Re: Autotext Contact entry fails
From: John McGhie [MVP - Word] (john_at_mcghie.name)
Date: 04/04/04
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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 08:21:24 +1000
Hi Steven:
Yeah:
Run this macro:
Sub DelContacts()
' Removes Contacts from Normal Template
' Macro written July 4 2002 by John McGhie
Dim anAutoText As AutoTextEntry
Dim i As Integer
For Each anAutoText In Application.NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries
If Left(anAutoText.Value, 9) = "* CONTACT" Then
anAutoText.Delete
i = i + 1
End If
Next anAutoText
StatusBar = Str(i) & " contacts deleted"
End Sub
If you do not know how to turn that into a macro, search on
www.word.mvps.org for instructions on "What do I do with macros people send
me".
Cheers
This responds to article <BC95CCAD.7051%Steven@brierassociates.com>, from
"Steven E. Brier" <Steven@brierassociates.com> on 5/4/04 4:31 AM:
> Hi Beth:
>
> I did your suggestions, and it's better, but still doesn't pick up all the
> contacts. (I've got 4,085 of them).
>
> It picks up everything where either the first or last name begins with the
> letter "a" even if it doesn't show in the Autotext list. It doesn't pick up
> many other names, even if they show in the autotext list.
>
> Any other suggestions on how to force Autotext to reimport all the contacts?
>
> I'm running OS 10.3.3.
> Office v.X with all the patches.
> Entourage says it's 10.1.4, Service Release 1.
> Word says only that it's Service Release 1.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Steven
>
>
> On 4/3/04 7:20 PM, in article BC9494E2.3AB98%bethrosengard@earthlink.net,
> "Beth Rosengard" <bethrosengard@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Steven,
>>
>> If you're sure you have all the correct settings in Tools> AutoCorrect, then
>> my best suggestion is to try a couple of standard troubleshooting measures.
>> Since you didn't state your OS or Office version numbers or update levels
>> (please, please always do!), I'm going to assume you're in OS X/Office X.
>>
>> 1) Quit Word and navigate to your Normal template which should be in
>> /Applications/Microsoft Office X/Templates/. Rename Normal to something else
>> (like OldNormal), then relaunch Word. If this fixes the problem but you
>> have customizations, etc, in OldNormal that you want to maintain, you can
>> use Organizer to transfer those from OldNormal to the newly-created Normal
>> template. Then you can trash the old renamed file. To learn how to use
>> Organizer, see here (use IE not Safari to view this site):
>> <http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/MacWordNormalTemplate.htm>
>>
>> If this doesn't fix the problem, quit Word again, trash the new Normal and
>> rename OldNormal back to Normal.
>>
>> 2) To test your Preference files, quit *all* Office Applications.
>> Navigate to your ~/library/preferences/Microsoft folder. Rename the
>> Microsoft Component Preferences, Word Settings (10), and Microsoft Office
>> Settings (10) files. When you restart Word, these files will be recreated.
>> If all is well, you can trash the old files. You will have to reset some
>> Preferences and AutoCorrect settings.
>>
>> If this doesn't help, you can trash the new files and rename the old ones
>> back.
>>
>
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