Autocorrect entries

[jla]

I have hundreds of autocorrect entries, many of them being addresses
which autocomplete after the first few letters. This speeds my work
enormously as it saves me looking up the spellings of roads and towns.

However, I have lately been adding new ones (for example if the auto
entry does not come up and complete then I add it as a new one) but it
keeps asking me if I want to define an autotext entry. When I look in
the drop down box, I see that it is indeed there already, so why
doesnt it come up as Im typing?

I seem to be duplicating everything and getting bogged down 're
defining' entries.

Tia

Julia

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Although you refer to AutoCorrect, it is apparent that these are actually
AutoText entries, and you are depending on AutoComplete. To function,
AutoComplete requires that the name of an AutoText entry be at least four
characters long and that those characters be unique. If you have two
AutoText entries whose names begin with the same four letters, then
AutoComplete will not fire until you type the fifth character; if they have
five in common, then you need to type six characters, and so on.

You might find that AutoCorrect suits your purposes better than AutoText,
but in any case you need to name your AutoText entries suitably. Also, be
aware that AutoText entries are saved in a specific style and may not be
available if you are using a different style.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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