I’m quite a fervent user of templates such as Quick Parts and AutoText, however, I have a feeling that something is missing. I seem to recall that when I for instance typed my name “Jane Doe”, after typing Jane I just hit the ENTER key and it automatically typed out Doe for me. The same with my address, I just typed the number of my street and it automatically completed it.
Nov 12, 2007 Not sure if you can.what version of Outlook?--Jocelyn Fiorello *** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. *** 'Ultimate Spidey' wrote: > I want to edit my autotext. I see that I can remove it and start over but I > just want to use the same auto entry. Editing a Quick Part. Start with a new email, and click in the message text pane. Insert the required Quick Part into the message text as described in the Inserting a Quick Part. Section above. Modify the inserted text as required. Select the text so as to highlight it. From the Insert tab, in the Text group, click on Quick Parts.
Did I somehow turn off this feature? How do I get it back? AutoCompleting Quick Parts in Outlook and Word 2007, 2010 and 2013 can’t be done with the “Press ENTER to Insert” pop-up suggestion. However, there is another way to quickly insert Quick Parts by their name and pressing F3 in these versions. The pop-up suggestion feature has been reinstated in Outlook 2016 and also supports the F3 method as explained below.
AutoComplete for Quick Parts is back again but you can also still use F3. AutoText becomes Quick Parts In Outlook and Word 2003, there was an AutoComplete feature for AutoText entries that worked with a pop-up suggestion similarly as displayed above. In Outlook and Word 2007, 2010 and 2013, to AutoComplete a Quick Part, you’ll have to press F3 when typing the name of your saved Quick Part and there is no more pop-up suggestion. The name of a Quick Part is important to AutoComplete it. Inserting Quick Parts by name by using F3 In most cases, it is not needed to type the entire name of the Quick Part.
You only have to type the part of the name until it becomes unique when compared to other names of your Quick Part. Example Assume you have 3 Quick Part entries named;. Regards. Thanks for your feedback. Thank you To insert the Quick Part named. “Regards”, you can just type the letter “r” and press F3 to insert the entire Quick Part. “Thanks for your feedback”, you must at least type “thanks” before pressing F3 to insert the Quick Part.
“Thank you”, you must at least type “thank “ before pressing F3 will AutoComplete the Quick Part (note the space behind “thank”). Pop-up suggestion in Outlook 2016 As mentioned already, the “Press ENTER to Insert” pop-up suggestion has returned in Outlook 2016. The conditions to when you are being offered this pop-up is similar to the F3 method; As soon as you have typed the part of the name until it becomes unique, the pop-up will show and you can just press ENTER. Note: More tips and tricks about working with message templates, such as AutoText and Quick Parts, for either version of Outlook can be found in the guide. Last modified: July 12, 2017.
In response to my tweet-out to Lawyerist readers asking for input on my next post here, one reader responded with this: @ how to shareauto text with 6 legal support – like notary jurat, proof of serv “stamp”,No more fileshare, – SharePoint — Sharon Horner Gant (@ShgEsq) Since AutoText is but one of the Building Blocks in Microsoft Word (the others being Quick Parts and various built-in headers, footers, watermarks, etc.), we’ll talk about one method of sharing your personal AutoText and Quick Parts library with others in your office. Unless otherwise noted below, all instructions and screenshots are for Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows. Microsoft Word, by default, saves any to a template file called Building Blocks.dotx and, unless you instruct otherwise, these are available in your Normal template (which is the default global template in Microsoft Word that controls every document). You could, obviously, save all of your custom Building Blocks to your Normal template. If you make very many of these, though, you’ll soon find that your Quick Parts list becomes very long, and your AutoText entries could risk becoming confused, since in order to use the AutoComplete feature in versions 2010 and version 2003 and older, the first four letters of each AutoText entry needs to be distinct. (Weirdly, the AutoComplete feature for is somewhat disabled and requires users to hit the F3 key.) Better in the long run, I think, to decide which of your Building Blocks belong in which context.
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For example, if you’re writing a letter, do you really need access to all your notary acknowledgments? Probably not. If you’re drafting a contract, you probably don’t need all of your stock discovery questions in the way, either. To be more methodical (and add serious long-term value to your Building Blocks), you can For example, you could create one master discovery template to hold all of the relevant Building Blocks plus any standard text common to all discovery (blank case style, proof of service, etc.), then use that template to create more specific discovery templates (say, interrogatories for personal injury versus a contract dispute) with additional Building Blocks. Saving any Microsoft Word document as a template couldn’t be easier.
It’s just another file type. Just choose File Save As: and in the bottom of the Save As dialog box, choose Word Template from the drop-down by Save As Type: To move any of your existing Building Blocks to your new template, use the Building Blocks Organizer while you’re still editing your template: It’s critical that (a) your and (b) the template file you want to move to is open while you are moving your Building Blocks. If your templates are going to be fairly static and your workgroup is small and/or not connected by a network, you can simply copy the new template files into the standard which may vary according to your operating system and version of Word.
If you are on a LAN, Microsoft suggests that the easiest method of pointing all users to common Microsoft Word Building Blocks is to edit the registry on each computer to point the value “SharedDocumentParts” to a common location on the network. Since editing the registry keys can be tricky work, you may save this one for your regular IT person (or the particularly tech-savvy amateur of your choice). Regardless of who does this, be sure to run a full backup, locate your operating system boot disk, and depending on your specific operating system, before attempting a registry edit.