Autotext entry's formatting

[GY2]

I've just gotten started with autotext and I can see that it will be an
important time saver for me if I can figure out how to use it well. Usually
while emailing, I have been using Alt+F3 to add a lot of new autotext
entries and that works fine.

My problem is that when I insert one of my autotext entries back into my
document, usually an email, it is often times formatted with a different
font, size, and/or color that that of the current paragraph.

I have somehow created three different sets of autotext entries, named
Normal, Normal(Web), and Plain Text.

What can I do to have the entries in all three catagories available to me,
but in the format of the current paragraph?

Where are these files of autotext entries stored? Can I edit these files
directly?

Any and all help will be very much appreciated!

 

[Charles Kenyon]

AutoText is stored in templates, in Normal.dot by default.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm

If you store a paragraph mark, it will contain formatting for the paragraph.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide




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[GY2]

Thank you Charles and good luck with your legal career.

Is anyone able to answer my specific autotext questions?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

He already did. If you save an entry with a paragraph mark, you save
paragraph formatting, including font color and size.

 

[GY2]

I'm sorry I have not been able to make myself more clear. Please let me try
again. I understand about the effects of saving the paragraph mark and I
also understand that the autotext entries are saved in my Normal template.

I have maybe 50-75 entries in each of two different styles, Normal and
Normal(web) and I would like to combine them without having to re-enter them
all. That is why I originally asked:

"Where are these files of autotext entries stored? Can I edit these
files directly?"

Any further help will still be much appreciated.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

They are stored in Normal.dot unless you chose to save them elsewhere. No,
they cannot be edited directly.

 

[GY2]

Thanks a lot Suzanne. I guess the best thing for me to do is just re-key
them. That won't be too bad.