How do I import an autotext entry into a document?

[Guest]

I can click on the autotext key in the ribbon and it takes 10-12 minutes for
my entire database to appear. I then scroll down to the one I want and can
insert it, but why can't I just type the autotext name and hit enter like I
did in Word 97 and Word 2003?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I can click on the autotext key in the ribbon and it takes 10-12
minutes for my entire database to appear. I then scroll down to the
one I want and can insert it, but why can't I just type the autotext
name and hit enter like I did in Word 97 and Word 2003?

Instead of Enter, press F3 after typing the autotext entry's name. The
"autocomplete" feature that showed the name in a yellow tag and let you hit
Enter is broken in 2007 (temporarily, we hope).

However, it shouldn't take anywhere near 10 minutes to load autotext --
three or four seconds should be more in line. You may have a damaged copy of
Building Blocks.dotm, or some other configuration problem.

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[Graham Mayor]

You can type the autotext name and press F3 to enter it.

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[Guest]

F3 gives me "find and replace". Hmmm....

 

[Graham Mayor]

Then it has been reassigned to that function. F3 is the default command for
inserting autotext in both Word 2003 and 2007.
Restore the keyboard shortcut to InsertAutotext. CTRL+H is the default
shortcut for Replace.

If default keyboard shortcuts are changed, it makes support very difficult.
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