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Re: Keyboard/function key shortcut for repeated text in Word?
Subject:Re: Keyboard/function key shortcut for repeated text in Word? From:"Char James-Tanny" <charjtf -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:06:44 -0400
> Yep, I thought so too, but it was Auto Correct that did the trick for me
> (not Auto Text) - Under Word Options > Proofing (as sent to me in an
> offlist response) and I get it set up there - not intuitive to me as it
> isn't really proofing that I am doing at this point, but it works.
AutoText (which is now found on the Insert tab under Building Blocks)
can also save formatting information. (And this functionality has been
greatly enhanced in Word 2007...it's now possible to edit existing
AutoText entries.)
Char James-Tanny ~ JTF Associates, Inc. ~ http://www.helpstuff.com
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