A. Ramos,
Let's walk through this and see if you can get it to work. You've read my
tips page on building blocks and AutoText in Word2007 so you know that
instead of just one collection of pre-defined chunks of text or other
content called AutoText you can now have 35 such collections. We will still
work with the one called AutoText
Open a new Word document.
Type in EquaGen
Select it and press Alt+F3. In the create new building block dialog that
appears, change the gallery to AutoText and the Save in to Normal. Click OK
Now move the cursor and type Eq, then press F3. Does EquaGen not get
inserted?
A. Ramos wrote:
> That's really unfortunate. I depended on that feature a lot at work.
> And although I read what you said and that link, I still can't find a
> way to have the text be inserted.
>
> "Greg Maxey" wrote:
>
>> Margie,
>>
>> I think what you are refering to is "AutoText." In the pre-Word2007
>> Word world there was a feature called "Show AutoComplete Suggestions"
>> that would monitor the text you typed and if it matched an existing
>> AutoText entry in your template you would get a screen tip allowing
>> your to complete the entry by pressing "Enter."
>>
>> Unfortunately that feature is not available in Word2007.
>>
>> AutoText is still available in Word2007, it has just been
>> incorporated as one gallery in a collection of 35 similiar galleries
>> collectively called building blocks.
>>
>> That said, you can still create your collection building blocks in
>> the AutoText gallery (or any gallery) and when you type Eq (and
>> provided "Eq" is unique) then press F3 and EquaGen will appear.
>>
>> I have put together a few tools to enhance working with building
>> blocks here:
>>
>> [URL="http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Word2007_Building_Blocks_&_AutoText.htm"]http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Word2007_Building_Blocks_&_AutoText.htm[/URL]
>>
>> On Dec 4, 11:50 am, Margie wrote:
>>> Not auto text, not auto correct...but, I want to insert words on to
>>> a list and when I start typing my company name - Eq - that EquaGen
>>> appears. Or Miss - and Mississippi. or Je and Jepson appears.
>>>
>>> In the autocorrect, you have to put the incorrect spelling and then
>>> the correct spelling...which isn't what I want to do.
>>>
>>> In older versions, you could insert words on to an auto correct
>>> list and they would automatically populate with just a few key
>>> strokes of initial letters.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help.
>>> Margie >> Stay informed about: automatically inserts words- like company name - 
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