Batch AutoCorrect?

[Dave]

I'm running Office 2004 on a MacBook under OS 10.4.10. I'm wondering if
there is some way to do an "AutoCorrect after you've typed".

I wanted to use AutoCorrect to insert some stock phrases into a piece I
was typing (HTML references, actually). I know I could do this with
"AutoCorrect as you type" but I'm using voice input, so the AutoCorrect
would screw up the insertion point.

Is there any way to do this?

TIA,

Dave

 

[John McGhie]

Select the autocorrect identifier and press F3. Is that what you were
looking for?

It's not actually the AutoCorrect mechanism when you do it this way, it's an
AutoText, but it achieves the same effect

You can look it up in the help!

Cheers

I'm running Office 2004 on a MacBook under OS 10.4.10. I'm wondering if
there is some way to do an "AutoCorrect after you've typed".

I wanted to use AutoCorrect to insert some stock phrases into a piece I
was typing (HTML references, actually). I know I could do this with
"AutoCorrect as you type" but I'm using voice input, so the AutoCorrect
would screw up the insertion point.

Is there any way to do this?

TIA,

Dave

--
Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Dave -

From the subject of your post I'm afraid there isn't anything available that
will 'rescan' your doc looking for & activating AutoCorrect entries. They
work on an as-you-type basis only. I imagine it would be almost impossible
to automate a solution because the macro would have to test for every
possible AutoCorrect trigger.

As you proofread the doc, however, you can manually trigger individual
instances if you place the insertion point at the end of the string, press
Spacebar (or whatever), then backspace (delete). Not the perfect fix, but it
saves a lot of retyping

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac