AutoText

Word has an additional and extremely powerful tool to make your productivity skyrocket: AutoText. AutoText replaces abbreviations with other content when you type an abbreviation and press F3.

To create an AutoText entry:

1. Type your text.
2. Select your text.
3. Press ALT+F3
4. Type a short, easy-to-remember code or abbreviation and press ENTER.
   Unlike AutoCorrect, AutoText will not expand automatically--you will press F3 or Enter to expand the short text to its full content. Because you will choose whether or not to expand an abbreviation, you can use a real word or abbreviation as the basis for your AutoText entry.

To use an AutoText entry:

1. Type the code or abbreviation.
2. Press F3

AutoComplete will work with AutoText

To manage AutoText, choose Insert → AutoText ? AutoText, or choose Tools ? AutoCorrect Options and click the AutoText tab. The dialog box will allow you to exercise full control over your AutoText.

 

Notes:

• To replace an AutoText entry, click Delete to delete the original entry and re-create it.
• The Show AutoComplete suggestions option allows AutoComplete to help you complete your AutoText entries.
• AutoText can store just about anything: a phrase, a paragraph, a block of text, a picture, a table... you name it! It's the best place to store regularly-used content.
• AutoText is not available in other Office applications.