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Autotext entry with sequence field on different PCs
I am working on a document which has Autotext entries incorporating a
sequence field. I wrote it in Word 2000, but when I took the document to another PC running (I think) Word 2003, I was unable to create more Autotext entries of this type. I found that the tag I was using "qtag" in this case was not being recognised as an Autotext entry. Is there any way around this? |
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Autotext entry with sequence field on different PCs
AutoText entries can't be stored in documents, they must be in
templates. You took this document from one PC to another, but you didn't bring along the template it was based on (or normal.dot, if that's which template contains the AutoText), so the second PC has no idea what you're talking about. Do NOT try to copy normal.dot from one PC to the other unless you're the only user of both machines. Instead, make a new template to take along. You can copy AutoText from one template to the other by using the Organizer (in Tools Templates & Add-Ins, click the button at the bottom). Then on the second PC you can either load the template through the Templates & Add-Ins dialog, or place the template in Word's Startup folder so it always loads when Word starts. Read: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...n/AutoText.htm http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...latesStore.htm http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...buteMacros.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:41:46 +0100, "Brian" wrote: I am working on a document which has Autotext entries incorporating a sequence field. I wrote it in Word 2000, but when I took the document to another PC running (I think) Word 2003, I was unable to create more Autotext entries of this type. I found that the tag I was using "qtag" in this case was not being recognised as an Autotext entry. Is there any way around this? |
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Autotext entry with sequence field on different PCs
Many thanks for your help.
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... AutoText entries can't be stored in documents, they must be in templates. You took this document from one PC to another, but you didn't bring along the template it was based on (or normal.dot, if that's which template contains the AutoText), so the second PC has no idea what you're talking about. Do NOT try to copy normal.dot from one PC to the other unless you're the only user of both machines. Instead, make a new template to take along. You can copy AutoText from one template to the other by using the Organizer (in Tools Templates & Add-Ins, click the button at the bottom). Then on the second PC you can either load the template through the Templates & Add-Ins dialog, or place the template in Word's Startup folder so it always loads when Word starts. Read: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...n/AutoText.htm http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...latesStore.htm http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...buteMacros.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:41:46 +0100, "Brian" wrote: I am working on a document which has Autotext entries incorporating a sequence field. I wrote it in Word 2000, but when I took the document to another PC running (I think) Word 2003, I was unable to create more Autotext entries of this type. I found that the tag I was using "qtag" in this case was not being recognised as an Autotext entry. Is there any way around this? |
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Move the AutoText entry from the original computer to the new one (or in the
case of a single entry, save the SEQ field as an AT entry on the new comptuter). See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc. -- 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. "Brian" wrote in message ... I am working on a document which has Autotext entries incorporating a sequence field. I wrote it in Word 2000, but when I took the document to another PC running (I think) Word 2003, I was unable to create more Autotext entries of this type. I found that the tag I was using "qtag" in this case was not being recognised as an Autotext entry. Is there any way around this? |
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