Using autotext automatically

[Thedane]

Hi forum

Is it possible to have a field in word, that you could fill in, and then have word automatically saving the entry as a an autotext entry with predefined attributes?

An example:



Generic Company A/S
GenericRoad 2
40402 Generic City

Att: Mr. Neutral

I want to save this entry, so that I can bring it up again fast, just by typing the beginning of "Generic company" and then hitting enter.
This can be done using autotext, but I think that the process of saving the entry is too long and complex. Any ideas? Can you make a formula field that could do this?

Thank you
The Dane

[Charles Kenyon]

You can save something as an AutoText entry by selecting it and pressing Alt+F3. Do you really want to spend three days of your life figuring out a quicker way? That is what I expect it would take me, but I may be optimistic.

Automated Boilerplate Using Microsoft Word

[Thedane]

Thank you for your quick answer! I think I might stick to your solution with the shortcut key.
It would probably take me more to figure out how to do it faster!

[macropod]

For an approach that takes rather less than 3 days to figure out, see: https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-...own-lists.html

[Charles Kenyon]

Paul, that would have taken me far more than three days! Thank you.

[macropod]

But now the hard graft has been done, you don't need to do all the learning. All you need do is adapt it to your situation.