Alt+F3 is the general way to add, but, as you have noticed, it requires you to select each thing to be added. Since you are assigning a name and category to each entry it is hard to get around this.

Take a look at Greg Maxey's page on Building Blocks & AutoText. He includes an Add-In that lets you load building blocks including AutoText from a Table. You can choose one gallery at a time and load in different categories with individual names. The entry is in one column, the name in a second, and the category in a third column of the table.

Graham Mayor has a different Add-In. Create autotext entries from a Word table by Graham Mayor, MVP. Graham's is simpler but does not allow for addition of a category. It is more designed for pre-building blocks AutoText, in my opinion.

More References (my page):

• Saving AutoText and Other Building Blocks
• Where can Building Blocks be stored?
• Editing / Modifying AutoText or Other Building Blocks

Also take a look at:

• Autotext backup and restore by Graham Mayor, MVP
• How to Batch Add or Delete AutoText Entries using vba
• AutoText Manager by Chris Devrell