Autotext not working properly?????

[Richard Tomkins]

I am typing in Word 2004 on my Macintosh, and as I type my name, Richard
Tomkins, Word presents the Autotext to complete what I am typing. If I hit
return to accept the text presented in a small yelow box, it inserts instead
what seems to be a symbol of some kind that represents my name. It seems to
be tied in to Entourage somehow. No matter what I do, the name is not
completed properly.

Other Autotext entries seem to complete properly.

What do I need to do to adjust this behaviour? I have tried a few settings
that suppsedly control what the complete contents of the Autotext entry would
be when properly substituted, but instead, these adjustments just change a
sequence ot two of characters at the end of the symbol inside the curly
braces.

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Richard-

It sounds like you may be displaying fields in your doc. Try pressing
Option+F9. Most of the other AutoText entries don't insert fields, but the
one that inserts the username does.

HTH |:>)

 

[Richard Tomkins]

Thankyou I will try that next time on the Mac.

Hi Richard-

It sounds like you may be displaying fields in your doc. Try pressing
Option+F9. Most of the other AutoText entries don't insert fields, but the
one that inserts the username does.

HTH |:>)

 

[Matt Centurión [MSFT]]

Another way of doing this would be to Choose "Word | Preferences" click on
"View" and see if "Show Field Codes" checkbox is checked. If so, uncheck it.

Matt
MacWord Testing
Microsoft

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[Richard Tomkins]

I did the Option F9 thing and it worked thankyou.

Now I searched and searched all over for my answer before posting here, so
how should I figure this out in the future, as the Help in Word was not.

Could anyone reccommend a good technically orientated book, that tells you
this kind of stuff?

rtt

I thank every one so far on this.

 

[Clive Huggan]

Richard,

Have a look at some of my recommendations on sources of information on pages
22-26 of some notes on the way I use Word for the Mac, titled "Bend Word to
Your Will", which are available as a free download from the Word MVPs'
website (http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/Bend/BendWord.htm).

[Note: "Bend Word to your will" is designed to be used electronically and
most subjects are self-contained dictionary-style entries. Be sure to read
the front end so you can use the document to best advantage and select the
right settings for reading it.]

Also see:

Word Annoyances by Guy Hart-Davis, O'Reilly, $19.95 US
(http://annoyances.oreilly.com) -- haven't read it but all others in this
series have been good.

Office 2004 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual, by Mark Holt Walker,
Franklin Tessler, Paul Berkowitz. ISBN: 0-596-00820-1. 752 pages, $29.95 US.

Macworld Microsoft Office [year] Bible, Bob LeVitus and Dennis R. Cohen,
Hungry Minds Inc., is a good reference book if you want to go beyond the
"quick guide" level.

For in-depth information on Word, though, I usually buy PC versions, because
there isn't a big enough Mac market to justify separate books on Word as
distinct from Office. An example is Word 2003 Bible, Brent Heslop, David
Angell and Peter Klent, Wiley Publishing. The Que series are also very good.

Also see http://word.mvps.org/Tutorials/BookRecommendations.htm

But you've found the best source already!

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 7 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[CyberTaz]

Actually, it is in Help, but buried deeply amidst the material pertaining to
the use of Fields. Unless one knows that's what their dealing with it is
virtually impossible to find.

Take a look at the recommendations from Clive. Most are available in
libraries, so you might want to look them over before you actually buy. Each
has a 'style' more preferable to some users than others.

Regards |:>)