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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 |
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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 €śReplace text as you type€ť 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 |
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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€¦ €śThis quote€ť would auto fill €śThis quote is valid for 30 days.€ť If I ignored the auto fill and continued typing something like €śThis quote may not€¦€ť 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 dont 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 €śReplace text as you type€ť 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 ... 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 |
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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 ... 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 |
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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 -- 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 ... 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 |
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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 -- 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 ... 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 |
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I also miss the auto fill/auto correct on MS Office 2007. I had it set up on
my XP/Word 2003 so when I started to type my name it would automatically finish it for me, or the date, or the town I live in, etc. I understand what Suzanne suggested, but before it was so automatic and streamlined. Will it ever return? "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 |
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If it automatically finished it for you without any further action, then it
was an AutoCorrect entry, and those still work just the same in Word 2007. If you are referring to AutoComplete (which required you to press Enter or Tab), then that is gone, but you can still start typing the AutoText entry name and press F3 to insert the entry. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jennster" wrote in message ... I also miss the auto fill/auto correct on MS Office 2007. I had it set up on my XP/Word 2003 so when I started to type my name it would automatically finish it for me, or the date, or the town I live in, etc. I understand what Suzanne suggested, but before it was so automatic and streamlined. Will it ever return? "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 |
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