Re: Exporting Autotext entries to another user.
- From: "Anne Troy" <ng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 11:23:40 -0400
Hi. Read this to learn about copying Autotext:
http://www.officearticles.com/word/using_autotext_in_microsoft_word.htm
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~Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com
www.MyExpertsOnline.com
<rjs@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I have created Autotext entries for a form letter. For example
> "fieldA" has as Autotext entries "bla" "bla-bla" "bla-bla-bla."
> That way, in my form letter, I can right click on the field within the
> text, and pick one of several choices, essentially creating a drop
> down menu within my document.
>
> However, I cannot get the document/template with my Autotext entries
> to be successfully sent to another machine. I created this document on
> my desktop with Word 2000, and emailed it to myself, and when I opened
> the document on my laptop with Word XP, the autotext entries where
> lost. When I right click on my field, I get all of the generic Word
> autotext entries as choices (i.e. 'Attention', 'ATTN', 'Author, page
> #, date', etc..)
>
> I understand that autotext entries cannot be saved to a document but
> rather must be saved to a template. I created a new blank template
> file called 'medtemp.dot'
> In this document I then go to 'Tools --> Templates and add-ins -->
> Organizer. Under the styles tab I then pick 'Styles available in' and
> select normal.dot which has all of my styles and copy them to
> 'medtemp.dot'. I then do the same for the autotext tab.
>
> However, when I then open up this template on my laptop with WordXP,
> all my autotext entries are lost.
>
> Any thoughts?
.
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