[mch1025]

At my work, we have different products for which we have "boiler plate" text
that we paste in to all documents, but this is obviously wasting a lot of
time by copying and pasting.

I have seen something in the past done, but I don't know what exactly its
called where I can simply type in the name of a product and word will
automatically paste the boiler plate text and picture into my document. For
instance if I type "fsp" and hit enter, the boiler plate text about
freestanding platforms will be inserted into my document where typed fsp.

Anyone know what this function is called? Is this a macro? I'm willing to
do the research and work into it, but I don't even know where to start.

anything will be helpful, thanks

[Graham Mayor]

The function is called autocorrect - type or paste the boilerplate text into
a document, select it, then tools autocorrect options autocorrect. Give
it a name eg fsp and if necessary check the formatted check box..

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



mch1025 wrote:
At my work, we have different products for which we have "boiler
plate" text that we paste in to all documents, but this is obviously
wasting a lot of time by copying and pasting.

I have seen something in the past done, but I don't know what exactly
its called where I can simply type in the name of a product and word
will automatically paste the boiler plate text and picture into my
document. For instance if I type "fsp" and hit enter, the boiler
plate text about freestanding platforms will be inserted into my
document where typed fsp.

Anyone know what this function is called? Is this a macro? I'm
willing to do the research and work into it, but I don't even know
where to start.

anything will be helpful, thanks

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

What you are describing is AutoComplete with AutoText entries. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoText.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"mch1025" wrote in message
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At my work, we have different products for which we have "boiler plate"
text
that we paste in to all documents, but this is obviously wasting a lot of
time by copying and pasting.

I have seen something in the past done, but I don't know what exactly its
called where I can simply type in the name of a product and word will
automatically paste the boiler plate text and picture into my document.
For
instance if I type "fsp" and hit enter, the boiler plate text about
freestanding platforms will be inserted into my document where typed fsp.

Anyone know what this function is called? Is this a macro? I'm willing
to
do the research and work into it, but I don't even know where to start.

anything will be helpful, thanks

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, you got two answers, and both are correct and luckily equally
convenient in Word 2003 (in Word 2007, there is no AutoComplete for
AutoText). In addition to the link Stefan gave you for AutoText, see this
one for AutoCorrect: http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"mch1025" wrote in message
...
At my work, we have different products for which we have "boiler plate"
text
that we paste in to all documents, but this is obviously wasting a lot of
time by copying and pasting.

I have seen something in the past done, but I don't know what exactly its
called where I can simply type in the name of a product and word will
automatically paste the boiler plate text and picture into my document.
For
instance if I type "fsp" and hit enter, the boiler plate text about
freestanding platforms will be inserted into my document where typed fsp.

Anyone know what this function is called? Is this a macro? I'm willing
to
do the research and work into it, but I don't even know where to start.

anything will be helpful, thanks