What happened to the old Autotype function?

[Guest]

I use to run Office 97 on my old PC and I was able to store phrases and
salutations which would automatically type out after my typing the first few
words, but my new PC has Office 2007 and I can't seem to find the same
feature.
Can anyone help?

 

[Stefan Blom]

The AutoComplete feature has been removed in Word 2007. Typing the name
of the AutoText entry and pressing F3 should work, though.
Alternatively, you can use AutoCorrect instead.

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[Guest]

Top answer, thanks.
Shame about looking a nifty feature though - I can't see any benefit in not
having it.

 

[Stefan Blom]

You are welcome.

Apparently, with the introduction of building blocks, which generalize
the concept of AutoText, Microsoft was unable to implement an
AutoComplete feature, and therefore it was dropped.

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[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

It turned out that with so many things included in the Building Blocks
listings, AutoComplete prompts were firing up almost all the time, making it
very distracting to try to type documents. So, Microsoft decided to disable
AutoComplete. I'm hoping they'll find a way to make it work only for the
AutoText gallery, in which case they might bring it back in an update at
some later time.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Thanks for clarifying.

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[Guest]

Unfortunately, typing the name of the AutoText entry and pressing F3 does not
work. We lost numerous and extensive autotext entries when we upgraded to
Word 2007.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You must type enough of the name to be unique.

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[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Do the AutoText entries show up in the Building Blocks Organizer? (Insert ,
Quick Parts, Building Blocks Organizer).

If not then it's possible that your pre-existing Normal.dot was not used to
build the new Normal.dotm file.

 

[Guest]

I have Office 2007. Would the omission of the AutoComplete be why my date in
a Word document doesn't complete after typing the month and hitting "enter"
(as I used to)? I've contacted a Microsoft tech, and so far he cannot figure
it out. Thanks in advance for your assistance.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

AutoComplete of dates is the only aspect of AutoComplete that *does* work in
Word 2007. If it's not working, then it might be a problem of registry
corruption. To confirm, try starting Word in Safe Mode (hold Ctrl when
starting Word, then click Yes to starting in safe mode).

If starting in safe mode cause AutoComplete to work, I would suggest
deleting the Data key in the registry. For info on how to do this, see:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/DataKeySettings.htm

and note that for Word 2007, the data key is here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Data

It is also possible to turn AutoComplete of dates off by creating a macro,
but I suspect that you have not done that (you'd remember):

http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com/2007/05/28/turning-off-date-autocomplete-in-word-2007/

 

[ritzput]

Stefan,
When you are referring to "autotype" is that the same as when you start
typing a header in Word 2003 like :
To Whom It may concern
you coult type the "to" and the rest would autoatically fill in.......

I am using word 200 and want to know if this is a feature they maintained
and what's it called?

thanks!
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