Auto-complete in Microsoft Word

Fancy saving a few keystrokes on a regular basis? Here's how Word can help you!

Lots of us spend ages typing the same old thing into Word on a daily basis - your name, address, phone number - all kinds of things. Did you know you can use Word's auto-complete function to save you lots of time when it comes to these repetitive tasks?

Here's how to do it:

Let's say you want to set up a short-cut to your name and phone number.

Open Word and click on <tools><auto-correct>

In the smaller of the input boxes, type a '/' followed by your initials (I'd be using '/' followed by 'dd')

Press <tab></p>

Now type in your full name, as you want it to appear - in my case, I want 'David Dorn, Editor, Practical PC ' so that's what I type.

Now click on the <Add> button

That's it. Any time you type your '/dd' or whatever, Word will automatically insert your name for you as you type - as soon as you press the spacebar after the short-cut string. You can set up any number of strings like this - it's a real time saver

 

David Dorn