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What happened to the old Autotype function?
I use to run Office 97 on my old PC and I was able to store phrases and
salutations which would automatically type out after my typing the first few words, but my new PC has Office 2007 and I can't seem to find the same feature. Can anyone help? |
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What happened to the old Autotype function?
The AutoComplete feature has been removed in Word 2007. Typing the name
of the AutoText entry and pressing F3 should work, though. Alternatively, you can use AutoCorrect instead. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "SarahMatthew" wrote in message ... I use to run Office 97 on my old PC and I was able to store phrases and salutations which would automatically type out after my typing the first few words, but my new PC has Office 2007 and I can't seem to find the same feature. Can anyone help? |
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What happened to the old Autotype function?
Top answer, thanks.
Shame about looking a nifty feature though - I can't see any benefit in not having it. "Stefan Blom" wrote: The AutoComplete feature has been removed in Word 2007. Typing the name of the AutoText entry and pressing F3 should work, though. Alternatively, you can use AutoCorrect instead. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "SarahMatthew" wrote in message ... I use to run Office 97 on my old PC and I was able to store phrases and salutations which would automatically type out after my typing the first few words, but my new PC has Office 2007 and I can't seem to find the same feature. Can anyone help? |
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What happened to the old Autotype function?
You are welcome.
Apparently, with the introduction of building blocks, which generalize the concept of AutoText, Microsoft was unable to implement an AutoComplete feature, and therefore it was dropped. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "SarahMatthew" wrote in message ... Top answer, thanks. Shame about looking a nifty feature though - I can't see any benefit in not having it. "Stefan Blom" wrote: The AutoComplete feature has been removed in Word 2007. Typing the name of the AutoText entry and pressing F3 should work, though. Alternatively, you can use AutoCorrect instead. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "SarahMatthew" wrote in message ... I use to run Office 97 on my old PC and I was able to store phrases and salutations which would automatically type out after my typing the first few words, but my new PC has Office 2007 and I can't seem to find the same feature. Can anyone help? |
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What happened to the old Autotype function?
It turned out that with so many things included in the Building Blocks
listings, AutoComplete prompts were firing up almost all the time, making it very distracting to try to type documents. So, Microsoft decided to disable AutoComplete. I'm hoping they'll find a way to make it work only for the AutoText gallery, in which case they might bring it back in an update at some later time. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... You are welcome. Apparently, with the introduction of building blocks, which generalize the concept of AutoText, Microsoft was unable to implement an AutoComplete feature, and therefore it was dropped. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "SarahMatthew" wrote in message ... Top answer, thanks. Shame about looking a nifty feature though - I can't see any benefit in not having it. "Stefan Blom" wrote: The AutoComplete feature has been removed in Word 2007. Typing the name of the AutoText entry and pressing F3 should work, though. Alternatively, you can use AutoCorrect instead. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "SarahMatthew" wrote in message ... I use to run Office 97 on my old PC and I was able to store phrases and salutations which would automatically type out after my typing the first few words, but my new PC has Office 2007 and I can't seem to find the same feature. Can anyone help? |
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What happened to the old Autotype function?
Thanks for clarifying.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... It turned out that with so many things included in the Building Blocks listings, AutoComplete prompts were firing up almost all the time, making it very distracting to try to type documents. So, Microsoft decided to disable AutoComplete. I'm hoping they'll find a way to make it work only for the AutoText gallery, in which case they might bring it back in an update at some later time. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... You are welcome. Apparently, with the introduction of building blocks, which generalize the concept of AutoText, Microsoft was unable to implement an AutoComplete feature, and therefore it was dropped. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "SarahMatthew" wrote in message ... Top answer, thanks. Shame about looking a nifty feature though - I can't see any benefit in not having it. "Stefan Blom" wrote: The AutoComplete feature has been removed in Word 2007. Typing the name of the AutoText entry and pressing F3 should work, though. Alternatively, you can use AutoCorrect instead. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "SarahMatthew" wrote in message ... I use to run Office 97 on my old PC and I was able to store phrases and salutations which would automatically type out after my typing the first few words, but my new PC has Office 2007 and I can't seem to find the same feature. Can anyone help? |
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What happened to the old Autotype function?
Unfortunately, typing the name of the AutoText entry and pressing F3 does not
work. We lost numerous and extensive autotext entries when we upgraded to Word 2007. "Stefan Blom" wrote: The AutoComplete feature has been removed in Word 2007. Typing the name of the AutoText entry and pressing F3 should work, though. Alternatively, you can use AutoCorrect instead. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "SarahMatthew" wrote in message ... I use to run Office 97 on my old PC and I was able to store phrases and salutations which would automatically type out after my typing the first few words, but my new PC has Office 2007 and I can't seem to find the same feature. Can anyone help? |
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What happened to the old Autotype function?
You must type enough of the name to be unique.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Wildblue" wrote in message ... Unfortunately, typing the name of the AutoText entry and pressing F3 does not work. We lost numerous and extensive autotext entries when we upgraded to Word 2007. "Stefan Blom" wrote: The AutoComplete feature has been removed in Word 2007. Typing the name of the AutoText entry and pressing F3 should work, though. Alternatively, you can use AutoCorrect instead. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "SarahMatthew" wrote in message ... I use to run Office 97 on my old PC and I was able to store phrases and salutations which would automatically type out after my typing the first few words, but my new PC has Office 2007 and I can't seem to find the same feature. Can anyone help? |
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What happened to the old Autotype function?
Do the AutoText entries show up in the Building Blocks Organizer? (Insert ,
Quick Parts, Building Blocks Organizer). If not then it's possible that your pre-existing Normal.dot was not used to build the new Normal.dotm file. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Wildblue" wrote in message ... Unfortunately, typing the name of the AutoText entry and pressing F3 does not work. We lost numerous and extensive autotext entries when we upgraded to Word 2007. "Stefan Blom" wrote: The AutoComplete feature has been removed in Word 2007. Typing the name of the AutoText entry and pressing F3 should work, though. Alternatively, you can use AutoCorrect instead. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "SarahMatthew" wrote in message ... I use to run Office 97 on my old PC and I was able to store phrases and salutations which would automatically type out after my typing the first few words, but my new PC has Office 2007 and I can't seem to find the same feature. Can anyone help? |
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