Do you mean that you type in the first 4 characters and the AutoComplete tip
pops up showing the AutoText clearly and then when you press F3 or Return it
inserts garbage? At a guess, you must have saved the AutoText as Formatted
text and the font set doesn't exist on that computer.
: when i get the option of inserting autotext the text initially displays
ok
: but when accepted changes to square symbols - any ideas?