the end of the year. For example:

17th January 2006¶

The problem is that by the time I get to the end of the date the Autotext is
prompting me with "2006-1-17 (Press enter to insert)".

When I press enter to start a new paragraph I end up with:

17th January 2006-1-17¶

Is there any way to turn off this date type autotext while leaving on
autotext for other text entries?

Thanks.
--
Colin Halliday

Unfortunately, the only way around this annoyance (short of disabling
AutoComplete entirely) is to press Space or ESC before pressing Tab or
Enter.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Colin Halliday" wrote in message
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The Autotext facility in Word is very useful but there is one situation
where it is very annoying.

We always type the date of a letter on a line (paragraph) of its own and
immediately hit enter at the end of the year. For example:

17th January 2006¶

The problem is that by the time I get to the end of the date the Autotext
is
prompting me with "2006-1-17 (Press enter to insert)".

When I press enter to start a new paragraph I end up with:

17th January 2006-1-17¶

Is there any way to turn off this date type autotext while leaving on
autotext for other text entries?

Thanks.
--
Colin Halliday