I'm trying to set up my e-mail signature as an AutoText entry, and the online
instructions say to select the "AutoText" option on the Insert menu. When I
click on the Insert menu, the "AutoText" option is grayed out, so I can't
select it. How do I get it to be selectable?

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I'm trying to set up my e-mail signature as an AutoText entry, and the online
instructions say to select the "AutoText" option on the Insert menu. When I
click on the Insert menu, the "AutoText" option is grayed out, so I can't
select it. How do I get it to be selectable?

Probably, the signature was formatted with a specific style when you created the
AutoText entry, thus putting it in a "Category" the same as the style name. And
now, when you want to insert it, your cursor is not in a paragraph formatted
with that style.

If you go over Insert/AutoText/AutoText so that you get the dialog box that
lists all available AutoText entries, do you see it in the list? And can you
insert it from this list?

If yes, you should also be able to type the name of the AutoText entry, then
press F3 to insert it.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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