Using Autocorrect

[Kim]

I'm not sure which group I should pose this question to. In
my line of work we deal with a lot of scientific names. To
save time we want to be able to type an acronym (e.g.
Arcuva) and have it be replaced with the full name (e.g.
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi). I found Autocorrection work well
for simply replacing the text, however, scientific names
need to be italicized. In order obtain italicized text in
autocorrect I must also include a hard return which I do
NOT want in my text as I replace. Is there a way around
this similar to the emoticons and Copyright symbols already
listed ? Any help, including a simple redirect is appreciated.

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

Hi Kim,

You don't have to include a hard return after a formatted AutoCorrect entry.
Try this. Click ¶ on the standard toolbar to show nonprinting characters,
and grey ¶s will show up, denoting the hard return. When you copy the
formatted text, be very careful not to select any of the nonprinting
characters. Even if the box looks double-spaced, ignore it.

You can also look into AutoText, however. See here:
http://members.verizon.net/~vze27sds/autotext.htm

DM

 

[Larry]

I don't know what hard returns would have to do with it. To get a
formatted AutoCorrect entry, first type and format the text the way you
want it, then select it, then open the AutoCorrect dialog box. The text
will already be there. Now choose the radio button that says "formatted
text." Then put in your abbreviation and you've got it.

Larry