I want to apply an automatic format to text I enter (for example, I want e.g.
to be italicized). How do I do this in Word?

DBishop wrote:
I want to apply an automatic format to text I enter (for example, I
want e.g. to be italicized). How do I do this in Word?

Format the text as you want it, select it, create an AutoCorrect entry, and
click the Formatted Text option button in the AutoCorrect dialog before you
click the Add button.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

AutoCorrect. Look this up in help. It is under the tools menu.
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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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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I want to apply an automatic format to text I enter (for example, I want
e.g.
to be italicized). How do I do this in Word?