Is AutoComplete feature for AutoText Entry available in Word2007?

This sounds like something you should bring to the Word programmers'
attention by posting a query through the knowledge base or by commenting on a
Word team blog. Programmers are working now on the next major version of
Word.

I don't use either feature (auto correct or auto text) often and because I'm
a technical editor who can't afford to have things corrected incorrectly,
I've turned all but curly quotes off. But your comments have clarified the
differences for me.

PamC

Laura K wrote:
Thanks, Suzanne, but unfortunatley, F3 is the fast forward command for my
transcription system, so that won't work. Also, too many of my entries could
potentially have the same letters, such as myocardial infarction and
minimally invasive, "MI". That's why the autocorrect feature was such a
godsend. I could add many common phrases and be sure I was not mistakenly
adding one that was not correct.

You can still type the first few letters of the AutoText entry name and
press F3 (not requiring a trip to the BB Organizer).
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Any tips?

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We've provided feedback on this topic prior to the release of Word 2007 and
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Who knows if it did any good. :-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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"PamC via OfficeKB.com" u43222@uwe wrote in message
news:8f025b7adeaff@uwe...
This sounds like something you should bring to the Word programmers'
attention by posting a query through the knowledge base or by commenting
on a
Word team blog. Programmers are working now on the next major version of
Word.

Oh, I'm sure that you MVPs are on top of things. I was suggesting that the
Laura K contact MS to add her voice, particularly since she makes it so
clear that auto correct is not an acceptable substitute.
I recall reading that a time constraint or programming problem caused the
programmers to leave the functionality out and that they hoped at that time
to put it into the next version. Well priorities change, so little reminders
could help.

PamC

Beth Melton wrote:
We've provided feedback on this topic prior to the release of Word 2007 and
after the release of Word 2007. We've provided the feedback numerous times.
Who knows if it did any good. :-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton

This sounds like something you should bring to the Word programmers'
attention by posting a query through the knowledge base or by commenting
on a
Word team blog. Programmers are working now on the next major version of
Word.

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I'm sure all feedback helps. :-)

FWIW it wasn't a time constraint. It was due to the possibility of misfires,
since they added a substantial number of Building Blocks, that they elected
to remove it.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx


"PamC via OfficeKB.com" u43222@uwe wrote in message
news:8f04e9b445c8b@uwe...
Oh, I'm sure that you MVPs are on top of things. I was suggesting that the
Laura K contact MS to add her voice, particularly since she makes it so
clear that auto correct is not an acceptable substitute.
I recall reading that a time constraint or programming problem caused the
programmers to leave the functionality out and that they hoped at that
time
to put it into the next version. Well priorities change, so little
reminders
could help.

PamC

Beth Melton wrote:
We've provided feedback on this topic prior to the release of Word 2007
and
after the release of Word 2007. We've provided the feedback numerous
times.
Who knows if it did any good. :-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton

This sounds like something you should bring to the Word programmers'
attention by posting a query through the knowledge base or by commenting
on a
Word team blog. Programmers are working now on the next major version
of
Word.
--

OK, I am totally confused! I just started using Word 2007. I have a
document that I have used for years as a log, and AutoComplete still works in
it. I can open a new Word document and it still works. I start typing in
the first 4 letters of the month, and I get an AutoComplete tip that says to
enter today's date, press Enter key.

We've installed it on a bunch of computers at work and some work while
others don't. I can't figure out what is making this happen.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

You can assign another shortcut key instead of F3. Click Office button Word
Options Customize, then click the keyboard Customize button in the lower left
of the dialog. Choose 'All Commands' in the Categories list, then choose
InsertAutoText in the Commands list. Click on F3 in the current keys list and
click the Remove button; then click in the "Press new shortcut key" box and
press whatever shortcut you want, and click the Assign key.

What you can't do, unfortunately, is force Word to restore the AutoComplete
tips. They're just not available.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all
may benefit.

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:07:01 -0800, Laura K
wrote:


Thanks, Suzanne, but unfortunatley, F3 is the fast forward command for my
transcription system, so that won't work. Also, too many of my entries could
potentially have the same letters, such as myocardial infarction and
minimally invasive, "MI". That's why the autocorrect feature was such a
godsend. I could add many common phrases and be sure I was not mistakenly
adding one that was not correct.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You can still type the first few letters of the AutoText entry name and
press F3 (not requiring a trip to the BB Organizer).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Laura K" Laura wrote in message
...
I agree. Transcriptionists all over the world must be cussing right along
with me! I transcribe letters for doctors who repeat the same phrases
over
and over. The autocomplete feature in autotext was such a time saver. The
autotext feature in 2007 does not work well for many of my entries, such
as
physician addresses and the building blocks are impossible to insert on
the
fly. I have to stop typing, go to Quick Parts, go to the Builing Blocks
Organizer, find the building block and then click insert. With
autocomplete,
I would be able to start typing the text, it would pop up, I would hit
enter
and keep on typing. While I understand what Microsoft was trying to do
with
the building blocks, they really dropped the ball by omitting the
autocomplete feature as it was in 2003. My work is taking twice as long
now.

"Linda S." wrote:

We miss the AUTO COMPLETE feature to insert an Auto Text entry that was
available in Word 2003, but we have not found how to activate it (if it
is
available) in Word 2007.

We have found Quick Parts not as user friendly as the old Auto Text.

Any tips?

Dates are the only thing for which AutoComplete is still available in Word
2007.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Kathy" wrote in message
...
OK, I am totally confused! I just started using Word 2007. I have a
document that I have used for years as a log, and AutoComplete still works
in
it. I can open a new Word document and it still works. I start typing in
the first 4 letters of the month, and I get an AutoComplete tip that says
to
enter today's date, press Enter key.

We've installed it on a bunch of computers at work and some work while
others don't. I can't figure out what is making this happen.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

You can assign another shortcut key instead of F3. Click Office button
Word
Options Customize, then click the keyboard Customize button in the
lower left
of the dialog. Choose 'All Commands' in the Categories list, then choose
InsertAutoText in the Commands list. Click on F3 in the current keys list
and
click the Remove button; then click in the "Press new shortcut key" box
and
press whatever shortcut you want, and click the Assign key.

What you can't do, unfortunately, is force Word to restore the
AutoComplete
tips. They're just not available.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so all
may benefit.

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:07:01 -0800, Laura K

wrote:


Thanks, Suzanne, but unfortunatley, F3 is the fast forward command for
my
transcription system, so that won't work. Also, too many of my entries
could
potentially have the same letters, such as myocardial infarction and
minimally invasive, "MI". That's why the autocorrect feature was such a
godsend. I could add many common phrases and be sure I was not
mistakenly
adding one that was not correct.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You can still type the first few letters of the AutoText entry name
and
press F3 (not requiring a trip to the BB Organizer).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Laura K" Laura wrote in message
...
I agree. Transcriptionists all over the world must be cussing right
along
with me! I transcribe letters for doctors who repeat the same
phrases
over
and over. The autocomplete feature in autotext was such a time
saver. The
autotext feature in 2007 does not work well for many of my entries,
such
as
physician addresses and the building blocks are impossible to insert
on
the
fly. I have to stop typing, go to Quick Parts, go to the Builing
Blocks
Organizer, find the building block and then click insert. With
autocomplete,
I would be able to start typing the text, it would pop up, I would
hit
enter
and keep on typing. While I understand what Microsoft was trying to
do
with
the building blocks, they really dropped the ball by omitting the
autocomplete feature as it was in 2003. My work is taking twice as
long
now.

"Linda S." wrote:

We miss the AUTO COMPLETE feature to insert an Auto Text entry that
was
available in Word 2003, but we have not found how to activate it
(if it
is
available) in Word 2007.

We have found Quick Parts not as user friendly as the old Auto
Text.

Any tips?

It works _only_ for the date (they say).

On Jul 13, 5:13*pm, Kathy wrote:
OK, I am totally confused! *I just started using Word 2007. *I have a
document that I have used for years as a log, and AutoComplete still works in
it. *I can open a new Word document and it still works. *I start typing in
the first 4 letters of the month, and I get an AutoComplete tip that says to
enter today's date, press Enter key. *

We've installed it on a bunch of computers at work and some work while
others don't. *I can't figure out what is making this happen.



"Jay Freedman" wrote:
You can assign another shortcut key instead of F3. Click Office button Word
Options Customize, then click the keyboard Customize button in the lower left
of the dialog. Choose 'All Commands' in the Categories list, then choose
InsertAutoText in the Commands list. Click on F3 in the current keys list and
click the Remove button; then click in the "Press new shortcut key" box and
press whatever shortcut you want, and click the Assign key.

What you can't do, unfortunately, is force Word to restore the AutoComplete
tips. They're just not available.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all
may benefit.

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:07:01 -0800, Laura K
wrote:

Thanks, Suzanne, but unfortunatley, F3 is the fast forward command for my
transcription system, so that won't work. *Also, too many of my entries could
potentially have the same letters, such as myocardial infarction and
minimally invasive, "MI". *That's why the autocorrect feature was such a
godsend. *I could add many common phrases and be sure I was not mistakenly
adding one that was not correct.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You can still type the first few letters of the AutoText entry name and
press F3 (not requiring a trip to the BB Organizer).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Laura K" Laura wrote in message
...
I agree. *Transcriptionists all over the world must be cussing right along
with me! *I transcribe letters for doctors who repeat the same phrases
over
and over. The autocomplete feature in autotext was such a time saver. *The
autotext feature in 2007 does not work well for many of my entries, such
as
physician addresses and the building blocks are impossible to insert on
the
fly. *I have to stop typing, go to Quick Parts, go to the Builing Blocks
Organizer, find the building block and then click insert. *With
autocomplete,
I would be able to start typing the text, it would pop up, I would hit
enter
and keep on typing. *While I understand what Microsoft was trying to do
with
the building blocks, they really dropped the ball by omitting the
autocomplete feature as it was in 2003. *My work is taking twice as long
now.

"Linda S." wrote:

We miss the AUTO COMPLETE feature to insert an Auto Text entry that was
available in Word 2003, but we have not found how to activate it (if it
is
available) in Word 2007.

We have found Quick Parts not as user friendly as the old Auto Text.

If it is available on some 2007 equipped PCs and not others, then on those
that it doesn't work


1. Press Alt+F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor (VBE).

2. Press Ctrl+G to activate/open the Immediate window (bottom of VBE
window).

3. Enter the following (or copy from below and paste):

Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = True

4. Press Return at the end of the line.

5. You can now close the VBE window (Alt+Q or File Close and Return to
Microsoft Word).


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Kathy wrote:
OK, I am totally confused! I just started using Word 2007. I have a
document that I have used for years as a log, and AutoComplete still
works in it. I can open a new Word document and it still works. I
start typing in the first 4 letters of the month, and I get an
AutoComplete tip that says to enter today's date, press Enter key.

We've installed it on a bunch of computers at work and some work while
others don't. I can't figure out what is making this happen.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

You can assign another shortcut key instead of F3. Click Office
button Word Options Customize, then click the keyboard Customize
button in the lower left of the dialog. Choose 'All Commands' in the
Categories list, then choose InsertAutoText in the Commands list.
Click on F3 in the current keys list and click the Remove button;
then click in the "Press new shortcut key" box and press whatever
shortcut you want, and click the Assign key.

What you can't do, unfortunately, is force Word to restore the
AutoComplete tips. They're just not available.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:07:01 -0800, Laura K
wrote:


Thanks, Suzanne, but unfortunatley, F3 is the fast forward command
for my transcription system, so that won't work. Also, too many of
my entries could potentially have the same letters, such as
myocardial infarction and minimally invasive, "MI". That's why the
autocorrect feature was such a godsend. I could add many common
phrases and be sure I was not mistakenly adding one that was not
correct.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You can still type the first few letters of the AutoText entry
name and press F3 (not requiring a trip to the BB Organizer).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Laura K" Laura wrote in message
...
I agree. Transcriptionists all over the world must be cussing
right along with me! I transcribe letters for doctors who repeat
the same phrases over
and over. The autocomplete feature in autotext was such a time
saver. The autotext feature in 2007 does not work well for many
of my entries, such as
physician addresses and the building blocks are impossible to
insert on the
fly. I have to stop typing, go to Quick Parts, go to the Builing
Blocks Organizer, find the building block and then click insert.
With autocomplete,
I would be able to start typing the text, it would pop up, I
would hit enter
and keep on typing. While I understand what Microsoft was trying
to do with
the building blocks, they really dropped the ball by omitting the
autocomplete feature as it was in 2003. My work is taking twice
as long now.

"Linda S." wrote:

We miss the AUTO COMPLETE feature to insert an Auto Text entry
that was available in Word 2003, but we have not found how to
activate it (if it is
available) in Word 2007.

We have found Quick Parts not as user friendly as the old Auto
Text.

Any tips?

I've tried that on one of the pcs and when I open VBE, it doesn't have
anything else but the Immediate pane. I put that statement in, closed VBE,
and then tried the date after closing Word 2007 and re-opening. It still
didn't AutoComplete. I can open my log on that pc and then it autocompletes,
but then I close it and it doesn't autocomplete.

On my machine, I open the log and it autocompletes. I close that log, and
try the date and it still autocompletes. When I open VBE on my machine, I
have 3 panes: One says Normal - Project. The second window has General and
then some macros I had done, and the third window is the Immediate.

If I go in and add the statement only putting False at the end on my window,
Auto-Complete stops working. I changed it back to True and it works again.

I don't know if there are any other settings that need to be checked for
this to work on. The pc it is not working on was installed with SMS Client
while my machine was loaded manually. Can that have anything to do with it?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If it is available on some 2007 equipped PCs and not others, then on those
that it doesn't work


1. Press Alt+F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor (VBE).

2. Press Ctrl+G to activate/open the Immediate window (bottom of VBE
window).

3. Enter the following (or copy from below and paste):

Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = True

4. Press Return at the end of the line.

5. You can now close the VBE window (Alt+Q or File Close and Return to
Microsoft Word).


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Kathy wrote:
OK, I am totally confused! I just started using Word 2007. I have a
document that I have used for years as a log, and AutoComplete still
works in it. I can open a new Word document and it still works. I
start typing in the first 4 letters of the month, and I get an
AutoComplete tip that says to enter today's date, press Enter key.

We've installed it on a bunch of computers at work and some work while
others don't. I can't figure out what is making this happen.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

You can assign another shortcut key instead of F3. Click Office
button Word Options Customize, then click the keyboard Customize
button in the lower left of the dialog. Choose 'All Commands' in the
Categories list, then choose InsertAutoText in the Commands list.
Click on F3 in the current keys list and click the Remove button;
then click in the "Press new shortcut key" box and press whatever
shortcut you want, and click the Assign key.

What you can't do, unfortunately, is force Word to restore the
AutoComplete tips. They're just not available.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:07:01 -0800, Laura K
wrote:


Thanks, Suzanne, but unfortunatley, F3 is the fast forward command
for my transcription system, so that won't work. Also, too many of
my entries could potentially have the same letters, such as
myocardial infarction and minimally invasive, "MI". That's why the
autocorrect feature was such a godsend. I could add many common
phrases and be sure I was not mistakenly adding one that was not
correct.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You can still type the first few letters of the AutoText entry
name and press F3 (not requiring a trip to the BB Organizer).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Laura K" Laura wrote in message
...
I agree. Transcriptionists all over the world must be cussing
right along with me! I transcribe letters for doctors who repeat
the same phrases over
and over. The autocomplete feature in autotext was such a time
saver. The autotext feature in 2007 does not work well for many
of my entries, such as
physician addresses and the building blocks are impossible to
insert on the
fly. I have to stop typing, go to Quick Parts, go to the Builing
Blocks Organizer, find the building block and then click insert.
With autocomplete,
I would be able to start typing the text, it would pop up, I
would hit enter
and keep on typing. While I understand what Microsoft was trying
to do with
the building blocks, they really dropped the ball by omitting the
autocomplete feature as it was in 2003. My work is taking twice
as long now.

"Linda S." wrote:

We miss the AUTO COMPLETE feature to insert an Auto Text entry
that was available in Word 2003, but we have not found how to
activate it (if it is
available) in Word 2007.

We have found Quick Parts not as user friendly as the old Auto
Text.

Any tips?

I have no idea why it isn't working. Something is clearly conflicting.
However, personally I find it so irritating that I have it turned off and
use a macro attached to a QAT button to insert ad hoc dates

Sub InsertUSFormatDate()
With Selection
.InsertDateTime DateTimeFormat:="MMMM" & Chr(160) & _
"d," & Chr(160) & "yyyy", InsertAsField:=False
End With
End Sub

Change the formatting switch to taste
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Kathy wrote:
I've tried that on one of the pcs and when I open VBE, it doesn't have
anything else but the Immediate pane. I put that statement in,
closed VBE, and then tried the date after closing Word 2007 and
re-opening. It still didn't AutoComplete. I can open my log on that
pc and then it autocompletes, but then I close it and it doesn't
autocomplete.

On my machine, I open the log and it autocompletes. I close that
log, and try the date and it still autocompletes. When I open VBE on
my machine, I have 3 panes: One says Normal - Project. The second
window has General and then some macros I had done, and the third
window is the Immediate.

If I go in and add the statement only putting False at the end on my
window, Auto-Complete stops working. I changed it back to True and
it works again.

I don't know if there are any other settings that need to be checked
for this to work on. The pc it is not working on was installed with
SMS Client while my machine was loaded manually. Can that have
anything to do with it?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If it is available on some 2007 equipped PCs and not others, then on
those that it doesn't work


1. Press Alt+F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor (VBE).

2. Press Ctrl+G to activate/open the Immediate window (bottom of VBE
window).

3. Enter the following (or copy from below and paste):

Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = True

4. Press Return at the end of the line.

5. You can now close the VBE window (Alt+Q or File Close and
Return to Microsoft Word).


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Kathy wrote:
OK, I am totally confused! I just started using Word 2007. I have
a document that I have used for years as a log, and AutoComplete
still works in it. I can open a new Word document and it still
works. I start typing in the first 4 letters of the month, and I
get an AutoComplete tip that says to enter today's date, press
Enter key.

We've installed it on a bunch of computers at work and some work
while others don't. I can't figure out what is making this happen.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

You can assign another shortcut key instead of F3. Click Office
button Word Options Customize, then click the keyboard
Customize button in the lower left of the dialog. Choose 'All
Commands' in the Categories list, then choose InsertAutoText in
the Commands list. Click on F3 in the current keys list and click
the Remove button; then click in the "Press new shortcut key" box
and press whatever shortcut you want, and click the Assign key.

What you can't do, unfortunately, is force Word to restore the
AutoComplete tips. They're just not available.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:07:01 -0800, Laura K
wrote:


Thanks, Suzanne, but unfortunatley, F3 is the fast forward command
for my transcription system, so that won't work. Also, too many
of my entries could potentially have the same letters, such as
myocardial infarction and minimally invasive, "MI". That's why
the autocorrect feature was such a godsend. I could add many
common phrases and be sure I was not mistakenly adding one that
was not correct.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You can still type the first few letters of the AutoText entry
name and press F3 (not requiring a trip to the BB Organizer).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Laura K" Laura wrote in message
...
I agree. Transcriptionists all over the world must be cussing
right along with me! I transcribe letters for doctors who
repeat the same phrases over
and over. The autocomplete feature in autotext was such a time
saver. The autotext feature in 2007 does not work well for many
of my entries, such as
physician addresses and the building blocks are impossible to
insert on the
fly. I have to stop typing, go to Quick Parts, go to the
Builing Blocks Organizer, find the building block and then
click insert. With autocomplete,
I would be able to start typing the text, it would pop up, I
would hit enter
and keep on typing. While I understand what Microsoft was
trying to do with
the building blocks, they really dropped the ball by omitting
the autocomplete feature as it was in 2003. My work is taking
twice as long now.

"Linda S." wrote:

We miss the AUTO COMPLETE feature to insert an Auto Text entry
that was available in Word 2003, but we have not found how to
activate it (if it is
available) in Word 2007.

We have found Quick Parts not as user friendly as the old Auto
Text.

Any tips?