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AutoFormat v. AutoFormat As You Type
The AutoCorrect dialog box includes the 2 subject tabs. These tabs have
several options in common. I have tried to find an explanation of the differences (i.e., why they are in two places), but have not had any luck. Any ideas? -- Marnee Dayton, OH |
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Never mind - I found my answer.
-- Marnee Dayton, OH "Marnee" wrote: The AutoCorrect dialog box includes the 2 subject tabs. These tabs have several options in common. I have tried to find an explanation of the differences (i.e., why they are in two places), but have not had any luck. Any ideas? -- Marnee Dayton, OH |
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AutoFormat v. AutoFormat As You Type
Please share. I'm also confused about this. Thanks.
Arlene "Marnee" wrote: Never mind - I found my answer. -- Marnee Dayton, OH "Marnee" wrote: The AutoCorrect dialog box includes the 2 subject tabs. These tabs have several options in common. I have tried to find an explanation of the differences (i.e., why they are in two places), but have not had any luck. Any ideas? -- Marnee Dayton, OH |
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AutoFormat v. AutoFormat As You Type
The options you select on the AutoFormat As You Type tab govern what
happens "as you type" without any further input -- for example, replacing straight quote marks with curly quotes. The ones on the AutoFormat tab govern what happens when you use the Format AutoFormat menu item and click OK in the resulting dialog. The two sets of options can be altered separately, so one thing happens when you're typing but something else happens when you specifically start an AutoFormat through the menu. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:02:06 -0700, Arlene wrote: Please share. I'm also confused about this. Thanks. Arlene "Marnee" wrote: Never mind - I found my answer. -- Marnee Dayton, OH "Marnee" wrote: The AutoCorrect dialog box includes the 2 subject tabs. These tabs have several options in common. I have tried to find an explanation of the differences (i.e., why they are in two places), but have not had any luck. Any ideas? -- Marnee Dayton, OH |
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AutoFormat v. AutoFormat As You Type
Thanks, Jay. BTW--I'm using Word 2007. I understand then that AutoFormat As
You Type changes any checked item on the fly as you type. I didn't follow your explanation on AutoFormat. Sorry to sound dense but can you please elaborate on this: "something else happens when you specifically start an AutoFormat through the menu"? Arlene "Jay Freedman" wrote: The options you select on the AutoFormat As You Type tab govern what happens "as you type" without any further input -- for example, replacing straight quote marks with curly quotes. The ones on the AutoFormat tab govern what happens when you use the Format AutoFormat menu item and click OK in the resulting dialog. The two sets of options can be altered separately, so one thing happens when you're typing but something else happens when you specifically start an AutoFormat through the menu. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:02:06 -0700, Arlene wrote: Please share. I'm also confused about this. Thanks. Arlene "Marnee" wrote: Never mind - I found my answer. -- Marnee Dayton, OH "Marnee" wrote: The AutoCorrect dialog box includes the 2 subject tabs. These tabs have several options in common. I have tried to find an explanation of the differences (i.e., why they are in two places), but have not had any luck. Any ideas? -- Marnee Dayton, OH |
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AutoFormat v. AutoFormat As You Type
A bit of advice: ALWAYS mention in any post that you're using Word
2007. Its interface is so different from any previous version that the answer will usually depend on knowing that fact. In earlier versions, the AutoFormat command was on the Format menu. In Word 2007, which doesn't have a menu bar, most of the old menu commands are represented by buttons on the ribbon. However, the command to start an AutoFormat was very rarely used, so it isn't on any of the ribbon tabs. You have to customize the Quick Access Toolbar to put a button there for it. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:34:00 -0700, Arlene wrote: Thanks, Jay. BTW--I'm using Word 2007. I understand then that AutoFormat As You Type changes any checked item on the fly as you type. I didn't follow your explanation on AutoFormat. Sorry to sound dense but can you please elaborate on this: "something else happens when you specifically start an AutoFormat through the menu"? Arlene "Jay Freedman" wrote: The options you select on the AutoFormat As You Type tab govern what happens "as you type" without any further input -- for example, replacing straight quote marks with curly quotes. The ones on the AutoFormat tab govern what happens when you use the Format AutoFormat menu item and click OK in the resulting dialog. The two sets of options can be altered separately, so one thing happens when you're typing but something else happens when you specifically start an AutoFormat through the menu. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:02:06 -0700, Arlene wrote: Please share. I'm also confused about this. Thanks. Arlene "Marnee" wrote: Never mind - I found my answer. -- Marnee Dayton, OH "Marnee" wrote: The AutoCorrect dialog box includes the 2 subject tabs. These tabs have several options in common. I have tried to find an explanation of the differences (i.e., why they are in two places), but have not had any luck. Any ideas? -- Marnee Dayton, OH |
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AutoFormat v. AutoFormat As You Type
Right, so when I change a setting in AutoFormat how does it differ from
AutoFormat as you type? "Jay Freedman" wrote: A bit of advice: ALWAYS mention in any post that you're using Word 2007. Its interface is so different from any previous version that the answer will usually depend on knowing that fact. In earlier versions, the AutoFormat command was on the Format menu. In Word 2007, which doesn't have a menu bar, most of the old menu commands are represented by buttons on the ribbon. However, the command to start an AutoFormat was very rarely used, so it isn't on any of the ribbon tabs. You have to customize the Quick Access Toolbar to put a button there for it. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:34:00 -0700, Arlene wrote: Thanks, Jay. BTW--I'm using Word 2007. I understand then that AutoFormat As You Type changes any checked item on the fly as you type. I didn't follow your explanation on AutoFormat. Sorry to sound dense but can you please elaborate on this: "something else happens when you specifically start an AutoFormat through the menu"? Arlene "Jay Freedman" wrote: The options you select on the AutoFormat As You Type tab govern what happens "as you type" without any further input -- for example, replacing straight quote marks with curly quotes. The ones on the AutoFormat tab govern what happens when you use the Format AutoFormat menu item and click OK in the resulting dialog. The two sets of options can be altered separately, so one thing happens when you're typing but something else happens when you specifically start an AutoFormat through the menu. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:02:06 -0700, Arlene wrote: Please share. I'm also confused about this. Thanks. Arlene "Marnee" wrote: Never mind - I found my answer. -- Marnee Dayton, OH "Marnee" wrote: The AutoCorrect dialog box includes the 2 subject tabs. These tabs have several options in common. I have tried to find an explanation of the differences (i.e., why they are in two places), but have not had any luck. Any ideas? -- Marnee Dayton, OH |
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AutoFormat v. AutoFormat As You Type
If all the options in the two tabs of the options dialog are set the
same way, then their results will be identical. If the options are set differently, then "as you type" autoformatting will behave the way its options dictate, while the "command" autoformatting will behave as the other set of options dictates. The "command" version is useful when you get your text by importing it from somewhere else rather than typing it. That might be a plain-text file, copy/paste from another program (e.g., a web browser), or somewhere else. Let's say you get a long text file from someplace, maybe a database, and it contains web or email addresses. You want those addresses to turn into hyperlinks. Go into the AutoFormat options (not the As You Type options, since you won't be typing anything) and turn off everything except the "Internet and network paths with hyperlinks" box. Then run the AutoFormat command, and it will do all those replacements in one step without affecting anything else. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:30:01 -0700, Arlene wrote: Right, so when I change a setting in AutoFormat how does it differ from AutoFormat as you type? "Jay Freedman" wrote: A bit of advice: ALWAYS mention in any post that you're using Word 2007. Its interface is so different from any previous version that the answer will usually depend on knowing that fact. In earlier versions, the AutoFormat command was on the Format menu. In Word 2007, which doesn't have a menu bar, most of the old menu commands are represented by buttons on the ribbon. However, the command to start an AutoFormat was very rarely used, so it isn't on any of the ribbon tabs. You have to customize the Quick Access Toolbar to put a button there for it. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:34:00 -0700, Arlene wrote: Thanks, Jay. BTW--I'm using Word 2007. I understand then that AutoFormat As You Type changes any checked item on the fly as you type. I didn't follow your explanation on AutoFormat. Sorry to sound dense but can you please elaborate on this: "something else happens when you specifically start an AutoFormat through the menu"? Arlene "Jay Freedman" wrote: The options you select on the AutoFormat As You Type tab govern what happens "as you type" without any further input -- for example, replacing straight quote marks with curly quotes. The ones on the AutoFormat tab govern what happens when you use the Format AutoFormat menu item and click OK in the resulting dialog. The two sets of options can be altered separately, so one thing happens when you're typing but something else happens when you specifically start an AutoFormat through the menu. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:02:06 -0700, Arlene wrote: Please share. I'm also confused about this. Thanks. Arlene "Marnee" wrote: Never mind - I found my answer. -- Marnee Dayton, OH "Marnee" wrote: The AutoCorrect dialog box includes the 2 subject tabs. These tabs have several options in common. I have tried to find an explanation of the differences (i.e., why they are in two places), but have not had any luck. Any ideas? -- Marnee Dayton, OH |
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AutoFormat v. AutoFormat As You Type
Jay--when you say, "Then run the AutoFormat command, and it
will do all those replacements in one step without affecting anything else." how exactly do you "run" the AutoFormat command? I was experimenting and started with a blank screen. I unchecked all options under AutoFormat and then pasted text into the blank Word screen that had underlined hyperlinks. The hyperlinks remained underlined even though I unchecked the option in AutoFormat before pasting. What am I doing wrong? I thought AutoFormat would replace any copied text that had underlined hyperlinks with hyperlinks that did not have the underline. Arlene "Jay Freedman" wrote: If all the options in the two tabs of the options dialog are set the same way, then their results will be identical. If the options are set differently, then "as you type" autoformatting will behave the way its options dictate, while the "command" autoformatting will behave as the other set of options dictates. The "command" version is useful when you get your text by importing it from somewhere else rather than typing it. That might be a plain-text file, copy/paste from another program (e.g., a web browser), or somewhere else. Let's say you get a long text file from someplace, maybe a database, and it contains web or email addresses. You want those addresses to turn into hyperlinks. Go into the AutoFormat options (not the As You Type options, since you won't be typing anything) and turn off everything except the "Internet and network paths with hyperlinks" box. Then run the AutoFormat command, and it will do all those replacements in one step without affecting anything else. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:30:01 -0700, Arlene wrote: Right, so when I change a setting in AutoFormat how does it differ from AutoFormat as you type? "Jay Freedman" wrote: A bit of advice: ALWAYS mention in any post that you're using Word 2007. Its interface is so different from any previous version that the answer will usually depend on knowing that fact. In earlier versions, the AutoFormat command was on the Format menu. In Word 2007, which doesn't have a menu bar, most of the old menu commands are represented by buttons on the ribbon. However, the command to start an AutoFormat was very rarely used, so it isn't on any of the ribbon tabs. You have to customize the Quick Access Toolbar to put a button there for it. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:34:00 -0700, Arlene wrote: Thanks, Jay. BTW--I'm using Word 2007. I understand then that AutoFormat As You Type changes any checked item on the fly as you type. I didn't follow your explanation on AutoFormat. Sorry to sound dense but can you please elaborate on this: "something else happens when you specifically start an AutoFormat through the menu"? Arlene "Jay Freedman" wrote: The options you select on the AutoFormat As You Type tab govern what happens "as you type" without any further input -- for example, replacing straight quote marks with curly quotes. The ones on the AutoFormat tab govern what happens when you use the Format AutoFormat menu item and click OK in the resulting dialog. The two sets of options can be altered separately, so one thing happens when you're typing but something else happens when you specifically start an AutoFormat through the menu. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:02:06 -0700, Arlene wrote: Please share. I'm also confused about this. Thanks. Arlene "Marnee" wrote: Never mind - I found my answer. -- Marnee Dayton, OH "Marnee" wrote: The AutoCorrect dialog box includes the 2 subject tabs. These tabs have several options in common. I have tried to find an explanation of the differences (i.e., why they are in two places), but have not had any luck. Any ideas? -- Marnee Dayton, OH |
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AutoFormat v. AutoFormat As You Type
No, you have it backwards. AutoFormat can change plain text of
Internet addresses _to_ hyperlinks. It will never change hyperlinks into plain text. If this isn't just an experiment, if you really need to change hyperlinks to plain text, there are two ways. If you just have a few hyperlinks, right-click each one and select Remove Hyperlink. If you have a lot of hyperlinks, you need a macro, which is a whole other discussion. As far as "how do you run AutoFormat", as I said four posts back in this thread, for Word 2007 you have to go into the Customize dialog and place the AutoFormat command on the Quick Access Toolbar as a new button. Then you can "run AutoFormat" by clicking that button. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:12:02 -0700, Arlene wrote: Jay--when you say, "Then run the AutoFormat command, and it will do all those replacements in one step without affecting anything else." how exactly do you "run" the AutoFormat command? I was experimenting and started with a blank screen. I unchecked all options under AutoFormat and then pasted text into the blank Word screen that had underlined hyperlinks. The hyperlinks remained underlined even though I unchecked the option in AutoFormat before pasting. What am I doing wrong? I thought AutoFormat would replace any copied text that had underlined hyperlinks with hyperlinks that did not have the underline. Arlene "Jay Freedman" wrote: If all the options in the two tabs of the options dialog are set the same way, then their results will be identical. If the options are set differently, then "as you type" autoformatting will behave the way its options dictate, while the "command" autoformatting will behave as the other set of options dictates. The "command" version is useful when you get your text by importing it from somewhere else rather than typing it. That might be a plain-text file, copy/paste from another program (e.g., a web browser), or somewhere else. Let's say you get a long text file from someplace, maybe a database, and it contains web or email addresses. You want those addresses to turn into hyperlinks. Go into the AutoFormat options (not the As You Type options, since you won't be typing anything) and turn off everything except the "Internet and network paths with hyperlinks" box. Then run the AutoFormat command, and it will do all those replacements in one step without affecting anything else. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:30:01 -0700, Arlene wrote: Right, so when I change a setting in AutoFormat how does it differ from AutoFormat as you type? "Jay Freedman" wrote: A bit of advice: ALWAYS mention in any post that you're using Word 2007. Its interface is so different from any previous version that the answer will usually depend on knowing that fact. In earlier versions, the AutoFormat command was on the Format menu. In Word 2007, which doesn't have a menu bar, most of the old menu commands are represented by buttons on the ribbon. However, the command to start an AutoFormat was very rarely used, so it isn't on any of the ribbon tabs. You have to customize the Quick Access Toolbar to put a button there for it. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:34:00 -0700, Arlene wrote: Thanks, Jay. BTW--I'm using Word 2007. I understand then that AutoFormat As You Type changes any checked item on the fly as you type. I didn't follow your explanation on AutoFormat. Sorry to sound dense but can you please elaborate on this: "something else happens when you specifically start an AutoFormat through the menu"? Arlene "Jay Freedman" wrote: The options you select on the AutoFormat As You Type tab govern what happens "as you type" without any further input -- for example, replacing straight quote marks with curly quotes. The ones on the AutoFormat tab govern what happens when you use the Format AutoFormat menu item and click OK in the resulting dialog. The two sets of options can be altered separately, so one thing happens when you're typing but something else happens when you specifically start an AutoFormat through the menu. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:02:06 -0700, Arlene wrote: Please share. I'm also confused about this. Thanks. Arlene "Marnee" wrote: Never mind - I found my answer. -- Marnee Dayton, OH "Marnee" wrote: The AutoCorrect dialog box includes the 2 subject tabs. These tabs have several options in common. I have tried to find an explanation of the differences (i.e., why they are in two places), but have not had any luck. Any ideas? -- Marnee Dayton, OH |
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At long last, the missing link is explained in your first sentence!! Thanks
so much, Jay!! This one was driving me nuts trying to figure out. Arlene "Jay Freedman" wrote: No, you have it backwards. AutoFormat can change plain text of Internet addresses _to_ hyperlinks. It will never change hyperlinks into plain text. If this isn't just an experiment, if you really need to change hyperlinks to plain text, there are two ways. If you just have a few hyperlinks, right-click each one and select Remove Hyperlink. If you have a lot of hyperlinks, you need a macro, which is a whole other discussion. As far as "how do you run AutoFormat", as I said four posts back in this thread, for Word 2007 you have to go into the Customize dialog and place the AutoFormat command on the Quick Access Toolbar as a new button. Then you can "run AutoFormat" by clicking that button. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:12:02 -0700, Arlene wrote: Jay--when you say, "Then run the AutoFormat command, and it will do all those replacements in one step without affecting anything else." how exactly do you "run" the AutoFormat command? I was experimenting and started with a blank screen. I unchecked all options under AutoFormat and then pasted text into the blank Word screen that had underlined hyperlinks. The hyperlinks remained underlined even though I unchecked the option in AutoFormat before pasting. What am I doing wrong? I thought AutoFormat would replace any copied text that had underlined hyperlinks with hyperlinks that did not have the underline. Arlene "Jay Freedman" wrote: If all the options in the two tabs of the options dialog are set the same way, then their results will be identical. If the options are set differently, then "as you type" autoformatting will behave the way its options dictate, while the "command" autoformatting will behave as the other set of options dictates. The "command" version is useful when you get your text by importing it from somewhere else rather than typing it. That might be a plain-text file, copy/paste from another program (e.g., a web browser), or somewhere else. Let's say you get a long text file from someplace, maybe a database, and it contains web or email addresses. You want those addresses to turn into hyperlinks. Go into the AutoFormat options (not the As You Type options, since you won't be typing anything) and turn off everything except the "Internet and network paths with hyperlinks" box. Then run the AutoFormat command, and it will do all those replacements in one step without affecting anything else. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:30:01 -0700, Arlene wrote: Right, so when I change a setting in AutoFormat how does it differ from AutoFormat as you type? "Jay Freedman" wrote: A bit of advice: ALWAYS mention in any post that you're using Word 2007. Its interface is so different from any previous version that the answer will usually depend on knowing that fact. In earlier versions, the AutoFormat command was on the Format menu. In Word 2007, which doesn't have a menu bar, most of the old menu commands are represented by buttons on the ribbon. However, the command to start an AutoFormat was very rarely used, so it isn't on any of the ribbon tabs. You have to customize the Quick Access Toolbar to put a button there for it. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:34:00 -0700, Arlene wrote: Thanks, Jay. BTW--I'm using Word 2007. I understand then that AutoFormat As You Type changes any checked item on the fly as you type. I didn't follow your explanation on AutoFormat. Sorry to sound dense but can you please elaborate on this: "something else happens when you specifically start an AutoFormat through the menu"? Arlene "Jay Freedman" wrote: The options you select on the AutoFormat As You Type tab govern what happens "as you type" without any further input -- for example, replacing straight quote marks with curly quotes. The ones on the AutoFormat tab govern what happens when you use the Format AutoFormat menu item and click OK in the resulting dialog. The two sets of options can be altered separately, so one thing happens when you're typing but something else happens when you specifically start an AutoFormat through the menu. -- 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 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:02:06 -0700, Arlene wrote: Please share. I'm also confused about this. Thanks. Arlene "Marnee" wrote: Never mind - I found my answer. -- Marnee Dayton, OH "Marnee" wrote: The AutoCorrect dialog box includes the 2 subject tabs. These tabs have several options in common. I have tried to find an explanation of the differences (i.e., why they are in two places), but have not had any luck. Any ideas? -- Marnee Dayton, OH |
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