Thank you again Suzanne! I threw my question into the "Black Hole". I'm sure
MS will get right on it!! ;-)
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Believe it or not, there is actually an Office 2007 feedback page (and we
don't yet know for sure that it's a black hole):
https://feedback.office.microsoft.co...ice2007&scrx=1
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"JAYOH" wrote in message
...
Good idea Suzanne. It just may be hard to retrain my fingers to use the
new
method after using AutoComplete for so many years. But I'll give it a try.
So who do we call to pressure into getting that feature back???
Thanks again!
John
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
AutoText still very much exists; it's only AutoComplete that is missing
(and
we're hoping that will be restored sooner than later).
You can create AutoText entries quite easily by selecting the desired
text,
pressing Alt+F3, naming the entry, and choosing AutoText as the Gallery.
Just assign an easily remembered name with several unique letters at the
beginning so you can type those and press F3.
Alternatively, you can create AutoCorrect entries; to prevent inserting
them
when they're not wanted, begin the Replace text with a semicolon, slash,
#
sign or something else that wouldn't ordinarily occur in the context. For
example, you could use ;quote to generate "This quote is valid for 30
days."
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"JAYOH" wrote in message
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Thank you Suzanne,
It looks like I can't get there from here on 2007. It was such a slick
feature. Why would MS get rid of it? (I know... silly questions) At
least
I
still have good ol' XP at home!!
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
AutoText still exists in Word 2007; find it among the Quick Parts. But
there
is no AutoComplete; you have to type the first three or four letters
and
press F3.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"JAYOH" wrote in message
...
Thank you.
I actually tried that but it's not quite what I am looking for. This
method
works good for single words but not for a complete phrases. Here is
the
reason why; The old system would fill in a phrase but go away if you
continued typing something different. For example. "This quote"
would
auto
fill "This quote is valid for 30 days." If I ignored the auto fill
and
continued typing something like "This quote may not." It would
automatically
remove the auto fill and allow me to continue on with my different
sentence
without stopping. The method you suggest will fill in a phrase after
the
first word (does not seem to work keying off more than one word at a
time)
and place my curser at the end of the sentence. I am forced to stop
and
remove the words I don't want manually and then continue typing.
This
is
not
nearly as slick as it once was. The pre-2007 software had separate
input
areas; one for replacing misspelled word and one for complete
phrases.
Any ideas?
Thanks again!!
John
"mexc" wrote:
You can still do that in "replace text as you type" Option under
autocorrect
option.
Steps:
Click the Office button and go to Word Option.
Under the Word Option, go to proofing and then to Autocorrect
Option.
In autocorrect option, check "Replace text as you type" and type
the
required text you want to replace with.
"JAYOH" wrote:
Help!
Prior to MS office 2007 I used Auto Fill (part of the auto
correct
set
up).
I used this for common phrases I use in business emails every
day.
For
example;
I would start typing "This quote is" and the sentence would
automatically
fill in the complete sentence "This quote is valid for 30 days."
It
was
a
huge time saver!!
Has that function gone away with 2007? It was not the same as
auto
correct
but was set up within the same setup window.
Thanks!!!
John