How to Create Auto Text Entries in Microsoft Word 2003

The creation of snappy looking and professional Word documents has become increasingly easier for users to do over the past few years, as the makers of popular word processors add more useful feature sets with each newer version they release. Features like the auto text database, which holds commonly used sets of text like greetings and date stamps, can easily be inserted into any portion of a document with the click of a button. Users are even able to create and add custom entries into the auto text database.

Difficulty:

Challenging

Instructions

1. Access the auto text menu. Click on “Insert” and then click on “Auto Text” to access this menu.

2. Create a new auto text entirely. Under the “Enter Auto Entries Here” field, type in the desired auto text entry.

3. Add the entry to the database. Once you type in an entry. the “Add” button will become bolded. Click on the “Add” button to add the auto text entry into the database.

4. Save your changes to the auto text database. Once you have finished creating new entries click “Okay” to save the changes you just made to the auto text database.

Tips & Warnings

• The auto text feature is great for quickly inserting commonly used portions of text, like date and time stamps or salutations.

• Make sure to check your spelling and grammar before adding an entry to the auto text database.