[Lee]

F3 doesn't trigger autotext for me in Word 2007. I've made sure to spell the
autotext entry correctly. The F3 key is working correctly. But nothing
happens when I press the key.

Any suggestions?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Is the AutoText entry name unique? Or have you typed enough of it to
distinguish it from other entries with similar names?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Lee" wrote in message
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F3 doesn't trigger autotext for me in Word 2007. I've made sure to spell
the
autotext entry correctly. The F3 key is working correctly. But nothing
happens when I press the key.

Any suggestions?

[Lee]

My entry name is unique. I typed all of the entry name, then press F3;
nothing happens. Don't know if it's related, but I also discovered that the
shortcut for cycling through CAP options (Shift/F3) isn't working either.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Is the AutoText entry name unique? Or have you typed enough of it to
distinguish it from other entries with similar names?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

[Jay Freedman]

Go to the keyboard shortcut dialog (in Word 2003 and earlier, it's Tools
Customize Keyboard; in Word 2007, Office button Customize Keyboard) and
check that the assignments are still there. Select the All Commands category and
then select

InsertAutoText - F3
ChangeCase - Shift+F3
Spike - Ctrl+F3
InsertSpike - Ctrl+Shift+F3

If the shortcuts are defined but don't work, try borrowing some else's keyboard
-- maybe the F3 key on yours is broken.

If the shortcuts aren't defined, put the cursor in the "Press new shortcut" box,
type the shortcut, and click the Assign button.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all
may benefit.

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:58:04 -0800, Lee wrote:

My entry name is unique. I typed all of the entry name, then press F3;
nothing happens. Don't know if it's related, but I also discovered that the
shortcut for cycling through CAP options (Shift/F3) isn't working either.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Is the AutoText entry name unique? Or have you typed enough of it to
distinguish it from other entries with similar names?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

[Lee]

Mystery solved. The problem was that when I recently reformatted my hard
drive, I did not reinstall the driver for my Microsoft Natural Ergonomic
keyboard. I've just done that and now the F3 key and autotext entries are
fully functional.



"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Go to the keyboard shortcut dialog (in Word 2003 and earlier, it's Tools
Customize Keyboard; in Word 2007, Office button Customize Keyboard) and
check that the assignments are still there. Select the All Commands category and
then select

InsertAutoText - F3
ChangeCase - Shift+F3
Spike - Ctrl+F3
InsertSpike - Ctrl+Shift+F3

If the shortcuts are defined but don't work, try borrowing some else's keyboard
-- maybe the F3 key on yours is broken.

If the shortcuts aren't defined, put the cursor in the "Press new shortcut" box,
type the shortcut, and click the Assign button.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all
may benefit.

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:58:04 -0800, Lee wrote:

My entry name is unique. I typed all of the entry name, then press F3;
nothing happens. Don't know if it's related, but I also discovered that the
shortcut for cycling through CAP options (Shift/F3) isn't working either.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Is the AutoText entry name unique? Or have you typed enough of it to
distinguish it from other entries with similar names?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

[Jay Freedman]

Thanks for posting back. I'll add that one to the bag of tricks.

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:14:00 -0800, Lee wrote:

Mystery solved. The problem was that when I recently reformatted my hard
drive, I did not reinstall the driver for my Microsoft Natural Ergonomic
keyboard. I've just done that and now the F3 key and autotext entries are
fully functional.



"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Go to the keyboard shortcut dialog (in Word 2003 and earlier, it's Tools
Customize Keyboard; in Word 2007, Office button Customize Keyboard) and
check that the assignments are still there. Select the All Commands category and
then select

InsertAutoText - F3
ChangeCase - Shift+F3
Spike - Ctrl+F3
InsertSpike - Ctrl+Shift+F3

If the shortcuts are defined but don't work, try borrowing some else's keyboard
-- maybe the F3 key on yours is broken.

If the shortcuts aren't defined, put the cursor in the "Press new shortcut" box,
type the shortcut, and click the Assign button.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all
may benefit.

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:58:04 -0800, Lee wrote:

My entry name is unique. I typed all of the entry name, then press F3;
nothing happens. Don't know if it's related, but I also discovered that the
shortcut for cycling through CAP options (Shift/F3) isn't working either.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Is the AutoText entry name unique? Or have you typed enough of it to
distinguish it from other entries with similar names?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA