> On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:13:10 -0400, "John... Visio MVP"
> <lancucki[ at ]stonehenge.ca>
> wrote:
>
>>On the toolbar in Word 2003, the Autotext appears to have a hierarchy. For
>>example on the drop down is an entry called Attention click the arrow on
>>the
>>end and you get a drop down with Attention: and Att:.
>>
>>So how is this down and how does it translate into Word 2007.
>>
>>John... Visio MVP
>
> In 2003 the category labels, like Attention Line and Closing, are the
> names of
> paragraph styles that were applied to the texts when they were made into
> AutoText entries. You can make a new category just by making a new style
> and
> applying it to the text, then selecting the text and pressing Alt+F3 to
> make it
> into an AutoText entry. Later, when you go to insert an entry, if the
> cursor is
> in a paragraph with one of those styles, only that style's entries will
> appear
> in the menu. Read
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm > for a
> better description.
>
> It appears that Word 2007 has simply thrown away this mechanism. Instead,
> you
> select any piece of text and press Alt+F3, and the dialog that appears has
> boxes
> for entering the entry name, the gallery (you have to choose AutoText; the
> default is Quick Parts) and the category (which now has nothing to do with
> styles; you can choose any existing one or make one up on the fly) as well
> as
> choosing which template to store it in.
>
> Go to Word Options > Customize, choose the category Commands Not In the
> Ribbon,
> and add the AutoText item to the Quick Access Toolbar. That button will
> show the
> AutoText gallery, with the entries grouped by category.