IBM Lotus Symphony
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To access this command... Click Press Ctrl+F3 |
The Auto Text dialog lists the AutoText categories and entries.
Displays a suggestion for completing a word as a Help Tip after you type the first three letters of a word that matches an AutoText entry. To accept the suggestion, press Enter. If more than one AutoText entry matches the letters that you type, press Ctrl+Tab to advance through the entries. For example, to insert dummy text, type "Dum", and then press Enter. To display the list in reverse order, press Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Lists the name of the currently selected AutoText entry. If you have selected text in the document, type the name of the new AutoText entry, click the AutoText button, and then choose New.
Displays the shortcut for the selected AutoText entry. If you are creating a new AutoText entry, type the shortcut that you want to use for the entry.
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You can drag and drop AutoText entries from one category to another. |
Inserts the selected AutoText into the current document.
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If you insert an unformatted AutoText entry into a paragraph, the entry is formatted with the current paragraph style. |
Closes the dialog and saves all changes.
Click to display additional AutoText commands, for example, to create a new AutoText entry from a text selection in the current document.
Creates a new AutoText entry from the selection that you made in the current document. The entry is added to the currently selected AutoText category. You must first enter a name before you see this command.
Creates a new AutoText entry only from the text in the selection that you made in the current document. Graphics, tables and other objects are not included. You must first enter a name before you see this command.
Copies the selected AutoText to the clipboard.
Replaces the contents of the selected AutoText entry with the selection that was made in the current document.
Opens the Rename AutoText dialog, where you can change the name of the selected AutoText entry.
Deletes the selected element or elements after confirmation.
Opens the selected AutoText entry for editing in a separate document.
Opens the Assign Macro dialog, where you attach a macro to the selected AutoText entry.
You can also use the macros that are linked to some of the provided AutoText entries in AutoText entries that you create. The AutoText entries must be created with the "text only" option. For example, insert the string <field:company> in an AutoText entry, and Lotus® Symphony™ replaces the string with the contents of the corresponding database field.
Opens a dialog where you can select the MS 97/2000/XP Word document or template, containing the AutoText entries that you want to import.
Adds, renames, or deletes AutoText categories.
Adds, renames, or deletes AutoText categories.
Opens the Edit Paths dialog, where you can select the directory to store AutoText.
To add a new path to an AutoText directory, click the Path button in the AutoText dialog.
Use this area to set the way Lotus Symphony inserts links to the AutoText directory.
Links to AutoText directories on your computer are relative.
Links to files on the Internet are relative.
Shows a preview of the selected AutoText entry.