Jim,

Try renaming your Normal.dot template with Word closed. Call it Normal.old
or something and then start Word to create a fresh Normal.dot

Your autotext should be back.

See:

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...alTemplate.htm

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
A Peer in Peer to Peer Support

Jim Henderson wrote:
I no longer can access the "Insert AutoText" in my headers and
footers. The function is grayed out. What did I do wrong? How can
I get it back?