Has anyone figured out a work-around for autotext in OUTLOOK 2007?

[Steve R]

I just migrated to OFFICE 2007 - the first in our firm.
I am not at all happy that AUTOTEXT does not work in OUTLOOK 2007 as it did
in OUTLOOK 2003.

I read the various posts by "Greg" with "BILL MVR's " responses -- but those
address only WORD and not OUTLOOK2007.

Bill or anyone from the Microsoft side -- is there a workaround or a fix for
this yet?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

See if the info at http://turtleflock-ol2007.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!C1013F1F9A99E3D8!158.entry helps.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Steve R]

Sue Mosher MVP-Outlook

You pointed me in the right direction. Thank you.
For other readers, I copied the info from the LINK you directed me to. (see
below)
--
Steve R
________________________________
Add a new Quick Part for email messages
Quick Parts are a new Word and Outlook 2007 feature for text fragments and
other building blocks, replacing the AutoText feature in previous versions.
Here’s how you can create a Quick Part to hold boilerplate text for insertion
in an email message.

Open a new Outlook message.
Write the boilerplate text you want to be able to reuse.
Select all that text, and then choose Insert | Quick Parts | Save Selection
to Quick Part Gallery.
In the Create New Building Block dialog, give the Quick Part a name and set
the other options. Do not change the gallery from Quick Parts to something
else.
Click OK to save the new part.
To test your new Quick Part:

Choose Insert | Quick Parts, and select the name of the part you just
created.
Outlook saves the Quick Part in the NormalEmail.dotm file, a template used
for email messages that also can contain your custom Quick Style settings.

 

[Arlene]

I tried this and after I created the entry, Ityped the Quick Part name,
pressed F3, and the text was inserted just like it used to be in Outlook
2003. Looks like I'm just going to have to take time to manually create all
these entries.

Sue Mosher MVP-Outlook

You pointed me in the right direction. Thank you.
For other readers, I copied the info from the LINK you directed me to. (see
below)
--
Steve R
________________________________
Add a new Quick Part for email messages
Quick Parts are a new Word and Outlook 2007 feature for text fragments and
other building blocks, replacing the AutoText feature in previous versions.
Here’s how you can create a Quick Part to hold boilerplate text for insertion
in an email message.

Open a new Outlook message.
Write the boilerplate text you want to be able to reuse.
Select all that text, and then choose Insert | Quick Parts | Save Selection
to Quick Part Gallery.
In the Create New Building Block dialog, give the Quick Part a name and set
the other options. Do not change the gallery from Quick Parts to something
else.
Click OK to save the new part.
To test your new Quick Part:

Choose Insert | Quick Parts, and select the name of the part you just
created.
Outlook saves the Quick Part in the NormalEmail.dotm file, a template used
for email messages that also can contain your custom Quick Style settings.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

That's correct. Each application has its own .dotm file -- Normal.dotm for Word and NormalEmail.dotm for Outlook -- that contains Quick Parts, etc.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Brian Tillman]

Sue - Using Autotext was easier bc you you could just create a
shortcode of letters and it would automatically insert your text
block without having to hit F3. I just got a sweet new Logitech
keyboard that repmapped F3 to open Excel (and no way to un-enable).
Can I set another key to perform the F3 function?

Logitech keyboards usually come with software that installas a Control Panel
applet for them, allowing you to remap keys.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I tried remapping and turning off and neither worked.

Then I have no suggestion. Sorry.

Also - my Quick Parts keep dissapearing every 2 or 3 restarts? Any
suggestions?

I don't know what "Quick Parts" are. Perhaps someone else will.

 

[Ben Tischler]

i get it to work but for some reason if i quit word or outlook and go back
in, my saved entries have disappearded?

 

[Ben Tischler]

I am having the same issue on more than 1 machine?

 

[Ben Tischler]

Figured it out in my situation. I am part of a domain and the System Admin
guys had a policy that restricted access/permission to the document/template
located at C:\documents and settings\user name\application
data\microsoft\templates

the username must have full read write access to thedocument named normal
email