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moved from word 2000 to word 2010 and now auto text which was copied over works only occasionally and randomly ... i have done the word 2010 tutorial ... googled ad nauseum about it and i can not figure it out ... in word 2000 i added the auto text and when typing a document if i started typing the words of the auto text a greyish box showed up with the entire text, i hit enter and kept typing ... it is hit or miss whether the box will show up ... i have tried adding new auto text and that does not work at all ... what am i doing wrong ???
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how?
It should work the way you described it: after you've typed sufficiently many characters for Word to uniquely identify a particular AutoText entry, you should see the prompt.
To move individual items to the Normal template, use Insert tab | Quick Parts | Building Block Organizer.
how?
In Word 2010, AutoComplete Suggestions only work with AutoText entries stored in the Normal template (or with entries stored in the template attached to the current document).