Does your keyboard have dual dunctions for the F keys, in which case press
the F lock key and try again.
or
Have you reassigned F3 to another function
or
Is F3 used by some muisguided add-in?
or
Have you spelled the name of the autotext correctly and is the part of the
name you have typed unique?
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site
www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site
http://word.mvps.org
Deejay wrote:
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!