Changing an Autotext Entry

[Gordon]

Word 2002 - the Autotext entry does not change after changing it!
I have an entry on the Autotext menu that says Company Signature - GBP
Computing. If I choose "Insert-Autotext-Signature Company-GBP Computing"
I get just that - "GBP Computing". Following the Help instructions, I
insert that signature, overwrite it with the one I want, select the
text, go to "Insert-Autotext-New", name it "Signature Company", click OK
and I get a box that says "Do you want to redefine the Autotext Entry".
I click "Yes" but nothing changes! What am I doing wrong?

 

[Gordon]

Word 2002 - the Autotext entry does not change after changing it!
I have an entry on the Autotext menu that says Company Signature - GBP
Computing. If I choose "Insert-Autotext-Signature Company-GBP Computing"
I get just that - "GBP Computing". Following the Help instructions, I
insert that signature, overwrite it with the one I want, select the
text, go to "Insert-Autotext-New", name it "Signature Company", click OK
and I get a box that says "Do you want to redefine the Autotext Entry".
I click "Yes" but nothing changes! What am I doing wrong?

I've just noticed it's saved it under "Autotext-Normal". How do I get it
to save under "Signature Company"?

 

[TF]

When you select Insert, AutoText, AutoText, at the bottom of the dialog
there's a box 'Look in...'. If you click on that box you will see a list of
active templates. Select the correct template and then overwrite it.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

: Gordon wrote:
: > Word 2002 - the Autotext entry does not change after changing it!
: > I have an entry on the Autotext menu that says Company Signature - GBP
: > Computing. If I choose "Insert-Autotext-Signature Company-GBP Computing"
: > I get just that - "GBP Computing". Following the Help instructions, I
: > insert that signature, overwrite it with the one I want, select the
: > text, go to "Insert-Autotext-New", name it "Signature Company", click OK
: > and I get a box that says "Do you want to redefine the Autotext Entry".
: > I click "Yes" but nothing changes! What am I doing wrong?
: I've just noticed it's saved it under "Autotext-Normal". How do I get it
: to save under "Signature Company"?
:
: --
: Interim Systems and Management Accounting
: Gordon Burgess-Parker
: Director
: www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

 

[Gordon]

When you select Insert, AutoText, AutoText, at the bottom of the dialog
there's a box 'Look in...'. If you click on that box you will see a list of
active templates. Select the correct template and then overwrite it.

if I do that I only get two options, Normal or All Active templates. I
don see any of the categories as templates that are in the drop-down
Autotext box, such as Attention, Mailing Instructions, Header/Footer,
Salutation, etc etc. I've now lost the "Signature Company GBP Computing"
as a separate category, although that now appears under "Normal" with
the correct text in it!

 

[Charles Kenyon]

The categories in the AutoText menu are based on the Style of the original
entry. normal is such a style. There is also the normal.dot template.

--

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[Margaret Aldis]

I've just noticed it's saved it under "Autotext-Normal". How do I get it
to save under "Signature Company"?

Hi Gordon

Make sure the signature text is in a paragraph of style "Signature Company"
before you select and add it as AutoText. The menu groupings are based on
styles.