If there are things that you find yourself typing regularly, there is a way of increasing your productivity. By using
Word's AutoText feature you only have to start typing a few letters of your name or postal address before it offers an option to fill the rest of the text for you.
Word comes with a number of entries already set up. If you start to type the word 'Cordially', you should notice a little box appear like the one pictured below. As it says, just press
Enter and Word will insert the rest of the text.
If this does not appear, you probably have AutoComplete switched off. To switch this on, and to see a list of all the existing AutoText entries, pull down the 'Insert' menu and from the 'AutoText' sub-menu click on 'AutoText...', which will open the following dialog box.
Make sure that 'Show AutoComplete selections' is ticked. You can also create a new AutoText entry with this dialog by typing the text where indicated and clicking the 'Add' button; however, there is an easier way to do it.
Click on 'OK' to close the dialog box and in your current word document type your name. Select the text and either pull down the 'Insert' menu, then the 'AutoText' sub-menu, and click on 'Add...' or simply hold down the
Alt key and press
F3. You will then be asked to give the new AutoText entry a name.
From now on when you start to type your name you will be offered the option to insert it as with 'Cordially'. The advantage of entering new AutoText this way is that you can insert text that spans several lines like your postal address. All you need to do is type it in select it and press
Alt and
F3, as before. You can even add pictures to AutoText by selecting them along with some text or on their own and following the above instructions.
