Because there is no space between 53 and yo, Word does not recognize the
autocorrect yo as an autocorrect trigger.
If you typed yo on its own then that would work. To force the separation you
can use one of a number of characters - ; is one # another. You could even
use -
So you could use e.g. ;yo #yo or probably most logical -yo as the trigger.
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AttractiveMT wrote:
Word 2003/autocorrect is giving me a hard time. I am a medical
transcriptionist and rely on expansions, some say macros. A while
back I asked this question, how do I make yo expand to -year-old
using my autocorrect. You cannot just put it in and use replace
with. Last time, I had to use the semicolon to make it expand 53;yo
would expand to 53-year-old. I made a mistake and deleted it and now
it no longer works when I just put in autocorrect yo for and replace
with -year-old. This is the only expansion that I know of that needs
a helper like a semicolon to expand. Could someone please help me.