AutoCorrect

[Anne P.]

First, AutoCorrect requires a space or "any punctuation mark" to trigger the
action. For example, you have an AutoCorrect named "alp" which will insert
Anne L. Pontillo. After typing alp, you can press the spacebar, a comma, a
period, etc. to trigger the action.

The other alternative is AutoText. Create an entry with the text "Anne L.
Pontillo" and save it as "alp" (select the text, choose Insert, AutoText,
AutoText). One caveat with AutoText: if the name has less than 4
characters, you can type the characters and press Alt+F3 (i.e., type "alp"
and press Alt+F3). If the name has 4 or more characters, and if those
characters are unique, after typing the 4th (or first unique character) the
user can press Enter or F3 to finish the entry. For example, you have an
AutoText named "Venue". Type "venu" and you will see a screen tip (in a
yellow box) appear. At that point, press Enter or F3 to expand the AutoText
entry. However, and here is the hook: if you have an AutoText named
"Venue - New York" and one named "Venue - DC", the screen tip will not
appear until you get to the character following the "- ". Therefore, be
careful in your naming conventions for AutoText entries.

Hope this helps.
Anne P.

 

[kuku1375]

Is it possible to create some macro so that as Autocorrect has done its
insertion the space is not inserted after the insertion? Sorry for
"insertion", "inserted" and again "insertion", but still hope I
made myself understood. I know AutoCorrect requires space to trigger action.
I am looking for a macro that
will cancel the insertion of that space as I am trying to create a library
of root words so that easily get them and quickly add suffixes afterwards.
The working language is, of course, not English.

 

[kuku1375]

Thank you for your description. However my question was not "how it works",
but rather "how can I modify the way it works" after it was triggered and
finished so that the space that has been added to to the result is deleted
automatically.

 

[kuku1375]

Thank you for your description. However my question was not "how it works",
but rather "how can I modify the way it works" after it was triggered and
finished so that the space that has been added to to the result is deleted
automatically.