Help with Macros in Word 2007

[NosrednaDC]

I'm trying to figure out how to set up macros in Word 2007 for a new, small
start-up company I'm working for. We used to do this at my old company...and
when we were typing up a proposal, we could start to type in the last name of
the guests we were proposing to the client, and that would auto-populate the
guests bio - so we didn't have to spend our time cutting and pasting. It
was magical then - because I don't know how it worked and who set it up...but
now I need help setting it up for our little office.

A friend sent me THIS article, but it's for Word 2002...and it sounds like
what i need (maybe not) - but when I try to follows the steps for Word 2007,
it's all VERY different:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA010872941033.aspx

Any insight? ideas? help?
It would be greatly appreciated. i'm not techincally that
computer-saavy...unless it's emailing or surfing the web. thanks.
matt

 

[Greg Maxey]

I'm trying to figure out how to set up macros in Word 2007 for a new,
small start-up company I'm working for. We used to do this at my old
company...and when we were typing up a proposal, we could start to
type in the last name of the guests we were proposing to the client,
and that would auto-populate the guests bio - so we didn't have to
spend our time cutting and pasting. It was magical then - because I
don't know how it worked and who set it up...but now I need help
setting it up for our little office.

A friend sent me THIS article, but it's for Word 2002...and it sounds
like what i need (maybe not) - but when I try to follows the steps
for Word 2007, it's all VERY different:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA010872941033.aspx

Any insight? ideas? help?
It would be greatly appreciated. i'm not techincally that
computer-saavy...unless it's emailing or surfing the web. thanks.
matt

Matt,

You don't really need macros. What you are referring to (I'm almost
positive) is a feature in Word2003 and earlier called AutoText and a
bonus of that feature called AutoComplete Suggestions.

I could save the text of War and Peace as an AutoText entry. Name it
War and Peace and later when I started typing War... a tip would pop up
telling me to press enter if I wanted to complete the entry.

Fortunately AutoText is not gone in Word2007 it is just incorporated
into a much richer collection of predefined text or image galleries
called building blocks. See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Word2007_Building_Blocks_&_AutoText.htm

Unfortunately the AutoComplete Suggestion feature is gone. Now I have to
type War ... (or enough of War and Peace to make it unique) and press enter.