- Highlight the text that you want to add as an entry, including paragraph marks.
- From the Word menu select Insert > AutoText > New (or use Alt+F3 as a shortcut).
- When the Create AutoText form appears, type the name that you want to use for the AutoText entry, and click OK.
Similarly one may ask, how do I set up AutoText?
Creating AutoText Entries
- Highlight the text that you want to add as an entry, including paragraph marks.
- From the Word menu select Insert > AutoText > New (or use Alt+F3 as a shortcut).
- When the Create AutoText form appears, type the name that you want to use for the AutoText entry, and click OK.
One may also ask, what is the use of AutoText option? AutoText is an easy way to speed up document creation in Microsoft Word. Use AutoText to automatically insert predefined text in documents such as datelines, salutations, and more. It can also handle larger chunks of text, like headings, signatures, and paragraph formatting.
Additionally, how do you create AutoText in Word?
On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Quick Parts, and then click Save Selection to Quick Part Gallery, change the name and add a description if you like, and click OK. Note: To save a selection as AutoText, on the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Quick Parts > AutoText > Save Selection to AutoText Gallery.
Why does AutoText not work sometimes?
If you actually stored the entry in a template other than Normal.dot, and some of your specification documents don't use that other template, then the AutoText entry won't be there. If you did store the AutoText entry in another template, you should check to see if there is a conflicting entry in the Normal.
