[Deejay]

Hi, F3 doesn't seem to work with me. Is there anything else I must do?

Thanks.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Note that you can still type the name and then press F3 to insert the
AutoText.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Denise Smith, MT" wrote in message
...
Ok, I did all the steps you wrote about to format the autotext but it is a
PIA when you are in the middle of typing to stop, go up to Quick Parts to
insert the part that you want. In MSword, it would come WHILE you were
typing, you hit enter and it was there....that is what I am looking
for...I
am a Medical transcriptionist and I have ALOT of autotexts saved and use
it
dearly! How do I get it to do that?

"Beth Melton" wrote:

AutoText is now called Building Blocks. First see if your entries are
still
available, on the Insert tab, click Quick Parts and then click Building
Blocks Organizer. If there were AutoText entries then click the Gallery
heading to sort and if they are there you should see AutoText.

If not then where were they located previously? Did you upgrade from
another
version on the same computer? If they were stored in Normal.dot on your
previous version, search for Normal.dot to locate it. Once found, you
have a
few choices to migrate your AutoText entries:

1). Open Normal.dot, display the Building Blocks Organizer, select the
AutoText entries and then click Edit Properties. Change the template to
Building Blocks.dotx and change the Gallery to Quick Parts. (Or leave the
gallery as AutoText if you want to add a specific gallery for AutoText on
your Quick Access Toolbar - see additional information below on how to do
this.)

2) Open Normal.dot, click the Microsoft Office Button and then click
convert. Save Normal.dot using a new name (just so it's isn't confusing
later) and place it in one of the following locations depending on your
operating system:

* Windows Vista:
C:\Users\user name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\ Document Building Blocks\
* For Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Document
Building Blocks

Exit and restart Word to make the entries available.

3) Exit Word and locate Normal.dotm. Change the name to OldNormal.dotm.
Place Normal.dot in the same location as Normal.dotm. Right-click
Normal.dot
and then click Open. Click the Microsoft Office Button and then click
Convert. Save the file as Normal.dot. Word will automatically change it
to
Normal.dotm and your AutoText entries will be available.

Whichever method you use, to access your AutoText entries easily, you can
either use the Building Blocks Organizer and change the gallery to Quick
Parts, then they'll be available when you click Quick Parts or you can
add a
gallery for your AutoText entries on your Quick Access Toolbar by
following
these steps:

1). Right-click the Quick Access Toolbar and then click Customize Quick
Access Toolbar

2) From the Choose Commands From list, select Commands Not In the Ribbon

3) Locate AutoText and then add it to your Quick Access Toolbar.

If you can't locate your older AutoText entries then you can recreate
them
using these steps:
1) Type the entry in a document

2) Select the text

3) On the Insert tab, click Quick Styles, and then click Save Selection
to
Quick Part gallery (or press Alt+F3)

4) Assign a name and if desired, add a Category, or if they are specific
to
a gallery, such as you have AutoText for Headers and Footers, assign a
gallery, and add a Description. You should save your entries in Building
Blocks.dotx instead of Normal.dotm so they'll all be in the same place.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"stephan" wrote in message
...
i have just upgraded to office 2007. i used to have several autotexts
such
as
headers for home and work that i could insert in my documents in word
2003
by
clicking on insert-autotext then scrolling down to find. where have
these
disappeared to in word 2007, or do i have to create them all again - if
so
how?
thanks!