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From: Graham Mayor on 13 Jan 2010 02:18
It will only work with plain text autocorrect entries. Do you have 'replace
text as you type' checked in autocorrect options?
It works for me 'out of the box' in Word 2003 and 2007.

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"PacMedTran" <PacMedTran(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Umm, I don't mean to nag, but how do I get it to work? I set up a test
> form
> and our existing Autocorrect entries, at least, don't work in the text
> field.
>
> "Graham Mayor" wrote:
>
>> OK, then unformatted autocorrect entries will work in text form fields.
>> Unformatted autocorrect entries are limited to 255 characters.
>>
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>> "PacMedTran" <PacMedTran(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> > No, because this is a medical application. There are about 5,000 words
>> > and
>> > phrases that would have to go in a dropdown field. The idea of using
>> > Autocorrect is to speed up entry, but having to select from a list that
>> > size
>> > would slow entry down enormously.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Graham Mayor" wrote:
>> >
>> >> If the input has such consistency of input that you were considering
>> >> autocorrect entries, then surely it would be simpler to select the
>> >> content
>> >> from a dropdown field? See http://www.gmayor.com/SelectFile.htm
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>> >> "PacMedTran" <PacMedTran(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> >> >I have an app where the users are entering large amounts of text in a
>> >> > multi-line text box. It would be very helpful if they could use
>> >> > Autocorrect
>> >> > (or something like it) to type in abbreviations and have them
>> >> > automatically
>> >> > expand into the text. Has anyone figured out a way to do this? TIA
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From: PacMedTran on 13 Jan 2010 13:58
Yes, 'replace text as you type' is set, and we're using plain text entries.
We use them all the time and they work fine in a document, but not in a text
box in a form. (We have Word 2003 SP3 v 11.something, BTW.) I've tried it
on another computer in our office, and no go.

Maybe something's not referenced in the object library that should be?
These references are checked:

VBA
MS Word 11.0 OL
OLE Automation
Normal
MS Office 11.0 OL
MS Forms 2.0 OL


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

> It will only work with plain text autocorrect entries. Do you have 'replace
> text as you type' checked in autocorrect options?
> It works for me 'out of the box' in Word 2003 and 2007.
>
> ...

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