Re: How to set up for word completion, like the date does

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FWIW, a minimum of four characters is NOT required to trigger F3 in Word 2007; you need only enough to be unique. I have so few AutoText entries that, to insert my lorem ipsum text (which requires "lore" in Word 2003), I can type just the letter "l" and then press F3 in Word 2007.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Stefan Blom" <StefanBlom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:8E5449CA-BE8F-4596-8219-7DE15BA72233@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In Word 2007, AutoComplete suggestions (if that's what you are thinking of)
are no longer triggered for AutoText entries; AutoComplete only works with
dates now.

You can still insert any AutoText entry by typing sufficiently many
characters from its name so that Word can uniquely identify it (a minimum of
four characters required) and then press F3.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"Beejay" wrote:

I think that the older versions of word had a place where you could list
frequently typed words and then when you are composing a document that uses
the word it will automatically suggest it? Does 2007 have this feature, if
yes where?


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