Predefined autotext won't auto complete

[Guest]

I have found that predefined AutoText entries do not work with the
AutoComplete Suggestion function. However, user defined entries will. ie. My
name is a predefined AutoText entry but when I type my name I never get a
screen tip offering to AutoComplete my name by pressing enter. However, if I
delete my name as a predefined entry and then re-enter it myself as a user
defined entry it works fine. Is there a problem or is this normal behavior?
word 2003.

Also, in the microsoft study guide it states that you can use the AutoText
abbreviation "me" to represent "Marketing Enterprises" and AutoComplete
should work. However, I have found that abbreviations must be at least 4
characters long or they won't work so "me" will never work. An abbreviation
of "mark" will work. Has anyone else found this to be true?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Your study guide is obviously incorrect; four unique letters are required.
But I *do* get AutoComplete tips for the default (built-in) AutoText
entries.

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

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[Guest]

Yo Suz,

Thanks for the confirmation. Isn't it great when you want to take the
certification test but first you have to correct the study guide!

I think now that my defaults are working ok also. Funny though, a salutation
like "Ladies and gentlemen" will screen tip but "dear madam or sir" won't for
me. I think maybe because it is so similar to "dear sir or madam".

thanks again

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi 2dogs,

The thing to note is that at least four *unique* letters are required.
In the two items you mentioned, the first five characters (including
the space after "dear") are not unique -- but the AutoComplete
mechanism stops looking when it encounters a space. To get this to
work, you'd have to replace the default AutoTexts for those entries
with ones whose names don't contain a space within the unique portion
-- for example, dearsi and dearma.

For myself, I don't understand why MS bothered to include those
phrases as AutoText if they were going to make them so hard to use.

PS: Suzanne is probably too well mannered to mention it, but I don't
think she appreciates being addressed as "Suz". <g>

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I tolerate "Suz" better than "Susan." My dear mother (of cherished memory)
used to address notes to me as "Suz." the same way I call my daughter (who
was named for her) "Va."

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

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