Where is Auto Text in Word 2007

leastep91 · External Since: Jul 03, 2007 Posts: 1

I work at home and recently purchased windows vista. I use auto correct and
auto text a lot on my job. However, I can't figure out how to use auto text.
I need to act the way it did in Word 2003 where you start to type something
and the whole phrase appears and you just hit enter to insert it into the
document. Is there such a thing anymore in Word 2007? I hope so because
right now I'm still using my Word 2003 because I need this feature. It is a
time saver and a money maker. Thanks in advance for your help and responses.
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Jenna

Stefan Blom · External Since: Aug 14, 2006 Posts: 229

AutoComplete is no longer supported for AutoText/building blocks. But you can
type the name of the AutoText entry and then press F3 to insert it.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

"leastep91" wrote:

> I work at home and recently purchased windows vista. I use auto correct and
> auto text a lot on my job. However, I can't figure out how to use auto text.
> I need to act the way it did in Word 2003 where you start to type something
> and the whole phrase appears and you just hit enter to insert it into the
> document. Is there such a thing anymore in Word 2007? I hope so because
> right now I'm still using my Word 2003 because I need this feature. It is a
> time saver and a money maker. Thanks in advance for your help and responses.
> --
> Jenna

Luc · External Since: Jun 09, 2007 Posts: 75

Leastep91,
Those are called building blocks now. You can locate them clicking Insert -
Text group - Quick Parts - Building Blocks Organizer.
You can still use Alt+F3 to make one, just select the text and press Alt+F3.
Or add a button to the quick access toolbar, Office Button - Word Options -
Customize - All Commands - Create AutoText

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Luc Sanders
MVP - PowerPoint
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>I work at home and recently purchased windows vista. I use auto correct
>and
> auto text a lot on my job. However, I can't figure out how to use auto
> text.
> I need to act the way it did in Word 2003 where you start to type
> something
> and the whole phrase appears and you just hit enter to insert it into the
> document. Is there such a thing anymore in Word 2007? I hope so because
> right now I'm still using my Word 2003 because I need this feature. It is
> a
> time saver and a money maker. Thanks in advance for your help and
> responses.
> --
> Jenna

Graham Mayor · External Since: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 4677

As Luc indicates, autotext is still present, though it does not work in the
same manner. In particular, the autocomplete function is no longer
available. You can either use logical and unique names for your autotext
entries that you can remember then press F3 to complete them, or you can
pick them from a list, or you can create toolbars that hold the entries,
while you still have Word 2003, and save them in a template you can add in
to Word - see http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm . I have one
such toolbar in 2007 from which I pick from a variety of smileys.
If you want anything more sophisticated, you might consider a third party
approach. When corresponding in these forums, I have a large number of
standard texts stored in GhostTyper XML. This will work in all applications
that accept keyboard input.

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Autocorrect still works as before.

leastep91 wrote:
> I work at home and recently purchased windows vista. I use auto
> correct and auto text a lot on my job. However, I can't figure out
> how to use auto text. I need to act the way it did in Word 2003 where
> you start to type something and the whole phrase appears and you just
> hit enter to insert it into the document. Is there such a thing
> anymore in Word 2007? I hope so because right now I'm still using my
> Word 2003 because I need this feature. It is a time saver and a
> money maker. Thanks in advance for your help and responses.

leastep91 · External Since: Jul 07, 2007 Posts: 1

Oh, No! It takes me longer to do this than in Word 2003. It looks like I'm
stuck with using the older version of Word with my job. Whatever happened to
"if it's not broken don't fix it". Why couldn't they leave a good thing
alone. I can't believe we don't have that option anymore. Thanks for your
replies. Now, I know I can stop looking for the answer as I got one here.

"Luc" wrote:

> Leastep91,
> Those are called building blocks now. You can locate them clicking Insert -
> Text group - Quick Parts - Building Blocks Organizer.
> You can still use Alt+F3 to make one, just select the text and press Alt+F3.
> Or add a button to the quick access toolbar, Office Button - Word Options -
> Customize - All Commands - Create AutoText
>
> --
> Luc Sanders
> MVP - PowerPoint
> "leastep91" <coastal89 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
> news:611A0927-35E5-4F1F-8FC6-B3BDA38B0B65@microsoft.com...
> >I work at home and recently purchased windows vista. I use auto correct
> >and
> > auto text a lot on my job. However, I can't figure out how to use auto
> > text.
> > I need to act the way it did in Word 2003 where you start to type
> > something
> > and the whole phrase appears and you just hit enter to insert it into the
> > document. Is there such a thing anymore in Word 2007? I hope so because
> > right now I'm still using my Word 2003 because I need this feature. It is
> > a
> > time saver and a money maker. Thanks in advance for your help and
> > responses.
> > --
> > Jenna
>
>

gjanssen · Joined: Sep 02, 2009 Posts: 1

Just found this conversation so pardon the lateness. I beg to differ about the total lack of Autotext as it used to work. It seems that, after creating an AutoText item using Alt-F3 (not a Quick Part), just typing its name and pressing F3 works about the same as pressing Enter after starting an old AutoText. My current problem (there may be more to come) is that the Object manager seems to get confused and switches the names and their objects. Haven't figured that part out yet. Oh yes, the F1 Help text on this doesn't mention pressing F3 to insert the item. So thanks big time for that, Graham Mayor!