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Auto Text sometimes does not work
I have a template I created for my wife to do transcription in Word 2003.
She has noticed that when she first pulls up word and then her template that sometimes, usually on the first occasion, of trying to type in some auto text, it does not come up. If she back spaces and then retypes it comes right up and does not have a problem again. If she closes word out and reopens it to start a new document with the same template it may happen again. I have tried this myself using the same template on another computer and it also did the same thing. It is not a big issue but strange. Has anyone else experienced this little nuisance while using auto text in Word 2003. Operating system on both computers is Windows Home Edition with SP2 installed and updated. 1 gig of Ram in one computer and 512 in the other. Any information would be appreciated. -- KM1 |
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Anybody out there have any Ideas on this strange phenomenom
-- KM1 "KM1" wrote: I have a template I created for my wife to do transcription in Word 2003. She has noticed that when she first pulls up word and then her template that sometimes, usually on the first occasion, of trying to type in some auto text, it does not come up. If she back spaces and then retypes it comes right up and does not have a problem again. If she closes word out and reopens it to start a new document with the same template it may happen again. I have tried this myself using the same template on another computer and it also did the same thing. It is not a big issue but strange. Has anyone else experienced this little nuisance while using auto text in Word 2003. Operating system on both computers is Windows Home Edition with SP2 installed and updated. 1 gig of Ram in one computer and 512 in the other. Any information would be appreciated. -- KM1 |
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Hi ?B?S00x?=,
This sounds like a it could be a hardware/driver configuration issue; not my area of expertise, which is why I didn't venture a reply, before. You could try - updating the graphics card driver - reducing the hardware acceleration If that doesn't help, try booting Windows in Safe Mode and see if that makes any difference. Do the same for Word (hold CTRL when starting Word). That way you can determine if it's a problem in the Word area, or in Windows, and continue troubleshooting from there. FWIW, though, I'm not sure this kind of thing can be tracked down and eradicated totally. If I have AutoText I want to be sure will be inserted reliably, and quickly, I type in the name of the entry then press F3. You can also assign AutoText entries to keyboard shortcuts, and to toolbar buttons. I have a template I created for my wife to do transcription in Word 2003. She has noticed that when she first pulls up word and then her template that sometimes, usually on the first occasion, of trying to type in some auto text, it does not come up. If she back spaces and then retypes it comes right up and does not have a problem again. If she closes word out and reopens it to start a new document with the same template it may happen again. I have tried this myself using the same template on another computer and it also did the same thing. It is not a big issue but strange. Has anyone else experienced this little nuisance while using auto text in Word 2003. Operating system on both computers is Windows Home Edition with SP2 installed and updated. 1 gig of Ram in one computer and 512 in the other. Any information would be appreciated. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Let me clarify a little. There are over 90 items already in auto text. When
my wife pulls up the template that has the auto text in it, on the first attempt, it does not work. Just says that the 4 letters we typed in are a spelling error. Let me give you an example. She has an RE block that she uses at the head of every document she types. We have put this RE block in as autotext and given it the codeof x which should give you the autotext option when these four letters/symbols are typed in the document. The first time she types them in, they are selected as mispelled. If she back spaces and retries it works and so does the rest of her autotext for that document. It does not have to be just this RE block either, it has happened with various types of autotext we have already saved. Usually, on the first attempt of any autotext. This happens on two different computers with the same OS, updates, and software but different hardware and drivers. I did try your suggestion of safe mode so both word and the OS were in safe mode and it happened there as well. Just with my first autotext code I typed in. If I tried it again, it worked. Any suggestions on this. Not a big issue, just an annoyance. Has to do with something in Word 2003, Office 2003, or Windows XP SP/2. Any other ideas would be helpful. -- KM1 "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?S00x?=, This sounds like a it could be a hardware/driver configuration issue; not my area of expertise, which is why I didn't venture a reply, before. You could try - updating the graphics card driver - reducing the hardware acceleration If that doesn't help, try booting Windows in Safe Mode and see if that makes any difference. Do the same for Word (hold CTRL when starting Word). That way you can determine if it's a problem in the Word area, or in Windows, and continue troubleshooting from there. FWIW, though, I'm not sure this kind of thing can be tracked down and eradicated totally. If I have AutoText I want to be sure will be inserted reliably, and quickly, I type in the name of the entry then press F3. You can also assign AutoText entries to keyboard shortcuts, and to toolbar buttons. I have a template I created for my wife to do transcription in Word 2003. She has noticed that when she first pulls up word and then her template that sometimes, usually on the first occasion, of trying to type in some auto text, it does not come up. If she back spaces and then retypes it comes right up and does not have a problem again. If she closes word out and reopens it to start a new document with the same template it may happen again. I have tried this myself using the same template on another computer and it also did the same thing. It is not a big issue but strange. Has anyone else experienced this little nuisance while using auto text in Word 2003. Operating system on both computers is Windows Home Edition with SP2 installed and updated. 1 gig of Ram in one computer and 512 in the other. Any information would be appreciated. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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PS-Drivers have already been updated to the latest. Cannot find hardware
acceleration. Used to be in My Coputer Properties, now I do not know. -- KM1 "KM1" wrote: Let me clarify a little. There are over 90 items already in auto text. When my wife pulls up the template that has the auto text in it, on the first attempt, it does not work. Just says that the 4 letters we typed in are a spelling error. Let me give you an example. She has an RE block that she uses at the head of every document she types. We have put this RE block in as autotext and given it the codeof x which should give you the autotext option when these four letters/symbols are typed in the document. The first time she types them in, they are selected as mispelled. If she back spaces and retries it works and so does the rest of her autotext for that document. It does not have to be just this RE block either, it has happened with various types of autotext we have already saved. Usually, on the first attempt of any autotext. This happens on two different computers with the same OS, updates, and software but different hardware and drivers. I did try your suggestion of safe mode so both word and the OS were in safe mode and it happened there as well. Just with my first autotext code I typed in. If I tried it again, it worked. Any suggestions on this. Not a big issue, just an annoyance. Has to do with something in Word 2003, Office 2003, or Windows XP SP/2. Any other ideas would be helpful. -- KM1 "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?S00x?=, This sounds like a it could be a hardware/driver configuration issue; not my area of expertise, which is why I didn't venture a reply, before. You could try - updating the graphics card driver - reducing the hardware acceleration If that doesn't help, try booting Windows in Safe Mode and see if that makes any difference. Do the same for Word (hold CTRL when starting Word). That way you can determine if it's a problem in the Word area, or in Windows, and continue troubleshooting from there. FWIW, though, I'm not sure this kind of thing can be tracked down and eradicated totally. If I have AutoText I want to be sure will be inserted reliably, and quickly, I type in the name of the entry then press F3. You can also assign AutoText entries to keyboard shortcuts, and to toolbar buttons. I have a template I created for my wife to do transcription in Word 2003. She has noticed that when she first pulls up word and then her template that sometimes, usually on the first occasion, of trying to type in some auto text, it does not come up. If she back spaces and then retypes it comes right up and does not have a problem again. If she closes word out and reopens it to start a new document with the same template it may happen again. I have tried this myself using the same template on another computer and it also did the same thing. It is not a big issue but strange. Has anyone else experienced this little nuisance while using auto text in Word 2003. Operating system on both computers is Windows Home Edition with SP2 installed and updated. 1 gig of Ram in one computer and 512 in the other. Any information would be appreciated. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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