Autotext Available in Outlook?

[Jim McGowan]

Is Autotext available in Outlook 2003?

In the last email client I was using I could create Autotext
"shortcuts" for common phrases that I use frequently.

For example, I had created several "signoffs", as they can vary so
much from message to message, it's not practical to build them into
signatures.

Following are a few examples:

kr = Kind regards,
br = Best regards
aml = All my love
ld = Love, Dad

And so on. When finishing an email message, depending of course on
whom the recipient was, I could just type one of the above Autotext
shortcuts followed immediately by the Space key. Typing the shortcut
would insert the actual words into the message.

I haven't been able to find a comparable feature in Outlook. Does
anyone know if this is available as a feature? Or, if not, are there
any add-ins that will do the same or similar?

Thank you.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If using Word as the mail editor, yes.

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After furious head scratching, Jim McGowan asked:

| Is Autotext available in Outlook 2003?
|
| In the last email client I was using I could create Autotext
| "shortcuts" for common phrases that I use frequently.
|
| For example, I had created several "signoffs", as they can vary so
| much from message to message, it's not practical to build them into
| signatures.
|
| Following are a few examples:
|
| kr = Kind regards,
| br = Best regards
| aml = All my love
| ld = Love, Dad
|
| And so on. When finishing an email message, depending of course on
| whom the recipient was, I could just type one of the above Autotext
| shortcuts followed immediately by the Space key. Typing the shortcut
| would insert the actual words into the message.
|
| I haven't been able to find a comparable feature in Outlook. Does
| anyone know if this is available as a feature? Or, if not, are there
| any add-ins that will do the same or similar?
|
| Thank you.

 

[Jim McGowan]

If using Word as the mail editor, yes.

--?
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Really? I'm not now, but I'll change that quickly.

I use Word and didn't even realize that Autotext was available! I knew
that AutoCorrect is there, but I'll have to read up on Word a bit and
find out about the Autotext.

Thanks Milly.

 

[Jim McGowan]

If using Word as the mail editor, yes.

--?
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Really? I'm not now, but I'll change that quickly.

I use Word and didn't even realize that Autotext was available! I knew
that AutoCorrect is there, but I'll have to read up on Word a bit and
find out about the Autotext.

Thanks Milly.

Working out well, Milly. Thanks a lot.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Glad you got it working!

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Jim McGowan asked:

| On Thu, 18 May 2006 22:43:01 -0400, Jim McGowan <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
|| On Thu, 18 May 2006 18:06:39 -0700, "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
||
||| If using Word as the mail editor, yes.
|||
||| --?
||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|||
|| Really? I'm not now, but I'll change that quickly.
||
|| I use Word and didn't even realize that Autotext was available! I
|| knew that AutoCorrect is there, but I'll have to read up on Word a
|| bit and find out about the Autotext.
||
|| Thanks Milly.
|
| Working out well, Milly. Thanks a lot.