how do i add auto text item to header/footer pulldown list?

[Guest]

I am trying to insert a new item in the pull down list in the 'insert auto
text' under headers and footers and i can not figure out how to do this.

 

[Jay Freedman]

I am trying to insert a new item in the pull down list in the 'insert auto
text' under headers and footers and i can not figure out how to do this.

The items in that list are the autotext entries that are formatted
with Header style or Footer style. Place your new item in a blank
document, format it with Header style, select it, and press Alt+F3.
Then you can discard the blank document, and the autotext will be
stored in the Normal.dot template (which you need to save -- hold
Shift while you click File, then select Save All).

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm for more
info.

 

[Guest]

thank you for your help. this worked out exactly what i was trying to
accomplish.

 

[Guest]

Can you do the same thing in Excel? I got it to work in Word, but not in
Excel. Thanks.

 

[Jay Freedman]

What "same thing"? If you mean a dropdown list of AutoText entries, then
no -- Excel doesn't have AutoText.

 

[Guest]

I'm sorry I wasn't clear, I was referring to the "drop down list" on the
Header/Footer tab under Page Setup in Excel. I was wondering if there was a
way to save a custom header/footer in this drop down list. Thanks for your
help.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If this is possible, you're much more likely to learn about it in an Excel
NG than here; this NG is for Word.

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

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all may benefit.

I'm sorry I wasn't clear, I was referring to the "drop down list" on the
Header/Footer tab under Page Setup in Excel. I was wondering if there was a
way to save a custom header/footer in this drop down list. Thanks for your
help.

 

[Guest]

I am trying to insert a new item in the pull down list in the 'insert auto
text' under headers and footers and i can not figure out how to do this.

Go to the original table where the drop down items are and add it there.