Microsoft word 2007 autocomplete

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United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. I have a client whose workflow heavily relies on the use of autotext. They currently use Word which shows a preview of the autotext as they type. However it is not possible for them to remember all their abbreviations for thier many autotext entries and they rely on the preview of the autotext as they type.

Wednesday, November 25, AM. It would probably be a good idea to pursue this question in the Word-specific end-user newsgroups which you can access via the link for "general newsgroups in the forum's Please Read First message. FWIW as best I can remember there's no chance in See Figure 1. Figure 1. The AutoText tab of the AutoCorrect dialog box. Depending on your version of Word, select either the Show AutoComplete Tip for AutoText and Dates option or the Show AutoComplete Suggestions option to enable this feature, or deselect the option if you no longer want it.

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Hide my email address. AutoComplete has been disable in Word due to the enormous quantity of Building Blocks the expanded successor to AutoText that would otherwise cause AutoComplete to occur at just about all the time. To force completion after typing the first four characters you will need to press the F3 key. This will work with any Building Block, not just AutoText.

However, it will only work if there are no other entries that begin with the same four entries. Some users are finding it useful to use AutoCorrect entries instead of AutoText entries as a work-around, and to purposely create short names that match what they were typing in Word and earlier. There is still no AutoComplete display, but typing any Word separator space, period, comma, etc. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Quick Parts, they have evolved from the AutoText feature that shipped with earlier versions of MS Word.

With Quick Parts, you store text, graphics or anything else you have created in Word in a Quick Part and give it a name.

When you want to retrieve the Quick Part, you simply type the name you called it and press F3. Word will then replace the name with the entire contents of the Quick Part. You can find this and many more helpful tips and tricks in Carol's upcoming book Word -- Carol's First Look. When you become a member at CarolsCornerOffice.