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Autotext entry's formatting
I've just gotten started with autotext and I can see that it will be an
important time saver for me if I can figure out how to use it well. Usually while emailing, I have been using Alt+F3 to add a lot of new autotext entries and that works fine. My problem is that when I insert one of my autotext entries back into my document, usually an email, it is often times formatted with a different font, size, and/or color that that of the current paragraph. I have somehow created three different sets of autotext entries, named Normal, Normal(Web), and Plain Text. What can I do to have the entries in all three catagories available to me, but in the format of the current paragraph? Where are these files of autotext entries stored? Can I edit these files directly? Any and all help will be very much appreciated! |
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AutoText is stored in templates, in Normal.dot by default.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm If you store a paragraph mark, it will contain formatting for the paragraph. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "GY2" wrote in message ... I've just gotten started with autotext and I can see that it will be an important time saver for me if I can figure out how to use it well. Usually while emailing, I have been using Alt+F3 to add a lot of new autotext entries and that works fine. My problem is that when I insert one of my autotext entries back into my document, usually an email, it is often times formatted with a different font, size, and/or color that that of the current paragraph. I have somehow created three different sets of autotext entries, named Normal, Normal(Web), and Plain Text. What can I do to have the entries in all three catagories available to me, but in the format of the current paragraph? Where are these files of autotext entries stored? Can I edit these files directly? Any and all help will be very much appreciated! |
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Thank you Charles and good luck with your legal career.
Is anyone able to answer my specific autotext questions? "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... AutoText is stored in templates, in Normal.dot by default. http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm If you store a paragraph mark, it will contain formatting for the paragraph. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "GY2" wrote in message ... I've just gotten started with autotext and I can see that it will be an important time saver for me if I can figure out how to use it well. Usually while emailing, I have been using Alt+F3 to add a lot of new autotext entries and that works fine. My problem is that when I insert one of my autotext entries back into my document, usually an email, it is often times formatted with a different font, size, and/or color that that of the current paragraph. I have somehow created three different sets of autotext entries, named Normal, Normal(Web), and Plain Text. What can I do to have the entries in all three catagories available to me, but in the format of the current paragraph? Where are these files of autotext entries stored? Can I edit these files directly? Any and all help will be very much appreciated! |
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He already did. If you save an entry with a paragraph mark, you save
paragraph formatting, including font color and size. -- 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. "GY2" wrote in message ... Thank you Charles and good luck with your legal career. Is anyone able to answer my specific autotext questions? "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... AutoText is stored in templates, in Normal.dot by default. http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm If you store a paragraph mark, it will contain formatting for the paragraph. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "GY2" wrote in message ... I've just gotten started with autotext and I can see that it will be an important time saver for me if I can figure out how to use it well. Usually while emailing, I have been using Alt+F3 to add a lot of new autotext entries and that works fine. My problem is that when I insert one of my autotext entries back into my document, usually an email, it is often times formatted with a different font, size, and/or color that that of the current paragraph. I have somehow created three different sets of autotext entries, named Normal, Normal(Web), and Plain Text. What can I do to have the entries in all three catagories available to me, but in the format of the current paragraph? Where are these files of autotext entries stored? Can I edit these files directly? Any and all help will be very much appreciated! |
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I'm sorry I have not been able to make myself more clear. Please let me try
again. I understand about the effects of saving the paragraph mark and I also understand that the autotext entries are saved in my Normal template. I have maybe 50-75 entries in each of two different styles, Normal and Normal(web) and I would like to combine them without having to re-enter them all. That is why I originally asked: "Where are these files of autotext entries stored? Can I edit these files directly?" Any further help will still be much appreciated. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... He already did. If you save an entry with a paragraph mark, you save paragraph formatting, including font color and size. -- 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. "GY2" wrote in message ... Thank you Charles and good luck with your legal career. Is anyone able to answer my specific autotext questions? "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... AutoText is stored in templates, in Normal.dot by default. http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm If you store a paragraph mark, it will contain formatting for the paragraph. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "GY2" wrote in message ... I've just gotten started with autotext and I can see that it will be an important time saver for me if I can figure out how to use it well. Usually while emailing, I have been using Alt+F3 to add a lot of new autotext entries and that works fine. My problem is that when I insert one of my autotext entries back into my document, usually an email, it is often times formatted with a different font, size, and/or color that that of the current paragraph. I have somehow created three different sets of autotext entries, named Normal, Normal(Web), and Plain Text. What can I do to have the entries in all three catagories available to me, but in the format of the current paragraph? Where are these files of autotext entries stored? Can I edit these files directly? Any and all help will be very much appreciated! |
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They are stored in Normal.dot unless you chose to save them elsewhere. No,
they cannot be edited directly. -- 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. "GY2" wrote in message ... I'm sorry I have not been able to make myself more clear. Please let me try again. I understand about the effects of saving the paragraph mark and I also understand that the autotext entries are saved in my Normal template. I have maybe 50-75 entries in each of two different styles, Normal and Normal(web) and I would like to combine them without having to re-enter them all. That is why I originally asked: "Where are these files of autotext entries stored? Can I edit these files directly?" Any further help will still be much appreciated. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... He already did. If you save an entry with a paragraph mark, you save paragraph formatting, including font color and size. -- 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. "GY2" wrote in message ... Thank you Charles and good luck with your legal career. Is anyone able to answer my specific autotext questions? "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... AutoText is stored in templates, in Normal.dot by default. http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm If you store a paragraph mark, it will contain formatting for the paragraph. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "GY2" wrote in message ... I've just gotten started with autotext and I can see that it will be an important time saver for me if I can figure out how to use it well. Usually while emailing, I have been using Alt+F3 to add a lot of new autotext entries and that works fine. My problem is that when I insert one of my autotext entries back into my document, usually an email, it is often times formatted with a different font, size, and/or color that that of the current paragraph. I have somehow created three different sets of autotext entries, named Normal, Normal(Web), and Plain Text. What can I do to have the entries in all three catagories available to me, but in the format of the current paragraph? Where are these files of autotext entries stored? Can I edit these files directly? Any and all help will be very much appreciated! |
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Thanks a lot Suzanne. I guess the best thing for me to do is just re-key
them. That won't be too bad. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... They are stored in Normal.dot unless you chose to save them elsewhere. No, they cannot be edited directly. -- 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. "GY2" wrote in message ... I'm sorry I have not been able to make myself more clear. Please let me try again. I understand about the effects of saving the paragraph mark and I also understand that the autotext entries are saved in my Normal template. I have maybe 50-75 entries in each of two different styles, Normal and Normal(web) and I would like to combine them without having to re-enter them all. That is why I originally asked: "Where are these files of autotext entries stored? Can I edit these files directly?" Any further help will still be much appreciated. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... He already did. If you save an entry with a paragraph mark, you save paragraph formatting, including font color and size. -- 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. "GY2" wrote in message ... Thank you Charles and good luck with your legal career. Is anyone able to answer my specific autotext questions? "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... AutoText is stored in templates, in Normal.dot by default. http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm If you store a paragraph mark, it will contain formatting for the paragraph. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "GY2" wrote in message ... I've just gotten started with autotext and I can see that it will be an important time saver for me if I can figure out how to use it well. Usually while emailing, I have been using Alt+F3 to add a lot of new autotext entries and that works fine. My problem is that when I insert one of my autotext entries back into my document, usually an email, it is often times formatted with a different font, size, and/or color that that of the current paragraph. I have somehow created three different sets of autotext entries, named Normal, Normal(Web), and Plain Text. What can I do to have the entries in all three catagories available to me, but in the format of the current paragraph? Where are these files of autotext entries stored? Can I edit these files directly? Any and all help will be very much appreciated! |
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