Enter or F3

[Guest]

When entering AutoText, some work by pressing the enter key and some by
pressing the F3 key. Why would this be?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can always insert AutoText entries by typing the full name of the entry
and pressing F3. If you have AutoComplete enabled, you can also insert the
entry by pressing Enter or Tab when you see the AutoComplete tip, which is
displayed when you type the first four characters of the entry name. The
entry name must be at least four characters long (and unique) for this to
work. If the first four (or more) characters of two entry names are the
same, you will not get the tip until you type the unique character. For
more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Thank you so much.

You can always insert AutoText entries by typing the full name of the entry
and pressing F3. If you have AutoComplete enabled, you can also insert the
entry by pressing Enter or Tab when you see the AutoComplete tip, which is
displayed when you type the first four characters of the entry name. The
entry name must be at least four characters long (and unique) for this to
work. If the first four (or more) characters of two entry names are the
same, you will not get the tip until you type the unique character. For
more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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