Autotext Headings

[Bryan]

Greetings,

Is there a way to create a new Autotext heading to store my new Autotext
entries. I see that "Attention Line", "Closing", "Header/Footer" are some of
the preset headings, could I name one "MyTopics" if I wanted to and then
store Autotext choices under it?

Thanks,

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day Bryan,

Yes!

Note that formatting may be stored as well. You
could create a layout in Word that includes
differing fonts, sizes, bolding etc., and then
select it and store it as "WhatEverNameYouLike".

Make sure that you include the Paragraph Mark(s)
in your selection.

It can include Tables etc as well

 

[Jay Freedman]

Greetings,

Is there a way to create a new Autotext heading to store my new Autotext
entries. I see that "Attention Line", "Closing", "Header/Footer" are some of
the preset headings, could I name one "MyTopics" if I wanted to and then
store Autotext choices under it?

Thanks,

The categories in the AutoText menu are the names of the paragraph
styles the items had when they were stored. To create a new category,
define a new style (it doesn't have to have any formatting different
from Normal, just a new name) and apply that style to the text before
you store it as an AutoText.

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

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Yes. Use different styles. The styles may be created just for this purpose
and need not differ from your body text style. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/AutoTextList.htm.

Note that unless you want to include formatting in your AutoText entries
(and import these styles, do not include paragraph marks in your selections
when you add the entries.

See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step
instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations
including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros,
etc.

 

[Bryan]

Thank you all very much for the help, it works GREAT!!

Thanks again,
Bryan