Autotextlist - no drop-down box

[Sandra L]

I'm thinking the drop down box is supposed to appear when I right-click over
the autotext term, e.g. product (where "product" is the default for the rest
of the autotext entries of "ProductStyle.") - NO DROP DOWN BOX -

I followed the MVP instructions exactly, but no drop down box. When I right-
click the autotext entry, all I get is the word "product" that I'm right-
clicking on . I'm thinking that I'm suposed to get the drop down box right
there next to the word or on the word "product" that contains all the
"ProductStyle" autotext entries - NOT.

The drop down box or a sub menu appears when I click Insert > PropertyStyle >
drop down list (of words with that style). What am I doing wrong?

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

I'm working in Word 2002 - inside a template.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Where did you save the AutoText entries? Unless you specified the template
you're creating, they're saved in Normal.dot.

 

[Sandra L]

I got it to work; thanks.

 

[Sandra L]

Suzanne,
I saved them inside the template in which I'm working. I got it to work, but
I'm not clear on it. I created three separate autotextlist entries each
containing a word to describe a product, e..g. software, testing, database.
Then when I collapsed the field (F9), I selected it and think I typed the
word product over it then clicked F3.

These entries appear as Normal Mapping (an info map style I made up based on
Normal style) on the Insert menu; at one point, they appeared as a submenu of
ProductSytle (the style I made up for these three autoentries) so I don't
know which way is correct. Would you happen to know?

Where did you save the AutoText entries? Unless you specified the template
you're creating, they're saved in Normal.dot.

I'm thinking the drop down box is supposed to appear when I right-click over
the autotext term, e.g. product (where "product" is the default for the rest

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I'm working in Word 2002 - inside a template.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

For the AutoTextList field to work, you must have a separate style for the
entries in each list. And once you have chosen an item from the list, the
field is no longer present; the entry has been inserted as plain text.
That's why you should test in a document based on the template, not the
template itself.

Suzanne,
I saved them inside the template in which I'm working. I got it to work, but
I'm not clear on it. I created three separate autotextlist entries each
containing a word to describe a product, e..g. software, testing, database.
Then when I collapsed the field (F9), I selected it and think I typed the
word product over it then clicked F3.

These entries appear as Normal Mapping (an info map style I made up based on
Normal style) on the Insert menu; at one point, they appeared as a submenu of
ProductSytle (the style I made up for these three autoentries) so I don't
know which way is correct. Would you happen to know?

Where did you save the AutoText entries? Unless you specified the template
you're creating, they're saved in Normal.dot.

I'm thinking the drop down box is supposed to appear when I right-click over
the autotext term, e.g. product (where "product" is the default for the

rest
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I'm working in Word 2002 - inside a template.