Lost Autotext Functionality (Word XP) After Upgrade to Outlook 03

Hi There,

We recently upgraded to Outlook 2003 but are still running Word XP. This
means we can't use Word as the email editor. One user relied heavily on the
autotext functionality for inserting frequently used paragraphs and sentences
etc.

Rather than upgrading Word or downgrading Outlook does anyone know of an
alternate way for us to have something similar to the autotext functionality.

Thanks,

Steve

Mary
Wed Apr 30 15:05:01 PDT 2008

Yes--he can use Signatures to set up boilerplate text. Just set the default
Signature to NONE and use the Insert>Signature command to choose which
autotext or signatures he wants to use. He can set up as many as he wants,
along with several signatures. This comes in handy and doesn't eat up
resources like Word.

"SteveS" wrote:

> Hi There,
>
> We recently upgraded to Outlook 2003 but are still running Word XP. This
> means we can't use Word as the email editor. One user relied heavily on the
> autotext functionality for inserting frequently used paragraphs and sentences
> etc.
>
> Rather than upgrading Word or downgrading Outlook does anyone know of an
> alternate way for us to have something similar to the autotext functionality.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve

Ben
Wed Apr 30 20:44:58 PDT 2008

You could use a 3rd party app like autohotkey (http://www.autohotkey.com)
which is free.

--
--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com




"SteveS" <SteveS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B375C9A1-06E6-4768-B130-617E908E66F2@microsoft.com...
> Hi There,
>
> We recently upgraded to Outlook 2003 but are still running Word XP. This
> means we can't use Word as the email editor. One user relied heavily on
> the
> autotext functionality for inserting frequently used paragraphs and
> sentences
> etc.
>
> Rather than upgrading Word or downgrading Outlook does anyone know of an
> alternate way for us to have something similar to the autotext
> functionality.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve

SteveS
Wed Apr 30 22:48:14 PDT 2008

Thanks Mary, that's a great idea. I'll test it with the user tomorrow.

Steve

> Yes--he can use Signatures to set up boilerplate text. Just set the default
> Signature to NONE and use the Insert>Signature command to choose which
> autotext or signatures he wants to use. He can set up as many as he wants,
> along with several signatures. This comes in handy and doesn't eat up
> resources like Word.
>
> "SteveS" wrote:
>
> > Hi There,
> >
> > We recently upgraded to Outlook 2003 but are still running Word XP. This
> > means we can't use Word as the email editor. One user relied heavily on the
> > autotext functionality for inserting frequently used paragraphs and sentences
> > etc.
> >
> > Rather than upgrading Word or downgrading Outlook does anyone know of an
> > alternate way for us to have something similar to the autotext functionality.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Steve

SteveS
Fri May 02 06:14:02 PDT 2008

Thanks Ben, that looks like it will work well too. We'll try that as well.

> You could use a 3rd party app like autohotkey (http://www.autohotkey.com)
> which is free.
>
> --
> --
> -Ben-
> Ben M. Schorr, MVP
> Roland Schorr & Tower
> http://www.rolandschorr.com
>
>
>
>
> "SteveS" <SteveS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B375C9A1-06E6-4768-B130-617E908E66F2@microsoft.com...
> > Hi There,
> >
> > We recently upgraded to Outlook 2003 but are still running Word XP. This
> > means we can't use Word as the email editor. One user relied heavily on
> > the
> > autotext functionality for inserting frequently used paragraphs and
> > sentences
> > etc.
> >
> > Rather than upgrading Word or downgrading Outlook does anyone know of an
> > alternate way for us to have something similar to the autotext
> > functionality.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Steve
>