[dba-Tech] Word AutoText question

Susan Harkins ssharkins at gmail.com
Wed Jun 3 11:33:20 CDT 2009


<groan>

Shown up... busted... humiliated... ;)

Thanks Tina -- I just never even thought of doing it that way -- I was 
trying to enter it via the AutoText dialog box.

Sounds like a tip to me! Tina, you'll be famous!!! ;)


> Susan,
> Using the old-fashioned way, I typed
>
> <nl>
>
> </nl>
>
> Then I selected the entry, chose Insert > AutoText > New and gave it the
> name <n
>
> Next, I typed <n and pressed F3 - voila my entry.  I haven't gone on to
> get it to automatically fill in the rest of the entry.  But the <n and
> F3 combo works.
>
> Hope this helps,
> T
>
> Susan Harkins wrote:
>> Can you include a line return in an AutoText entry? I type the following 
>> a
>> lot -- 
>>
>> <nl>
>>
>> </nl>
>>
>> <bl>
>>
>> </bl>
>>
>> If I could get Autotext to complete these entries by simply typing <n and
>> <b, it'd be great, but I can't get it to take a line return. I'll create
>> macros if I have to, but thought AutoText the easiest route.
>>
>> Susan H.
>>
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