[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

AutoText entries cannot be saved in documents, only in templates.

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

"PJY" wrote in message
...
It is really very easy and you don't even have to make a macro. 1st - log
on
your 4 user way. 2nd - open and save a blank page somewhere that you can
get
to it when you are the only user. 3rd (with your blank doc open) go to
Tools,
Macro, Macros, Organizer, then select the Autotext tab. On the left side
will
be the info from your open document and may or may not have any autotext
entries, on your right side you will have your normal template info which
should have all your autotext entries in it. Now you just highlight them
all
and select copy. Now when you log on as the only user, just pull that
document up repeat the 3rd step but copy in reverse (copy left to right
instead of right to left) and all your entries will be there for you to
use
just as you as used to having them when you log on the 4 user way. I like
learning new things, too, so it's nice to help someone else learn!


"leonardface9" wrote:

Thank you Suzanne and PJY.

Yes Suzanne, I can E-mail my Desktop as we all now have our own E-mail
accounts, and that's how I got all of the other Templates we use. But how
would I go about doing that with the AutoText custom dictionary please?

PJY, I thought I was pretty good with Word, but you have me by leaps and
bounds...which is a good thing because I love to learn. I don't know a
thing
about macros, other than I've heard the word and I know they are very
useful
from what I've read in PC Mag and Online, so I don't have the first clue
as
how to do as you suggest. Would Word Help guide me through it?

Thank you both for your valuable time and expertise,

Leonard

"PJY" wrote:

Can't you simply log on to the 4 users desktop, open a blank page, go
to
macros then organizer & copy your autotext from the normal template
into the
blank document, save that document, then open it back up on your
individual
desktop then transfer to your own template?

"leonardface9" wrote:

Hello. Recently at work where 4 of us share the same computer, we
were given
4 different Desktops to sign into instead of the one we were all
using for
enhanced security. However, I have our police department's frequently
used
phrases and words in Word 2003 on the original Desktop, which we can
still
access. However, when I log onto my Desktop and start Word, my
AutoComplete
dictionary is nowhere to be found, therefore I find myself working
mostly
from the old 4 user Desktop.

I've searched high and low looking for a way to import those saved
entries
into Word on my Desktop, but I can't find it anywhere. I've Googled
until I'm
blue in the face, with negative results. The suggestions within Word
Help
haven't helped either. Can someone please help me?

Thank you all for your valuable time, expertise and help, Leonard